Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-17

profitable account, and benefits TO
the country will result.
Take from agriculture in the
United States GO0, 900 men women,
and children, aud you az once give
a home market for more brradStulS
than all Europe HOW furnishes rs.
I'm short, sir, we have been too
long subject to the policy OF the
British merchants. 1t is time we
shonld become a little more Ameri-
canized, and instead OF feeding the
paupcrs and labOrers Of Europe,
feed our own, or else in "A short
time, w continuing our present
policy, we shall all he pauperS
ourselves.
tits, therefore, my opinion that
careful tariff is much wanted to
pay our national debt and afford MS
the means of that defense within
ourselves on which the safety and
liberty Of our country depend, and
last, though not least, give a proper
distribution to our labor, which
must prove beneficial to the happi.
ness, independence, and wealth OF
the community. y II
have presented youmy opinions
freely, because am without con
cealment. and should indeed DIES
pise myself if / could believe my.
self capable Of acquiring the cont
dence OF any by means 80 ignoble.
am, sir, very respectfully,
your Obedlcnt servant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
-Four years later, when again a
candidate for the presidency, odd
Hickory answered the governor
and legislature Of Indiana, on this
subject, by referring them to his
Virginia letter. For the views of
this first president after the name
of Democrat was adopted The read
err is referred to his second annual
message.
James X Polk carried Penn
sylvania over Henry Clay in 1874,
bv reason Of his avowed opinions
concerning the tariff, aud placed
his administration firmly upon a
protective basis in his inaugural
message.
In 1880, after Indiana and Ohio
( had declared against the irec-trade
plank of the Democratic platform,
in the October elections, the can
didalc, Illncock, cndeavored to re
trieve the loss by quic;ly publish
ing a tariff letter from which We
make the following extract:
al am too sound an American
to advocate any departure from the
general features.
ola policy that has been largely
4 instrumental IN building up on
industries and keeping Americans
from the competition of the un
derpaid labor Of Europe.
"lf welntend To remain homes
and pay the public debt, as goo'
people of all parties do, and If W.
mean to administer the function
OF government, then we mus
raise revenue in some way or Other
. "Nynh "A reunited and harmonlu
2 country we shall certainly in tim
| pay off the public debt; but tn
necessity Of raising money for tn
administration Of law will cOntlnu
as long rs human nature lasts. a
e parties agree that the best way "a
e MS TO raise rcye me is largely b
the tariff; so far as we are cOnccrI
ed. therefore. all talk about "ire'
trade is folly. Bnt the tarl
question will probably be treatc
= with Justice to all our interests an
t people by some such bIllaS Eaton,
3 But it was too late. The tart
3 sentiment in the agricultural We.
had become too firmly Fixed to b
q tri1ed with by apArly that promu
o gated one thing in a platform an
S another though its candidate. Til
r result was Garfeld's election beiOI
$ he crossed "Mason and Dixon
If line"
II In all this we can clearly see th
p. the Bourbonism of Virginia is
= distinct from true Democracy
C Fundcrism was from true ConScrv
e tism. The name is simply pros
i tnted to serve self as sometimes Il
II livery of Heaven is 10 serve Il
II devil in. We can discern this
= noting the action Of the partl'
c in Congress from day to da,
r Though the Democrats got contr
r of the House by a large majorll
S in'7l and Of the senate IN I
n they did nothing with the tarlll bl
y reduce the duty on qninine al
Q the only result Of their damagoS
zeal trining was to overthrow thel
I selves and the party. Truly sa
Hancock sail talk dboUt .froe.trd'
q is (oHy. Fit were wise in I'll
- lays ofJelIerson, Madison, JackSo
nd Polk, what else than folly ca
be now when the debt alOi
,quires much more revenue thf
las necessary for all purposes the
D a word, protection Tas born
V neutrality-suspicious. al
ad~on, ursedby the Democrat
jackson, Polk and Pierce, an
Eth every doubt or hesitate
anne party defeat. We who a
br protection to American indu
ies, agriculture and labor are I'll
billy true Democrats by what nan
Never We may be called -whethC
acobin, "Barnburuers,' Loc'
COS "Readjusters' or what not
bile the free-trade, by the auth
V of Hancock, is Unamerican an
fool, if tue latter may be know
his folly More anon.