The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1882-09-20
CONTINUED FROM OUR SECOND PAGE.
OF my place az best l knew how,
in return for the honor done me.

cOnstrue as communication OF well
done, thou good and faithful servant"
l construe it in that way and as an ad.
monltion to continue on as | have
done, and by Gods help so I will.
will continue, fellow-citizens, to use
my efforts to promote the best inter-
osts OF the country. l will endeavor
to enforce the recognition Of those
grand principles OF governmental pol
icy Taught by Jefferson and for which,
jackson fought. I will contend for
and eudeavor to have carried out the
Jetfersonian doctrine of local self. gov
eminent. | will continue to inculcate
and work for the spread of the sent
ments of the Democratic party. l will
endeayor to secure the divorce of the
civil service from party service. Un-
der the present system there is an ar
my of Office holders who are driven in
self-defense to organize, aud who WELD
a dangerous power in elections. l will
urge the obliteration of the present
navigation laws, under which the
American flag has been we'll nigh
driven from the high seas.
am in favor Of taxation for reve-
nue. only and will oppose the perver-
sion of the sovereign power to tax pri-
vate interests. I will favor a revenue
tariff and will oppose protective tar
if. The United States Government
should deal justly with all nations.
American citizens abroad should be
protected by our government, and
should have speedy trial and have
justice accorded them. Let our gov
eminent demand that in all such cases
charges should be preferred, and that
the accused be given a speedy and q
fair trial. / will urge that capital and
labor be both protected. There should
be no pauperizing on the one side nor
communistic doctrines on the other.
There is danger to the government
from the organized association of Office
holders-danger that the government
will cease to depend upon the popular
will-there is danger of the establish
ment of q great central power that will
compel the many to pay tribute to the
few. This tendency to Capitalization
had its origin during the last war when
the government had to put forth all
it's p0wer--a time of disturbance which
has been aptly characterized by the
familiar adage inter arsnes leges silent
There is danger, fellow citizens, that
local self government is threatened by
the concentration OF power in the hands
of gigantic corporations. There is
danger that free government has taken
up it's march to Capitalization.
Here MIR. Blanchard quoted an ex-
tract from the writings Of Andrew
jackson, which our reporter did not
CATCHY
There is danger in the perpetuity OF
that system of laws passed under the
pretense of protecting American in
iustries. There is danger in the
clutch of great corporations On the
government. Their hold must be
loosened. Old Hickory said, "By the
Eternal! the Union it must and shall
DO preserved!" say by the Eternal!
this government must be administered
iu the interest of the many and not for
for the benefit of the few. The Au-
gean stables must he cleaned of the
accumulated filth gathered there
Trade must be made free of taxes.
Our flag must he seen in the commerce
of every sea. Our tariff laws furnish
an instance of evil indigenous in all
countries and governments legisla-
tive intermed'ing in industrial pur-
suits. This is the great fault of legis-
latures, State aud National. The
speaker commended a remark of the
great Benton, that the industrial pur-
suits of country folrished aud pros
pered best when they were least med
died with by legislation. That the
only boon such pursuits had to ask at
the hands of the legislator was the one
craved by Diogones from Alexander:
"stand out of my sunlight" Our in
dustry and energy laid low the forest
and plowed every sea until the legis-
lative intermeddling commenced. Let
it alone and industry will be remuner.
alive wherever thrift responds to en-
ergy and trade can find market.
Another instance is to be found in
the law by which an American citizen
is not permitted to purchase a foreign
built ship. even if she float the Amer
can flag, is differed by Americans, has
an American crew and is laden with
American goods. This law favors the
few and at the expense of the many
The Democrats in Congress sought to
have it abrogated but were defeated
by the Republicans. The effect of this
law on American commerce may be
seen by a comparison of the number of
American vessels at the time of it's
passage and since. In 1855 there were
400 vessels afoat which belonged to
American citizens. In 1879 there were
but 81 such vessels. In 1855 seventy
FIVE per cent. Of the entire export and
import trade of the United States was
cal ried in American vessels. In 1880
but twelve per cent. of it was 80 car
ried. Congressman Hurd, of Ohio, is
authority for the statement that an
American Commodore told him that in
1857 one-half of the vessels In South
American ports carried the American
flag and that on his last visit there he
did not see it at all except on the war
vessels of the government. In 1880
the United States paid $l25, O0O, 600 to
foreign ship owners to carry our OWN
products to foreign ports.
v hat a commentary is this. If this
continues ouly short time longer thu
American flag will disappear from the
nigh seas.
We see the same effect following
similar legislation as to the agricnltu-
raj interests of the country. Protec
ton increases the cost Of living 43 pei
cent. The increase upon the cost OF
agricultural implements is 40 per cent.
Protection contracts the farmers for
eign market for their product. Our
own government having levied high
,rotaot;yo tariff manv Of the govern.