Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-09-15
CLEARFIELD PA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, $780,

our flag on the Atlantic, and another on
the Pacific Ocean. to do all our fright.
ing by steam. Republican administra-
tion has given up our trade with South
America. The American flag is hardly
seen on the ocean. The port of Boston
has not sufficient foreign commerce to
give decent support to its small pilot
force. Boston is losing its Importance
as commercial city because of Re.
publican legislation and administration.
Its standard insurance company can
find scarcely more marine risks than
enough to pay its office rent. All
these facts the merchants of Boston
who sit around me know. And yet 1t
is proposed that they shall still permit
Republican administration to go on
under which this destruction Of its in.
terests is being accomplished, When
the war closed nearly every one of our
seaport towns had fleets of fishermen.
| All those have passed away, save in
one. And whyY Under Republican
administration we have been negotia.
ted out Of the rights of all our fisheries
in the Northern seas. Claiming to be
the party Of protection, the Republican
party have allowed the fish of the Ca
madam provinces to come in free OF
duty, the duties on which would have
been more than the value of the entire
catch of our fishermen in Canada
waters, even after the fish were caught
and prepared for market, to say moth.
ing about their value when swimming
in the sea. And at the same time q
Republican administration has taxed
the country more than FIVE millions
and a half in gold that the Canadian
fishermen might have this privilege of
free market against our fishermen for
twelve years.
The Republican party claims that
they desire tariff for protection. The
Democratic party insists, as it always
has insisted, upon tariff for revenue.
| see no difference between these two
claims. A tariff for revenue must al
ways work incidental protection. No
tariff will ever be devised in this coun.
try hereafter for any other purpose
than for raising revenue. There can be
no fear Of any diminution OF the rev.
enue raised by the tariff. Incidental
protection Of our products will be a
necessity if the Democratic party have
the power, The interest on the public
debt and the expenses OF the Govern
ment, must be paid from revenue, either
internal or tariff; if the Democratic
party should cut down the revenue
from the tariff, it would require more
revenue from internal sources to wit,
whisky and tobacco, to which their
several States would never assent
General Butler next touched upon
the abuses which have erept into the
Republican party through long series
of years in power. Has the Repubi.
can Convention, he asked, gwen us Tor
its candidate one who can correct these
abuses He reviewed the Credit Mobi-
ler business and the investigation of
the committee and said
believe most Of the gentlemen of
that Committee now say that there was
nothing to impcach the integrity of
the nominee of the Republican party
in receiving that stock. | agree with
them. | do not think there was any
harm, and never did think there was
any harm in anybody's receiving the
stock from Mr.. Ames, under the cir
cumstances. took that ground be.
fore the House in 1873. have seen
no occasion to alter my opinion. All
the members frankly testified before
the Committee that they had received
no censure from the Committee or from
the country. But that is not the point
of my objection, which | am trying TO
mako plain. Having taken the money
, as q dividend-for says the proverb
at is no worse to eat the devil than TO
) drink his broth"-my ideal of q Presi-
f dent would not have denied it. The
f case is not without parallel in history
! of men not able to Withstand the pres
sure Of public opinion. Peter when be
. got amongst theservants and retainers
. of the High Priests, denied his Master
T. three times over, and cursed and sworC
y to it until the cock crew shame on him
! and then he went out and wept bit
terly. But then / should not have
, voted for Peter as President, to
f stand up in crisis. Should have pre-
, ierred one of the other deciples-ever
! the doubling Thomas, who stood by
, his Master alter he was convinced.
4 What surety have | if | support
q Garfield when this cry of the stalwarl
Q wing of his party that the negro mus
. be protected, now so loud raised, il
Q hushed after the election and the over
= righteous newspapers of the party in
sist, as they before. have insisted, thai
2 nothing shall be done by his admins
d tration for the protection of the negro
J, that their President will have courage
!, to stand up against that clamor anC
n do what is now claimed to be righr
G end so protect the negro2 Indeed
Z, much fear that he will not stand up L
!, this issue Of the campaign upon whicl
s he is TO be elected at all in any event
v for find that in the House Of Repre-
Q sentatives he made declaration upor
j thisqnestion, taking precisely the sam,
i position which | take to day. Thes,
b are his words: "The man who at
Q tempted TO get up political excite
o ment in this country on the old soc
Q tional issues will find himself withou
Q a party and without suppertn IA
o the advance leaders Of his party, see
Is ing the necessity of war cry, hav,
made the sectional issue that of tn,
!. campaign, directly in contravention o
b their candidates words. If their nomi
,f nee was convinced in his mind if h
}. uttered this declaration as the resul
n of his deliberate judgment; if he will
!. give up that judgment now for tn,
g sake Of an election, what surety hav,
z | that he won't return to 1t again aite
) the pressure is relieved from him ant
} be is elected? He, as we'll as Hayes
n may change on this question, / can
}. not do it so readily. Is this man
10 leader for great people2
}. "When any one OF my Republican
n friends desires to put to me politica
s question which he deems unanswera
+. bic he asks; How can you act witt
}. the Democratic party which under
Y took to break up the Union which yol