The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-06

that if IAN Australian or South American
wants to sell his wool in our market, in COM
petition with our own, he must purchase
the privilege by paying the duties on his
wool at the eustom-house. Ii the French
man wants to sell his brandy, or the Ger
man his wine, let him, too, pay for the
privilege by paying the duties at the GUS
tom-house when his goods come into the
market for consumption. And if he wants
to compete with Pennsylvania in digging
ore and coal and limestone, and converting
it into pig iron and railroad bars, let him
pay for the privilege, and help California
and Pennsylvania both out of the drag of
internal taxes, by paying his tax on his
iron when it comes into consumption in the
market. Now there is sharp line of de-
markation between the two parties. |
could have brought you'll had them in my
hand to-day-thirteen speeches made by
Democrats, in favor of retaining the inter-
nal taxes and of abolishing custom-houses
and reducing duties on American manufac-
lures. They wanted to retain the duties on
tea and coffee. They wanted to retain the
taxes on whatever we could not produce
and to take them off whatever we could,
on the flimsy pretext that the duty was
added not only to the thing imported but
to whatever the American made, so that it
was paid not only on the importation but
upon the whole consumption.
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY'S MISSION.
For ten years we have been forced to
make the foreigner pay for the privilege of
coming into our markets, and look how our
factories have grown; look how the two
sections of the country have been knit to-
gether by railroads and other means of
transit. Why, the day is not far distant,
and hope to live to see the time, when
one may start on railroad north to Puget
Sound, and across through Idaho, Monta-
ma, Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Hi
nois into the heart of the country, and to
that portion of the Atlantic coast he may
propose to visit, to revive the memories of
childhood or to explore the country new TO
him, and down the Atlantic coast to New
Orleans, and across through to Texas, Ari-
IONA, New Mexico, and up 10 San Diego,
through the beautiful townof Los Angeles,
which have just visited, and drop from
the car here in your own beautiful San
Francisco. [Applause.l But in order to
accomplish this there must be business for
the roads. Mines must be opened-not
gold mines, for we haven't many of them
in PennSylvania-nor silver mines, we
haven't great many Of them nor dia-
mond mines either laughter; we have
none of them, except some black diamonds;
we call them so because by digging hard
and getting them out, we can occasionally
buy diamond. The coal mine, the iron
mine, the lead, copper, zinc mine, and the
water power must be utilized, the hum Of
the wheel must be heard, the young man
or the young woman who seeks an indie
pendent livelihood must haye,the means of
earning it near the lathcrland before start
ing out in the world. Villages must deck
the plain and the mountain side.
There must be people to travel and
goods to be transported, and therefore
we must pursue policy which will de-
yelop the resources of the country and
invite the skilled artisans Of the old
country TO dwell with us and enjoy the
blessings showered upon us, and be with
his children American citizcns, with no
man whom they must call master, and
unwilling to bow before King or Kaiser.
These are the objects aimed at by the
Republican party. These are tho objects
to which the nearly four years of Grants
Presidential career have dedicated him.
His acts are ample security for the growth
of our country, if you but say, "Let
well enough alone;" let him still hold the
helm who has kept the ship SO steady
through storm and tempest. [Great APP
plause.l
The meeting adjourned with three rous
ing cheers for the speaker and three more
for the Republican party.