Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-22

platform the words "Wo believe in ,
tariff for revenue only;" did they d.
1t to please the mechanics Of Whining
ton 7 Did they do it to please the iron
workers Of Pittsburgh Did they do IL
to please the ship builders Of Chester
No this was not their purpose In intro.
ducing that plank in their platform II
was to please the rice planter, the Gotten
and the tobacco grower of the Southern
States, and to-day for the first time in
the history Of this country, since the
war, we 6nd the Democratic party from
the Southern States again coming To
the surface, saying, with the old cry ol
1882, 184e and 1857, "give us revenue
tariff only and down with your protec
ton 10 the industries Of the North"
Now what Is a tariff for revenue only
| understand that there are Democrats
in Wilmington who are telling the
Torkingmen in our machine shops that
the Democratic party is in favor Of a
tariff. / do not want to uas any harsh
language and shall not. No Democrat
would say that on his death bed
daughter, no Democrat would say tina,
in truth, for the history of the Demo.
cratic party from Its beginning to this
very moment has been a system OF
measures against protection and in fa-
vor Of free trade, or at the most, in
cidental protection with tariff for rev.
enue. l say to you laboring men that
II any man tells you again in any Of
your machine shops in Whining ton that
the Democratic party is in favor of a
tariff, they tell you that which cannot
be from the simple fact that they are
Democrats Qaughter,) you cannot
mix free trade and tariff you aever
could mix them up and you never will.
As long as the south is in the hands of
the Democratic party. Its chief political
dogma will be free trade. In discussing
this important question desire only .
patient hearing.
l shall convince every laboring man
in Wilmington that the Democratic
party Is q party in favor OF free trade,
or a party for revenue only, by the
history Of that party, and that the
principle If carried out means ruin and
starvation to him and his family, Zap
plause.) make this bold assertion
because l have all the argument, all
the facts and best Of all and thank
God all the truth. (Applaase.) The
Republican party held its convention
in Chicago shortly before the Demo.
Gratis. We held our convention in bigger
place for we are bigger party. What
was the action Of the Repu blicsn partyf
Was any thing said about a tariff for
rsysne onlyP Was the tariff discuss.
ed at all when the Republican party
met in Chicago for the purpose of NOM
mating their candidate for PRESIDENT
hold in my hands the book which
contains the platforms OF the two par
ties. l will give you present for
every free trade principle that you find
in the Republican platform. Section 5
Of that platform adopted at Chicago
says: "We affirm the belief av0wed in
1876 that the duties levied for the pur-
pose of revenue should be Discriminate
as to favor Americsn labor" (spplause).
That was the voice of the child of the
old Whig party-the Republican par
ty 20 years after its birth.
What has been the verdict given
against the Democratic party in the late
election. 1t has manifested itself in
Indiana; 1t met them in Ohio; it met
them in New Jersey and we are going to
meet them here. (applause) it will not
do for the leaders ofths Democratic par
ty to say that they have been taken by
and to ridicule the discussion OF
the tariff question. 1t is anissue in this
Not only was the Demo
cratic party given notice that this tariff
q question was to be an important one
in the campaign but We distinctly said
that we intsndedto make 1t an issue in
it and they have taken up the gaunt-
let and their champion Mr.. Henry
Wstterson Of Ksntuekey had said that
the Democratic party intended to meet
us half way in the discussion of this
question.
This is the great battle which you
are to fight on the second day of Nov
embsr.
There has been a great deal said in
this campaign about the record of Gar.
field in regard to the tariff.
The Democratic party have charged
him with being member of the. Cob
den club. Let me refer you to q speech
delivered by Mr.. Garfield, when mem
Der Of the houseof representatives and
when the tariff bill Of 1874 was under
that was the bill which re-
duced the tariff on pig iron from nine
10 seven dollars ton.
Let me read
"Mr. Garfield reviewed the history Of
The tariff legislation in Great Britain as
related to the manufacturing indus.
tries OF the country and noted the
progress Of public sentiment toward a
nors liberal policy than prevailed in Its
aksclute prohibition
In reference to the question Of free
trade he said, "but underlying all
theories there is strong and deep con-
viotion in the minds Of a great major
ity of our American people in favor Of
and protecting American Industries,
and now l ask the gentlemen who ad
yocats free trade II they desire to re-
move all tariff duties from imported
goods. We are limited in our tariff
legislation bytwo things: first, the de-
mands OF the treasury, and second the
dem ands Of American industries."
II that is free trade doctrine, for
b beaven's sake let us have it. He dis
tinctly says, we are limited in respect
to this question of tariff to two things,
the treasury and the protection Of
American industry. This was said
eight years ago, and at that time we