The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-24
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BLAINE'S ACCEPTANCE
All the Issues Of the Campaign Treated Elk.
haustlyely and with Strength and -
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xrsIFe 1sYl{1 / &
Civil Service eiosni commended and the Re,
publican Position on the Tariff ~s-r
Clearly Interpreted: :
Mr.. Blsihe's Acceptance.

Clearly Interpreted: ! !
Mr.. Bleine's Acceptance.
The followingis Mr.. Blaine's letter accept
ing the nomination. for PRESIDENT -
AUGUSTA, Mea,@July IS, 1S84.-The Hon
John B. Henderson and Others Of the Com.
mittee, etc. etaIGentlemen: In accepting
the nomina to4f for the presidency rendered
me by the RepIbfican national convention
beg to expressSaS deep sense of sthe honor
which is imposed venture to accompany
the acceptaneeswith some observations upon
the questions sfnyolved in the contest-ques-
tions whose settlement may affect the future
of the nation favorably or -unfaHorably Tor a
In enumerasang thes issues upon which the
Republican party appeals for popular sup
port, the convention has been singularly ex-
plicit and fciicitous 1t has properly given
the leading position to the industrial inter
on imports. On that question the two polit-
ical parties are radically in conflict Almost
the first act of the Republicans, when they
CAME into power in 1861, was the establish
ment of the principle of protection to Amer
lean labor and to American capital This
principle the Republican party has ever since
steadily maintained, while On the other hand
the Dcmocratic party in cons Tess thas fot
fifty years rsistently warned ur0n il
Twice within that period our opponents have
destroyed tariffs arranged for protection, and
since the close of the civil war Whenever
they have controlled the house OF. represent
tatives, hostile legislation has been at
tempted-neyer more conspicqously-r han in
Their principal leasureas the late session9f
THE TARIFF QUESTION
Revenue laws are in their very nature sub.
ject to frequent revision in order that they
may be adapted to changes and notifications
of trade The Republican party is not con-
tending for the permanency of any particular
statute. The issue between4thest two parties
does not have reference to aspeciAc l1W.as It
is far broader and far deeper. It involves a
principle Of wide application and bepeticent
influence, againsta theory which webelieye
to be unsoQndih conception and inevitably
hurtfu in practice mSthe many tariff ~re-
visions which have been necessary Sfor, the
past twenty three years; Or which may here
after become necessary, the Republican
party has maintained and will maintain the
policy of protection to American industry,
while our opponents insist upon a revision,
issue is thus distinct, web defncd andrupa-
voidabc. The.pending election, may jaetor-
mine the fate OF protection for a generation.
The overthrow of the policy means large
and prominent reduction IN the wages Of the
of vast amounts OF American capital in
vested in manufacturing enterprises The
value of the present revenue system to the
people OF. the United States is not Q matter of
SAAcO1y, dAN SuulA3 SlULulO ~ dAS uAACnU W
sustains t. i only invite attention TO seer
tain facts of official record which seem to
constitute demonstration.
In the census OF 1850 an effort was made;
for thc first time in our history, to obtain a
valuation OF all the property in the United
States. The attempt was in a large degree
unsuccessful Partly from lack Of time
partly from prejudice among many who
thought ssthe Inquiries foreshadowed a new
Bcheme OF taxation, the returnswere incom-
plete and unsatisfactory. Little more was
done than to consolidate the local valuation
used in the states for purposes Of assess
ment, and Tint, as everyone knows, differs
widely from the complete exhibit Of all the
property 80 T. ''tE
In thecensus of 1850, however, the work
was done. with great thor ughness- 1.-THE dis
tinction between assessed" value and true"
value being carefully. observed The grand
result was that the "true value" of al the prop
erty in the States and Territories Excluding
slaves) amounted to fourteen thousand mil
lions of dollars (f14 900, OOO,OOO) This ag-
gregate was the net result of the labor and
of the United Statesfroln the time the first
British colonist landed fnl GOT down to the
toll OF 80 Years. s"-- "a 80
After 1sGo the business of the country was
encouraged and developed by protective
tariff At the end OF twenty years the total
property of the United States, as returned by
the census of 1880, amounted to the
enormous aggregate of forty-four thou
OOO,OOO.l This great RESULT Was 'attained
notwithstanding The fact that countless mil
lions had in the interval been wasted in the
progress OF bloody war. It thus appears
that while our population between 1860 and
1880 increased go per cent, the aggregate
property of the country increased CLIPPER
cent-showing yustly enhanced we2ltlEper
capita among the people .# Thirty thousand
1nllions.of dollars $4,000, OOO, O0O) had
IA 4,
permanent wealth ofthe nation. = -
These results are regarded by the older
nations of the world as phenomenal. That
our country should surmottntthe peril and
the cost OF gigantic war and for an entire
period Of twenty years make an average gain
to its wealth Of 1928 GOO, 900 per month
surpasses the experience of all other nations,
ancient OF modern. Even the opponents of
the present revenue system do not pretend
that in the whole histOty of civilization any
parallel can be found to the material progress
of the United States since the accession of
the Republican party to power, -
The period between 1850 and to-day has
not been one OF material prosperity only. At
no time in the history Of the United States
has thereajeenssuch progress In the moral
and philanthropic field. Religious and char
table institutions, schools, seminaries and
colleges, have been foundett and endoWed
far more generously than at any previous
time in our history Greater and more varied
relief has been extended to human suffering
and the entire progress OF the country in
wealth has been accompanied and dignifed
by broadening and elevation of our ma
tiOnal character as people !: =
Our opponents find fault that our revenue
system produces a surplus But they should
not forget that the law has given specific
purpose to which all of the surplus is profit
ably and honorably applied-the reduction
of the public debt and the consequent relief
of the burden of taxation. No dollar has
been wasted, and the only extrayagance
with which the party stands charged is the
generous pensioning OF soldiers, sailors and
their familics-an extrayagance which en-,
bodies the highest form of justice insthe req
ignition and Paymcnt4of q sacred debk:
When reduction Of taxation is to be made,
the Republican party can be trusted to &C
conlpiSl, it in such form as will most effect
lively aid the industIeS.Of the natiOn.@'7s :
OUR FoREr6N COMMERCE. $50 80
A frequent accusation by our opponents is
that the foreign commerce Of the country
the protective tariff. a In this way they seer
to array the importing interest against the
Republican party. 1t is common and yet
radical error to confound the commerce of
the country with it's carrying trade-an error
often committed innocently and sometimes
dcsignGdly-but an error SO gross that it does
not distinguish between the ship and the
cargo. Foreign commerce representative x-
ports and imports of a country regardless of
the nationality Of the vessel that may carry
the commodities of exchange. Our carrying
trade has from obvious causes suffered many
discouiagemcnts since 1860 but our foreign
commerce has in the Same period steadily
and prodigiously ncreased-increased in
deed at a rate and to an amount which abso-
lut"'y dwarf all previous developments sol
our trade beyond the sea- From 1860 to the
present Tune the foreign commerce Of the
United States, (liyiled with approximate
equality {between EeXports and sirnports)
reached thetsto1ndfng aggregate OF twenty
four thousand millions OF dollars Cf24 900,
OOO,OOW. Tho balance OF this vast com
mcrcc inclined in our favor, but it would
have been much larger If our trade with the
countries Of Americas, elsewhere referred to-
had been more wisely adjusted
1t is dfficulteven to appreciate the magni.
tude of our export trade since 1860 and we
can gain /; correct conception of it only by
comparison with preceding results in the
same field The total exports from thu
United States from the declaration of indie.
pendence in 1875 down to the day of Lin.
coins election in 1860, added to all that haG
previously been exported from the American
colonies from their original settlement
amounted to less than nine Thousand millions
of dollars eP9, 600, OOO,OOO). On the other
hand our exports from 1860 to the close OF
the last fiscal year exceeded twelve Thousand
millions OF dollars ($12 900, 600, OOO)-;,.e
whole of 1t being the product of American
labor Evidently protective tariff has not
injured our export trade when, under it's in.
fluence, we exported in twenty -four years
10 per cent more than the total amount thai