The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-04
TIL. .hnugsl seuti,uen, Of tho South.

iernApe no SOUTHERN othte ID prepare 10
break away from the Democratic party
this year-the election will decide that
but there Is a mighty mmbling which
bodies no good 10 the party which makes
loud professions Of economy while It strikes
at the bread and butter Of tho people. The
new light OF industry which has dawned
on the South has quicked new desires and
aspirations. No longer content to confne
tn ,mselves 10 tilliug the coil the Southern
people are engaging more and more in
manufacturing, reaping Tor themselves
profits which in other times went to other
manufacturers, middle men and carriers.
But even more noticeable than these
changed conditions Is the unwillingness to
trust to luck, to lot things take caro- Of
Themselves ~(laisa. taire) (which q certain
school Of economists would have them be-
lieve is the nobleat work Of man. They
have found cut that we have u great and
powerful Nation, powerful in peace as in
war, and that the activities Of agreat Ma.
ton depend for their profitable employ.
ment largely upon the national attitude to.
wards them. They have discovered that
they are part Of this great Nation, having
their special interes. and sharing the com.
mon interest in It's welfare,
So We are hearing lees Of objections
against a ''paternal government" and more
Of appeals for the fostering caro- OF govern.
ment. The appeals and declarations OF
principles have become louder and clearer,
until now there is no ialteripg, no hesita.
ton, but a demand for a tariff for protec.
ton without circumlocution or evasion.
On the tariff question-now, If not before
we have reached the parting OF the wayr,
and the forks Of the road lead to the oppo.
site poles. The New Orleans Picay4ne, Of
March !, makes this important declaration
Of fact and principle:
A point hss now been reached in the taria
legialation OF tho country when the true
friends Of Louisiana must take the ground,
Of protection per sc, absolutely, unqualifisdly.
That Is the situation as We now view 1t. The
sugar industry ha, struggled against tremen.
dous disadvantages. Our State and our city
are literally bound up In 1t, and cannot hope
10 prosper unless 1t prospers. This Is tho
situation which the true friends OF Louisiana
we are appealing to those outside OF our
bordera-are now called upon to study.
II the sugar industry Of Louisiana Is to be
forced to stand upon a Tariff for revenue,
what is to become Of 1t when tse question
Immediately before practical statesmen is the
question OF abolition of revenue?
The friends Of this great industry 10 Louis.
lana cannot hope to achieve any success By
defending 1t on the pseudo.D Democratic prin-
ciply Of tariff for revenue only" The sooner
our representatives appreciate this fact, the
sooner they will uniformly take the only
course which will sustain the interests OF our
people, Of the people OF Louisiana, the great
sugar industry which supports 90 many thou
sands. That industry needs p~rotection-and
we say this In the strongest sense OF the
word-absolIlo protec,ion-sgairst avert w
-against the slave labor Of ~Cuba-against
the beet sugar OF Europe.
The sugar planters Of Louisiana propose
henceiorth to stand by the beet and sorghum
industries Of the North and West, and re.
member that the ruin Of Que means the ruin
OF all. -.
The sugar industry OF the United States
only needs the fostering care OF national lec.
~isla,ion to build 1t up and make 1t what that
OF Europe, which started from a le.s p1omie.
ing basis, hiss become. Give Us a fair chance
on the alluvial lands, give Us the protection
which the nation has accorded and Is accord.
Ing TO other American industries, and we
will soon give the people q freer breakfast
table than the slave drivers Of Cuba can ever
supply. :
This is going the whole length OF the
! doctrine Of protection, with internal i'm.
%provements added, and the two make up
the American System to whose champion
ship Henry Clay gave his splendid abili.
ties. It is fair notice to whom it may con.
Germ that Louisiana can not be counted in
on a scheme ''for.revenue-only," and that
her face is Set ~resolutely in the other direc.
ton. Louisiana does not stand alone
among Southern States in her demand tina,
the policy Of protection shall prevail.