National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-05
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Gl0A1Ay aCkiloNlc1IUA DN WEI POLITICAL AlNtT-t
saries. The success Of their admhlslfAllon
has been marked in an unusual degree, and not
breath Of suspicion has fallen upon the m /
tegrity Of any one Of them. Mes5r8. Williams, /
Glover, Curry and Denny are candidates for re- /
election, and the people Of the State eannct DO |
better than to continue them In Office another
term. Judge Osborne, as member q the SUI
prene Court, has displayed learning and abil- |
ity, and has given entire satisfaction.
BORROWING TO PAT ExPBxsEs.
BY the aid Of these fgures We canunderstand !
EoE yerJ shallow and denAgoeical b the reso- |
luton which have quoted. It Is an attempt |
10 deceive the people By fAForinG snail levy
Ofhve cents on the hundred dollars for State |
purposes, and eorcealing the fact that the
state would have 10 borrow annually nearly
$500 900 to meet thu deficit IN expenses This
effort on the part Of the convention recalls
wildly the history Of the Slate from 1St7 to
1851, during which the State dobt Was largely
increased BY borrowing money TO pay toe or
dinafy expenses Of the Government, and State
bonds, which had been redeemed by the per
cent SINGING fund tax levied IN 1852, were re-
cold IN the market without authority Of Law to
raiSe money 70 dsfray the annual expenses OF
the state government. Il also brings 70 mind
the ldmlnistration Of the National Government
BY the Democrats party from 1s45 to 1881,
during which loans were frequently contracted
70 dsfray ordinary expenses In time Of peace,
4 anu 0ulIuW Tue l99t year OI Il. bHClluAQl
administration the sum Of so, 900, 900 was Dor
roEed 10 meet the deAeits and defray the or
binary expenses. In the light OF this fragrant
/ resolution We may read the character and our
pose Of the whole platform.
cGNApIGN RECIPROCITY.
The dram Of q reciprocity treaty with the
Dominion Of Canada, which has been submit
ted BY the government Of that country 10 ours
/ with the appreciation Of the British Government
does not meet with my approval. I have failed
70 see in II any advantage 70 be gained BY the
whole country, and especially by the States Of
| the Northwest; but aside from the mere terms
Of the treaty, Il occurs to me that there are
1 political considerations Of q high character
which would make any treaty OF that kind Of
doubtful expediency. While Canada remains
port ofthe British Empire, ] think she ought
to be treated as such and required 70 share It's
fortunes and commercial relations. The pro-
posed treaty would give to her substantially
the advantages Of being State o the Union,
while she still retains all the advantages Of the
Britieh connection, and Is to us foreign coun-
try. With population of more than four
millions, she is quite capable Of subsisting as
an independent people and government, and
her adherence 70 the British connection, as we
know springs out OF political considerations
hostile to the United States. Her trade and
affiliations are naturally with the United States,
and for five months il the year she Is shut out
from commercial communication with Europe
except across our territory. Canada does not
and cannot flourish in her present political and
commercial condition, and this fact Is pressing
painfully upon the minds CT her statesmen
| With Canada Independent we can treat as the
mutual interests Of the two countries may die
tate. All questions Of annexation must be
postponed until after that event, to be then
settled according to the voluntary and intelli-
gent determination of the two countries.
With treaty giving to her the commercial
advantages Of State 10 the Union, the period
Of her Independence win be Indefinitely post
poned; otherwise 1t will be accomplished,
doubt not, within the next decade. Amer the
former reciprocity treaty had been In operation
for eight years we found Canada more hostile
TO rs during the rebellion than any other part
Of the British Empire.
British Empire, am in favor of treatir~ her
as such.
TARIFF.
TheDemocratie Convention declared m favor
of q tariff for revenue, intending to have It IN
derstood that this was declaration against
the policy Of protection and 10 favor Of free
trade. Every man well informed upon the
subject Of the tariff knows that tariff for rev
enue q necessarily tariff for protection. A
tariff for revenue that Is calculated TO raise. say
two hundred millions Of dollars, # it were laid
horizontally" that is at the same rate per
/ cent upon the prices or values Of ell articles
| imported, would, In regard to great number
Of articles be absolutely prohibitory, and IN re-
gard 70 another large class highly protective,
A revenue tariff, not TO be prohibitOry, must be
discriminating and varied In It's character and
cannot be levied at an equal rate upon all srti-
cles imported. Several years ago Democratic
orators in Indiana and elsewhere In oader to
meet this fact insisted that the tariff should be
placed highest upon all imported articles which
were not and could not be produced in the
United States, such for example Is tea and cof-
| fee, and others which were or could be produced
In the United States we're 70 come In free, or
that the tariff upon them should be put at q
point 90 low as not to afford protection to home
was insisted that II the tariff gave protection to
home production It would diminish the impor-
tation and thereby diminish the revenue to the
| Government.
It was 50 obvious that taria levied upon
these principles would be exclusively for the
| benefit Of foreign against home industry that
this line Of argument has been mainly aban-
doned. Justice, common sense aud patriotism
alike dictated that, as tariff was q necessity,
It should be levied not in the interest Of foreign
or homo monopoly, but 90 a. 10 afford fair and
reasonable competition between home and for
eign industries, relying upon competition 70
bring about reduction Of prices TO the people,
|
can party has attempted 70 regulate the tariff
THE JARooN OF FREE TRADE.
How utterly senseless Is this jargon of free
trade when addressed TO the people living In
the Mississippi valley, far away from the sea
COAST Here We are "a Indiana. 500 miles from
the nearest seaport. However great and cheap
the facilities for transportation may become
for our products 10 the seaboard, this distance
can never be diminished, and transportation
must always be great obstacle and expense
In our approach 10 foreign markets, and add
largely to the cost OF all we import. Here in
this great valley We have soil OF unsurpassed
fertility, timber, coal, ores, mineral resources
Of every character, and all the means for sus-
tanning the vast population, and almost every
variety Of industry and production. And, with
these immense advantages IN our possession,
how unwise II Is to cultivate policy which Is
TO make US dependent upon foreign, distant
aud costly markets for Cur productions, and 70
import from other States and countries those
articles which we can better produce ourselvesi
Now, when the time has como for the develop
ment Of the resources and industries Of the
/ West, and for the establishment Of our pros
perity upon sure foundations, and to obtain
that commercial superiority which our natural
advantages give Us, II we VIII but improve
them, We are met with the insane cry of free
trade, and advised to throw down every pro
lection to home industry, to put the labor Of
our country upon q level in price and dignity
with the pauper labor Of Europe, and 10 con-
i tinue our dependence upon the East, and the
payment Of tribute to foreign countries.
The States Of the Northwest have ceased to
be regarded as mere outlying vegetable gar
dens and truck patches 70 furnish the market
ing Of the older and richer communities OF the
q East, aud have become opulent, powerful and
intelligent communities, capable of forming
their own policies and becoming by the develop
ment of their resources the most independent
and prosperous among the States.
LET THE PEOPLE VOTE ron PRESIDENT d.
RECT.
Another question Of paramount importance,
rising high above ordinary political considers
ton, is the proposition to amend the Constftu-
tion so as to elect the President and Vice Presi-
dent BY the direct vote Of the people. The
dangers and imperfections Of the present sys-
tenn are well understood, and may plunge the
! nation into civil war at any time.
The theory and reasons for the establish
ment Of the electoral colleges have ell failed,
and the colleges are but useless machinery,
potent only for mischief. Electors being
chosen by general ticket in all the States, 9
small majority may determine the whole vote
=, Of State, and this has often been controlled
by the fraudulent vote in large city, which
was the case in New York IN 1868. There Is
no provision in any State for oontesting the
election Of Presidential electors however