Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-05-17
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foster and encourage domestic manu-.
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thing. And General jackson did sc
in his first inaugural address; and in
his message TO Congress Of the 7th OF
December, 1880, he said:
"The power 70 impose duties on i'm
ports originally belonged to the sew
eral States. The right to adjust these
duties with a view 20 the encourage.
ment of the domestic branches of in
dustry is 50 completely identical with
that power, that it is difficult to sup
pose the existence Of the one without
the other.o e =
"This Indispensable power thus sur
rendered by the States, must be with
in the scope of the authority on the
subject expressly delegated to Con-
gress In this conclusion, 4 am con.
firmed as we'll by the opinions of Pres
idents Washington, Jefferson, Madi-
son and Monroe, who have repeatedly
recommended the exercise of this
right under the Constitution, as by
the uniform practice of Congress. the
continued acquiescence, of the States,
and the general understanding of the
people,"
The same doctrine substantially was
recognized and declared by Presidents
Van Buren, Polk, Pierce, and Buchan.
an. And the power and policy of fos.
tering and encouraging domestic in
dnstries incidentally In the federal
revenue system has been uniformally
recognized by Congress. But the
leaders of the opposition to the De-
mocracy have always gone further and
made protection the leading ooject Of
the tariff, and revenue the mere Incl
dent. And this has been the actual
difference between the two parties.
The so-called Republican party has in
sisted upon and maintained, when in
power, protective tariff, that is, a
tariff which made protection its object
and revenue the incident, while the
Democracy has maintained tariff for
revenue with protection as its simple
incident. And there never has been
a time when this Incidental encour-
agement to home productive industry
has been denied by the Democratic
party either in Congress or by the
Executive. But those who confound
the protective tariff with the tariff for
revenue with incidental protection
and assert that there is no essential
difference between them, either will
fully pervert the truth or show an ig-
norance which is wholly inexcusable.
The history of the legislation of Con-
gress from the beginning has shown
so wide a distinction in principle be.
tween tariff for protection, or pro-
tective tariff, and a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection, that an in
telligent man cannot be excused for
confounding them. / #G aE E
The tariff question was very fully
discussed in both Houses of Congress
at the last session. And the Congress
ional Record shows the fact, that the
leading Democrats both in the Senate,
and in the House, who participated in
the discussions on the subject at the
recent session, distinctly recognized
the principle of incidental protection;
in other words, recognized the power
and paIcy. in adjusting revenue tar
if limited 10 the necessary expendi-
lures Of the Government, of so dis
eliminating against articles of import
as to afford incidental profession to
domestic industries so far as it could
bejustly and fairly dome. So that it
cannot be said truthfully that she De-
mocracy Das changed its position upon
a tariff for revenue, so as to either ig-
more or repudiate the principle of Incl
dental protection or encouragement to
domestic industry or labor On the
contrary, the Democracy stands to day
where it always has stood, as the
friend of productive industry and labor
ready at all times to relieve and light
en- their burdens, and foster and en-
courage their interest whenever and
wherever it may be practicable. ,-..