The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-07-25

leave the time and other conditions OF home iabo
exclusively In the control Of the employer is In
furious to all partcs-n0t the least so 20 the un
happy persons who are made the subjects OF th'
contract The institutions OF the United state
rest upon the intelligence and virtue OF all tn,
people. Suffrage Is made universal rs Just wea
pom OF self-protecton TO every citizen. IL Is no
the interest Of the Republic that any economi,
system should be adopted which involves the no
duotion OF wages TO the hard standard prevailing
elsewhere. The Republican Party aims to elevat,
and dignity labor-not to degrade It.
As substitute for the Industrial system which
under Republican administrations has developed
such extraordinary prosperity, our opponents OF
fer policy which is but series OF experiment,
upon our system OF revenue-a policy whose end
must be harm to our manufacturers, and create
harm to our labor. Experiment in the industrial
and financial system is the country's greatest
dread, as stability is Its greatest boon. Even the
uncertainty resulting from the recent tarff agita
tion in Congress has hurtfuy affected the business
OF the entire country. who can measure the harm
to our shops and our homes, to our farms and our
commerce, II the uncertainty Of perpetual taril
agitation Is TO be inflicted upon the country7 We
are In the midst of an abundant harvest we arc
on the eve OF revival OF general prosperity
Nothing stands In our way but the dread OF Q
change In the Industrial system which wrought
such wonders In the last twenty years and which
WIN the power OF increased capital VIII work SILL
greater marvels OF prosperity In the twenty years
to come.
THE soUrHERN STATES.
recognize, not without regret the necessity for
speaking OF two sections OF our common country.
But the regret diminishes when see that the ele-
ments which separated them are fast disappear.
ing. Prejudices have yielded and are yielding,
while growing cordiality warns the Southern
and Northern heart alike. Can any one doubt
that between the sections confidence and esteem
are to-day more marked than at any period I'm the
sixty years preceding the election OF President
Lincoln? This is the result In part OF Republican
principles applied under the favorable conditions
OF uniformity 1t would be great calamity tC
change these influences under which Southern
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