Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-24
BLAisE's ACCEPTANCE
Letter OF Hon. James G.. Blaine Accepting
the Republican Nomination for the Presi.
deucy.

'hs Republican Nomination for the Presi.
dency.
AUGUSTA. Ne, July Is, 1884,
2he Hon. John b. Henderson and Others of N,
Co amtttes, Etc, Etc:
psSTLE1EN-In accepting the nomination
Tor the Presidency rendered me by the Ren,b.
Lean National COME ition, beg tt express a
eeep sense OF the honor which is conferred
ana Oh the duty which is imposed 1 venture
10 accompany the acceptance with some OH
serva1ons upon the que stions involved in the
cDntest-quesions whose settlement may at
leot 'he future of the Nation favorably or ua-
1aVorabiy Tor long series of years.
In enumerating the issues upon' which the
nepuohcan party appears for popular sup
port Port, the Convention has been sins ulariy ex-
t h,st ana re.;eitons It has properly given
VIC a1lnS position to tie industrial In te rests
OF me co dlitrv as affected by the tariff en- i'm
ports. On az question the two po itical par
ties are radically in Itfict Almost the tirSt
oc6 OF the Republicans, when they came into
power Ia 1861, was the establishment If p nrin-
Al /, OF protect n to American labor and to
1nniefican capital This principle the Repub-
iicaa party has ever since steadily niDin-
a asn, While ON the other hand the Demo-
cratic aTty in Congress has Tor fifty years
Pc sistsntiy warted upon it. Twice within
tnat period our opponents have DESTROYED
farms arrange for protection, aud s.nce the
CLOS of the civil war, Whenever they have
controiled the House of REPRESENTATIVE
Lostlie legislation has been atten1pted-never
more eonspieuoGsly than in their principal
measure at Inc late session of Congress.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
revenue laws are in their very nature sub
IT, 70 Ire4I lent revision in order that they
may lie adapted to changes aud rloditications
% trsde; Inc Republican party is not CON
lending for the perinanency of any narticn
Iar seatnte Inc Issue between the two mar
Les does not have reference 10 q sneeifc nv,
a. IS III broader and far deeper. 1t in solves
y prlnciple OF wide application ana benefcent
ihluehce, against & theory which we beiiere
III pG e., unsound IN conception and inevitably
nitftIui IN practice In the many tariff re-
Visions which have been necessary for the
past twenty-three years, or wnicn NAV here
a i, 1etome nec,s acy. the Republican party
us maintained ana viii maintain the policy
OF profession to American industry while
our opponents insist upon a revision which
practca ~ destroys that policy. The is sue
Is thus d .stTnct well defined and uuavoi1 = bile
Inc lend ng election may determine the tote
OF OF protectlon Tor generation: The over
tiIo" Vi tne pciicy means large and per-
manent reduction in WAGES of the American
Iaoorer. beSices involving the loss of vast
manufacturing enterprises. The value OF the
present. revenue system to the people of the
: hiIed states is not a matter or theory, and
snai submit no argument to sustain it, l
only invite attention to certain facts of Off
cial record which seem 10 constitute a demon
Ssration.
the first time IN our history. to OBJ ain a valua-
ton OF alt tie properly in the United states
Inc attempt was III large degree unsuccess-
1ui- Partly from lack OF time partly from
preJt dIte among many who Thought the i'll
quIr,es foreshadowed new scueme of taxa
ton. the returns were incomplete and IInsat-
isiactory. Little more was done than to con-
so1iate the local vafua ion used in the States
Tor urpo es OF assessment, aud that dis every
exhibit of all the property.
IN the census of 1850, however, the work
tinc,ion between ..ass essed' yaII1e and tre"
value being carefully observed. The grand |
result wa; that mai the true xalue'' OF ali the
ing slaves amounted to fourteen thousand |
mill ms Of dollars tsIi.000.OOa,0lo). This az
greEa5e was the net result of the labor and |
savings of all the people In the area of the |
NJ. ed stats Il ON the tine the first Britt
co oniSt lander! i'll 1901 down to the year 1860.
1t represented the fruit of the toll of 25O4
years.
After 1860 the business of the country was
encouraged and developed by a protective tar
IN AT the end of twenty years the total pro-
perry of the United States as returned by the
census Of iSS0amounted to the enormous aggre-
gate OF forty-four thousand millions of dollars
$4,000 0.OO0. The great result was attained |
notwithstanding the fact that countless mill
ions had in the interval been wasted i'm the
progress of Il bloody war 1t thus appears |
that while our population between 1860 and 1880
increased sixty per cent. the aggregate prop
efty OF the country increased 2ii per cent
showing Vastly enhanced wealth per capita
am3ns the feople; Thirty thousand millions
~ Gohars (StuOUO,fO0,H0, had been added dur
uSss inc. twenty years to the permanent wealth
" TIE Nation.
Nlssss results ara regarded by the older Ma
o4SI the world as phenomenal. That our
'09H Aoud Surniount the peril and the
.oS6{Ks& gigantic war, ard for an entire period
veal ,ooo oaDpar month. SURPRISES IS the he
sp&&&ef o. all GH9r Nations ancient or
sodcf& ESen thYof6onents of the present
So 1Aem dp St pretend that in the
944HX oifpt ctstNzltion any parallel can
,e Ito the xfsfateriate progress of the |
JnifedR8fe sSsleEthe sAeceSsioHof the Repub-
ica m aGytp nS}yer. IL
The peS0d bdgYeen $50 and to-day has not |
Of p rs niteS 9n tates bae
,ufe beeH4neh progress in the moral and
n. santlrople8eN. Religious and charitable |
HtttIltiohs. S1H6kis, seininareS and colleges |
ltys Eeen fouf4& and endowed TAR more |
; d1neslsly thaI1&& any previous time in our |
lies to d1SreateY Ind more Varied relief has |
allure of tGed 10 nmRn su fering and the en-
Atm. Ranss of tt country in wealth has |
n cbmsnp panie44nd d.gnEted by broad
-. ndaeleyaiio8 ofsour Nseional character J
which waapenR fiIQ Chit thNs our revenue
tary OF tH0c@ surplus. B2t they should
lcock had d the. Jaw has gifen a specific
ror hv the ~ aEhfthe stgrfsls is profita- {
III 80 1890 applied 81 pction of |
~ -, anu to- conssf - relief of
OF the COLD ssr has been :
e court forr3 harge35s the seper-
receiyer,a nh fcifes@ tfh embodies !
aud payment 0>a Aoi .ne when reduc- I
don Of xatiqn fs t6dlX fffsie, the Repubii- l
an party can be trusted TO accomplish it in !
ius,r les Of the Nation. "e's AID the IN
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE
A frequent acc;Is alton by ON, .,,o,erts e I
hat . sns fore e gn ,b Q,
,rray the importing interest aeaa sney seek to
hsailsan patti; It Is eommoa and yet radi-
= atscommitted innocen Nv and soms. error o.
ees n I-but an error SO gross thai Il does o