The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-02-22
EDITORIAL MATTER,
Lamar's Great Tariff speech.

"Tariff for Revenue only, with Incl.
dental protection" has produced
profound impression all over the
country, and elected more comment
from the metropolitan press than any
speech upon the Tariff question that
has been delivered since the days
when Clay, Webster and Calhoun
wrestled with this all. important
aud perplexing question.
The New York Herald received
comprehensive synopsis Of the speech
by telegraph during its delivery and
the next morning published it under
attractive and sensational head lines,
accompanied by the following edito-
rial.
"The most mastery speech yet
made on the tariff question in Con.
gress was yesterday delivered in the
Senate by Mr.. Lamar, whose argu.
ments are summarized in our WASH
ington dispatches this morning.
Mr.. Lamar rightly assumes that what
the people want and demand is a
tightening of the bnrdens of taxation,
but he shows that it is impossible to
effect a reduction of taxation and at
the same time maintain a high pro-
tective tariff This fact is entirely
overlooked or wilfully disregarded
by the republican protecionists, who
insist on considering the tariff, not
in its relation to taxation and reve,
nue., but solely in its relation to man
ufactures. Their one object is pro-
lection to certain favored industries,
and they are determined to secure
that at the cost even of an increase
if necessary of the burdens now
borne by the people. Senator La
mars sAtesmanlike views ought to
be and doubtless will be read by the
masses, and particularly by every
laboring man throughout the coun-
try. His speech is a thorough expose
of the protection sham.'
The New York Times prefaced its
telegraphic report as follows:
The most interesting and impress
sive speech yet heard in the Senate
upon the tariff bill was made this
morning by Mr. Lmar,of Mississippi,
and it was heard with deserved at
ten tion 10y the Democratic side, near
ly all the Senators of thatparty being
in their seats, while the Republican
Senators rather conspicuously aban>
doned their places and sought the
comforts of the cloak room. Mr.
Lamar is not a fro r'quent speaker. His
reputation is that of student OF
LubIic affairs, and he has a confirmed
aversion to being compelled to speak
so frequently that he shall be for' vel
repeating trite places.
When ne does speak at length he can
always be relied upon to say some-
thing thoughtful. 1t had been re-
ported that he was prepared to say
what he thought about the tariff
question, and when hs-rose to speak
he was surrounded not only by Sem
ators, but by many Of the Demcratic
members of the House. who came
over to hear him. MrL lmar is strik-
ing in appearance-rather heavy OF
frame, with massive head set upon
broad an slightly stopping shoulders,
and with full brown beard and
mustache worn in Southern fashion
He is typical Southerner in out
ward aspect. He spoke from bis
place in the outer row, and in taking
up and reviewing the history of pro-
lection as applied in the tariff, ht
made references to large stack ol
books piled upon the desk before him
While he spoke without manuscript
other than q few brief notes, and his
speech seemed like an extemporized
one, it was obvious that his freedom
of utterance had been secured only
by diligent study and earnest thought
upon the subject in hand. The tone
of the speech throughout was earn.
est, but calm. He endeavored tc
show the fallacy of the protection n
| idea as illustrated in the history Of
the various tariff measures imposed
upon the Nation, and impressively
warned the monopolists who were
striving to burden the people fol
selfish purposes that there is danger
that the fat of public opinion, which
crushed out slavery, supposed to bt
guarded by every requisite guaran-
tee, may yet 60 forth demanding
| Justice for interests now grievously
taxed to enrich powerful manufac'
turers.
The New York World published
| an exhaustive telegraphic report, il
addition to an editorial review of th'
speech of nearly a column, starting
off as follows:
"Senator Lamar is one of the few
members of either house of Congress
whose speeches have any SAVIOR o
philosophy, political or otherwise
His mind. to follow Bacon's ole
phrase, does not "rest in secont
G ,uses scattered" but "beholdetl
the chain on them confederate ant
linked together" His set speeches
therefore, are always important al
we'll as interesting, and the speecl
which he made yesterday had evi
IDENTIFY been prepared with grea
care.
The New York Post devoted
column of highly eulogistic editoria
to what it styled "a magnifcen
presen tation of the question:
The New York Tribune, which la
for forty years been the great pro
tective tariff organ Of the country
gave it in it's issue Of the 9Th but
dozen lines of telegraphic report, ,bq
the next day finding that the publ