Daily Republican., 1880-01-24
Cur Era Of Prosperity.

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Cur Era Of Prosperity.
Notwithstanding the great nationa
prosperity for 1879 in everything whicl
makes nation prosperous, there ar
those who would interrupt the strean
and turn it into new and untriet
ehaunel, for the sake of selfish party
ends. 1t is no little qualification t,
the Republican party to know tina
these beneficial influences have beer
the result of Republican legislation
Gradually year by year the business
interests OF the country have been
brought up step by step until for the
first time the trade balances with for
eign nations are on the side of the
United States.We are told by some that
this is owing in great measure to the
dangers Of an impending famine in
Europe, but we would answer that the
prosperity to which we refer antedated
the commencement of the famine agita-
tion by several years. The commercial
growth Of our nation to which we refer
is the regular increase from year to
year consequent upon sound system
of legislation and the protection of
American commerce and trade by
sound revenue and tariff laws,
which were rot permitted to be
changed by Democratic free traders
though they have never lost an oppor-
tunity to try to have them changed
since they had majority in Congress.
We are now entering upon a year in
which the issue will be placed conspic-
uously before the people, between The
great national party which created, ma.
fured and sustained this great System
OF national prosperity and the other ma
tional party which if it has not actively
opposed the system has at least occu-
pied an equivocal position upon it,
party that has never hesit ted to favor
foreign interests in preference to domes-
Tic interests, or to advocate measures
wholly at variance with Internal devel-
opment, industrial thrift and financial
Independence. 1t will be the aim of the |
Democracy as soon as once firmly en- |
trenched in power to entirely revolu. |
ttonizs the revenue laws, tariff laws,
financial and Bank systems, and estab-
lish new code which cannot fail t, |
paralyze the business interests of the
nation for years to come. After mauy
years OF labo- and trial and endurance
the Republicans have enacted a sys-
tenn of protection to American COM
merce which has become now more
firmly entrenched in the national code
than at any time during the present
century. In Wilmington this change
has been notably beneficial. In every
sense she is manufacturing city, and
ship yards, machine shops, coach fac
tories, morocco manufacturers and pa
per, powder and milling industries, are
not only the pride of her citizens but
having a world wide reputation thev
are emulated by larger and Weather {
cities. All this has been built up by
the protection afforded to American c
by sound system of a
discriminating Republican legisla-
tion, which should be supported by I
every workmen in a Wilmington manu- s
factory. Iu financial sense, though t
there have been many faults in tinan-
cial legislation, the general effect has II
been good. The resumption of specie G.
payments once SO strenuously opposed y
by the opponents of the Republican a
party and which would have been de- b
'eated it they had had the power, has v
been such a grand national triumph, a
hat no attack upon it now meets with b
,he least favor. Thus with we'll re- IL
olenished Treasury, with the balance cl
VI trade with foreign nations in our fa- p
or,with superabundsnt crops and with d.
abor fully employed, the nation asks g
nat the great system which has brought tt
'bOut this state of affairs shall not be a
Endangered but that it shall be protec- 81
ed and supported by the millions who 81
lave teen bsnstitted by it. of