The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05
I~iisanIen AMI the Tari.L.

Thn latc irish-tmericaa mIsz.mcst-
ny 81 Chickering Hal was = cvn Iu.ivs
proof that the lserub Jean canr. aiyn 4.
aggressive. livery spe kcr referred IN
he tariff - the great issue Of the elec-
ton and denounced tie Democratic
party a tru king TO England Ia aiyo-
eating free ira lc and IN noun uatiny
Governor Cleveland. The ~eniausiasm
Of the audience vas infections 4 great
iody oi ~frishmcn. Who nave steadily
voted In. Democratic II hct year = tsr
year. en- hn:iI'!y condemned. Co;h the
nominal on aud the platform OF that
pa-.y Is al Insult 20 Themselves and 10
al American workinCmeu- Democracy.
vi ! its fEec-trad tendencies and afhlIa-
t.ai. va, r~epud.ated. fcyubl;cani,m,
with - American ideas AMI p-.nc pies.
was cordially accepted.
This result ought not 10 surprise any
one who has made n careful stud OF
Irish history. For tie IRISH people M q
a history and they have not forgotten IL.
II is the history Of n people ctarycl. I'M
npycrisacd and crushed by tn cruel
greed of England commercial policy.
From the time Of the conquest TO tae
opening o. the present ceniu- the In
ciish people acted upon the principle
that ireland mu-t be maze Il market Tor
their manufactures anh It's own indus
tries sacrificed. One grca. industry after
another was destroyed b. ~r-prcS>iye
legislation. The IRISH were Forbidden
to export 1--we cattle aud = great trade
WAS broken NJ in the interest of In
gl.sh farmers. In Ike manner sheep
farming and the manufacture o: WOODEN
goods were interrupte |. When English
brewers Were growing rich. Irish brew
crS We're forced To import hons from
England aud were not allowed To eX-
port malt or beer. Until l17l the eX-
portal on OF woolcns, glass and other
IRISH manufactures WAS prohibited in
The Mere, OF Englan !. The general
eject OF English legislation was TO de-
stro: Irish industries. TO cut oil the isl
and from the exchange, of the world.
and to force the population bacS upon
an exhausted soil; and then by means
o: the minute subdivision OF land and
in quitou, laws To place agriculture on
u starvation basis. There was only
one e ccpt on. and il serves TO show
what the island might haze done if it,
industries had been promoted by a gen
crous policy. Bv notifications of the
Navigation acts and by the pa mrnt Of
bountieS the manufacture of viii e and
brown linens was encouraged in the
Moth of ireland. II has rema ned a
Profitable industry to this day-a Wit
ness 10 the prosperity which might
easily have been secured il English
greed had not prevailed.
After the Union The barriers of re-
sfrct,vc policy were thrown down.
Under free trade Ireland was admitted
to competition with English manu-
IA urcr But it was then too late 10
save the cruelty ~misgovcrned island.
English manufactures were firmly es-
t~ablishesi; great masses of capital had
been accumulated artisans had q
ccived an industrial training. Irish in
dustrics coulj not be buiit mp under
English I &c trade They required TIE
same degree OF Protection and cncour-
aocment which American manufactures
have obtained under the high tariffs.
The Irish people had no choice. They
were forced back upon the soil. They
must either remain in their Scanty
holdings. Iay rack rents and starve.
or else emigrate- English tree trade
could do nothing for them. AgriSdl-
ture did NOT offer them the bare means
sub istcnce. There was no diversiii-
cation OF industry. There was no al
tentative except emigration. Have the
Irish people any reason to be grateful
To England for the commercial! policy
under which they have been ruined ut
home and driven INTO exile? There is no
reason that Eng i>h b 'storians have ever
been able To ascertain. One o; the
greatest of them pronounced the En-
gli>h commercial system in its effects
upon ireland the most deliberate and
selfish TYRANNY the wo ld has ever seen.
Why. then, should Instantaneous
who have memories and are familiar
with the history Of their country vote
with and for a poi teal party which is
striving to work oGt the ends of free
trade, the present comm rciai policy
o. England: 1t is for the interest OF
England that the markets of the world
should be opened 10 its manufacturers
and this county restricted TO what are
known u the cheapest products. Ii
free trade had prevailed. american
manufactures would long ago have
been c'ushcd- Anne lea would have
been the victim OF Englaad's commcr-
cial policy As ireland HIS been y.
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