The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-07-12
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ed his cent iU fungl'w 300 iIln' il
inGiei On that body hong eiodol
and exhaustive spncch 90 The ioriii
aninstion lhal bad already been
disposed a, 20 iat m any rtion OF
the late session Of Congress q coh.
scrncd But $50 attach some Inn
pnrtnnco to the General views on
the tnrin, not bccause what he
says will in Che least influence lhf
notion Of Congress ON that great
and intricate question, but for The
renson, that A. General thalmorf
seeks n reelection 10 Congress his
constituents naturally wish to
know his position on the main
issue Of the day and they proba-
Div also desire TO know whether be
has again changed his political
status. In this speech the Gener-
al has expressed his views on the
tariff and defined his relation to
political parties. Die takes a pro-
nounced stand IA an extreme pro
,cotionist, and, 10 use the language
Of the National Republican, bic
speech "is one Of the aolcst and
most exhaustive arguments ever
made in favor Of the Republican
policy Of protecting American la
Dor and American industries.
This speech is 40 lengthy that We
cannot undertake to give 50 much
as a synopsis Of it. But We have
already said enough to show that
50 FAR AS the tariff question IS con-
cerned, Gen. Chalmers is proctl'
cally a Republican, for we have
quoted above the approval of the
National organ of the Republican
party. The tariff is a question not
fully understood by the masses Of
the people, but doubtless every
intelligent man knows enough
about il to know whether he favors
~protection or n reform Of the tariff
And those who are too ignorant u
thus form an opinion are scarcely
worth considering, as they gcner'
ally vote from prejudice, Gen.
Hancock was correct when h'
said that the tariff was chiefly
local question or language To thai
effect. Agricultural communitici
favor torif' reform, and mauulae
turing communities oppose IT an'
demand, as does Gen. Chalmers, I
continuance Of the war tariff
Does Gen. Chalmers reflect thi
sentiments Of a majority Of tn
voters Of the Second Congresslona
District purely agriculture
communication le rises Il
his seat in Congress and advocate
the protective tariil, imposed o
the people by the Republican PAL
ty AS u wal measure, and still NJ
held aud fostered 10y that party !
the interests Of m%onopolies an
millionairos2 We doubt yer
much il the General himself ht
the cool assurance to make a claiI
NJ absurd and prc%pcsterous. Bu
perhaps, the Generals theory
representation is that he shou
represent himself and his ov
views, regardless Of the wishes
his constituents il so, he IL rig
from his standpoint. But on VI
point we think his oonstituer
differ most radically with hi
We are fully satisfied that nil
tcnths Of the Democracy of u
District want revenue reform; n
the same may be said Of the Grc'
hackers. As for the Republica
who are n minority, most Of tn
are too dcnscly ignorant to und
stand there is such a thing as
tariff, and, therefore, they y
merely from prejudice. Thus,
conclude that Gen. Chalmers,
holding such views, does not
feet the sentiments Of n majol
Of his constituency he rcprcsC
himself but not, properly speak
the Second District. Gen. G.
mers cannot hope for rc-clccI
without the aid Of Grcenback
Democratic votes aud in both
ties there Is an overwhelming
almost unanimous sentiment
tariff reform. In taking a 81
on the protection platform, I
Chalmers invites and deserves
feat, for Congressman who ref
10 reflect the wishes and 81
ments Of his constituents yirtu
ceases 10 represent them
should stay at home. We
probably hear no more Of the
eral being a 'Grocnback Dcmc
lie declares in this speech
he "is not a member Of either
Democratic or Republican o.
nations"
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