The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-07-31

tinuously, prior to 1860, the Democratic
party had control of the Government, and
the people were prosperous and happy.
The first fruit of Republican rule was
A BLOODY WAR,
in which one-half of the country was pros
trated and the other half made rich. After
that war, Garfield declared that he would
never shake hands with man who would
not agree that the North was right and
the South wrong in the maintenance OF
the principles respectively upheld by the
/ two sections. He offered to take my hand,
but withdrew it, declaring that l was
! one of those who would not acknowledge
| that the South was wrong. In private.
/ til Ell, he recanted what he had uttered Ill
public And who is it that has extended d
! friendly hand since the war to the Southern
people? Who has come among us on CT
rants of peace, to help build up our waste
! places? 1t is the northern Democrat.
When northern Republicans come South
/ their mission is to solidify the negroes and
| hurl them against their white friends
| Blaine in lis letter affects to deprecate u
reference to the two sections of the Union.
| Who is responsible for the separation? L
remember that in 1876 this same Blaine
stalked down the aisles OF Congress, huli-
| ing anathemas against the South and it's
leaders. his whole aspect bristling with
/ hate for her people, us he poured forth his
bitter invectives, and when | remember
all this wonder at the impudence he now
displays in his reference to the two sec
tions. Who is it that has attempted to
wipe out all of the traces of war? The
northern Democrat. Who have attempted
to array the negro against the white The
northern Republicans, with Blaine and
Logan as their leaders. Whilst we are
contending for peace and prosperity under
the Constitution, they are fighting under
the banner of the bloody shirt. The people
| will remember what the Republican party
did during the WAR; and there is one thing
they can never forget After the war.
that party took away the right of self
government ANA rpmanded Virginia to
military leslD5ism rs strict No. /. Mr..
l.
rights theory declaring that the country
would never prosper until his construction
of the Constitution is enforced. lie dill
not want Federal officials seeking to use
their inllurnee to control votes. bus did
not say anything about State officials pur-
/ suing the same pernicious policy.
In referring to reform he brought in tie
star route cases, but in response to u call
for an explanation OF the "Mlllligan
letters" said he ddn t know anything ;tbont
their contents us Blaine still had them.
He did not think that reform could come
| under Republican rule for he didn't be-
lieve in self surgery. Cleveland had puri-
fled the political atmosphere of Buffalo and
New York, and would do the same for the
Nation whereas if Blaine were elected he
could not turn against the men who had
voted for him.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
He announced himself in favor of the
abolition of internal revenue, and con-
tended that whilst every man. woman, and
child in Virginia paid only SLIGO for the
support of the State government, it re-
qured of them $500 as Il contribution to
the internal revenue system Under that
system 1920. 900 900 is collected, and that
divided among go, 100000 people makes 81
per capitu. He assumed that the poor
man who drank the whiskey had to pay
the 80 cents per gallon tax, and that he
got more tax than whiskey, but he didn't
4 tell them that they would be better off if
they drank whiskey at all and thereby
avoided all revenue tax. The same argu-
ment was applied to tobacco.
TARIFF.
On the tariff question Mr. Tucker stood
exactly where he has always stood-a prac
tical free-trader. He contended that the
duty was added to the price of the article,
and illustrated his position as follows,
making his appeal especially to the poor
white and colored man: A pair of common
wooden blankets, such as the poor class
use. can be manufactured in England at
So. so when it reaches New York a duty
of $500 is exacted, thus bringing the
price up to $3.50 there it is sold to the
wholesale dealer for $500 the retail pur-
chaser has to pay SO for it, and the con-
sumner has to give $3.50 or $500. Now, if
the duty were off, the last purchaser would
have to pay only $500 instead OF 81. But
the operation of the law cuts the Govern
ment out of the revenue and turns 1T into
the hands of the manufacturer. About
two millions of blankets are sold annually,
and if the Government got the duty on
all of them it would realize S4.000.000,
whereas, as matter of fact. only 5000
are imported, paying a duty OF $4,000,
: and the balance of the "a 900, 900 goes
i into the hands of the manufacturer. That
illustrates the difference between a tariff
for protection and a tariff for revenue.
The theory of the Democracy, and | stand
on the platform, IS that tariff should be
for revenue, cith Incidental protection
aulsilst the theory of the Republicans IS that
the tariff shall be laid for protection NTH IN
, cideaatdl reuenue.
| Under this Republican tariff you pay
i three times as much into the national
J treasury as you pay into the State treasury,
and the result is an immense surplus,
, which the Government don't know what
to do with. The greatest of burdens to
! the people is the high tariff. The Demo-
: Gratis do not propose to abolish custom
duties, but to apply horizontal reduction.
) Clay and Calhoun favored a horizontal re-
} duction of 10 per cent. for number Of
g years, and we are but following in the
J steps of Clay and Calhoun. In 1873 the
Republican party cut down the duty 10
3 per cent, but in 1875 it restored it again.
, A voice-"Did you vote for the Morri-
: son bill ?''
t Mr.. Tueker-The Morrison bill was
n never voted on. / never voted for it. 1t
: was asked that it be considered by Con-
t gress. but vote was taken on striking
Ii out the enacting clause, and it was carried.
Continuing, Mr.. Tucker said: We are
told that the Morrison bill would have
y ruined the iron industry. Let's see how
e that would have been. The duty on pig
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