The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-07
= BLAINE TALKS TARIFF,

| AlG AaltltSStNl tllt CEUNu
fifteen minutes on the tariff.
BLAINE TALKS TARIFF. "
An Eloquent speech Full OF HON
Thrusts.
Special DiIpaih to the Inle,lioeno7. .
PARSEnsBrRo, W. Va, October c.
i'laine's speech at Grafton was remarka
bio for its local illusions and its eloquence
He said:
CITIZENS OF WEST vllncISlA-As you
distinguished chairman has intimated,
ain not stranger to your State. have
known it personally for more than fort,
years, and have known this section OF j
well. was born on the banks of yondel
river, q few miles below the point whert
it enters Pennsylvania, and YOU do not
need to be told BY me that there was oil
ways n unityo feeling among the inhabi
tah's ofthe AIonongahela Valley. Cheers.
But I do not see before me the West vir.
glnia which ! knew in my boyhood. The
West Virginia Of forty years ago WIS com.
paratively n wilderness. The West vir.
cinia OF to-day is a prosperous industrial
centre in the United States. lApplause.l
:,,ls PROGRESS OF THE STATE.
West Virginia rs an independent com.
monwealth began her existence during
tile civil war, and at that day the most lib.
eral estimate OF the total property, accor.
ding to the enumeration Of the United
States census, did not exceed one hun.
dred million OF dollars. In 1870 tile cen.
sus gave you an aggregate OF one hundred
and ninety millions, aud in 1880 it showed
that you possessed capitalized wealth to
the amount OF three hundred and fifty
millions OF dollars. From the close OF
the war to the year 1850 West Virginia
had therefore gained in wealth the enor-
nous sum OF two hundred and fifty mil.
lions. You have Jared pretty we'll, there.
fore, under Republican administration.
Laughter and cheers. a
AN ELOQUENT PASSAGE. t
Probably some political opponent does
me the honor to listen to nc, and wou d
ask him as candid man what agency was
it that nerved the arm OF industry to smi e
the mountain and create this wealth in
West Virginia? 1t was the protective
tariff [Great cheering] and financial sys.
tenn that gave You good money.
Renewed cheering.l Before the war
yon never had circulating in your
midst n bank bill that would pass cnrrcut
a hundred miles from home. Voice:
That's SO" and cheers You do not to-
day have a single piece OF paper money
circulating in West Virginia That is not
good all around the globe. [Cheers.1 Not
q bill that will not pass current in the
money markets Of Europe rs readily rs in
New York Or Baltimore; SO that man
who works for days wages knows when
Saturday comes that he is to be paid in
good money. Renewed cheerin:.1
WEST rIgGlsI. INDUSTRIES.
Under protective tariff your coal in.
dustries and your iron Industries and the
wealth in your forests have been brought
out, and it is for You, voters OF West Vir-
glnia, to say whether.you want this to
continue or whether you want to try free
trade. l make bold to say, with all respect,
that there is not Democratic statesman
on the stump iE West Virginia conspicu-
Gus enough to be known TO the Nation II
speak only OF those l know who advo-
Gates protective tarif-not one.
TIE DEMOCRACY AND PROTECTION.
I 60 further: l do not know the Demo.
cratic statesman who will acknowledge
that tariff for protection is constitutional,
and therefore as honest men they are
bound to oppose it. The Morrison tariff
bill would have struck at the interests oi
West Virginia in many vital points, and
it is an amazing fact that Representatives
in Congress from West Virginia voted for
that bill. 5a =, -. - - 81,
There is a good old adage, which, I beg
those who helpthemselyes,;" andii West
Virginia is not willing to sustain protec.
tive tariff by her vote and !: her in
huence, She must Il not expect it
to be sustained for her by Others.
Ii she wants the benefit OF protective
tariff she must give to, protective tarih
the. benefit OF her support. Cheers Il
am glad thatI am addressing Southern
people, q community that were slave
holders, community made up OF those
who were masters, and those who were
slaves, but am addressing slave State
no longer. Great cheering.1
AN APPEAL TO THE NEW SOUTH.
! am appealing to the new South, Ire.
newed cheering,l and I am appealing to
West Virginia not to vote upon a tradition
or prejudice, not to keep her eyes to the
rear, but to look to the front and to the
future. We'll do i'll" Well do til" and
wild cheering. And ii l could be heard
I would make the same appeal
to other Southern States, to Old
Virginia, to North, Carolina, to
Georgia, to Alabama, to Tennessee, and
to Louisiana. They are interested in a
protective tariff andthe question is, which
do they prefer, to crafty a prejudice or
promote general prosperity? West Vir.
ginia can lead the way. She can break
this seemingly impregnable barrier OF the
Solid South. [Cheers and cries of "We'u
do it!' SWELL do it'll tis, 5 q
THE SOLID SOUTH.
Solid on what? Solid on a prejudice
solid on tradition, solid upon doctrines
that separated ditlereut portions OF the
Union-whereas ! invite you to Join in a
union not merely in form, but union in
fact, and take your part in the solution oil
the industrial and financial problems OF
the time. Great cheering II West Viz.
ginia takes that course on the 14th day oi
October she will do much to settle the
controversies that now agitate US.
THE ISSUE BROUGHT HOME. q
The repeal Of the protective tariff accord
ing to the terms OF the Morrison bill
would cost West Virginia vast sum Of
money. Between 1870 and 1880 you
gained in this'state slCo,o0o,oo between
1880 and 1890 you will gain much
more with tariff for protection.
But ! ask any business man
if you could do it with free trade? I"Nom
"No" No!n] Here close my words Of
counsel, leaving the action to you. l leave
You not as community influenced by