The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-11
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it was that the people of the United
States, by majority of more than a
quarter Of a million, were opposed to
Republican domisation. Can it be
that government of the people is a
failure that more than half of the
American people contemplate murder
for others and suicide for themselves
And yet that's what these politicians,
seeking for some new charge that does
not rise to the dignity of all argument,
would lead us to infer that they mean.
THE "RUIN" DEMOCRACY WOULD
BRING.
Since the first Monday of December,
1876, there has been a Democratic ma
jority, and, as you Pennsy lvaniaus know,
Democratic Speaker. [Applause.
From then until now a cheek upon leg
islaLion has been in Democratic hands
and the power to originate appropria-
tiOns has been vested in Democrats.
Had ruin come yet? the Senator asked.
he had the tgsres in his hand, but he
would not lire tue audience with the
details. He would only say that from
1916 10 1880 according 10 the figures of
cuO phCoO hNO
years to the last-and, added MIR. Bay
ard, they will be the last (applause and
cheeling)-the last Of Republican con-
trol-tbere has been saved TO the people
in the three Departments Of War, Indian
and Naval, within few thousands of
S62,000,000. [Applause.] The speaker
stated that the lobby had disappeared
and subsidy in all its shapes had been
driven away, and all this despite the
Republican Senate aud the Republican
Executive who had no right TO his place.
This caused more cheers, after which
Mr.. Bayard went on to show that III
1870, according 10 the Republican pro-
phels, the time OF dire distress and cor
ruptiOn ought to have come, for then a
Democratic majority was added to the
Senate as well as to the House. One
terrible result Of this was that for The
first time in their history the govern
ment bonds were able to he funded at 4
instead Of at 8 pr cent. Laughter and
applause,] If we are to be ruined al
this rate we shall be very rich at the
end of General Hancock's administra-
ton. [Applause and cheels.]
WHY THE CHANGE?
Senator Bay ard now made what was
evidently regarded as big "hit" by
referring to his departure for Europe in
June, 10, two months after both houses
of Congress had become Democratic,
wren there was a want of confidence al
! over the country; and, on the Other
hand, to his return in November, when
| he met a large body of respectable bu-l-
| lao .rio INnfl 4 fNrNt 40
Association-at banquet in this city
| Thirty -four out of thlrty-eight States
were represented in this body, and he
could recall with pleasure the faces o
those worthy citizens as they lit up il
giving glowing accounts of the prospect
" of the country and expressing thei
conviction OF continuance OF that p Os
pcrity. All this was contemporaneou
with the control secured by The terribl,
Democrats in both houses of Congress
Laughter and applause.l
THE TARIFF.
Truthfully speaking, the prosperity o
the country was due, as Horatio Sey
mour expresses it, to the statesmsnshiI
of the plow and not to that of the poll
ticians. [Applause] Senator Bayar'
now turned his attention to the tariff
which bad SO recently been forced int
The discussion. de criticized Senator
Conkling's recent speech in New York
and said that instead of euliglteninl
ANYBODY on the tariff he merely labored
10 make the North believe that tb,
South was weak aud unworthy OF trust
Was this the spirit that would make III
strong? Could it be that the countr,
would grow greater and more prosper
Gus by contemplating the misery Of
portion of its people? But as to tn
arlff the Treasury Of this country il
tilled by taxation and only by taxation
Iu round numbers, some three hundred
millions of dollars are drawn from th'
American people into their Treasury b,
taxation. More than one-half of that i.
drawn by taxation upon merchandis,
from foreign countries, and that system
is called the tariff system. Since thu
foundation of this government tht
American people aud the Government
of the United States has obtained reve
nue. for it's expenses by levying take
upon the entry of goods from foreigl
ports. What is the principle upol
which taxation is to be sustained? 1t i
the public welfare.
WHAT THEY ASK FOR IS A SUBSIDY
We have a doctrine, rule principl
incorporated into our Constitution, botl
State aud Federal, that private proper,
may be taken for public use upon render
ing just compensation, but there j
nowhere in this government in letter o
In spirit, to be found The doctrine tina
public p operly may be taken for privat
use. TApplause. Therefore, in the spiri
OF levying taxation upon importe'
merchandise for the sake OF raising re
venue to pay the just expenses Of tn
government, we have the basis for whic
The tariff, as it is called, was originall
designed. What was the result of this
We did not tax and we do not tax th'
manufacturer OF merchandise mad
within our borders, and as result fifth
same merchandise made abroad an
approaching our borders is taxed, wha
is the result? First revenue to the trea
sury, that is the great and justitiAble OBJ
iect; and the second is that necessarily
incidentally as it is called, but logical
and surely and necessarily-thatt tax is
barrier of protection to the America
citizen who is engaged in the manufactur
OF that same article. Look, pray you, a
things and not men. Look at substaLc C
and not at shadow. We need revenue il
this country; the expenses Of our govern
ment are great, and with its growth tn
complication Of It's interests are apt y
increase. Ever since we were govern
ment the American people have preferre,
whether wisely or unwisely to pay tn
| taxas Indirectly upon imported merchRu