Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-10-25


a democratic president, democratic con-
gress, and democratic pension depart
ment? Is there man or woman who
holds a government bond. or even
greenback. who would feel any safer
with the government in the control of
those who know that the Indebtedness
of the country was created by the ex-
pense of war which conquered them,
and liberated their slaves
The democratic party, as a party, is
an anti-tariff party. This.was always
one of its cardinal principles, and it has
been handed down in democratic plat
forms, and circulates in democratic blood
to this day. TheSSouth is "solid" for
free trade. Nothing is manufactured
there, and the whole section would be
glad to receive the worlds goods free of
duty. Hence the reason that the South
crn spirit showed itself in the democrat
ic platform of 1880.
Tariff for revenue only" is the way
the democratic platform puts it. That
is brief sentence, but there is deal
of meaning in it, especially in the word
"only." The word "only" was put
there to say that there should be no
tariff for the protection of our manufac-
turing industries. That is, there should
be no tariff on cotton or wooden fabrics,
no tariff on cutlery, machinery, and the
thousand articles that are made in Amer
lea by American labor. shielded by our
protective tariff from the cheap goods
made by the low-priced labor of the Old
World. Suppose the democrats could
carry out this part of their platform
creed. how would it affect New England {?
Take off the protective tariff on cotton
aud wooden goods, and every factory in
the United States would be compelled to
shut down. We cannot compete with
the cheap labor of England, Germany
aid France. Our people never have
been compelled, and we hope they never
will be obliged to live as poor and suf-
fer as much as the laborers of the old
countries have done. Let the factories
stop business. and how soon would the
thousands of operatives be hungry and
starving, without money or means Of
subsistence? What would be the con,
dition of the farmers of Vermont, with
the manufacturing interests crippled OIL
destroyed in New England? How
would he sell his dairy products. his
wool, his meat, his potatoes? What
would be the condition of the numbering
business with tariff ''for revenue only
in existence? What would be thu
chance for the common laborer if tn,
South could fix our tariff matters? Thu
republican party has always been ;
party of protection. When Fernand,
Wood undertook to make changes ant
reductions in the tariff, in the last con
gress, the republicans defeated the meas
ure, and when they formed their las
platform they declared that duties leviet
for revenue should so discriminate as t.
favor American labor. This party i
such from impulse and. interest and i
constantly and steadily a high tarit
party. There is not single Vermonte
whose interests would be benefited b,
any "change" that will radically chang
the tariff.
We cannot extend the comparison
between the two parties further, in thi
article, though there are many reasons
as we look at it, why the people of TIL
section should prefer the republica
party. We will take space to say, how
ever, as between Gen. Garfield and Ger
Hancock, we prefer the former for tn
responsible office of President. Their
is not single excellent principle (
pure republicanism that he does NJ
superlatively represent. There are I
interests, moral, social, pecuniary, {
polite, which are of Importance to US
citizens of the North, that he has n,
labored for in his congressional caree
If long experience in national affair
scholarship, special training and a bros
and generous nature, can fit a man f
t President, Gen. Garfield is eminent
!, fitted for the place. The Christian cha
e acter, perfect habits and genial bearil
n of Gen. Garfield are such as to bring
: the office that respect, conspicuous
: the administrations of Lincoln al
}. Hayes. Gen. Garfield is known al
n read of all men. His long career
y congress, his record on all great nation
C questions, his published speeches, /
II wonderful gift of oratory, his sympatI
II for the poor, his interest for the welfa
II of the American laborer, his consta
# work in behalf of the emancipated ra
IS of the South. his powerful efforts
IS every measure looking toward resun
y ton and the honest payment of the I
al tional debt, record for honesty SUI
is that the whole democratic party, il
D. bitter campaign, is only able to acc,
'e him of ta0o, as they put it, 1ishon
We acts, his reputation SO good as to ma
him universally loved by his neighb