The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-09-05

Convention OF Ohio did not incorpo
rate in It's platform resolution rels.
sng to the tariff. 1 cannot on this
occasion take the time necessary to
consider the subject st any length,
but / desire to say very frankly the
Republicans are not altogether agreed
about it. / doubt If it can ever again
be made a party question in this
country. Mems opinions regarding
it depend largely upon the localities
where they live, and the employments
in which they are engaged. There
are counties in this State where the
democrats are all for a protective
. tariff. There are other counties
where the Republicans sre in favor
: of revenue tariff purely, without
reference to protection. 1t is inter
estiug, however, to notice the incon.
sistency and harmony of the Democ
racy regarding it. The 9th O.
August convention says of the Dem
ocratie party: -
sit insists that our tariff laws
should be framed with a view tC
revenue, and not to tax the commu
nifty for the benefit of particular
industries"
Now if this means anything, i
means that the idea of protection
should nos be entertained at all, fol
the reason that its operation is op.
pressive and wrong. And yet the
/ Democratic National Convention oi
1868, which certainly was supposed
to speak for the party, declared
| ssThat we are in favor of tariff
for revenue upon foreign imports,
and such equal taxation under the
law as aoM afford incidental projection
to domestic manufactures, and as
will, without impairing the revenue,
impose the lesst burden, and best
promote and encourage the great
industrial interests of the country
And the national conventions at
Cincinnati and Baltimore, last year,
agreed to leave the whole matter to
the several congressional districts.
Now, my friends, which is Democ-
rscy? The fact is, that the tariff
planks in the platforms OF all parties
are usually mere dodges, so framed
as to mean anything or nothing, as
one or another may choose to have
it. The Republican Convention, this
year, acted wisely in not repeating
this folly. The tariff necessary for
revenue, and which will be required
for many years to come, is sufficient
for all purposes. 1t should be so
distributed as to do the greatest good
to the greatest number; MOTTO enrich
the few at the expense of the many,
but so as to give employment and
good wages to labor, as well as fair
returns for capital invested. How
this distribution shall be made viii
vary with circumstances, and always
demands careful consideration, and
extensive knowledge of the facts. 1t
is possible that present laws could be
improved, but even under these we
are prospering very well.
There are many other topics which
1 should be glad to discuss did time
permit, but they must be postponed
for some other occasion dnring the
campaign.
/ had the honor 10 express my
views upon the subject Of national
banks and the Indian policy of the
administration, last year and two
years ago, in speeches which were
published. have seen no reason to
change the opinions then held, and
do not care to repeat them here.
THE sITUATIoE-HoN. WIN. ALIENS
OPINIONS.
And now, my fellow citizens, the
question Is presented squarely, whe-
ther you will continue the admins
tration OF the Republican party, with
its history and its purposes, or return
to power that political organization
of which its friends say, "it has out
lived its usefulness sit is spoiled y
which by its platform presents no
new issue, but by its ticket invokes
the memory OF other years and chal-
Ienges criticism for Its past conduct
I had not intended in this cam
paign to refer to the position OF the
Democratic party during the war,
and weuld not do it now il the distin-
guished gentleman who heads the
Democratic ticket had not invited it
by arrraigning the position OF the Re-
publicans during that memorable
struggle. In his response to a sere-
made at his own home, after the nom
ination, he refers very freely to what
he remembers as the position of po-
litical parties during the war. l
think his utterances will be regarded
by the people Of Ohio as somewhat
remarkable. At any rate, they breathe
the same spirit as that which we en-
couutered from 1851 to 1865. Among
other things he says:
"When any party, no matter OF
whom composed, has no restraint,
it's leaders abuse the powar Intrusted
to them, 1t has been said that the
Democratic organization, to certain
extent, acted unWisely in attempting
to restrain the unbridled fury OF the
opposition in the late struggle in this
country. That is a grave mistake
The passions of the other party
carried them far beyond Whist theil
sober prudence would have dictated
in their conduct in the late war. and
it was necessary thst while the Union
should be preserved intact, and the
supremacy and dignity Of the federal
government vindicssed, the matter
should not be allowed to run into
the channels OF bloody revenge
therefore IL become necessary that
the Democratic party should enter
protes', and that Northern feeling
should intercade when these ends had
beeu accomplished, and had it not
been for this protest on the part OF
the Democracy, let me ask you where
would the war have ended! You
csn answer, IL the destruction Of the
whole South and the Southern peo
pie. But the destructive feeling
found its check in the North, and
mainly in the Democratic orgaDiza
ton.
sFThe mistske was not go much IL
the war as in the conduct pursued
when peace was declared. Then the
taxes would have been reduced, snC
everything put upon peace footing
+, but the Republican party did not trJ
, to conciliate or soothe the people o
= the South, neither did they try to re
: duce the expenses or put q stop e
/. the rapid and unnecessary accumula
t tion of the public debt Flushed will
E victory, victory they were aided Il
, ACQUIRING By the Democratic organi
r zation, they carried the power the,
3 had acquired during the war int
l tneIr government OF the Southern
: people in time Of peace. But it
( not. my purpose nov to 90 into
l general discussion Of these matters
3 Whist was the "unbridled fury O
| the opposition" which the Democra,
ic organization attempted to restrain
D / am surrounded, know. to-day, b
: the soldier boys Of l86I-men :
= whom home and friends were then a
3 dear as to the Democratic csndidat
, for Governor, but who had not, lik
! him, been educated into the belle
: thst dissipsted and rebeilious Stat
IL