The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-07

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iabared in naace and bpaveIv fouebt N war to
rnaI.a frae +rde tbe controI;no nrTncinIe IF orI.
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tracts have heen scattered over This Nation and
;I;o ~ fso. t.de c,,hs bovo hn astahlisbad
IN New YORK CHICAGO and other cities. and "a
this ii +ha aided Fact tlat tba Democratic Marty
~ IL Lost ,.at,onaI ~ eoe1+;on ~ the
nrearnble To its nlatforn Gives forth the fat that
f ssrecognizes az the Natian crows older that
now ise,1es arc horn If t;yna o6d nrooress and
the old issues perish, Init the Fundamental prin-
oiples of Democracy annroved NV the united
voice of the neonle ren6ain and ever will re-
main as fine hest and onlv secnritv for the con
tinuance Of 1 free yovarnmant
You nav eoin words ~ Gloss ave, tariff for
revenue onlv. or for n1,blie nurnoses exclusively
but when vo, vote with the Democratic party in
+ba face III tna fact 81 el,o aras assert the finn
damental npincinles Of Democracy will ever
remain the best security for the maintenance of
a free government and with the forewarning of
the Golden Club, / saw YOU are votary Of free
trade: for the Democratic party was started with
the ayowed object Of establishing free trade in
this country, and hence that must be considered
as one of her fundamental principles. Not alone
is it fact that it was started to aid and extend
bngllsn Iree traoe, oat wnenever she g1t tne
inaneurated free trade, / 90 further and saw
that the Democratic party has been and is a con
splrator with England, and IT'S policy is to let
bieb nr;ce 70 n,noyoT;sb tba No,th and coy-
pei her to sell provisions to the South at cheap
prices.
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Tins were filing the ears az humanity. and their
blood stained our national flag. When she cried
loudest in the interest of a sound financial poll
cy, the wrecks of American industry and com
merce were strewed far and wide as the result
OF her foreign financial policy brought about by
the inauguration of British free trade When
her statesmen were beguiling the workingmen to
believe that the Democratic party was the friend
OF the toiling masses, she was always conspir-
ing to reduce the compensation of labor
and to reduce the industries Of the Nation by this
very free trade. 1t is fact that Can not be
successfully contradicted, that the Democratic
party never had control of this government for
ten consecutive years without destroying the in
dustries of the Nation, reducing the eompensa-
ton OF labor, impoverishing the people, and
bankrupting the government In proof, | cite
the very first bill introduced by the Democratic
party when 1T came into power in lS32-intro
duced by Mr., McDufhe, of South Caroina-for
the purpose of reducing the protective tariff, in
auguarated under General jackson, in 1928
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Tb;s 1vas +bo oor,o ,,;nd &c bor;vortol ,.od,o-
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tlon that was attempted by the Democratic party
in the late Congress under the leadership of Mr.
Morrison Mr. Andrew Stewart Of Pannsv1va
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ma then onarseo inc DeillocFaeic party III ooH-
gress with eonspiring with England for the pas
sage of that hill and that ENGLAND would he
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condition OF the working man OF the North,
destroy the industries Of the country, enrich
England, to make a good market for Southern
cotton and compel the Northern farmers to sell
the product of their farms to Southern
planters at low prices Mr. McDufie
did not deny these assertions The
bill became a law, Ten per cent of
reduction was made in 1885, and 10 per cent in
for revenue which the Democrats now clamor
for The result of that tariff reduction was
panic terrible in its destruetiveness and which
has.hadno equal in the history of this government
Factories were closed in America and opened in
England importations increased and the work
irgmen Of this country were idle. Fifty cents a
day was regarded good wages for mechanic,
and ten or twenty men offered their services
where only one was needed The only busy man
in the community was the sheriff. For the first
time in the history of the country soup houses
were opened in New York and Philadelphia to
feed the then idle American mechanics. Accord
ing to the papers of those days. the years 1882
1910 and lS4l were striking illustrations of the
poverty Of the people. The cry of sober, or
DERBY workmen was. Give US work; make your
own terms, only give us work, that our families
and ourselves may eat. Not alone were the
people impoverished, but the Nation; and an
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agene SEM 70 EUROPE 70 oorroW zen lnllons 70
unable to procure it. When the government
advertised for a loan from the people several
elzens 0metea " o an Ine money n amounts q
ING from to Is ner cent While the Pres isi
of the United States took his pay in notes and
went g the shyIocks oi IN pennSylvanIa to have
nom;nated POLL and Dallas and nlad"eS her;
selves to stand by the Wing tariff Of 1872
By reason of this pledge the party
was successful: but more faithful to their
English allies than to the American
Nation, in 1876 the celebrated Walker horizon
tai reduction bill was passed. To aid in the
passage of that Walker tariff, it is now we'll
known historical fact that $780, 000 was raised by
English manufactures and placed were it would
do the most good
Mr.. Dallas, the then Vice-prasident Of the
Nation, elected by the Democratic party-the
man who had sworn to stand by the tariff Of
no.