The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-09
Delmar,s Resurre ction syrup.

Commerce., his resolve in favor OF tree trade,
with preamble as follows:- ,1t-3tiJ l3IH
HAmerican INDUSTRY should be supported at all
hazards, and every encouragement shQnus pc eN.
tebded towards the inventor Of any machine destined
to<onfer uRaniagesu on mankind. he hada labor
exhibition and VET In it, beneficial results 10 man
kBd in its economy OF labor, ana III lts general I'M
poltauce, IL was unsurpassed. IL would Stimulate
aereultnre; It would furnish new impetus to
msnhiaGtures Il would caHse general business 20 be
active and pIofitabe IT would increase our eXporsi
ter plenty over the laud; and It would give active
and profitable employment TO the iabonng classes.
no patent on it, IL free TO ALL aud 1t was already
perfect and could be put in operation at once.
'By this time Il o curiosity TO know what labor
SAVING machine Mr. Delmar intended to introduce
was aroused TO the highest pitch. Slowly dra v
ing IRON hls coal pocket the reso ut ons in favor
Of revenue tariii, which were published in the
ECeHia1 Post OF Friday The speaker concluded -
"Il machine which have ventured to eulogze SO
hilhly is nothing more nor less, gentlemen than
fIe tra de - or rather that near appTo aeh to it
VIII en- IS 10 be found in tariff which has for its
object revenue, and IN which protection Is merely
the unavoidable incident" ~
--If Mr.. Delmar had been candid, we think he
v ould have informed his younger auditors
thai his machine" was no modern invention
but very old gmcrack-CenJurles older than
that which il is intended to supplant Our
fathers had it in perfect working order from
1852 TO l790-not even "revenue' duty, but
the genuine, unadulterated article-an effort to
impose revenue duty OF barely five per cent.
Wherewith TO pay certain pressing obligations
beng vetoed by State sovereignty. Now, then,
was agriculture stimulated? Did manufactures
receive new impetus? Was general business
active and proGtable? Was plenty scattered
over the land? Were the laboring classes ac-
lively and proftably employed? Surely not.
Those we've years OF general embarrassment
prostTation, palal sis, bankfuptCy-oI popular
conspiracy in New Hampshire (l7S6) to overawe
and coeTce the Legislature into an issue of ire
deemable paper-ot Shays's lnsurrecton in
Massach usett5 Q7S7), and other desperate re-
of,pTa Nf hon N a
perry was clutched by the sheriff and sold tor
song. II was this universal prevalence Of in
dustrial paralysis, of commercial ruin, that
overbore the popular Democratic Jealousy of
centralized power, and carried the Federal Con-
stitution over the heads of the sam Adamses
Patrick Henrys, and George Clintons OF that day.
And, when it had been Carried--caTried, in spite
of rural jealousy, by the tamished, labor.seekIng
population of the seaports-there was q great
celebration of It's triumph in this city 1--WE have
talked with those who witnessed lt), wherein
Protection to Home Labori was emblazoned
on the banners and shouted from the lips OF
hundreds of eXulting artisans
Years passed-years OF great events, tickle
policy, and varying tortunes--during which our
infant manufactures were stimulated by the
Embargo and war with Great Britain into
hot-house growth, only to make their ruin, after
the return TO peace tariff in 1916, more COM
plete! A very few articles plain cottons espe-
Cially-were saved by Mr.. Calhoun in the adjust
ment of that tariff but the great majority were
lett to perish. And we do positively know that
the resulting collapse and paralysis of all our
inoustrX-ag agricultural as well as manufacturing
was almost total. Throughout New England,
we Judge that every fourth farm was in the
hands of the sheriff; while in the West the
general insolvency led to the creation in Ken
lucky of New Court" whose legality was
disputed by the partisans OF the ''Old Court"-
the 'New Court being q popular legislative
contrivancei 10 stay the collection of debts. By
these conflicting Courts the State was distracted
and domoraIized fer yearS--while agriculture
without 80 gtimnluS and manufactures
looked for a ''new impetus" in vain.
The tariff question was thoroughly discussed
throughout the ten ensuing years, and the tariff
somewhat improved IN 1920, again in 1924, and
at length made thoroughly protective in 1928.
Tile ECeni7tg Post need only turn to its own
files Of that date to find The most doletul and
conhdenu prophecies OF general stagnation and
collapse as the necessary fruits OF "The Black
Tariff agriculture parayzed, labor without
employment, commerce obstructed, and ships
rotting at our wharyes for want of cargoes.
Then 1t need but turn to those same columns for
ire i've years ensuing to ind those predictions
talsi6ed by general Improvement and pros
perity such as the country had never known.
Instead of paralysis, general activity and pro-
gTess; agriculture and manufactures. hand in
hand, advancing with giant strides; the revenue
steadily increasing under a tariff which was stg-
matIzed as certain 10 destroy revenue from I'M
ports and send us back to direct taxes; the
National debt rapidly paid off, and commerce
sharing fully in the general well-being. We defy
any man to point to an era of greater thrift than
that which followed the enactment of the
Black Tariff" of 1928. t. -
But South Carolina said "Giye1 it up or we
nullifyln and Democracy forced us to compro
mise away protection, in order to avoid civil
war. sliding scale was hXed whereby all
duties were gradually reduced to uniform
twenty per cent, which the free traders told us
was the TeUenue standard.
Well we got down TO the bottom at last, Our
national industry paralyzed; commerce bank.
rupt; business stagnant; while our reuenue tariff
had deprived us at once of income and credit
We went straight back to protection at a bound
mast be had, and a recelue tarlF would not
afford it. .t. a. =.
That tariff we were swindled out of in 1874 by
the Kane letter and the cry Of .''Polk, Dallas
and the tariff Of Az" We could have beater
our adversares out of the field if they had darec
to meet us fairly and squarely; but they skulkeC
the issue, cheated the people, and elected, as
special guardian OF tariff interests, Vice-PTesi
dent who oyeTthreW protection by his casting
vote. Nt
We give you fair notice, gentlemen, that VIZ
purpose not TO be so cheated again. You viii
have to meet us squarely; and if you beat us, i
will be because the question is decided by thos
voters who cannot read. But you will not bea
us; because. among other reasons, you have M
faith IN your own principle. You dare not plan
yourself squarely upon it. You say we shoul,
have "a tariff which has revenue Tor its object
and OF which protection is merely the unayoida
BILE incidents" But why have tariff at all? ]
it be true, as you constantly assert that tarii
incl eases the price OF the domestic as we'll til
foreign article, why should our consumers pa
five hundred millions extra to home manufa(
turers in! order to get one hundred millions int
the Treasury If free trade is good thing the
real absolute free trade is ever so much bette
than the bogus article which you commend;
not, Will you tell us sehg not? Z
RumOrs Of Wars Among the Fenians.