, 1880-10-24

| nulltfy the tariff, will your That is a United
States law. II it Is unconstitutional, the courts
will SO decide It. Until they do, will enforce 1t,
| higher than. Haman." He sent the army or the
United States, under its chief, to the borders Of
South Carolina; be instructed his seeretary Of
! the Navy to send every spare ship Of the navy
| into Charleston harbof, and the ships went
| there; and the ordinance Of notification was
but was maae
J and one who sought 10 develop the South by
| developing manufacturing power In their mtlst !:
u man who would haye abolished slavery # t be
Not wishing to provoke war, not wishing to be
charged with agitation. wishing to conci1late hfs
be stricken from each duty each year until the
duties should. bo. reduced 70 what the South
/ would tegnrd as revenue tariff: Now, my
wages OF labor had steadily increased That
was IN lsa: | remember It welt for was an
even at that fancy branch. and how nberalls,
active was the demand for labor Bur lsss took
more 81 the. duties. Enterprise was checked.
opened new mine, No man was will
wages !s began to fal1 because lie demand forf f
creased, aud idle workiugmen found themselves
clad in foreign nusltns and woolens. Foreign
sa so,t H. 1an nnu enc o h s yHI 6 6n
Americnn ones, but it Was with him al with tie
Irish1nun, who said:
re- 6u @ pay m RE oG ior @ cooo
Why the dcyit didn't you stay there and buy
its !. rrta n,tv ,,fHo,,,tv uoe oo,,dn.+ ~ot tho
three pense. 9 t sight easier to set tae @
quarter" Laughter and applause.]
And the l1bo5fng.man FL without the means q OF Of
ot,d 1et WAY ana aT enT oMnv u h fvt hnv
cheaper than he could have done:
THERE Is THE WHOLE THING IN ALL cASDoR
and IN all honesty. When the American laborer
goods? When the laborer cannot buy from the
retailer In the village or the town, how Is TINT
s0 1e na a
meochant cau't pay the manufactures, and how
is the manufacturer gong to employ lahorcrs
American people make the market for
American goods, whether they, be of
the workshop OF OF the farm. The
great crops OF corn and wheat. We ship but 10
per cent Of them. Strike down 10 per cent of
the Ame,eqn market and deaoe the
for when YOU send more than is wanted, down
go:s she price. And ifyoa shut up your factories
;and % and hava them ali ali farming, ~ Where he W viii the
farmer find market for his produce? It will
not Mi 90 abroad and bring the price that It is
cause there is d well-paid home market which
maintains its price here, and won't let it drop.
But BY 1851 We were reduced under that COM
promise tariff to condition in which there was
no money in the country. 1 see my venerable
friend JOHN Wentworth here. He will ren1em-
her the days Of shlnplasters. In the city where |
live (PhiIalelphiA thousands OF men issued |
their own money There was no silver no gold, |
money. One could get bauknotes. They could |
not be redeemed A barber would issue little bits |
Of paper about that big ft,gp inches longl called
administers agreeing to receive them for the
sum of 10 or IS cents for shaving hair |
cutting, or anything ho might sell in his |
shop. Keepers Of bar rooms issued them |
in cocktails, brandy srnashcs,
or other forms OF drink [Laughterl Ncwspa-
per men issued them redeemable III subscrip-
lions to the paper by the week or month, or ia
pnymeut for advertisements I had been work..
Ing as q iourneyman ieweler In Boston and
Ilnvirly met with the accident that crippled 4 +
singer. went home to PhiludeIphia Ihad hrpuchr
win me a Boston hill or two and in nnki11g u |
small purchnse paid one out, and got three Of
thcsf little nIeces of narer On which the figures
= annenre;4' md saw r siynarlre Mt the hot-
Fu,n I did mt scrurinfzs them. Nobody did
We used TO take whntcver was given. We didn't
axpect to vet money from ANYBODY. md believed
the next person would take The stuR Is Tealily
1s vi. did j went to mike nnr,hsse. how !
.ycr, soon after, and I laid down one OF. these
quarters, bnt the man pushed It back,-" Not
lhat II you please. says l. . Inat Is qaIe as
good ns any OF tnem, NO. you haFen5