Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-01

sand millions of capital and
million Of people are declare
| to be dependent-the one fo
profit, the others for bread an
clothing and shelter-tipon a
aye and no vote in Congress-
That surely is not a atolerabl
condition. The very existene
of this capital and these peopl
is said by the Republicans I
rest upon high taxes, q supera
bmdant revenuei and extrava
giant administration. Of the ,peO
ple's money. Protection doe
not protect against disaster, fo
the protected Industries suffer
ed as much in the period of1S7;
as any others. But in 1860
when all was apparently pros
porous, Messrs. Morill ant
Kelley proclaimed that '~'evel
then our protected industries
were in deplOrable condition
1t was our vast system OF I'M
terstate free trade which had
built up our manufactures, and
they had tiourished equally un-
der high and low tariffs. =
Z There was nothing, lie remark
ed, in the assertion that high
wages require protective tariffs.
The highest wages enable the
most effective competition; the
highest paid laborers in Europe
were the English and Germany,
France and Russia, where wages
were much lower, were fencing
ont English high wages compe-
tltion now with protective
tariffs. Our own highly paid
agricnlturists sell their bulky
grain and meal products after
paying railroad and ocean
freights On them in every market
Of cheap labor in Europe, in de-
lance of the competition of
much lower wages. ~ m
TRIBUTE TO MANUFACTURERS. !
In conclusion Senator Lamar
said il he had said anything
which left the impression that
he was unfavorable to the
growth and prosperity of manu-
factures in this country, he had
been unfortunate in his mode of
expression. No man appreciat-
ed their Importance more than
he did, and thereupon he paid
an eloquent tribute to the ele-
waiting and ennobIing influences
of ufactures-.aIfssthe-pro
tected manufacturers would
listen to his voice he would ad-
wise them to make timely con
cessions on this subject, so that
the departure from the system
of protection might be gradual
and free from any shock to ex-
isting conditions. He referred
10 a speech Of Macauley's on
the same question, where he
warned the monopolists of Eng
and and referred them to the
sagacity and forecast
With which the aristOcracy of
England had adapted them
elves to the popular movement |
4 parliamentary reform. BY
aking part in it they were en-.
bled to direct it's movement
afely and wiselyfor themselves
nd thereby retain their moral
nd intellectual supremacy. He
howed the reverse in the case
f the French nobility, who,
18th dogged obstinacy,, essayed
vain resistance to the great
opular movement there which
esnlted in their overthrow and
anishment to other countries,
here they became dancing
lasters and music teachers to
liens and strangers. II, sir"
e added impressively, shave
zen something of this in my
wn experience. / saw a great
lstituti0n which was more firm.
intrenched in statutes and
rganic law than the manufac- :,
lrers are in this tariff law, be,
one an object of popular up
sing. i was among those, sir,
ho shared in the attempt to
,sist it, and l saw that institu-
on go down with all its vast
'pital, with all the political
'iyileges which it conferred,
lth all the constitutional rights ,,
which it was guaranteed-go
own beneath the irreversible
It of the American people.
r, | warn the manufacturers of
is country. The handwriting
upon the wall of this protec- i
ve system, and l trust they {
III have the intelligence to s
,cipher its import. ~
1t seems that Lauderdale is