Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-02-11


denunciations hurled against him by
the Administration, and by the party
press Of the State.
Tn 1916 the Mckay bill came up in
the Senate, by which it was proposed
to strike down the tariff of 1912. Gen.
Cameron, true to his principles and
pledges, in the face of his party, oppos-
ed it, and fought it so hard that it only
passed by the casting vote Of Vice
President Dallas Of Penn; to whom he
administered the following well merit
ed and scathing rebuke:
owe are told out of the House that this bill
is to become law by the casting vote of the
Vice President [ am happy to say that
have seen no evidence Of such intention, nor
Will | believe there is such a design, until am
convinced by the evidence of my own senses.
To all inqui. les that have been made of me
have said that it cannot be; that no native
Pennsylvania, honored with the trust and
confidence Of Lis fellow citizens, could prove
recreant to that trust, and dishonor the State
that gave him lirth. His honorable name,
and he connections Of his ancestry with her
history, forbid it. His own public ac's and
written sentiments forbid it. If, as has
been said, this ques ION is 20 be settled by the
CAS- ing vote Of he Vice President, he VIII
nos a. a wise man, adopt bill VIII; oh no Sen
ator will father; bnt will rather, taking advan-
tage OF his h gh and honorable position, make
on" which shall cont ibute to the happiness
Of our people and he glory of our common
country Let ), N not be allured by the 70 ce
Of fl ttJeIv f"am the sunny south. No man can
be ssrong abroad, who is not strong a. home.
Before pubic man lisks desperate leap,
he should remember that political gratitude is
prospective that d ser ion Of home, eff lends,
and Of cou:try, NAV be hailed by th' winning
party when the trai or Is carrliTg in the flag
VI his country lat hen he homo of the na-
ton whom he h lis served arr to be distributed,
nn2e are = ven to him.
>','iil any man believe that son Of South
Carolaa, occupying that chai', elected under
such circumstances with the casting vote in
his hands or this bill, would give that vote
contrary to the almost unanimous wishes Of
his own State? And shall it he said that
P2nns5 l:anan has less attachment for lis
Commonwealth than a son OF Carolina? I
have Sid that will not believe il, and IS evi-
deace tha: it cannot be SO, l give, il conclu-
sion, the following eoqU.nt passage from
speech Of he Hon. Geo. sc N, Dallas, when oc-
cunring the seat l now hold, en- a que tioH
precisely similar To the one %" before US,
E,chact fl333a Il Speech Of ILr. Dallas
or the 7ariG?f 1892.
q am inAexib?c, sir, as to nothing bnt ad-
equate pro3ec ion. The process Of attaining
thai may undergo any mutation. Secure that
to the home labor Of this country, and our op-
pOneEts shall have as far as my voice ard suf-
traga can give it them, carte U07eche' where
upon to settle any arrangement or adjustment
their intelligence may suggest. 1t might have
been expac' Il, not unr"as0HabIv that they who
desired change should teodHr th~ir prc;et; that
they would designate HoXious prime. pes and
intimate their remedies; shat they would il
woke the skill and assistance nf practical and
experienced observers on a subject with Which
few Of Us are familiar, and point with precision
to such parts Of the extensive system as can be
modified without weakening or endaugrring
the whole struc ure. TIE have fovcbona %
do his. They demand an entire demolition.
FREE Trade IS the burden Of their e!0qucGC",
the golden fleece of their adventurous enter
prise; the goal short Of which thay viii not
pause even to breathe cannot join their ex-
ped,ton for such an object. An established
in the language Of President
with our Observation-Disclosures by
an immense majority OF onr people to be con
st;tutional, wise, and expedient, may not be
abruptly abandoned by Congress without 4
treecherous departure from duty a shameless de
reelection of sacred trust and confidence. To
expect it is both extravagant and unkind."
It will be remembered that in 1874
our Government claimed that OR title
to Oregon was clear and inAi7putable,
ana the whole country Was for assert
ing 1t. ''Fitty-fonr forty, or fight I"
was the Democratic battle cry during
the canvass, vet the President and his
Cabinet backed down from that line to
40. Gen. Cameron in his seat u,eclar-
ed che believed fully our title only ter
inmates where the Russian line b e@ins,
at 81 4O,o and did not abandon his po-
>ition and vote for the acceptance OF
the proposition Of the British Mn ister
to make the boundary on the line Of 40,
clearly showing that he would not, for
the sake OF baSking in the sunshine of
political favor, agree 70 surrender one
foot Of territory that he believed right
fully belonged to us.
Daring that Senatorial term he made
repeated Efforts to procure the passage
Of tariff protecting the different
branches Of American industry, bat
tn Northern D-m pcracy, fearful Of .7t-
Tending their cotton growing m2sterH
ALWAYS uEitei with them - defeat him.
S. faithfully lid he labor for the inter
ests IF his constituents, that men OF all
parties un,tei in doing him honor, and
conventions Of both political parties en-
i1~~el his course, TIE WhlgS 81 Co.