The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-15

have had hard time OF Il. And yet tn
Welsh with that patience, patriotism ant
heroism, so characteristic Of their race
have borne their hardships in o name
becoming the people who kept the eagle
OF victorious Rome at bay when they hat
overrun all other parts OF Britain. I'm
perial Rome could not conquer Spartan
Wales, and 10 this day she has ever re
mained an unconquered country. He
heroic spirit has been well illustrated BY
the spirit Of heroic self denial with which
Welshmen In the United States have
stood by the honor and integrity Of theil
adopted country throughout this panic
And now, as In the case Of their ancestors
they have their reward in the return oi
better days.
This episode called forth a hearty round
Of applspse.l
THE TARIFF.
Gen. Garfield next took up the tariff ior
consideration, and proceeded to give a his.
tory Of the Wood tariff bill introduced into
the last Congress. The General is mem.
ber Of the Committee on Ways and Means,
OF which committee Fernando Wood was
Chairman. in the last Congress. He said:
The South having come back in full force
into Congress. their brigadiers, as In old
times, proceeded to make q dead set againt
Northern industries. They seemed In.
spired by all their old.time desire to break
down the prosperity Of the North, and as
usual the Northern Democracy became
their faithful henchmen. The brigadiers
rule the Democratic caucus in Congress,
and the caucus rules the party. These
brigadiers, while seeking 10 break down
the great industries Of the, North by re-
ducing the duty on iron, glass, wool, cot
ton and woolen goods, actually raised the
duties on sugar, rice and hemp, which
were Southern products. For instance,
while they reduced the duty on pig iron
from 81 per tohto s., they raised the duty
on sugar from 90 per cent to 72. And
why? Because sugar Is the special in.
dustry OF Louisiana, and Louisiana Is a
Southern State. And in like manner
they kept up or put up the duty on rice
and hemp. They protected the South
from thepauper labor oftoreign lands while
opening the food gates to break down
iron, glass, wool and cotton and wooden
manufacture. Randolph Tucker, a Vir.
ginia statesman OF the States Rights
School, said that II the people OF Pennsyl.
vania could not make iron pigs they could
raise Bershire pigs, and SO far as be was
concerned they might do 1t. He and such
as he would turn the Northern people
into community Of hog.herds, while en-.
couraging and building up the speCialites
OF the South. They recognized that it
was the diversity and industry in the
North-the brain and skill of eight hun
dred thousand artisans that had
broken down their Southern Confederacy.
It was the skilled labor Of the North that
had made her so all.powerful and ire
sistable in the war. Hence the Southern
brigadiers were willing and anxious to see
her humbled in the dust. And in this
attempt they had as usual the faithful
services OF their humble servants, the
Northern Democracy. When the Wood
bill-an iniQuitous Bill as I characterized
it on the floor Of the House at the time
was broughtin and put on its passage, ev-
cry Democrat in Congress voted for it ex-
cept three or four from Pennsylvania, and
every Republican save one solitary mem
Der voted against it, and to the Republican
party Is due the creditfor saving the coun-
try from thegreat calamity that would have
come upon it had that bill become a law.
Among the Northern Democrats who fol. |
lowed the lead OF the Southern brigadiers |
in this business, and voted for that inioui.
tous bill were Gen. Ewing and Gen. Rice,
for your votes for Governor
and Lieutenant-G Governor OF Ohio,
This disclosure Droduced n visible sen,
sation in the audience, and it was plain TO |
be seen that to most OF the people it was |
: piece of news they had never heard be. |
fore.l sf iSrG
Yes, fellow citizens, these are the friends
81 your prostrated industries, who pro.
posed to PROSTATE them still further-to |
crush them utterly out OF existence-by |
iooding the country with, the products Of |
The pauper labor Of Europe. Gen. Ewing
and Gen. Rice are two Of the men who |
voted for that Wood bill. You will
ind their names on the record.