St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-31

! which should exist between the states towards
the Union and utterly wipe out the rights OF the
people OF the states which are the ground work
OF our Institutions Of freedom. The rights and
liberties OF the citizen Now / believe that the
sooner 90 back to the strict construction Of
our constitution the better Il will be for the
American people. Prolonged applause.
an OF the opinion. therefore. that the duty
Of the Democraue party Is to follow strictly in
the line OF its history from Jefferson down, and
require that there shoald not be q loose and free
construction of that instrument the constitution
In the enactment OF the federal law, and that
there should be that close strict construction OF
our constitution whichJ eferson. Madison. Monroe,
Gen Jackson and Mr. Polk insisted upon. and in
their public to1duet adhered 10. Now having
said 10 you that want 10 get clear OF the inter-
n4l revenue tax, you have national right TO ask
In what way would collect the pablie revenues
would transfer il, or remit the raising of the
revenue 10 the approved mode OF collecting II
from duties put on imports. While all concede
the fact, for the Republican party conceded the
fact. and so does the Democratic party in its
platform assert the present tariff needf revising,
there is great dispute among the Peep OF The
country a. 10 what way these charges should be
made. For sm glad 10 say that l have never
been able 10 Ind In the constitution Of the United
States any power which gives to congress the
right 10 levy duties Tor the sake Of Protection.
In other words, have never been aOle, with
great study. 10 fad justification for & revenue
I
Of protection. and yet we have people
in the United States that advocate that CO irse.
believe such legislation would promote monop-
oiies would result IN class legislation which !,
during the period OF my public life, have always
resisted We have three sets Of thinkers in our
country al this time. Que class want prohibit
tory, high tariff duty. Another class seeks TO
have free trade established, and q third
class, 10 which i claim TO belong, want
duties levied on articles Of import,
80 that when they come in competition with
those manufactured in our =ouutTy they shall
have such duty placed upon them as will result
IN preventing their impor alton. BY this
equalization money invested In manufactures in
this country will not be injured, and the labor OF
the United states will De saved from the degrad-
| ing level which pauper labor in Europe has
reached lvociferous and prolonged applause. 4
and so long as have the right 20 stand in the
| councils OF the union l will never by
any word. act or deed impoverish the revenue OF
the producing Glass in the United States and help
10 reduce IL 10 the miserable condition OF En
ropean pauPer labor. wish to say that the mo-
ment We resolve 10 collect our revenue through
the agency Of tarif, that moment you secure
such leyying OF duty upon foreign produce; We
will bring no injury to those engaged in
/ producing the same article in the
| United states. And let me tell you now
IL Is mere matter OF arithmetic sum that any
body can do.
The Imports Of the United States doubled are
about $500, ,OOO. 600. Two hundred millions, or
two undred and ten millions, is received from
that source which would give an average rate of
4 duty upon foreign products OF forty-hve per
cent, and fyou will in intelligent business
like manner, make the duty on some articles
higher, and the duty on some other articles
| lower. the general average can be maintained so
IS 10 secure two important objects. First q
revenue sufficient to support the government OF
/ the United States: and second, an amount sun
eient to Incidental protect every Industrial in
1 terest In the country.
Now free trade, in my judgment, Is absolutely
/ impossible between two countries where the
business rate OF interest in the one IL lower than
/ the business rate OF interest in the othe-; OF
where lower wages are paid for the same service
in one than In the other For when q lower rate
Of interest exists and lower wages are paid, that
condition Of things will come around and will
bring merchandise to the country where the
higher rate OF interest prevails, and it brings
/ 70 the country where the higher rate OF interest
/ prevails 10 adopt one Of two remedies. They
must either lower the legal rate Of interest, or
adopt the doctrines enunciated in the last Demo
/ cratic platform, made last July At Chicago, by
hlling up the gap between the cost Of The article
in the foreign country and the cost Of the article
/ In this country. The platform enupeisted 90
i new doctrine. IL was maintained by
| Mr.. Madison. IL was maintained by Mr.
| Jefferson, by Jackson and James h Polk
in that celebrated letter to my own tOwnsmAn
John X. Payne, In 1874, and upon which letter
James X. Polk and Geo. NJ. Dallas carried my
state.
have, during the day, hsd an opportunity Of
visiting some Of the manufacturing establish
menis Of this city, aud 1 have been greatly
/ struck with the advance made and
with the perfection reached in this
/ particular, and / look on the coat Of
armOr Of Tennessee, and say To myself it will not
be long before this people will add to that and
place between the two the word "manufacture, -
so tnat IL shall read agriculture, manufactures
and commerce." tell you, we have right in
the south 10 live we'll. Every nation on earth
struggles 10 thEt end, aud why not the south
You have been endowed with gifts, / might also
say, far beyond those gentlemen
who undertook 10 state in theorizing
/ on the tariff that when we adopted this princi-
/ pie in our platform we were favoring a new doc
trine OF legislation were entirely wrong, and the
truth Of history does not Justify them 10 il very
easy for petitioner or statesman to theorize on
the tariff 1t saves good deal Of stuly, bat II
i construe the Chicago platform, upon which
We have elected q Democratic president, want
to call IL perpendicular, by way
Of contradistinction from = horizontal scale TO
measure Il. That is, to measure the cost 1T which
any given article In this country can compete
with foreign article OF the same nature The
revenue IL 10 be so adjusted as while allowing IL
be protection 10 AmeTi an industries, II
will not eDact monopoies. This is, IN my
| Judgment, what the Chicago platform means /
will refer to some principles which Mr.. jefferson
described as discriminating duties. Gen. Jack
son spoke OF what was "a judeious tariff'' Silas
| Wright declared IL TO be incidental protection
and IL l. the same that james X. Polk enuneiated
IN his letter 10 the Pennsy lvanis Democrats and
which aided them in electing him TO the Office OF
president.
Mr.. Randall elaborated the subject and closed
amid loud applause, Mr.. McAdoo then spoke
and received tremendous spplause Al the con
elusion reception was held at the Maxwell
house, and for two hours streams OF people
poured through. Hr. Randall stsys over here