Huntsville gazette., 1884-10-25

riff is primsr;l, for the benefit of the la
s,oring man. because if you tak' IN your
and apv manufactured article. or cast
your eye upon anything vLicb cannot be |
taken in your hand. vou nnd that the cbitf
.onltitn+nt ~ i in ITS cost il labrr. In
many cases the material is but per cont
aad tue l-bor I, SO per cent Ill the e'st of
ne article. Therefore all Legislation ot a
protective character is and must be n,snls
.or the benefit of labor. because lal"s X the
principal element in the cost OF tie tatric,
hence. if there De any man who Is pTe-em-
inently and above all others interested in
the tariff it is the iaboring man. lCheers ]
If you compare the two great political par-
ties in relation to this question, you find
that the Republican party lives, moves,
hreathes, and has its being in protection.
lGreat cbeering.1 A protective tariff was
one Of the first fruits of the election of Mr..
Lincoln. We have had it for 40 years on
,he statute books. with various amendments
to make it more protective, and. the result
is that all history, ancient, modern and
medieval may be challenged for national
progress like INTO that which we have made
since 1861. Renewed cheers.] am
merely reciting the facts and figures Of your
Assessors books and of the United States
census tables when / say that in the last %
years of the history 'of this country we have
added more wealth, double over. than We
had acquired from the discovery OF the
continent by Columbus down to the elec-
ton OF Abraham Lincoln. prolonged
! cheeringl There must have been some
peculiar and potent agent at work to pro
duce this great result. That agent was the
protective tariff, operating to nerve the arm,
of labor and reward it fairly and literally.
| [Cheers.l Whether that policy shall be
continued or whether it shall be abandoned
| is the controlling issue in this campaign.
| All other questions are laid aside tor the
time. There are many which are worthy
of consideration, but two weeks from next
Tuesday we shall have an election III every
State in the Union to determine with ref
erence to this questions, the character oi
the next Congress, and the future policy OF
the government. You have before you the
Republican party, pledged to sustain the
protective tariff. and illustrating that pledge
by specific ard consistent example extend
ing through the last % years. You have
on the other hand, the Democratic party,
which, in 81 years, since 1888. has never III
single instance voted tor protection, ana
never controlled Congress that it did not
oppose protection. [''That's SO" l say
therefore, to the laboring men and to the
mechanics some of whom may do me the
honor to listen to me, your unions, your
leagues, all these associations which you
hrve formed for your own advantage and
your own advancement, are well and prol :
er in their way; it is your right to hav
them. and to administer them as you choose
but they are not as strong as rope Of SAND
against the ill-paid labor CT Europe if you
te'se ss,ar 53heA gfuttfa aid SUPPORT cheers;
so do not be deluded by the idea that yo'.
can dispense with the protective tariff ano
substitute for it Your labor unions. tR,
newed cheering do not distract youl
attention with any other question. 1 d.
not stop to dwell upon the great issues thai
have been made and settled by the Repub-
licans within the last % years. That part,
has made deeper and more glorious i'm.
print in history than any other political or.
ganization that ever was charged with n
great responsibility, and it is the pa,r r.oti.
pride OF every man who has belonged to H.
and has shared its labors, its responsible
ties. its triumphs, its honors. [Grea
cheers.l