The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-05-27
Gen. Chalmers Departure.

The address of Gen. Chalmers to
the voters of the ID District an
nouncing that he is an lndepend
ent candidate for Congress, on the i
platform therein set forth, is pub.
Iiished for information, IN another
column. On the questions Of the
currency; the maintenance of the
standard silver dollar; opposition
10 the continuation of the national
banking system which depends up
on the perpetuation of the national
debt; and a protective tarlf-we
do not dissent from the posi- ion OF
fGen. Chalmers-only we disagree
with him entirely in the suggestion
that a protective tariff would oper.
ate to build up Southern manufac'
lures. Its effect is directly the
opposite. The way to encourage
manufacturingi ia the South is to re-
peal the duty imposed on machine
ry for the benefit of the monopolists
who manufacture it and who own
the materials with which 1t is con
. strHcted. Remove the tariff so as to
enable the South to supply herself
with machinery';at reasonable rates,
and she can compete with any 9TH
er people on the globe in msnufac'
turing. She has all the elements
that enter into the economy OF
n. manufacturing and only wants free
trade and sailors nights to compete
!. with all cemers in that line. She
does not ask laws legalizing robbery
and accumulating wealth in tht
pockets Of ths,many for the. benefit
J. of the few. We do not understand
70: Gen. Chalmers goes to the extent
70, but he suggetts a Willingness Il
q the present iniquitsus system for
IT. limited time to buildsup our SIN
ia FAINT" manufactures and pay off tn
IT. national debt. The "infan:" argu
I'm ment is as old as the government
l. As to the debt;it can be.paid wit
T.: a tariff for revenue only. On tn
Mississippi river question we ca
find no occasion for difference wit
:, Gen. Chalmers, except that we d
not see a necessity ifor postponin
other important Questions in ord'
to give it the attention which
o'' deserves. Let US have Mississip.
u river improvement and due ate
the ton to economic reforms at Il
ties same time. ..u..
attic Touching the Congressional a
portionment bill, as we have beEo
n said, it is a question on which u
Democrats in the Legislature diTt
are ed. The Democrats refused
Il. consider it in caucus, and thereto
'ods left it an open question, on the o
the side or the other of which Den
No Gratis could range themSelv
without subjec:ing to Suspici
their tealty to their party. 1
en-; Upon the observations of g.
eral Chalmers on. the Senatorial ell
lin ton, we have no comments to of
hut When it was an open question,
adhered to the determination,
an had formed for reasons satisfactC
our to ourselves, not to enter upon
the discussion. And now, since it
ness been closed, we can see no ST
NIX. cient ground for re-opening 1t, P
terring to look ahead and dew
ourselves to practical issues. Il
In Gen. Chalmers has been an a
pro- and useful member; that he
d. served his constituency well +;
faithfully, has been too often te
Il fed in these columns to deny, !
tar. very statement of the fact att
p.IL our deep regret at the course
On has now taken in making war u
n by the organization of the Democr,
rner, party, to which he owes his pro
two tioniin political life.
lrner
in. Aphysician in Baltimore, !