New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-02

shono you No nresentaon of this question in ns pubic
meeting There is election pendin! ene linen V in the
ssTs 81 for legislative offices in the Union oI III nS
state Fortunately, as think, there are 10 M een
apctcal or personal ar beore the ace Of
the country the OCCASION tte mehGds anu fner a8orS
shs Congress selected Two years ago Ihose VINO are
to take up those labors III Tue holds his place
nrssSing over the executive branch or inc Coy,
ernucnt equally during the plesen. tbis con utrv
have received new impulse in attention " the.r Owl
affairs There had grown up ieenS an "a r Ds ~
those VINO were interested in tue great questions OF
party and OF personal an and the of
ofiee seekers to turn them out consututeeu ne ,hs
SpSiry we're P" satisfied that these their public
servants should thus be led and thus array e. ana tn
Suent ana OF their public servans-o borrow phrase
from tariff dscussons- WIN only W nave
zion 10 the affarsof the people," Applause ndao
reached stage that is not only over pul 10 U0i
stood to be over.
THINGS SETTLED By THE LAST ELECTION
Two things were determined by the last elections so
snarkabe In their character unmstakabe IN their
features One was that there was no longer s"'9us-
fion OF the suffrage to the managers OF the various par
ties Tapplause that If there was to be any relation Vi
master and servant in these political methods the Peop
were be the masters and the managers tue
IApplause Another was tlat exactloDs were noV W 20
made or persisted in at the expense OF the peope III ~
accumulation of that il might be eApenue"
wasl,n and proHgae jobs, aud that lesson mas peen
taught in way thatis not misunderstood. NOW den M
are I i only two questions tnat formed ne pu.uem "
the instruction. which the people gave TO IS M Inc
sentatiyes In all branches of their Goyernea, ~, te
last election. No doubt It ala change .! n from
which il exhbi ed, the control OF CONGRESS S SWf
the Republican to the ,, Dei1e lesson that Is was
10 be used by those who were thus cnoST ,
10 se ned States Hppanse And word for it,
whether tue servants IN tue next NonSioso wo,ob
~ he ncd m what he says does That exhibits pur
pose TO renew subserviency 10 machine ponies anu
- nf
from taem before his term is ended. AlpiauSe.l
Now il comes ABOUT that ~ the reduction OF Tue @
OF the Government ID reconsideration OF te
netnods and distribution among the sources o. & %
by which the necessary sums are TO De aseu u ne
cisely Ihe same interest excited. that peclsc Ino
same eOnsdt rdtOns come INTO play tIat Woulu 90 ~
ed and would eo me 1n'p pay Vas TO be made to the
external tariff. the foreign du les OF inc county W.
the same Gues,ion-bccause the question Whenever we
deal with orei IN countries ny increasing mem 10,
exigoncies OF tue Government or by reuueius te"i
The question comes whether this greas
weapon of Government by MnGn :, we we ne s, n"aJ
for our people towards rest OF the world s 10 ~
Tor tine advantage of people or FOR tne advhttge
foreign nations IA PIP ause And our Pr"Pe t b
intelligent edOugn s5e the ana tue, %ns IN he
Satisfied with knowing tnat inSre "" toVetion
a reduction: as 1t Is tS Sahoo that reduction
a shape would nep and nent A. nIt
British iabor GApplause.l No dOubt these cHnh'As
masters Of the paoic interest," So s ,,upryy toIS
mucn WISER taai tho laDJrng men Oh tns COUNT Ia
it gra ted that the people 80 lons as az iCsG
REDUCED. would much mnd now lucy VIZ &c H. 49,
I f t system OF this county undesrce co ana
unresisteL Bur have not observed M a"! DI
Ssya c%uSh' sei any enthusiastic meetings
of American Isboring encouraging one C9hsr!ss,
men 10 reduce American labor t. me tVI1 o. 'teu
labor don't wny anf Dody treten I'd Of taer
American lAbOrcrs do not Know "hiVh si"0 "a '
oreau is Outt,re ApplAuSe.l
A MAN GREATER THAN IFS CIRCUMSTANCES
Well tn is not new question: want "On'oi-"
historyta acceptance by the people that planted tnese
colonies o. the doctrin Is greater than MS
NJ. ful res Lac
struggle of independence that concluded That the peo
ple lat lived over here would rather work for their own
advantage and in Sueh Ways as pleas'u tn'-n
than TO be regulated in their employ he't
by the revenue system of England lApnause
that made conhne ourselves to catching nsn anu
kilnr lam and lett them to 90 all the mechanical an0
indnstria labor Tor and make us paw Dy our natuy
toll the rate OF tue product OF an acre 10, b
fhot and conclude that woulI nave tde MAKING Oh
gong to iSy n down and nave 1t made for US by
Engandi imagine not iakatlon ~taOHt [e2rSsenSi
tion old enemy o. the American peopls M
and we mean tnat foreign revenue taxation snaH De
laid by our Coz gresseH IN the interest oil the AMERICAN
people appau aud n l. elt OF W oiod9S ~
ance or recglesSness set IN current ana uIectO ta
If persisted would carry us Ddck 10 tue Ou coiVai
Condition whIcn We have laid behind us forever zap
pausl No. from the very earliest time tie statesmen
OF our country Recognized the facs thdl IL was naiu
strugge for u.s. tnOu9 we had gNned our political moe
pemuencr made our own laws 10 counteraei ihe
laws Wucn de aud capital had been 90 long 0ulohg
mn AGAINST as III the syse oil taxation without repre-
sentaIiou Britsa Empire dnd Ie briisn peope,
a 1 egislst,on t1as could shape industry
our forrgn commerce, determined tdat ny Tue Jaws OF
rrade--lf we were siiupie enOIsh not to exert inc
powers that pos5-ss' 10 reha'e and Ieuress lhe
that b. tie laws Of trade they would Keep The SAM
domination over Industries tnat tney had exercised
by Political p'"eT'
THE AMERICAN VERSUS TIE EUROPEAN SYSTEM.
And That gentlemen. althougI the name Was not
yep until later by great statesman was the beginning
~ the American system against European;h1t it
would manage its own political AFFAIRS through rs Gov
erun.nt develop ana ma MAN ana increase -
Is
Well we went struggling along untl me great com
,noion. IN fnrope Know the NapOleOnic led
81 atenut 20 sbordinate our peaceful CONDITION to Tie
exixences OF the taxes required by Inc nations IL
Europe. We hrst took up ana iePeneo thd cohtro OF
our gnt 10 neutra D COMMISSIONERS act ana then
we had nrst expt tLaI mon intercourse
meant suppression OF lore "a trade YET a. tAt IOregn
frads was InaIuly mpOrtaO SI tne Manufactures u
rrs tda, fHe period OF years tnat "ent
from the commencement % nt - steiu ulli nc c'ose
of tue had, by necessity, indde our people mihu-
faciurers ia humble way, but III Way
tast threatened. If persisted in to take from
Great Britain again al peace with us. her DONNA
she, inundated tns country with Lhelr nanuiac urcs
quite u tie question whether IN the immediate
fransac ion tney pfont, determined that
fney wodld the bud THESE growing Indeptndenl
STATES Ipiause under tns gigantic effort,
by force bat b. trade, ~ sap our wealth. were
nnnved IN 1919 into greatest bankruptcy tnat
patnn ever saw. Tnen Oned along TO bdid up under
tse ieaaershp Of great southern statesman, Henry
Clay (appia0sol anu unaer tbe name o. the American
sysien su effort by the foreign customs go trol when
we nad in Government, 70 build up system OF In-
dnstries protected against such Invasion aud such
spotion Aud an iia1py to see on the stage tonIgnt
editor, WAO rom tue ehi nest Time
awr,ioan system being brought IA
atiye politics under leadersbip OF Henry clay until
Sis y mas been a aILnful deender OF the LABOR OF the
iiniteo states Applause. Aud now when gentlemen
ne onr friend General Webb laPpLase, far advanced
a., ife sees his call t. maze new de ense against
a new onslaugnt, may Dt sure that lie knows wat
he "a about and has personal end TO serve. lAp-
pau5e. -. - ,.o. .. 4.,,g 90, 90. 49,,
1875 aud getting on very nicely and came 70 1882
60 You suppose undertook to stop tnent Way,
n Az nos the American labor in the
thst we use IT, froeNen and ctzens hut tue interest
I save LABOR that actually threatened ~ reDe against
The Goyernmeut tue labOrers Oi tue NOtL werr pro-
tc,ed md tue slave labor of the south was restricted
in a,aKiIg it could Ia tle cheap mrzet
OF Lagiand. iAppla1sel. Now, t1ero
IN one word, Is tfls whole question
- ,S,e freeman ctzen labor the United STATES.