New-York tribune., 1870-09-12
will honor the District that thus confdes In him. and OF
which you will all have right to be proud

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proceed now TO brief review OF attacks upon III by
our opponents TO which have not heretofore alluded.
The first Ia I'm regard TO land grants-he policy Of
granting alternate sections Of public lands for building
railroads and opening our vast Interior to settle
men doubling the price of the sections reserved by the
| Government Whether this policy is wise or un-
vise. II IA OF Democratic birth, and it,
r. Was inaueurateA by Democratic Congress- under the
! Lead OF stephen A. Douglas, then the acknowledged
leader Of the pS%SSEao Pa In se Rsoad Hnd
the records Of the last Democratic Admins.
Isa1iS@ RaT"ads in Fi0rida, Alabama louisiana Mississippi
wcOns Mhgan Iowa and m I9nes0 tbe ss3 %ne tds
President and the killing, for the time, Of the Home,
stead bill when passed H s sranSs Of hs
Democratic Secretary OF the Interior against IT, ca
Strange ss it NAV seem TO who hear Democratic
speeches of this year land grants for railroads not
TegSrea ns 15 Da%ocrate Iatona Platform made
spoke s S. I,1 1s' Se nSs sre@ q % for the en-
public scu ' ~ 90 '
This qualification does not affect the principle OF aid by
grants IN encoura cement OF building RAILROADS. ana III
stead OF any words OF condemnation, such encourage
mcnt' was recognized by the unanimous voice OF .ne
Democracy OF the United states when last asstmped h N
amend tbot platform submit that they are bound by IT.
For Railroad and Internal Improvement before the
Renuhcan party obtained power, over htty millions OF
acres had been granted under Democratic Adlnnlsta-
tions, without any homestead rights Whatever eve % Oh ,ne
en Nor was this all Vast grants OF lands assumed
to he swamp lands though great rstr pT"PCp pG%g.
cratic Administrations not "a 9C.G acTs 70 oni
AZ ana millions TO Arkansas ~ millions to Michigan, "a
millions Mississippi u millions To- Missouri mllohs
to iRo l. millions Inio n to Wiacon.in, &e &C. How
these Democratic grants were used, let their snfy m
| Indiana answerl With the incoming OF hfPuD.
| lean Administration the Homestead principle at
last triumphed. and was aPpnea 10 our th opn Iand
| domain Of public lands; and, although the i;dIu
| Gran % Democracy
incorporated in 1t, rs never before I9e ri
settlers free farms the public land, winch by the %
roads, were brought near to market ana thns opened
TO settlement need scarcely add more Oh TINS nTau'
takaby call for cessation Of these grants so a. 10 give
the fullest scope the Republican Homestead SYSTEM
and to require railroads henceforth to follow her tnn
to attempt to lead, advancing column oil Settlements
:" '"' THE TARIFF
The next attack Is ON the Tariff From their constant
denuncaion OF all the details Of the Internal Revenue
which became necessary To maintain our credit
to keep cur flag flying, and to pay and equip our armies
as well OF the tariff it would seem as If they believed
with tho famous Barney Blm that 1--WE should abol-
ish all our tariffs and taxes, and just pay our ex-
penses out OF the Treasury" While every Republican
Congress since the has been steadily reducing our
Internal taxation-Sj 100000 I'm 1866, S0O0OO In 1867,
S 100000 In 1863 and $4,000 900 In ls7Os2OOOUO III all
Congress commenced ALSO ut the last session lhe Work
of reducing the burdensome duties of the tariff as
have shown. do not regard this canvass as one tin,
ing on Free Trade Protection our guiding principle
the pledge have quoted from the Republican National
platform 1885, that taxation should be equalLed ana
and think lair standard in arranging the details Of
tariff be fomd embodied in the last Republican plat
forms Of four Western Republican states, almost ideut
cal I'm language they are in spirit The resolution ot
the last Republican Convention Of Indiana is as follows
believing that adjustment OF thc dnhrs
necessarily aGor all the incidental protection to which any interest
The last Republican Convention in Ohio thus spoke
That tsrh Ie'e9ae J; I 1nl Ty
section while securing the home producer fair competition
The last Republican Convention in Iowa, in almost the
language but more specifically III closing worus
That tariff for revenue pensnbe and houli be adjusted
as not 10 become preiulea industrial interests Of class
section county while euing home producers fair eonPe
The last Republican Convention in Michigan resolved:
HSS M slnSg % 1 % H I m last pT~iefal to the niui7i ui pro-
ducng tt Of class ab section Gaag the home producer
why not 1t may he well to anayze our receipts m m
sI6 OOO during year ending July.
have analytical classification OF the last year a. yet,
iected on Injuries, such rs silks. shawls, spirits,
wnes tobacco fs fancy y, @TSG CI jG%e nonSa da
necessities, should obtain from these items all reasonable
About $jj0OO00 one-third, were collected on
articles which the poor consume as Largely man per man.
the rich, namely tea coffee sugar. ana molasse the
of last session; and hope, ~ to tea and coffee
at least, may soon be entirely abolished, giving
Land. About SioOoOoO 9ne-f9urth, were collected on
leather lead glass and salt The rest miscellaneous.
not classified under these three divisions, and among
/ them watches oils hooks and host Of small items.
The difference that exists In the public mind and in
the Republican ranks f. mainly a. TO the third class on
Ii5 stI 6S 0oo we're collected. INT evcept with those
who may insist extreme positions, the spirit OF the
platforms quoted above seems sufficient u reconcile con
! m, Illinois plstform which while demanding - The
Ightest burdens and fewest restrictions the best pro-
lection to lndustry comedies ai "hr promotion o. the
public welfare" rghtny be considered In tax laws.
Is there anything unjust 10 any one, when adjusting
the duties by which our npeTatiNey needed revenue rs
} raised, in 80 discriminating within revenue limit as
"to secure home producers fair competition with foreign
capal aud labor especially ~ lcSafu 10 lhe great IRON
cotton, and woOlen manufacturing interests OF the cou-
| tryt These manufactures are quite indispensable
to real national independence. Hlhout tAei9,
| We should be almost as dependent, II
foreign burst upon il We had 10 import can
non, rifles, and qrnpOwder from abroad our home pro-
ducton OF pig iron from the average OF 100000 tuus
during Buchanans term, To the average OF 100000 tuns
to nearly 2,OOO0Co Believing II could maintain " tlir
competition with foreign capital and labor, at reduced
tariff Congress at the last session, cut down The duties
upon il - to per un, and scrap iron from IS to
The wages u labor in this country ought certainly not
TO be overlooked in adjusting the details OF tariff II IL
welfare. supplement to Commissioner Welis's last re-
port from the Bureau of Statistics, shows IN elaborate
tables that these wages per cent higher Here than
in England, and the disparity with the wages IN conti
mental Europe Is much greater.
Should We lrgtate so as 10 compel the reduction OF
labor wages to any thing near these standards Itmnk
not have no sympathy win the doctrine that cheap
or American prosperity Where the aDoer is adequately
remunerated able to enjoy the necossares ana comforts
OF life, with ability to lay up something for the future,
and with his labor IN demand, we Will always ma con
tenmcnt and consequent prosperity. When this is not
the case detituton aud pauperlsm act and dlshonor
the land.
Suppose we had imported these 100000 TINS OF pig
iron from abroad ThrcetOurths of all the S5OOONO |e
paid for would have been for foreign labor, foreign
breadstus foreign meat vegetables clothing, &o used
by the lab0rer while producing il, and should have
paid for it in gold. Would this have been better than
paying In labor wages here and for the breadsu3
meat vegetables, &c., purchased OF our farmers anu
! consumed by our aborers here
While financial necessities, therefore, require
money 10 be raised by a tariff, and while any duties
found to be prohibtOry, pressing too heavily on the
consumer, creating monopoly In any branch OF bu.
ness should be reduced. sincerely believe thar rev
duties with fair regard 10 the development of
resources and the maintenance 0f American wages fOr
| labor, the just interests Of both producers and