Daily Republican., 1880-09-25


industries Of Ainsrica.
Within half dozen years after iis pa
sage eeven.eights Of the exports an,
imports were carried under the
American flag. So this state OF affair
existed until the Democratic party un
der Mr.. Pierce's administration, anC
Buchsnan's as we'll, through the South
ern members Of Congress, began to de
mand the repeal Of all subsidies, which
virtually broke up the Allen line o
steamers, aud finally took the course
in Congress Of asking for an utter abol
ition sf all subsidies. .....
Protective tariff had been conceded Il
them years before, and defined by Q
reference to the law Of American navi
CATION that Jefferson Davis and Judat
P. Benjamin were active advocates Of
the whole carrying trade Of this coun.
try passing into British hands. Thii
was four or fve years before the com
meDcsIsent of the war. Free ships wa
the policy then of the Democratic par
ty ; mean the Democratic South, and
free ships to-day, by their Platform, |:
equally the policy Of the Democrats
North. Now, workmen of Wilmington
in the ship yards, let us look at th.
repeal of the Navigation Act Of 1870
English ships can carry as free ships
merchandise and produce from any
port in the United States to any other
without the pay ynent Of one penny:
duty. Whereas now, under our act
th-y can't carry a pound Of produce cl
merchandise and live. When would a
new ship be wanted by the Morgan
line, by the Clyde line, iorlby any othel
enterprising American steamship line
When would any shipysrd on the
Christiana be called upon for a new
ship for any such home coastwise line
Never, never on earth. Because Eng
land and Norway and Sweden would
furnish every coastwiss line with al
the boats they would need, at a third
less expense than we could possibly de-
1t. For q tims being every old Aull from
the old world would be showered upor
us, to take the place of what Is now
purely an American industry, the mos
beautiful and the most growing in the
United States. This is wha. free ships
means, and this is what the South
wants. What interest has she in ships
What interest has she how the products
OF the South are carried, so as they are
carried cheap enough to suit herr What
carea she for protection to American
when she has no shipyardf
worthy the name within her borders
And yet, thai her wishes may be pan.
dsrsd to, that her wants may be graft
he'd in opposition to and in death to
the great Northern industry, she must
for her sake have this plank inserted
In the Democratic platform. Can you
workmen here strut your eyes to this
state of facts' Are you happy now and
prosperous' Is your home hers one Of
Close up the shipyards,
and the skilled mechanic who came
from the Clyde return to his old conn
try, because America would not protect
labor.
In conclusion, Mr.. Bird alluded to
Mr.. Bayard's Eighth Ward speech in
which he called tho Republican party
q "ribald crowd" He dung 1t back in
his teeth. (cheers.) The Republican
party is as respectable as any party in
he world. 1t is the party Of free schools
Of progress. of free ballot and of all
great reforms. The able Senator goes
oo far, even when he attacked the Re-
publican party before such q delectabIe
audience on that occasion.
The meeting was an enthusiastic one.
RoItcs OF the Battle OF RrAnGy.
wine.
Mr.. Hiram Kipe, present proprietor
# the Dilworthtown hotel, while plow-
pg newly cleared ground near that
,lace about four years ago, plowed up
wo rusty bsyonets, ten rife balls, two
,unfints and two copper British coins,
lated respectively l742 aud 1855.
These he has carefully preserved and
n order to exhibit them to callers has
lad wooden box made with q glass
op, in which they have been suitably
arranged for inspection. The bayo-
let's are OF different patterns one being
onger aud lighter in construction than
he present regulation bsyonet, and the
'ther considerably shorter and thicker.
When found, the longer bayonet was
bent, but unthiRkingly,
Ir, Kipe seine time ago Strengthened 1t
ut to improve its appearance. Sever
i OF tie balls are considerably fattensd
md bear the indention of stone up
N them, indicating that they were
hot from musksts and fell on the spot
vhere found. Tho tiints are in excel
ent state of preservation but the coins
pennies) exhibit symptoms of consid-
rattle corrosion during their long
Lumbar in the soil. Mr.. Kips is of the
pinion that hundreds more of these
elios are to be found in the neighbor-
lood, al these were merely discovered
vhils walking after his plow, These
are undoubtedly relics of the
,attle of Brandywine and were found
rear the spot where Lafayette was
Mr.. Kipo prizes them very
lighly.-[ Record
Yesterday Is Ftra Record.
A frs in South Brooklyn, N. Y, last
Iigh ht destroyed Robert Bsrrucklo's
we window shade factories, the tobacco
actory of Thomas W .tsou and several
mailer buildings. A fire engine had
o bs abandoned and waO also destroyed.
he losses ars estimated at $500, 900,
nd more than two hundred persons
re thrown out Of employ yment. A
lumber OF persons were slightly injur
d by jumping from windDws and by)
he breaking down OF a shed. The fire
) attributed to the explosion or sudden
gnition of some benzine in the base
nent Of ono of the factories belonging
. MN pavr,,nklN