The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-08

no conflict between the farmer and the
mechanic 10 towns. Ihave been along the
river counties at Gallipolis, Ironton, Pome.
roy, Portsmouth and jackson, and in every
ono Of those towns the farmer getsgfrom
Honr tosix cents q buahelmofe rcorntllln
liz brings Ink Incin1aii pecausS thete e TIC
home demand and q bushel Of corn Is le-
gal tender anywhere. As tho towns aud
cities grow the country thrives.
N ,And1how shall, theTcpuntry thrivey
HowlshaIit The towns and eiliesIgrow? The
4 Cincinnati Ea9uirSs:y said that Senator
Morton and would not dare 10 alludc to
the Tariff Question In our speeches; that
the Republican platform was entirelysi-
lent or, this subjects And soft Is. Now
conti dentially i would not Tor Tie voild
have ftrepeated beyond this room-I am
inclined TO think the tariff plank In most
1party platforms has been put there 10
mean anything or nothing, according as
| tho man who reads II wants 1t TO mean;
that 1t Is sheer dodge and humbug; and
1I.was very glad the Republican party OF
Ohio this year did not commit itself to
that FOLLY, But what about the Demo-
i cra,iclparty2 1t, declares i'm, Ohio this
Iyeartfor Free Trade oretof d Revenue
| Tariff which shall not foster any particu
llar branch of industry. Well, the Dem,
ocracy OF Peunsylvania, meeting shortly
after, adopted the Ohio Democratic plat.
form excepting that one Free Trade plank
So what Is Democracy on the Tariff CUES
ttion In t0hio snot Rt all Democracy In
! Pennsylvania. Last year the Democrats
had as their candidate for President a
high. protective tariff man-Horace Gree
ley. Ii would never do TO have Free trade
plank last year. and they resolved twas
none Or their busiuess bit ought 10 be left
To the separate Congressional districts.
Five years ago the Democracy Of the
United. States met 10 New York aud re.
solved In favor OF a revenue tariff, so dis.
Eributed.that-i II should: protect American
manufactures. viii you be kind enough
To tell me which Is Democracy. Is II
free trade this year with Allen as its rep.
resentativeg Or Is Il the protection Dem.
ocracy OF Ponnsyl vania this yearf oris
1.-the none Of their business Arrangement
OF last year but reference TO Congressional
districts? Or the revenue tariff with In
cidental protection OF five years ago?
Gentlemen, you pay your money and take
your choice Laughter Which Is Democ-
rscyI But Inave not anything TO disguise
on that subject myself. am willing TO &C.
cept the Democratic doctrine OF five years
ago -altarif for revenue SO distributed
that Il shall iucidentIy protect Ameri-
can manufactres. [Applause l do not
want tariff which will raise up great
monopolies and enrich the few OF the ex-
pense Of the many. ! want a tariff so laid
that II shail afford tho greatest possible
good 10 the greatest possible number Of
our people. l do not want topeet het. dog
when the laborer Of the United States
shall not receive better pay, better food,
better clothing, have better houses, better
opportunities TO educate their children
thau the labOrers OF England have to day.
do NOT wsnt.in this country 10 ever see
the time when good days work shall
not bring q good days wages. Jap
plause. When l Yves trayelinggin Eu-
rope In 1870, many day j rode along
through the country. when stopping for
our lunch the driver and his horse had
their meal from the some iOal of tho mis-.
cradle black bread. II those laborers get
their soup once or twice o week It is I'LL
they expect and live on bread the rest Of
the time. Here the laborer may have his
meat three times a day II he chooses his
children are respectfully clothed, provided
with comforts surrounded with luxuries
and elegancies sometimes, provided with
books and sent In order to school. And
II Is the pride Of our people that however
poor and humble and ignorant VIC may
be, yet we may reasonably hope that our
little boy, II he have o clear head, an hon.
est heart, q strong arm anda brave pur-
pose, may some day sit where sits 10 night
the Tanner Of Illinois and the Shoemaker
Of Massachusetts. Applause. There Is no
place in this country 80 high that the
children Of the poor laborer,7 ass they 60
out side by side with the sons Of the rich
and the learned, may not reach out their
strong arms and grasp this worlds honors,
bring them home to lay. them OF the feet
OF their good told fathers work In the
furnace or 10 the mines or on the public
highway. That Is the prldeof our coun.
try. l would'thereiore have our Ameri-
can indus,ryiso protected that this state
OF things should DO continued we
may compete with the cheap labor OF Eng.
land without reducing the wagesiof our
laborcrs, while at the same time we
give e, capita, o fair return ler, is invest
mentss 80 as our towns and cities thrive
with their manufacturing, interests, the
country win prosper, finding o. market
close 10 their own farms. Now the In
,quiTer was mistaken in!saying. j did not
dare to nxnrAea! my onininn s"n'thAt s"h-
Ject.
After some remarks in reply 10 the
Democratic outcry, about the "Centraliza.
ton oipowefp Gov NoYks continued:
But the Cincinnati Enquirer upon every
page which 1t can spare from It's perso-.
nal Abuse OF the Republican candidate
for Governor ofthis State reiterates over
land over agsinsthat William Allen, the
Democratic candidate for Governor was
supporter Of the Government during
the war, In favor OF suppresslng the re-
bcllion, an encourager oil enlistments, true
gnd loyalEto hisic1nntry. And Senator
Putnam, who acted tof o, while as the
mouthpiece Of Mr.. Allen, In the opening
speech Of his campaign charged on me
that / had misrepresented that gentles
:man,in claiming that he'discouraged en-
Ilistments, aongitto embArrAsS the Gov!
\ eminent, anddid not assist In suppress
ing the Rebellion. desire 10 call your
attention to the record In order that you
may. decide for yourselves whetherI have
misrepresented HIM or not. Mr.. Allen
was serenaded at his home the very night
alter his nomination, and upon that occa.
sion he uttered these words, ut has been
said that the Dem crstic organization, to
a certain extent, acted u1wisely In at.
tempting to restrain the unbridled lury. Of
the opposition In tie late great struggle
Ia this country. That Is grave mistake"
Even now, eight years after The close Of
made no mistake "in, attempting 10 reT
strain the unbridled fury of'the opposi!
| tom during the war, And then he SAYS