The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-10-23
apEEnH on SENATOR BAYARp.
views Of the Rceent Eieetions-rhe Tar
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Senator Thomas /. Bayard addressed the
Democrats OF Wilmington, Delaware, on fri
day night of last week. He opened by saving
that he came with no appeal 10 prejudice folly
and hate. After dcprecaling attempts to
force man to vote by threats OF non.
employment and otherwise, he proceeded
TO discuss the Indiana victory. The lie,
publicans, no said, oaeklsd more over 1t
than o thousand hens over their eggs, HIS
I declaration that II Delaware were ever put ~
at auction for gold, as Indiana was said to
have been, Que party at least would not bidi
was receive with enthusiastic applause. Ian
| ders, he said, was scarcely true Democrat,
and coneeding all the Republican claims in
/ Indiana, he inquired, 'What has this TO do
with Hancock The nineteen votes OF
South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida, which
had been falsely counted for Hayes in 1876,
are as sure for Hancock as the votes OF Del.
aware. He referred 10 the change Of base OF
| the republican, party. How the bloody SHIRT
was tried until the Maine defeat showed that
the American people were tired OF bitterness
The Southern claims string was played upon
until Hancock seraped bis bow across it and
1t snapped.
Finally, from all the organs, from the
ahrillest squeaks to the grummest bass, came
the cry OF tariff, tariff. Tariff he defined TO
be the tax levied on imports and tax as a
SUN raised from persons or property OF the
people Of the government for the use OF the
State. During the years of Democratic ad'
mnis,raiions previous 10 1861 six-sevenths
OF the revenues Of the government were de-
rived from imports. In 1879 S3OO,0oO,OO0
were raised by taxation upon tho people, half
Of this being derived from the duties on for
~. fba l,tt fhraa
or four articles.
IL is absurd TO say that the democratic party
wishes to abandon this system. The story is
stupid, absurd aud ridiculous. They would
not II they could, aud they could not il they
would. The power to tax Isl very important
one, and many business has been taxed TO
death. Laws framed so as 10 tax One busl
ness to support another are wrong, cOmmu'
nistic and indeiensible, A tax for revenue,
so as To form incidental projection, is good
thing.
He Illustrated the subject with the supposed
case Of father who, after starting his i've
sons in business, is compelled by their needs
TO give them $500 each. 1t is all right for the
sons, but what becomes Of the old man? Any
business hononbly followed cannot fail to be
useful, but who shall say one trade shall draw
money from the treasury and another not
/ Protection for protection sake means subsi-
/ diziBg certain trades. Ii cannot be justified,
and there never was amore dangerous system.
| II political parties are To be arrayed on this
/ issue they will be turned into siorming parties
/ upon the treasury Another case is Of John
Roach, OF Chester, and his application to
| Congress for a subsidy Of $4,000 per year
for ten years for his proposed steamship line
| between New York and Rio Janeir0. Had
this been carried out private lines from other
American ports 10 Rio Janeiro would have
I been driven from the seas and the ship owners
would have been ruined by competition with
our own government.
Is il right that capitalists or mechanics
should be brought into competition with the
! treasury Of the United States standing back
of private indvduaR The present system
Of tariff, as 1t has grown up within twenty
years, Mr.. Bayard declared to be a system OF
war tax, and he censured the republican party
! for keeping up such a system in time Of peace.
The democRtic party would lay tariff so as
to bring a revenue. There are now hundreds
of articles on the tariff list that do not bring
| in a cent
The best informed manufacturers want Ger.
tain articles placed on the free list, and there
have bean many petitions from manufacturers
in this city asking that certain articles needed
M manufacturing here be added 10 that list.
We now, with population Of $4,000, 900,
manufacture enough for lO0,000,OO0 of PEG.
/ pie. The democratic party proposes by ad'
jus,ing the tariff to give manufacturers such
l free materials Us will enable them 10 carry
this surplus into the markets Of the world.
| The democratic party would not build a
Chinese wall about the capitalist and the Ia.
borer, but would give them the civilized world
I fnr a fuurEnf II - oh ID 50. - "a
democratic majority party wishes 10 adopt a
/ system lhatwll be suicide for itself and slaugh.
ter FOR It's opponents. The party has too much
regard for the law Of sellpreservation to do
/ anything Of the kind.
lie declared tina, the election Of Garfield
meant paving the way for third or fourth
terui that Garfield, in order TO be nominated
had given himselfto thai party Of which Grant
was the dangerous head. Tie concluded by a
brilliant eulogy on Hancock, which was re-.
eeiyed with the widest enthusiasm.