Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-10-06

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Congress of the United States was David
Wilmot, who, few years since, was the
Republican candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Wilmot was the only
member of Congress from Pennsylvania
that voted against the protective policy
Yet that gentleman, when running for
Governor of Pennsylvania, was voted for
by Col, Mcclure and Col. Curtin, and all
these jealous advocates of protection
Laughter and applhuse.] They voted for
free trade Governor, and now they ask
you to vote against me because, as they
allege, am for free trade ! .-.a'
Let me state another fact on this sub
ject. At the period l mention (ls44)that
bill for the repeal of the tariff of IS42 did
not pass In ls46, the proposition was
renewed, and then it was that the law was
passed striking down almost entirely the
protective policy, because it substituted aa
uaioen duties for specific duties. Let
me tell you that the great question in re-
gard to this matter Of the tariff, is between
specific duties and ad aalorenl duties
The moment you abandon the princi.
pie Of specific duties, there is no pro-
lection. In ls46, when the bill came up
repeating the tariff of 1912, and adopting
q universal dd valo,em principle, Mr.. Ham
lin and Mr.. Wilmot were still members of
Congress. That bill was passed and both
those gentlemen voted for it, while voted
against it Laughter and applause. J.
Yet, wonder whether Col MoUlure and
his friends will not support Mr.. Hamlin
for Vice President Of the United States.-
l wonder, also, whether they will not vote
for Nr. Lincoln whose opinion on this ques-
ton nett her they nor anybody else know
any thing about.
There is no record of his public life that
affords any knowledge of his views upon
this question. Mr.. Lincoln is held up as
the friend of the protective policy, yet you
cannot find vote he evor gave, or speech
he ever made, wherein he favored tho doe
Urine of protection at all. My record on
this subject is that which l made years
ago, when no more dr. canned of being q
candidate for Governor than dreamed Of
being made a cardinal. Laughter. =
You cannot find word or vote Of
mine, during the whole period of my ser
vice in Congress in which 1 did not ndvo-
cate, with all the zeal and ability poss-
essed, the doctrine of protection to Ameri-
can industry against foreign competition
Applause Yet Mr., Hamlin is q better
tariff man than 1 ami "A voice, "ovel
the left
Let us examine the position of Mr., Ham
lin little further. In 1864 proposition
was made in the Senate of the United
States to remit for three years the pay
meDt Of Duties upon railroad iron in bond
at the custom house. Our Senators, N essr.
Bigler and Brodhead, fought that bill day
by day and inch by inch. Mr.. Brodhead
boldly and fearlessly charged upon South.
ern men and New England manufacturers
a combination to strike down the iron in.
terests of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Hamlin,
then United States Senator, arose and
inquired of Mr.. Broadhead what he meant
by that declaration, " for" said he, "
am a great deal of free-tradc man my.
self, and I intend to vote for this bill y
+, And he did vote for it!
Let me give you another instance illus.
tratipg the insincerity of that party or
this question of the tariff. Under the
tariff of ls46, although our manufacturers
languished, still they lived. The laborers
received employment though their wages
were not as rcmunerative as they ought
to have been, because the profits of the
manufacturers were greatly diminished
But in 1857 bill was passed which still
further reduced the tariff of ls46 How
was that bill passed Mr.. Banks, o.
Massachusetts,, was then Speaker of til,
House, Republican of the very blackes
dye. Laughter and applause On the
organization Of the House, he appointed Q
Republican Committee of Ways and
Means. That committee reported the
bill of ls57-a bill more destructive tc
our industrial interests than any that ever
passed the Congress Of the United States
bill that affords no protection at all to the
manufacturing interests of Pennsylvania
How was that bill passed? There were
ffty-six Republican votes cast in its favor
and it passed the House of Representa-
tives. Going to the Senate, it was amen
ded and sent back to the House. The
amendments were not concurred in, and
the bill was sent to a committee of con,
ference, whom Mr.. Speaker Banks ap,
pointed on the part of the House. Did he
appoint single man who was in favor of
the protective policy! No, not one. The
members Of that committee were Lewis ID
, Campbell Of Ohio, Mr.. De Witt of Mas
sachusetts, and Mr.. Letcher of Virginia
all of them Republicans, and the whole
: three known to be in favor of the passage
of that bill. Into such hands it was sent
} That committee, jointly with the Senate
. committee, reported that bill, and it was
, passed. 1t is now the law of the land
and while it remains the law, let me say
your manufacturing interests never will
revive. They cannot revive. More thar
. that, William H. Seward, the captain o.
, the Republican party, was member o.
that committee of conference, and signed
i. the report.
Now, gentlemen, I wish you to under