The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Mr.. EDITOR:-A few words on the
political situation of this state may be
of interest to your readers.
of course you are aware that preyi.
GUS to the Chicago convention the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania were for Blaine,
" first, last, and all the time" When
the news OF his nomination came their
joy knew no bounds; hence it is not
surprising to learn that they are "wild
for Blaine" AS it was the people,
rather than the politicians, that want
ed him, he deserves, more than any
other, to be called the peoples candi-
date, at least as far as Pennsylvania5is
concerned.
We have unbounded confidence lin
Blaines integrity. Let a man be
placed in prominent public positions
for long series of years, exposed to
great temptations. Let him resist
such temptations zone thousand times
and apparently (for it is by no means
proved yield in one instance. Would
you, in footing up his record, pro
nounce him bad man, not fit to be
trusted? Would you compare him
with another. who. having scarcely
more than commenced public life, had
not experienced tenth part of the
temptation resisted by hlm-would
you compare these two, and say that
the latter, the beginner in public life,
as it were, was the man most fit to be
trusted?
But the great political issue In Penn
sylvania is that of the tariff. Here
you will find the farmer, the working
man and the manufacturer alike unani-
nous in favor of Protection and Amer.
lean industry.
All admit that a wise revision of the
tariff is needed, but horizontal fe.
duction, as proposed by the Morrison
bill. which would cut off the principle
of Protection and leave tariff " for
revenue only" we decidedly object to.
Why is Pennsylvania so unanimous
for Protection? Because, our brother.
the laboring man, lives here among as,
1t does not take half an eye to see that
not only should he have wages enough
to purchase the necessaries of life, but
he should have surplus-a surplus |
large enough to enable him to buy
books and papers, to educate himself |
and his family to intelligent citizen |
ship, for upon this very thing, mark
you, depends the perpetuity of our Re-
publican form of Government. We're |
our Government Monarchy, ii might |
do to talk about free trade. but in q /
dependent for it's existence |
upon the intelligence of it's citizens.
with an appalling amount of Ignorance
among the colored voters in the Sonth
'Ctaa qOe afford to bring our Northern mbis
WOrE1flg man d0aU,1 to MeleUeE Of the aa1,ts,ar
,abOrers Of the Eastern Contineaae
Our opponents would probably sav
that, with free trade, the necessaries
Of life would be so much cheaper that
The laboring man would have the same
surplus, even at much lower rate &c
wages.
Let US see about that. SUPPOSE fraa
trade were to go into existence TO-DAY
IN the United States? The resl1lt
would be that a great many kinds of
manufacturers would be crowded to
the wall, as they could not comnefa
with the cheap labor of the old world
fhen all the laborers who had been
in those manufactures Womb
0e compelled to turn farmers-pro.
ULCERS. We should then have a very
arge surplus of produce. for which We
should be compelled to seek a markat
abroad. haoing destroyed our home
Also we should be compelled to
ouy our manufactured goods of for
ign countries. | need not tell Won
What fix this would put us in. in
lme OF war, with all our ports block f.
lded. But would it do in time oil
'eace? 1t might, provided zoe could
btGSaa a fdsr price for our produce. J
5ut could we? Let us take wheat. for !
Instance. We run into competitionj 4
With Russia, British Asia, etc.
Now how would western farmers
nd farm laborers like to come intol
lose competition with the serfs ofI
sussia? Remember, zoe should he 9
btsged to sell Our aohedt abroad. for q
rec trade would have DESTROYED our !
ONE market. t
Our farmers and farm lahorara
many of whom were yesterday the p
Employees of our ruined home mann. G
acturers), aOOald be forced to The Iegez &
{ the Russian serfs. b
How long would our Republic Last g
ere our farmers and laboring men as q
In0rant as the DoaSanfS 0f Rnaaia9 Icl