The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-06
COLUMBIA, SIC.
Saturday nIorniney November, O., 1883

PnoTE@aE4Eaq,gs @4q,siI ~ 7 The b Man York Evening
Post re-puhlishasssia a,ulate issues the
great anti-tariR speech of! Daniel Web
eter, in Fanenil Hal, ia October. 1870.
In this speech Nj MI Webster., considered
whether Gengzess had absigAt,,to ilc hy
taxation lSshatis SaGH0si d8a dltsctlyL Ito
prescribe what ppFapits shall and shslpt
netSs fpitoSea by the pSppie Of this
country. ds anything. gained for Ghy
GLASS BY I'-protectiper each against the
competition Of ieveryrother. and BY ..'pro-
.teeting" money odtot every mans p6kket
into his neighbor's?, 2 If not, if the pro-
cess is sheer loss, is not the only gain by
s'protection" obtained by those who get
II at the expense Of thos0 who do not?
aud is not this unjust? Is COMMERCE
such an enemy Of national prosperity
that ia wiegto tax it to death just for
the sake eS hling it? Is population
made ppsof 2 handful Of rich capitalist
and Ia mhRif6dS Oh Hapendent faetSry
laboreEH ehghAt possible in a fgsestats?
Is the building up. ofleuc4 a community
SO great an, objsetqf national policy that
the whole people ought to be taxed in
order to accomplish -ita These arc the
questionSf fdiS6n5aba by Mr.; Webster, and
atssessAz44 ss,sz4, '@@s4h @ah '1lSSs l5SS8sss ,fhst Il his
,stbseauent ohenge of political position,
hg wSs nut Himself able to overthrow.
Ittdoes ttf6llb4iy however, that because
tGelIdd seStreBae,Ss ~ policy iof "proteosoh"
should not ,beiadoptea, that therefore,
asssEsm 81 efNs snsaqAlifsa ,sf treee trade is to
be- attehaptsR; but father a policy meet
ing the aseeaaa,y aadiust requirements
for revenue frosa customs, by which to
Pay the expenses OF TIE most eopnomi,
which it is possible to attain.
as. vA-alL-c y AsA.---
y ABBKvIidE D1sTBIUT AGRICULTURAL.
Fk1RR,.44To say ,that our District Fair of
The, pkesent week was, o great success is
only to give expression to what every
body says Oh the subject Abbeville in
her palmiest days never witnessed O
larger attendance Of spectators, and the
array Of 'aTtirlea on exhibition was highly
creditable tort the skill and enterprise of
our people. Extra trains, through the
courtesy Of the President and Directors
Of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
brought crowds every day from the Salu-
da side Of the District, whilst our public
square was filled with vehicles of all
kinds, bearing their living freight from
every section of the Savannah. A fine
band Of music from Due West discoursed
eloquent music and prepared for the at
fractions of the scene which was to fol-
low. Wednesday was the opening day
of the Fair, and the exercises commenced
with an admirable address delivered be-
fore large audience in the Court House,
by DR.. Daniel Lee, the distinguished
agriculturalist of Tennessee. To say that
it was worthy of him, who has been
styled "the, first agricultural chemist in
the United States, is paying the highest
compliment to an address which embo-
died the mature fruits of the highest
practical skill, combined with profound
knowledge of all that pertains to the
science Of agriculture. air.
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