Daily Republican., 1880-10-16
BAYARD AND FREE TRADE.
senator Bayard tells W nat Tariff
Means and Places Himself oD .
Free Trade Platform.

B0mAtOf BoyarU teAhb W nat IAFll
Means and Places Himself 0n
Free Trade Platform.
Senator Bayard being anncantel fc
speech st the Opera aouse, las: nigh
the place was crowded to hear the dis
tinguished Senator. The City CorDe
Band furnished music for the occasion
About s O'Clock, number Of well
known Democrats, amongst whom wer
Hon. VIM. Whitsley, General J. Park
Postles, Henry Eckel, Ignatius c
Grubb, Esq, DR.. Swithin Chandler
Charles B. Lore, Esq, W. T. Croasdale
G. P. johnson, William Il. Swift
Thomas M. Ogle, George O'Neill, VIM
q. Gibbons, Of Pusey, Jones & Co.
William Il. Swift Of the Swift, Court
ney and Beecher, match manufacturing
Company, was made chairman Of tn
meeting. The entrance Of Senator Bay
ard was the signal for long continued
applause. After the applause hat
ceased and the music had subsidsd
chairman Swift without any introducto
ry introduced Mr.. Bayard as the speak
.r Of the evening.
Mr.. Bsyard said he was profoundly
grateful for the warm greeting rendered
him. He said he come before the pso
pie with ..no.sppeal to prejudice, folly Of
hate. The great question was how
shall man cast his vote at the 90 ninl
election. The owner could dispose o
his vote just as he plsases, without
being controlled by any other man.
To vote was the duty and privilege
of fteemen, and to make a disgracsfu
disposition Of vote was the work of {
coward and knave. This remark was
greeted with great applause. Mr.. Bay
ard had heard that in this campaign
there had been more than the usual
amount Of unjustifable pressure
brought by employers upon employed.
Justifiable means he defined as argu,
ment, persu aston, entreaty and advice.
Just such means he was then using. To
use threats Of non employment against
the laborer Is to act the part of a
tyrant, and very dangerous tyrant.
After referring in complimentary
manner to Asa Packer, once Governor
of Pennsylvania. as man who would
not sell his conscience to another, he
referred to the Indians and Ohio cleo
tions in such q sarcastic manner as
plainly portrayed his great disappoint-
msnt, using the undignifed language
that "the Republicans cackled more
over their victory in Indiana than a
hen over did ever her first egg." But
Indiana going Republican had nothing
to do with Hancock. There were many
things in Indiana which operated
against the success Of the Democratic
party. Mr.. Landers, the candidate of
the Democrats for Governor, was not
sound ON the finances, in fact he was
half q Greenbaoker.
He said that in 1876, Hayes was
falsely counted as receiving 1856 elec-
toral votes and Tilden only lS4. Loulsi
ana, South Carolina and Florida, ag-
gregating 10 votes, were counted for
Hayes. Who 80 foolish as to think
that they will be counted for Garfield
These 10 votes are as sure for Hancock
as Delsware's are. A gain of 10 for q
loss of Indiana's Is gives Hancock 1873
against 1872. Nj. Bayard also claimed
for Hancock California, Nevada, Oregon
and Maine, 10 votes in all, thus count
ing him 222 votes in the Electoral Col
lege.
Mr.. Bayard said the issues Of the
had changed since it had
commenced. The bloody shirt he said
was first tried but the Maine election
showed that the American people could
no longer be hoodwinked on that issue
snd 1t was abandoned, only to be kept
Up by individuals. The Southern
,laims question was the next string
,arped upon by the Republicans, but
Hancock drew his bow across it and it
mapped asuader. Finally all the Re-
publican organs, from the shrillest
queak to the grunmest bass, iteratsd
md reiterated the tariff! tariff! tariff!!!
Mr.. Bsyard asked If it'was not trihng
With intelligence for the Republican
,arty to bring forth this cry He
hen explained that the tariff was a
ak levied upon imports, and taxes
we're amounts raised from persons or
by the government to meet
o meet the expenses Of the government.
During the years Of Democratic ad-
nisistrations, previous to 1861, sixth
evenths of the revenue Of the Govern.
nent were derived from imposts.
a 1879 30O,00O,0OO were raised by
axation upon the people, half Of this
,eing derived from the duties on fol-
ign imports, the rest by excise upon
hree or four articles. It is absurd to
ay that the Democratic party wishes
0 abandon this system. The story Is
tupid, absurd and ridiculous. They
vouldn't If they could and they
ouldnt If tEey would.
The Democratic party believes that
here can be no justification for taking
ublic property for private use, every
$50 OF private property must have its
in public exigency.
The power to tax he declared very
nportant and q very dangerous one,
,any q business has been taxed to
cath.
He illustrated the incidental protec-
on afforded by tariff for revenue by
he case Of French or italian silkmak-
! in competition with an American silk
laker. The imported silk is taxed
nat the Government may have revenue,
nd then the American silk manufao.
lrer ia protected from undue oompeti-
on with foreign cheap labor. i
II you frame laws 80 a. to tax one
usiness to support another you are
ping that which is wrong, eommunis-
o and indefensible. If you tax for
venue so as to form incidental protec-
on you are doing good thing.
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