The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-03
snpALLA, Mo-, November, Is, l,sl

DEAR SRI am in receipt of your letter
of November s. You are correctly informed
as to what said at Palmyra, and l have no
reason to regret il. You have grown rich
by selling your wagons to the west and
south, and are now using this wealth aud the
Influence 1t gives TO perpetuate the power OF
q party which openly calls for a solid north,
and openly declares that the south is falae in
every declaration of loyalty and every ex-
preston of patriotism. Yoar party first
made the south solid against you by the
thieying carpet-bag governments which you
kept in existence by federal soldiers, and
YOU now obtain power again by appealing to
tae sectional feeling Of the northern people
for solid north. Your denial of bulldJz.
ing your employees, rs you term it, is of
course, to be expected. | know all
about the system and its workings. During
the recent canvass | saw, ut Washington cit,
printed notices posted on the doors of the
public printing office notifying employees to
pay their assessments, provided that those
who went home to vote should not be re-
quired to " Your civil service reform
president had lett the capital so as TO escape
the humiliatng spectacle } | have 70 doubt
Mr.. Dufrees, the public printer, would in.
dignanty deny, like yourself, the charge Of
bull doing, but every eDpiOye knew tnHt to
secure promotion, il not 10 escape removal,
he had better settle. Every one Of your
workmen knew that the road to your favor
was through the radical party, and they took
1t. | don't blame tn m, and l am not quar-
reling with you, have only told the demo
Gratis Of Missouri to exercise their unque3tion-
able right Of refusing 10 buy wagons from an
establishment which takes their money TO
swell the campaign find of the radical party
md to advertise bets on the radical Canli-
dates for the benefit of thepoor fasolth-
crn planter undertakes to make democratic
votes by his personal influence with the la
borers he en- plOys, we Immediately hear the
cry Of kuhluX, rife clubs, white leagues, ETC.,
but with you it is moral suason and tue tariff
question. In the language OF Brother luger
sol, at won't do" B} the way, lugersoll
stole this from Senator Thurmsl # Ohio
You ARE kind enough TO mail m, news
paper containing an article by you on the
Tariff Que,tion, ard in which you charge the
democratic party with attempting to ruin
American manufactures hy bringing them
into competition with the production of pau
per labor in Europe, etc
do not believe there is a democrat in
congress who would vote for any bill which
refused protection to any branch of Ameri-
can industry when it was needed. One.tiith
Cf our people are manufacturers, and all are
consumers. We are opposed TO the present
tariff, and seek TO change it in many respects
because it puts duty on the raw matera!
for manufactures, and upon the necessaries
of lht Nout giving protection to any
Amerc erests of any kind, We oppose
it bec,', Is was made in the interest of New
EnglaII,., I'D time when an immense reve>
nue. was needed for war purt oses--a necessi-
" which has ceased 10 exist. We want tariff
lust alike TO all classes and all sections. If
sal. il duty free to the fs cries of New Eng
land, let il be dnty free the people of lDci-
aua md Missouri IL any particular branch
OF American manufacture is in its infancy
and struggling for existence, let it be fos-
tered ard protecte but when protection is
no longer needed ind our manufactures are
competing su successfully even in Europe with
foreign manufacturers, then let the people
buy whore they can buy the cheapest goods.
do not expect you to preach any other
doctrine than that OF high protective tariff.
You are "A manufacturer, and the less COM
petition you have the more you can charge;
but there are other people in this country be-
sides the manufacturers, and they propose to
be heard upon Ills question in the near
fu'ute. and N no TN certain tones.
Here in Missouri we nave seen our iron in,
r.. lau.u'.h 4u lie, our foundries de-
seat d aud the i 80, IN our furnaces extin-
ul.,n,d, whilst yo1r presen. tariff was In
iu,l force. + ,ur great crops blessed the bus
handm,p, tue -.r N responded generously Il
his t5li, aud t1a furnace aud foundry again
t,. ,,,,h ,na p 4 ,pnpups thAt reach cut
Tor the mountains iron hesrt. The men wht
raistd these drops propose To have something
to SAY in reg>rd to the tariff
fully appreciate what you say upon lte
subject of partisan lies, personal abuse ano
forged letters. For myself, have been very
careful in the late canvas to COZ ilne mysen
in all illusions to Mr.. Garfield, to quotations
from republican authorities, such us the re