New-York tribune., 1870-11-29
FREE TRADE.
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made before the Committee Congress- which they took
%eshSny County ind that our people pay an in, in,
crease ihe cost OF certain articles py me % etce
OF the tariff Of about S00000O year The on! bo
we produce coal aud that should he proteeteu 70
81 square" fIaughter Don't you the phlos0ph! Ol
must mus, ao% SaS D F. TT@ 10 steal sooo 4 we
array coal against lumber, ana san agaS' tat tbis
have done our work agree with Mr.. Greeley t1aS .ls
great question Of Protection against Free hTSd1 Ss
be settled till it Is discussed IN every d y
%God speed The day believe al these reforms tnaI @
are advocated based on the truth' anu tuo "" va"
triumph. (GTeat applause.I
SPEECH OF MIR. HORACE WHITE.
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: Idesre, first OF ALL
20 acknowledge the great services rendered 10 'ho
OF Revenue Reform by the gentlemen VINO eohuuoS no
operations of the American Free Trade League lnen
work has been, perhaps, more noticeable 10 US ~ ~
West than TO you who live IN New-iork' O'i - -,
victory which is cure 10 come. whether win Ut "i,o"
ehe uresent agencies viii, In my Judgment haNo O.
hastened by many years through the zeal' uo
Ience and the disint6rcstlness OF MI sahus'Nii
Mr. Marshall and their coadutors, who are suppsine ~
tho thousand volunteers In AL parts OF the oou"' '
facts and documents anc the lhloIin"'ioN -
arm them for the conflict. ,,,
Such an arsenal is a necessity III cannot DC ''Po
with It could not be I'm better haius' iIe'uI" 'on
NV profound thanks for their great service IN the goou
eanse I have noticed in some OF the newspapers re
,cntlv reported Interview with Gen. Sehenck, In the
orse NJ witch that distinguished statesman expressed
croot anxiety TO know what the revenue reformers
wanted what kind of a tariff they were in favor or lie
,od great deal to say abou tea, coffee. and sugar and
about nxures and ncCessares and about his little tan
I which passed, and his great tariff bill, which dd n
pass but is still on the calendar of the House.
But most Of all he wanted to know what it Is that we
Revenue Reformers want will not undertake to say
,sn5g Tseinf5 s or to plpe somebody but can
say that don't pZzle We intend to deal Win me
Lincoln in year 1885, said that the Republican party
would deal with slavery to wit; Pnt u whete M Ihe
of ultimate extinction" 1t is mmateria to me where
begin know tat when {0S NAY HaHe
speaking for myself alone, declare that wall have
truce compromise with that form OF roDDefy tha
his earnings ard TO dispose OF the same i'll his own
-eGnirenens of the Government l. too important and
zoo sacred TO be made the subject OF compromise Iak
rTotecye sysem As well might you appoint and license
given number OF pickpookets to establish nome
The economical effect would be the same. Each pick
ssy ana tlst is all that the projected individual
can DO ia the way OF establishing home market Wlth
his pilfeiings. Another thing THE wloRK TRIBUEE
complains that we Revenue Reformers do not vote for
Proccnonsts when they nominated for Congress on
Che Republican ticket while they Uhe Protceuonsts do
vote for Free Traders when they are nominated Ihe
simplicity this plant is truly remarkable. II we were
probable advocate tariff SG4 days in the year.
and on Tie S65h go to the polls and vote sgamst vote
she way that we talk If any Prote, uonls thlhks
little Of his principles 10 advocate them 64 days IN
che year and 565th against them, shall be
She last 10 object We are not office brokers HaV
Reconstruction and of rpton account OF color
we do not propose fold hands, to become the
so assist them any further than they agree with u.s.
My attachments and synpathes are altogether with the
Republican party, and not at oil with the Democratic
party aud do not expect ever to belong 10 the Demo-
shall act with the Repubc,n party, but only far as
its action in harmony with the principles which hold
were in my estimation the most important so long as
chey denied portion OF the people of this coun-
These rights having been secured and fortified by a
constitutional amendment deem the rights OF property
next In order, and upon this question intend to vote as
think. If the PrOtectiOnists in any locality SEQ tit %
vote contrary to their convictions Isl shall not question
The readers Of TIE NEw-YORK TRIBUNE have undoub-
dy been amused have eT56 See a the the
ghe chicago Tribune That the various special interests
Gued public controversy with The Chicago Tribune not
TO bo denied If they could succeed in turning this pub
i would be very smart To get up personal Sqaabbe,
sOweyer, requires two parties. Consequently don't
intend 10 do my part battle of Free Trade here
after about as have heretofore; that is to say,
do not intend be diverted from the main question by
attacks made merely upon myself; The "A NEw-f0aK M ORR
IN It's time but time Is not II belongs to the age
OF Ron G Maary waiter Forward, ana sln9n p
come very familiar to me lately by reading IiE NE"
But without pretending to be altogether ignorant Of
my counrys history, or at least OF any useful art OF IT,
Hn iatlSriy When found this ustrious Trio paraded
tue present generation into all truth
SPEECH OF TIE HON. S. S. cox.
an not perhaps the best repre- sentative that might
- selected respond to this toast The Congress Dele
cation OF NewY City, II there is any reason why
should De selected to this question, II Is because
have done did at college-I have mastered Horace.
rApplanseJ do not mean my friend Horace White, al
though did read his translation OF Basat and mastered
Il best could. But the only reason why ask your
attention Is not because OF my own nerlts, but because
by some Inisadyenture the Republican organization
placed the deInerits Of Mr. Greeley before the public
judgment. am the result, in small way, OF that de-
cision. know that nearly all the gentlemen who have
spoken tonight Republicans, though some OF them
have great many Democratic lnellnatons. am de-
cided-aInOst as Mr. Bryant said, an unscrupulOns-
iis''S"l He has hS gone H'ii home, me- and U you and
will send on blessings after him. learned Free Trade
Island That little state was then chuck ful' Of Pro
'ecdon. l. was, nursed by it, and grew fat on
believed more in his ethics than even in the Consti-
tuition OF the country have learned 20 hinge them to
take from one man to give to another. honor GLaz
have said IN emphatic tones, Thou shalt not steaI
The idea runs farther back than Slavery was never
ashamed of the word FIee-Trade. Does anybody want
slave trade Why not condemn the restrictions,
them applaud them so loudly / am Free Trader
under the Constitution. If anybody wants to make
anything out Of that phrase, they may Let
our revenue let us keep up our credit let us
provide for all the legitimate wants OF the government
but let keep p the idea there shall not be steal
ing from trade to benefit another. believe in free
trade IN ships Let our merchants Duy hnps Where tho
please We converted President 10 that at the end
Of the last session. The legislation OF last session, which
Mr.. Wells called a sort OF "bedeyilment," was out
IageOus surreptous-anythDg you choose TO call IL.
Toe little Tariff bill" was "a scheme, fraud, and
device Ii did not take the duties from the necessaries.
hut II eft the duties them, varying from IS to COO per
cent. IL u slavery, IL is robbery, il is burgaryl
like the words Free Trade i have fought great
deal for II. was almost alone in COngess fighting
these norai tarh 6nlsEinens a non heendo! wrote
speech Wlch was published seven years after In Austria
La just under here In that time Gen. ScheDck being in
The chair, they allowed 20 beyond my time. They
4 "A
harm" Mr.. Dawes said he could answer He said
You learned this from Secession JEFF Davis taught
you that" Belng lutte under cloud lust then, con-