Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-05-23
THE HUMoR OF PROTECTION.

HE HuNVh Of fEOTECItoN.
Last Thursday. while the House Of
Representatives we're considering The du.
ties on salt. Hon. Bcnjamin Basler pro-
posed an amendment that salt ussd h eur.
ing FISH should be admitted free a. duty.
Hon. s. 8. Coz arose and ssid: h
/ do not propose SO much TO antagouize
the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
Butler) in regard to making salt partly
free. should like to see it entirely free.
| speak on this side Of the House (stand-
ing near Mr.. Dawes) because my side of
the House is somewhat demoralI1sd on The
tariff [laugl,ingl. iadgirs. frog. spmsA Sc
Y ssSst ssssf j 'saJa ~ Sss! 81
tefday. They 20 far to disturb somA Of
my principles. if not control my vote. A
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Grif-
fth) appealed to my friend from Indiana
{ Mr.. kecr) not to oppose the coal tar,
because he was born above q coal forma-
tion laughter in Pennsylvania, and his
playmates were honorable men. feel
the force Of that cd hominem. was born
near the salt-wells Of the beautiful Musk.
ingum in Ohio. Before that stream had
slack-water. before it was considered hard
ly worth dam laughter, its banks spout
ed salt water like Massachusetts, member
of Congress. 1t was evaporated by btu
m;nous COAL mean nothing personal to
the gallant member from Massachusetts,
(Mr. Banks)-I mean the salt water, not
the banks. Laughter, Around the wells
and kettles Of my native river cluster those
sweet saline associations which have pre-
served me ever young! They are hard
to resist
Another argument. has still more force.
The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Ritch-
ie) begged us not to throttle the infantilc
coal interests of his beloved Cumberland.
Laughter
Although that unhealthy baby has been
fostered By ''paternal Government on
pap" or, as ought to say. BY q mater
nal Government en- milk laug ughterl. for so
many years. its power of suction is a. least
forty thousand horsepower Loughter.
These are statistics. Laughter Yet
with rare economic genius, followed By.
the eloquent fiscal member from the Ksn>
awha salt-works, he appealed to us to let
him steal, so long as other sections stole
from him. Was there ever such an illus.
tration as that just made on the censae:
man from Massachusetts, (Mr. Butler y
The gcnii man from Missouri (Mr. Fin
kelburg) wanted to be so honest as to help
the people to keep pork by cheap salt
The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
Butler) wants to cheat the treasury BY free
salt for goldfish. This is all larceny
Laughter Wha, could be more reason
able or ethical? Let US be TO each other
instruments of reciprocal rapine Laugh
ter. Michigan steals on copper Maine
on lumber Pennsylvania'on iron North
Carolina on peanuts Massachusetts. on
cotton goods; Connecticut on hair pins :;
New Jersey on spool thread Louisiana
on sugar, and so on. Why not let the
/ gentleman from Maryland steal on coal
from them? True. bu. comparative few
get the benefit. and it comes out Of the
body of the people: true. it tends to high
prices. but does not stealing encourage in
dustry? Let US as moralists. if not as
politicians. rewrite the seventh command
Laent: Thou shal, steal because steal
ing is right when common"
A. | am Representative ofNew York
and Onondaga, with the aid of the for
eign SOAR artizan. evaporates salt. ought
| not also to steal to help Onondasa p
Stealing i'y tariffs, Mr. Chairman. is, as
De Quincy proved of murder. fine art.
II everybody stole from everybody. is there
any reproach to anybody Laughter |
If everybody is n burglar, is there any
need for anybod. to lock up houses =?
The mining con- :7anies out West send
their ores to Wales u be refined rs to get
more wealth. /: ought to be stopped. -
let them steal capital out Of Government.
Why not pilfer something out of somebody y
else's eatnings and build works in Colo
RADIO and Nevada like thosr in Wales p
How hAppy we should all b. when the re-
proach OF Goa. Island is rem, ved from the
Pacific. and from the gentleman from Cal
ifornia (Mr. Sargent) laughter BY gran
der steal for wool and blankets /! How
happy we shorld be when we caa look
each other in the face here, clasp hands,
as now look into the face Of the gectle-
man from Massachusetts (Mr. Dawes) And
say. God bless you. my brother; you
have stolen from me. and from you les
US love one another" [Gress laughter.
Then the little unprotected pigs. who are
crowded by the big pigs. quietly eating
out of the Trough. will sqneal no more t.
be let in laughterl: for on this idea al
shall be fed by swallowing each other
food: and when all are fed, no one loses
and we shall be happy.
The principle commends itselfio the gen
tleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. Banks)
who has made the speech on the subjec
that delights my heart. Il has 50 mucl
moderation and wisdom. II has no non
sense; no doctrine in it. II is based o,
the principle Of pure and rndefiled. il i
petty larceny. lie weuld not steal as mucl
as others. but to steal into good company
he would steal less There is .then no
! so much motive Tor detection and punish
: ment, Other gentlemen are OVERRIDING ID
He would steal sixty per. cent. less thal
r others; say on coal. But whether pet
r or grand larceny. the results are such tbs
when every ''cove" has sn equal. ehauc
at the s~ay, William Sykes becomes q
J. honorable as the Artfnl Dodgcr, whom sh
= papers liken to my friend from Massachu
e sets (Mr. Dawes). Lacghter.l An
: even Oliver Twist, like myself, eoul
ask for more without affecting the il
nocence Of his simple nature! Laugl
,ter.