Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-23
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About the TarsH

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The lime Is drawing nigh f
Tennessee Democracy to declare 4
, position oilthe tariff question. In
stiurt time ascoLveaiion Miii 4
called 10 stlext delegates tp th
: National convention. This Stat
convention will have TO speak on
either Tor tree trade or protectioii
or for sOii3ething between these eas
Z trenles- Whelber free trade u
rigllt~or wrung ln theory, one thinl
y generally, acknowledged thl
Y fiile' has hot set c0inesfor this c0uIi
try Co put u intDn practice. Their
are yet INDUSTRIES of The eOuntry
Nurih and South, that need to bs
protected. On the other hand, iiigH
| protection has been SO secured bt
our tariff laws, as to. produce un
necessary aud iniurious snoDOpolies
1t Is therefore right, that some posi-
ton on the tariff question, betHeeR
these extremes, should be adopted
aIni put into practice. This is right
irrespectiyeDf good or bad policy
sln View Of The approaching, PresIt
ueuttal election. And il right. il
should be adopted, at ali hazards
ny the Democratic party. Let us
well deserve success, and we will
eNeqtlaliy lsucceed, ,a. .s,Frs-
y, But II does seem TO US that II
there eyer was Il time when 10 was
unnecessary too stick into "a plat
form a plank for &the purpose Of
merely .;catchings votes when ii
was possible 70 be right and pOlitid
too, This Is the time. a - 49,
Senator Bayard struck the keys
note some time since, when he look
the ground that a. position rbetweeI
protection, as 1t Is now ,pFacticedl
and Tree trade, would be right. The
Democrats Of Ohio, Virginia and
New jersey were OF the same opinl
ion and SO said in their platforms!
a, glorious endorsement in eacii
State was the result. Have not the
Democrats in those States, thefei
fore, done all that ought To be done.
have they not said all that ought td
be said, in Democratic platiorins,
on the subject of the tariff? They
acknowledge, are bound to aci
knowietlge, the necessity of raising
revellaieafOr the support Of the g0y1
erninent by laying "A, tariff. Bud
they limit the revenue To be raised /
to an amount necessary only FOR the
support of the government, and
tiiey dean and that Aiulies shall be Sc
Imposed as To prevent the grOwthlI
Df injurious monOpOlIeS. This can
be done. Many articles of foreign
are kept from This
:onniry almost altogether by restsoIL
)f the high tariff. Let this be re-
luced aud there will be greater
mpOrtation Of these articles aud
more dues paid to theE
government ON accotmt OF them.
Thus the necessary revenue will not
De decreased, while articles of Iilan-
will be cheapened aud mo-
iopolI's brought tiOwnto reasonable
but, at the sameH
iine, self preservation will denaHdt
hat in arranging the tariff, We
hOuld not be so foolish as to cut off
'ur nose 10 spite our face. Ii we
nust have tariff, we must also, ia
rider to be tEne to our. Common
interest, so lay. duties as
o afford some protection to our IN.
lustries. TO do otherwise would
'nable foreign countries 10 beat us
elling goods ia our own shops,
you'd reduce the wages OF laboring
men In this country and incurably
ripple our manufacturing interests.
But to follow out the plan OF the |
)hio, Virginia and New Jersey
Democrats, We can guard against
hese evils and at the same time rc
uce the prices Gf articles consumed 4
" US. asi Ot aiasssh +Hftas aeo
Honest krepressntatives,a achosen ,
pom shch 'piatfbrms, can arrange
he details OF tariff legislation in ac-
Ordance Herewith, and We will all :
hen be happy Except monopolists) 5
n the tariff question. li
We have said this much because !
ne matter comes home TO the peo |.
le of this country in their action,
BON to be taken, in selecting dele :
ates to the State convention. Let !
) start the thing right from the
eople and send qualified delegates ,.
} our State convention, instructIng J
lem to do likewise in the part they
lall take, in sending delegates to
he National convention. II we do ;
lis, we are not afraid of the con- :
'quences on the Presidential elec- y
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