Daily Republican., 1884-10-02

AHoyS uOWOVofs PotuibVcu IN 0freobluk
him, and he drew ont his passport and
showed them he Was m American citi.
zen, and when the sergeant had read 1t,
The speaker In formed him that IL he |
dared to lay his hand ON him he would |
send . dispatch to James @. Blaine, the |
of State, and tho sergeant, |
finding that he was in . hole, took his
men and pulled the hole In after him,
and he had never seen or heard Of them
since.
At that time the speaker made up his
mind that II ever James g. Blaine
should be nom minated for the Presidency
he would take q vacation of six weeks, |
during which time he would stump the
differentStates for him, and In pursuance
Of this resolve be was now before the
people.
II had been charged by some that
James G.. Blaine was dishonest and cor.
rupt, but Jeremiah Black, one Of the
brightest lights OF the Democratic party
had openly avowed that there was not .
dishonest hair In the head OF James
Gillespie Blaine. He closed his eloquent
speech with . prediction that next
Tuesday . week Ohio would speak In
thunder tones, and tell the country
that on the fourth day of November she
would roll up majority of $4,000 for
James G. Blaine and John A. Logan.
After music by the band, Mr.. Higgins
was announced by President Jones, who
said that he was too we'll known to-
require an introduction. He was
received with loud and long continued
applause, and when quiet had been
restored, said he would. take this, the
first opportunity, to return his thanks
for the honor conferred upon him, by
nominating him for Congress. He,
however, had no hesitation in taking
his auditors into his confidence, and
saying that he fully understood that he
could not be elected to Congress by Re
publican votes alone.
This is not because there is not
enough Republicans, but because they
are deprived by the law from voting.
II he should be elected to Congress, and
this State carried by the electors for the
greatest statesman of the present day, II
must be done by votes of those who
have been supporting the Democratic
party. and the qestion was would they
doit He had not sought this high
honor, but now that 1t had been tender
cd to him by the Republicans Of Della
ware, he considered that he WAS engag
ed ss the attorney OF that party, u
IcOnduct the argument before the people
and he intended to hold, and project
his brief, against all corners.
There can he no doubt that this ma
Ition has reached crisis, not as to its
life or death, for that, thank God, haG
been forever settled by the suffering
blood and treasure OF the loyal peopl
under the lead of the Republican
party. There is no great constitutions
|, question in this Canvass, though tn
greatest and most sacred right Of tn
people of Delaware and the South ha
been stricken down, and the question
now Is, shall we or shall we not protec
American industries.
The Republican platform has no un
, certain sound, and 1t promises jus
!, what 1t intends to grant, protection Il
American workmen but the Demo
t crat platform can, and is, interprete'
/ by some of the leaders to mean fre'
trade, and by others TO mean protec
. ton, but the fact Ii 1t can be made Il
/, suit any place where 1t Is presented.
/ He spoke OF the election of Randall
piotectionist, as speaker Of the HOUSE
= of Represen tatives, and said that he o
1 arranged the comm ittees that the tarif
{ could not be altered, but at the las
@ | session Mr.. carlisle, q free trader. wa
u elected Speaker, and every one In thii
4 State who voted the Democratic ticke
1 at that election, voted for free trade, a
a Mr.. Lore, the Representatives. in Congress
Q voted for Mr.. Carlisle. He appointe
}. Morrison Chairman of the Oommitte
a on Ways and Means, constituted mainl
r. Of free traders, and they had reporte
z the horizontal bill reducing the fu
n tariff 20 per cent. 1t had been defeate
!. by Randall and his handful Of DEM
/ Gratis, backed by the solid Republica
III vote. Mr.. Lore having voted for
I had made his bed and must lie In 1
1t The bill did not reach the Senate, an
l Bayard and Salisbury had not bee
10 called upon to vote upon it, and nigh
% have lodged the issue as Cleveland ha
d done.
}. The people of this city are a manufa
turing population, interested In indu
,r tries and protection to those industrie
la but in face of this 1t has produced u
ID worst free trader in the land. He ha
q read Mr.. Bayard's Brooklyn speecl
n. which he had repeated, with slight q
{. terations, in this city, and he cOnslde
ic ed that It constituted him the foremo
tel free trade champion of the land.
n. The first tariff that this country ev
Id had was an act passed for the protectit
ID of American workingmen, and sign'
Of Iby George Washington. The fr
ne traders say that the tariff makes yol
m products too high, but experiences b
he shown the contrary, and all lnanufa
d. ltured goods are cheaper to-day thu
ID ttey " ere before we had any tariff.
dsl There was high tariff in this count
,O from 1916 to 1888, when 1t was repeale
II. and the consequence WAS that 9
or country was flooded with foreign good
,d and the panic of 1887 followed.
rv continued his illustrations, and show
that every time the tariff was lower
On it was followed by a panic.
Al The foreign manufacturers cannot ol
r. material any cheaper than 1t can
At bought In this country, and the on
1t. thing that can be obtained cheaper
pg the labor for making the goods. 1t b
at been shown by statisticans that g
I'd English workmen labor for an avera
m of Ave dollars y week less than IL pa
%, in this country, and consequently We
ur it not for the tariff the British man
nd facturer could lay his goods do3n
this country at less price thah In
Tic can be manufactured for here.
as The men VITO are now cry ing Tor 81
n. al vocxtine the removal of the tariff q
bt the ones who in 1888 made the thre
IN to destroy the Union; the5 are tie I'M
va who in 1861 fired on the old flag; IN
,is are o part Of those who have no syl
1t pathy or affiliation with the dignity
Int labor; they are the ones who, WIN
ID shot gun and the torch, have maze
Ter solid South. -.
he These men have tried with vario
da issnea tn obtain control of this Cover
Ids ment, and have now adopted tno ano
ter tion of the tariff. 1t 10 ior the peop'o q
the North, the workingmen, to 81