The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-03-20
NUMBER IS.

heartily eitt9rSe every WEfu Oh IL.
/ When the president filis.ed his re-
marks, anal sill that MIR. C.nlisle
would respond to the iirst toast, the
gentlemen at the tables applande'l
loudly. and when 2ppaker Caiisi"
arose. every man in Il @ room s oo' mp
an; c'ieerfd again and asaH. The
sentiment 10 wliic. a.r. Carlisle res
/ ponded was ..Onr federal iisfon.
After making VI acknowledgment of
| The reception, lie sail, Il an obliged
/ always for an oppo tnni.y of saying q
/ few words IN respinse 10 the toast
which is assigned me. Tie formation
/ If the union peacefully and voiun;ars
I ily. which made S.cll radical change
/ in The relation between the .evPral
states themselves. and lttweei etlers
and the general government, WAS iifi.
doiibtes.ly one OF the greatest politicat
achievements of modern times. 1t iSs
,iiitk. "a { 10 say, that in 10 Other
part Of the wo.ld cui:ld e. cli a charge
have been peacefully inatle 1t that
time, and perhaps. it is equally safe
| 70 say, it conld not have been made
had 1t been here twenty or thirty
| years Later. Tie ell federation pos
sessed no means If sustaining itself.
| In fact, it Lad 10 power to iinTose
! taxes. regulate commerce. or admin
lister justice. II had hut one Of the
| cssSiltl;ll departments of real govern
ment. the legislature. and even that
| WIS defective AMI almost impotenI.
! Each state has the right TO levy AMI
and impose duties, suiject OILY to The
/ condition. that they should not inter-
| feifefe with the duties entered into
! liy the United St:ites ard with foreign
/ countries Oh states. There Was nJ
| lin itation whatever, upon the lower
! cf ,iHy ste to impose di.ties upon
| the products of any other American
state brought within lis limits for
eonsumptioa. For the purpose of
protecting lis own manufacturers.
| The state New York has full power to
/ impose any rate of duty upon Phias
| delpha goods, and New Jersey pos
sessed the same power in respect 10
! the products Of Eew York. IL free
traie is what il is, and everyone
claims, il it enables them To oyerconio
! natural disadvantages and secure Il
| higher degree of transportaticns ft
must be admitted that the arrange
| ment existing under confederation
was a wise one and ought never t0
have been disturbed. But tire franz
ers of the constitution. the men whu
founded tlis federal union, did not
they say they believed that free
| trasie-absolute free trade between
the several states, was imperalivelv
demanded by the interests of the
| la c4.,l
iished by the constitution, not only
for the trade between he states theit
existing, but between all the states
that might thereafter exist as mem.
i-ts1ars of the federal union, and most
all viii adGait that the wonderful
transportation Of this country is at
tributable largely to That provision,
more largely than to any ether one
thing. What a different picture this
country presents from what 1t would
have presented. If the policy of re-
striction and protection had prevailed
among the states, as it has prevailed
for SO many years between the United
States aad foreign nations. Under
the liberal policy established by the
constitution, our means of internal
communication and transportation is
increasing. Free commercial inter
course between the states has proEiot
ed the development Of our national
resources, fostered agriculture and
manufacture. AMI added millions To
tire wealth of the people. while the
protective system has, to large extent
at least. shut us out from the markets
of other countries, and brought as.
substantially. - the demands of home
consumption, anu in many cases, has
actually arrested the free development
Of greatt 'ustrial interests. The con-
stitution. -. ..only prohibited the
the states frohs,T 'ng imposts on i'm
ports OF exports. bat it expressly del
egated to congress the power 10 col
lect duties to pay for the general
welfare- This is simply the power to
raise revenue for public purpose.
It is :. monstroaS touse to use it,
for the purpose of prohibiting com
mcrce. 1t is. if possible. still great
er abuse of that power to employ it
for private instead of for public pur-
poses. Let no man, pray you,
misunderstood me upon this point.
Experience al ne has shown it is
almost impossible to devise any
scheme THAI will not instantly, in Il
greater or less degree, either injuro
or benefit private industrial interests.
mean to say, that when the primary
or OH. Object of that taxation is the
fostering OF a private interest. 1t is
not in the ultimate use for the rus-
pose Of taxation, but it is simply Il
spoiiation. When we have adjusted
ourselves in the same way as those
who have become accustomed to II,
it might be injurious to suddenly re-
peal or greatly reduce the duties.
Sach u course would seriously
alarm many who are employed III
these enterprises, and when the capt
tai is the same, as if that was the
real issue. For these reasons it has
always been my opinion that it was
the duty or congress TO proceed care
tns'y on this sal iect, having dae re-
gard for every step. In other words
| am in favor of a reformation. not =
revolution. This process of refcrMa-
tion must 60 on, until the power ot
taxation is used only for proper rar-
poses. There must be no step bach
ward. l have already briefly iati.
mated that tisis federal union Is =
commercial as we'll as political eae.
Wo are lnssinclively opposed to The
British system of government IN
imerca. Taxation only for the rar-
pose OF raising revenue For public ais..
should be the established law. | will
aid any Eosiy of men in bringing
a5ont this grand res,lt. The petsi-
ence OF Mr.. CARLISLE to ga revenbs'
for pnhlic purposes,' elected enl-
rhatic concurrence. rs did his deciGr-
Ifltion that he WAS for II information:
not Il revolution As he uttered this
closing sentence tile company rose.
waved their hanaks rahfets and cheti
Ell heartily. United Ss.tes Senator
Vance. OF North Carolina. said, Ia