The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-06
A Promin ent Democratic Poll:
tlcian Comes Out for HaJesand

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Por1sv11LE, Pa, September 2.-Hon.
F. w. Hughes, we'll known Democratic
politician Of Pennsylvania, and who Will
Sc remembered as Judge PerShings cham
MON last year, made speech here tonight
on the political questions OF the day.
The attendance was large, most OF those
present being Democrats. Following ia
an abstract OF hisspeech, which made q
deep impression on his hearers. Review
ing the 81. Louis platform, he said: y
Thus We seem to have the Cincinnati
Republican National Convention Of 1875
and tho Democratic National Convention
Of 1868 in entire accord on the tariff
question. How IL the st. Louis platform
In this respect? 1 affirm tina: 1t embodies
the most ultra free trade doctrine ever
Endorsed by any national convention, and
Of any political organization that ever
assembled in America. After denounc.
ing the present tariff as "a masterpiece OF
Injustice, inequality and false psetense,"
it then appliesto it the whole group OF
free trade denunciations against Amer
lean tariffs, and concludes with the words,
awe demandthat all custom house taxa.
ton shall be only for revenue" This
contrasts sadly with the language OF
the resolution OF the Democracy in
1868, that proposes 4tonso adjust
the imposition OF duties az TO impose the
least burden upon and best encourage the
great industrial interests Of the country"
The purpose to encourage the great in
dustrial Interests OF the country" is ex-
| pressly disayowed by tho St. Louis Con-
yentior, for it demands "!that all custom
house taxation shall be for revenue only"
Hence It proposes to tax tea, coffee and
other 'necessaries Of life which the
poor consume equally with the rich,
and thereby makes mp discrimination
in favor Of the poor, but requires them
TO pay per capita as much "1custom house
/ taxation" in some respects, as the rich,
4 This will do very well for the disciples oil
| Alexander Hamilton but it lily becomes
my own party friends, who profess 10 rec,
ognize the teachings Of the founder oil
Democracy, Thomas Jefferson. Thcmen
Of the workshop and the mine, the work
ers in coal and iron, and the manuiac'
| tlrers Of woolens and other fabrics, who
now are reduced 10 half time and on that
lI TO less than half pay, will scarcely recog'
tiise in the authors Of this heresy any
right to claim to have been the true rep
resentatives OF the interests and rights oil
labor. Upon the money question little
or no contrast can DO drawn between
Cincinnati and ST. Louis. .
There is, however, this possible differ
ence in the two platforms on this money
question. St. Louis proposes to repeal
soj much of the Resumption act of lS7f
MS fixes the first day ot'January of 1875
as the period Of resumption. Cincin'
natl in one aspect does the same
thing when it proposes a Continuous
and steady progress toward specie
payments, !" and ignores thereby any fixed
day. But the possible difference is here,
that st. Louis, referring to- the so called
Resumption act OF 1875 wherein it de
mands the repeal only Of the resumption
day clause, thereby, according to all rec
ognized rules Of construction, sdopts and
Approves Of all other clauses in that act
Thus it is that the St.. Louis Nationa
Convention has declared against the le-
gal tender treasury note, and surren'
dered wholly and Internationally tc
the :. national banks. Oh, my Demo
cratic friends, are you prepared TO Ii
bel the memories OF Jefferson Madison
jackson, Van Buren,, Polk and Buchanan
and our fathers Of those days by asupporI
|of this abject surrender atSt. Louis to tht
national bank party? 0rshall we make
the square confession that the Democrat
have been the victims Of delusions, anG
that Hon. E. G. Spauldins was right when
in the National House Of Representatives
in 1868, he declared, 1T Is now most ap-
parent that the policy advocated by Alex
ander Hamilton OF a strong central gov
eminent was the truepolicy."
i / do not like To make such q comics.
sion. A Democrat all my life, l revere
the teachings OF Jefferson, and | am toe
old to become convert to the doctrines
OF Hamilton. When in private old as
sociates in the Democratic ranks have
appealed 10 me 10 support the candidates
nominated at St. Louis, and l have pre-
scented to them my reasons, no effort II
made 10 answer them, but l am urged &c
Join in this surrender on the ground,tha
'slet US first get possession OF the Govern
ment, and we will attend then to THU
money question" Icannot consent to this
| I have followed my. convictions on tunda
mental questions, as many Of you know,
in spite Of all appeals to expediency 81
my present comfort, and am resolved (
do It again, I appeal to my Democratic
friends everywhere not to submit to the
base surrender Of St. Louis. Let the OLE
guard that never surrendered reform oul
i lines and cast out the men that betrayed
us, as the party in 1882, when it re-eleet
ed Andrew jackson, cast out the banl
parasites that then, a. tho mon at St
\ Louis do now, propose to betray the De
mocracy to the national bank party. Lee
no false names mislead you.
Il I'm atfr-t rbc, nllInE