, 1874-11-01
POLITICAL.
Speech of j. Y. LeMoyne
at Libertyville.
Explicit Statement Of His
Views on Protection.
Remarks of Sidney Smith at the
Mass-Meeting Yester-
day Evening.
He Compares His Record with
that Of Mr.. Caul-
field.
And Reviews That Gentle
mans Career at Length.
Col. Juessen Tells the Germans
Why They Should Not
Vote for Farweu.
How the Government Offices Are
Run for FarWe!l and /
Ward.
A Singular Discrimination
Against MIR. Smith.
State Of Feeling at the Respective
Headquarters.
The Satoon-Keepers Gather in
Council.
Barney Cau1feld and the Sons |
Of Liberty.
!Haines vs.. White---The Tickets.


MR.. LIE MoYNE ON "PRoTEcT1oN."
THE HON. JOHN Y. LIZ NOME
addressed the voters of Libertyyile, Lake County,
st the Town Hail, Thursday evening. Though
still suffering, aud very weak. he made the
longest address he has thus far delivered during
the campaign. Mr. John II. Price presided, and
introduced Mr. LeAIoyne, who spoke As fol-
lows:
THE ADDRESS.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN: It is now
just about Two years since I made, IN this house,
almost my first political speech. had then just
left the Republican party, because I believed
that the good of the country demanded change
OF Administration. and I tried to convince you Of
this fact. I believe the majority Of you differed
with me then. Has the experience Of the past
two years justified your opinion. OF mine? Ny
errand TO Jon now is the same that it was then.
In what have to say, do not wish to nd
dress myself to your feoliDgs. OF make any ap-
peal to passion or prejudice. You should regard
the politics Of the day as purely . question Of
dollars and cents, to be discussed just aB you
would discuss any other business arrangement
in which you arc interested. What would you
think Of set Of farmers who should tx the
time OF complaining By resolution or vho
would refuse to gather their harvest, except at
such times as all the other members OF the same
church should gather their7 You would say
more Eationai when you are influenced in your
voting by appeals to stick to party, which has
bad glorious past, or when you allow your
selves to be controlled By party ties, or led BY
political leaders.
IN YOUR PERSONAL AFFAIRS,
when Jou are selecting IN cmploye, you exercise
your best judgment as to his fitness for the par
t1cr1lar service you require; why then. when you
are selecting an employe By vote. whether it be
for an executive or legislative employment, do
sou give up your judgment and allow yourselves
to be influenced by passion, prejudice, or party
ties?
This submission to the control of party leaders
is very often I'M furious to the best interests OF
the country, and very expensive to yourselves.
You have no doubt heard great deal OF the
glorious record OF political parties. II you are
disposed to continue Investments in this style Of
glory. would it not be as we'll to stop and con-
slder how much it costs 2?
great deal has been said about
THE DIRECT noBBERIEs
OF the presen. Administration. You often SEQ
by the papers that some emp1oye OF the Govern
ment has stolen or embezzled largo amount of
public funds. Congress, perhaps, has voted q
large eubsidy to some company. o: given away
large tracts Of the public lands. You have paid
little attention to this. IT, each time any OF the
public property Vas thus abstracted, the tax
gatherer should come round and collect from
each Of you proportion of the amount neces-
sary to replace this fund. how long would you
retain the servants who, by their negligence OF
criminalitr, had caused tho loss
NOW, WHAT Is THE DIFFERENCE
between having to pay this money directly and
having to pay it in additional taxes or duties at
soma future time? There is really none, but
such length OF time elapses that We lose the
connection between cause and effect aid the
burden is placed upon indirectly. And bur-
deus thus i'm posed, though often more serious,
are less observed than those placed upon us di-
1ectly. These direct robberies have, under the
present Administration, gone unpnn'shed, and
the loss Of tho money to the nation has not been
SO serious injury as the Generalization OF the
people in seeing the crimes OF embezelment and
theft treated as if they were not criminal.
But at this time desire to call your attention
for little while to what might be called
THE INDIRECT RoBDENEs
OF the Republican party; and tue greatest of
these is the protective tariff. Let Us for mo-
menk consider the = C's Of the tariff systcm
In all communities, men naturally take up diff
ferent occupations.
If the farmer wants pair Of shoes. he does
not stop his farming operations to make the
shoes himself but Bomc 1nau in the community
makes ali the shoes, aud tho 1a1n9r gives the
shoemaker one dav Of his work Or the price Of it
in exchange for one days work of the shoe
community do the same, the shoemaker is kept
busy, and thus acquires greater skill III his bnsi
ness than any one could have who attempted to
do everything for himself.
Suppose, after while, the shoemaker, getting |
more ayar1cions than his neiehbors, 1no.e 1mra- |
ticnt to be rich. applies to the Government for
assistance. and the Government, yielding to his |
application, levies tax upon every other mem
Der of the community. and hands the money to |
tie shoemaker :? You would call this plain rob- |
berg. But. iuftoad Of thiE. suppose :ho Gov |
to assist the shoemaker. requires every
one who wears =noes to pay 50 cents poiE extra /
to the shoemaker. IL not this equally robbery? |
Now suppose, instead Of either Of these, the |
other shoes into the community, 50 that the |
could charge whatever p1ica ha saM J.