The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-19
WASHBURN VS.. DOOLITTLE.
SPEECH CT GENERAL WAsHBURN AT FOND
DU LAC.

IN my discussion with Judge DOOlIttle
at Oshkosh, my time gave out before I
could speak upon the subject of the Tar
If, or the acquisition of San Domingo,and
promised then. that would speak upon
Doth OF these questions here. The tariff
question has properly no business in this
discussion, first, because the Governor Of
WISCONSIN has nothing to do in providing
revenue for the general Government, and
next, because the Democratic party has
IL" well-dehned policy upon the question
hat is accepted throughout the country.
In some localities the Democratic party
is strongly in favor Of protection, and, in
others is strongly opposed to all protec-
ton. The same may be said, to limited
extent, in r'gard to the Republican party.
AS my friend has attacked the existing
tariff, propose to notice his attacks, and
show that hateVer It's merits or demer
It's, any attack upon it now but ill. be
comes him.
| At Oshkosh, my friend stated that
was hlg tariff man, and did 1ot hesitate
to avoW 1t. Upon what authority lie mads
that statement | am at loss to know.
Certainly not from any OF my utterances,
or from the record Of the Congressional
Globe-the ten years that | was mem Der
| OF Congress. | presume his authority
must have been the Milwaukee Mems,
which now appears to be his political
bible, that same N6a08 of which he said
In 1868, that it was more dangerous to
the union and liberty of the country, than
all the Alabama pirates, in the foreign
intervention combined. (Appause) The
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lars, was passed while Judge Dooittle
was member of the United States Sen
ate, and received his support. have
looked in vain to find where he had at
tempted to amend it, or make its burdens
ali more lightly upon the people. But
he may say that that was In war times
when 1t was necessary to have all the
revenue we could obtain. Granted. But
in 1866 war nad ceased to exist, and re
vision of the war tariff was for months
pending before the Both Congress- | have
| looked over the debates in vain to find
where IN all those months he sought to
correct all those abuses OF which he now
complains IT they are abuses now, they
were abuses then, and so continued until
he left the Senate on he 4th Of March,
1859. As a faithful guardian Of the in
IerestS of the people of the State Of Wis
consin, why did he remain silent and al
low those abuses to continue? Does he
not see that his attack now is really an
attack upon himself?
In recent speech he attacked the duty
on coal, but he failed to tell his auditors
that he helped TO place that duty there,
and to keep it there, while by the assist.
ance Of my vote the du'y was abolished
by the House Of Representatives He al
so failed to tell you that it was, by the
help of my vote, that the enormous duty
which he helped to impose on tea and
coffee was reduced 40 per cent.
My friend remained silent during the
attemptto revise the tariff in the 39th
| Congress. That revision failed, but there
was one interest in the country 50 terribly
depressed that Congress, in its last hours
was constrained to give relief. That in
terest was the wool growers of the west,
This bill so clearly in the interest of agri
culture, and the only tariff bill that ever
passed Congress where the agricultural
interest was lie chief one to be benefited,
was passed during the last hours Of that
Congress. The struggle for its passage
was most severe, and it seemed doubtful
for long time IS to what the result
would be.
where was Roderick then
One blast from his bugle
| Were worth thousand men,"
That blast was listened for by the
wool growers in vain, and when it came
to the final vote, he had business else.
where. AS my friend has brought the
tariff question into this discussion, where
it does not belong, hope that instead OF
dealing in glitterlng generalities that ma y
as we'll mean one thing as another, he will
tell us just what kind of tariff he wants
VIII he be 30 kind as to tell how much
duty he would place on iron and how
much on tea and coffee Simply saying
that he is In favor of revenue tariff
alone won't answer the question. Tha
the present tariff needs revision does no
require to be argued. In the first plac,
we are collecting too much revenue anc
paying off the public debt too rapidly
We are placing too much Of the burden
IF had my way would collect revenu
enough to pay the current expenses of tn
Government and pay $25,00O,000 a yea
OF the public debt, and no more, | woui(
endeavor to have the tariff SC ad busted a
to give that revenue, and distribute it
burdens as equally and lightly rs possibl
in no instance fostering one industry a
the expense OF another The time ha
gone by, if it ever existed, when protec
ton for the sake of protection alone will
be tolerated in this country. A tariff tina
shall give US the necessary revenue, will
at the same time give all the encourage
ment any branch of industry can right,
or Justly claim. Every duty laid On arti
Giles produced in this country is protec