Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-19
Address by Governor Porter Of Indiana.

At recent Republican meeting in In
dianapolis Governor Porter delivered a
very Interesting and scholarly address.
The following is what he had to say on
National topics;
My objection TO the Democratic party in re-
! cent years Ia that IL ia party without convio
tons II has had no settled belief upon any
public questions. IL has repeatedly approved,
and pledged itself not to disturb. measured
achieved by tho Republican party, againsi
| Il is always asking that its past may bo for
| gotten. Its enemy Is memory. The first sem
tencc in its recent platform shows It's sorenesi
about the past, "The Democratic party OF the
| Union. through It's sreprescntatlyosi in National
Convention assembled, recognizes as nationi
oae aeT d issues are sSrn u
the people anxiously of the old issues having
perlshcd2 Banquo persisted; but his ghos
was hundred times more narrowing than
Banquo had ever been himself. That is what
is the trouble. 1t Is tho memories connected
haunt and pcs or the party.
The Republican, party has no ghosts Of
memory connected with past issues that put
il in dread that the past viii bo referred to-
vast territOry-mother of many States
preserved from the presence and taint OF un
tho sword yet more benefited by war than 10
had ever men by peace, by being ridded Of
aetyo system of h LABOR and Of hav5as
atnrt, an enlightened system of free and dt
vcrsicd industries; n National credit
through the exercise of an undertaking good
faith, unexampled in the history OF nations
n currency, since the Issuing of which no
bl.holder has ever lost dollar; an arbtra
tlon of q great National dispute, through
which, as redress for National wrongdoinp
there was wrung from the most warlike ma
ton OF p GrTppe nsteon on y, doars th oI 1reas
of our great OWL strife, by setting on foot q
vast system of manufacturing industries.
spanned the darkest clouds of war with the
rainbow of promise. The "D0at issues have
left no ghosts to terrify Republicans. We
never beg that they shall not be remembered
Of all these past Issues" but one OF them
survives and is continuous. That's the tariff
No one will deny that upon that issue the
HSepInpIlcan Sp platform , Is explicit Exp I Is dne @ to
who live by manufacturing Industry, that
every party shall deal with them fairly. 1t is
II question that touches their bread. 1t Is
question that affects tnoir hearth. stones. 1t IL
n question In which the youngest child In theii
families is concerned alike with themselves.
Now, has the Democratic party any ccnvic
tlons on the tariff question wnatever2 General
butler was present ms member of the las
a membor. also. of the Comm Sn tee on % Reso ~
tons He has turned historian. lie has graph
ically described the long struggle to make the
nue. only and for protection. He has happily
Illustrated the struggle. by :, an anecdote
Then ensuei," says he. 'in the committee a
plank that should appear to say what mine
said, and yet not say It, like the Western hunt
or " no trieu TO snOOt MS rue AT 6OmetnlnH ne
dmly saw stirring in the bush, SO as to hit
1t If IL was a deer and miss 1t If 1t was
calf" They were able to get the resolu-
ton to straddle at ast but the tariff for
revenue" leg had been so badly hurt in past
controversies that wooden one had to be
substituted, !, and an equilibrium could not be
which leg of the tariff resolution he favors-
the wooden one or the other Paper was too
scarce in the Adirondacks. OF course Mr.;
Hendricks hadn't room enough in his postal
card Mr.. voorhees, has great trouble with
the question. He voted for General Buffers
resolution. He must have felt very lonesome
when he did so. He is plagued with the reso
lutions of the Democratic INVENTIONS. He
can not keep the run of them. In letter to
said. referring to the National Democratic
platform of 1880: "The Platform of 1850 was
q violent departure on the subject of the
tariff, and has no precedent in the history o.
the Democratic platforms adopted In Nationa
conventions. have examined them all The
declaration for "A tariff for revenue only
cratic Convention, and is a burlesgue on com.
mon sense" regret to have read these plat
hees and to find that his party has played in
this burlesaue before. In 1915. only foui
the MatoSa nal. Con
customhouse taxation shall be only for rev.
enue."
MIR. Voorhees, should be pardoned. When
party has no views except to catch the
favor Of the passing hour, it is hard to follow
1t. Since the organization of the Republican
party, tne DemOCTdtlC party mas u6Ner. Oh
the tariff question, sought to be consistent
upon any settled principle. but only like the
weather-wane on steeple by always chang.
ing with the winds, And as a student of tine
winds. though it has been very diligent, ]
must think it has also been very dull.
In its National Convention of 1855 IT de
question. In 1868 i declared itself ii fayol
dscarsa @tar ,bas dar resopsnr In tbai s
there are in our midst honest but irrec.
oncIlable differences of opinion with regard
to the systems of free-trade and protection,
we remit the discussion of the subject to the
people in their Congressional districts. and to
the de els on of Congress thereon. wholly free
is where Mr.. Cleveland, no doubt got his cue
| of silence. In 1875 the party imagined for a
ts while that i had an Paon al and
| house taxation shall be only for revenue"
| In lss0 it declared for tariff for revenue
only" In 1884 it passed the two-faced resolu-
ton which General Butler has SO happily
| characterized. Mr.. Voorhees, voted for Gem
| eral Buffers resolution, which was specifically
| for protection, and Mr.. Hendricks did not
| So we are lett properly in doubt. ! suppose,
| what MIR. Cleveland Is in favor of. Here is
| the record OF the Democratic party upon this
| question, upon which labor is SO vitality inter-
| ested.
If Mr.. Cleveland can not tell where he
| stands upon this great question. there is one
man whose trumpet has never given forth an
| uncertain sound-its notes being ever clear
and resonant, Yon know very well whom
Ineun. james u. bltlnc answers 10 tne uo-
| scriptlon. Beginning life in the humble oc-
| cupation of a schoolmaster. he has, by the
| force of his talents, by the strength and vigor
of his character; by his personal intrepidity,
| by his irresistible social charms, by that com.
| bnation of high and sympathetic qualities
| which belong TO rare and fine natures, made
| hmselS one of the best known and best be-
| loved of all the public men in our history. AS
| Speaker of the House of Representatives OF
| his adopted State and of Con.
| grcss, distn yuished always for the fairness
| and uuerring clearness of his decisions;
| as u debater on the floor of EACH house,
| whenever he entered the lists his plume shin
| ming in the front of the combat; as states
| man, long known for the surprising breadth
| and accuracy of his political knowledge; as a
| writer depicting the incidents and scenes of o
| long publ c life, in which he has borne most
| conspicous part, rich and perSp cuOus In style,
| COD GUS and accurate in informal on, just and
| generous to every one with whom he has ever
| crossed asword; hisihome the abode of domes.
| tic bliss and hospitality-its hospitable doors
| open alike to friend ana foe-the bitterest ad-
| versary in his warm and Joyous presence for.
| getting his feud and disso.ving into kindness:
| a citizen of the United States. broad-minded
and Just toward the whole world. YET his whole
erican instinct; so frank and open that he is as
| banner Ia In onr front, whose plume mods al
| the head of the column, and under whose lead.
| ership we expect to move on TO victory.
!
The Late Election In Vermont.
| When all the returns are in, we Sus.