The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-12-22
The Tariff Question.


has followed him Many of the leading Democrats
are worried BY the tariff question.
The tariff question did not become an
active issue until the closing weeks of the
last Presidential campaign. The Repub-
lican platform reatfirmed the tariff plank
of 1876, as follows: "The revenue neces-
sary for current expenditures and the
obligations of the public debt must be
largely derived from duties upon import
atoms, which, SO far as possible, should
be adjusted to promote TIE interests Of
american iabot and adrancc the prosper
Hy Of the whOie c0W7hV." The Demo
cratic platform declared for "a tariff for
revenue only" 1t was not until the APP
pearance of Gen. IIancock's letter defn-
ING his position on the tariff that the
country was aroused to the Importance Of
the issue. The awakening was fatal to
the hopes Of the Democracy. Stripped Of
all verbagc the question to be decided
was simply Foreignys American labor
This demonstrated, the result was to
transform every manufacturing cstab-
lishmcnt into a Republican stronghold
and to rally American artisans and oper-
atives at the polls by thousands in sup
port of the party pledged ''to promote the
interests Of American labor" Had the
issue been presented e&tiier it may be
fairly doubted whether the Democracy
would have carried q single State north
Of Mason and DiXon's line: and if is even
possible that the solid South might have
been broken. AS Il was, the Democrats
lost the State Of Indiana. the money bags
q Mr. English proving OF no avail against
the Republican rallying cry Of protection
to American industry.
1t is very certain that no party which
declares itself in favor of free trade, or for
a tariff for revenue only-which John
Roach has APPLY characterized as comfy
free trade in disguise can secure the
votes of a majority of the American PEG
pie. A few Democrats, conspcuously
Messrs. Voorhees, and Hendricks have
realized This fact The Sonth which dom
mated ia the Democratic party. commit
ted that party to the free trade policy to
which most of Ire 1a,dars +an,cionsIv clinr
to-dav This desnite the fact that the
South with Ne ,,rouirr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
i,,tarasts is fast hocomina nnit in favor
of nrofpction Witness the fonovino
naragranh from = recent editorial in tn.
MohiIo (Ala Rouiotar.
The sontb will in tina ro,nneta with Nav Enc,
and if we are allowed equal opportunities, bnt #
ton to home industries should be established. We
WI INA our ln'an1 mannIac'ofles o[eahlng gown
North which have grown strong under several
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as they got possession OF the government
they proceeded to pass low tariff bill, at
the dlctatlon of the South. The bill es-
tabllshed what was known as the tariff
OF lo46. 1t seriously crippled the manu-
featuring interests, although its worst et-
fects were not immediately felt through
out the country because OF the stimulus
which came from the discovery OF gold in
Callfornla. But despite that great gain
10 the natlonal wealth. the crash OF 1891
came ana swept BUSINESS laoof ana ag-
ilcuilufe away Ill d common ulSastef. IN
looo the hepuollcahs came into power
ana enacted the Mofrlll tarll1 DILL which
was oaseo upon the principles OF protec-
tloh' Although the law mas since under
gone many modlllcatlons, that prlnclpIe
mas hoI oeeh lost slSnt o. Inc republican
party OF to-day IS the defender, as 1t was
IN looo' OF all the great national INDUS
tries, whose present prosperity IS due to