The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-12-25
Mr.. Thicker at Baltimore.

! bricks Association Of Baltimore, held q
mass ratification meeting at Concordia
| Opera House, in that city, on Monday
/ evening the 18th. Among the speakers
were Senator Vance, Speaker Carlisle and
Hon, J. r. Tucker. From the Baltimore
SIN, we take the following as thesubstance
of what Mr.. Tucker said:
/ st gives me great pleasure in responding to
| your very kind reception that the bond be-
tween Maryland ana Virginia can never be
| broken while the Potomac rolls on to the
ocean. Ey-rebel as ana rebel as our fathers
| lasted-I am rs great lover of the Union and of
! the star Spangled Banner as ever you saw III
4 OF the Dem ocratic party to bring true unity to
1 the people again. All the great principles OF
/ liberty were trumpled under foot by the Re-
| publican party. Thank God the rule of that
| party is over forever. Under the rule of Grover
cleveland the rights OF all classes VIII be secur
| cd and protected. The south always was the
! conservative influence in the country and so
! it will always be under the administration OF
Cleveland. The South Was solid for honesty.
The late Mr.. Baine's late book says the South
crn statesmen before the war, while prodigal of
E, thcir own means We're honest with the means
of other people. Bad as We We're as rebels, they
never caught us stealing. AT the close of our
Democratic administration we can come back
was Graded in the abstraction that the constl-
tution was the law of the land, and propose to
go 10 my grave in that opinion. The doctrines
of secession, which l held in 1861, now aban-
don. The fourteenth amendment settled them.
But hold to the decision that while the States
cannot destroy The Union, the Union must 4 OF
destroy the States. The story circulated among
The colored people that ii Cleveland was elected
they would he re-enslaved was a deliberate
falsehood- The rights and liberties OF every
negro nan Will be safer under Cleveland than
they were under the Republicans. The consti-
t na p was OUTRAGED under the higher law OF
clded that no party will hold power that Is out
side or above the constitution. When Mr.
blaine says the country is great in Its prosperi-
", he pays the highest compliment TO free
trade between the States. Every argument in
favor of protection is expelled before the pros.
tween them And the prosperity of the world
Will be greater when there Is free trade be-
nues permit 1t, am for wiping out all traces of
the internal revenue, and then making tariff
there be a tariff low enough 70 encourages com !
llerce. manufactures were more rapidly in.
creased under decade OF Democratic ruie than
under two decades of Republican rule. The
Republicans say the effect Of high tariff Is to
increase the wages oflaborlng men. Yet laboris |
PROSTATE and factories are idle The question
Of supply and demand regulates the price Of |
labor. Europe is crowded with people and low |
wages are paid 1t Is not the tariff which |
makes high wages. II is high wages without a |
tariff that made the Republicans want q tariff |
The question is, first, how much wages we win |
John Bright showed that the wages in England |
We're higher under free trade than under a pro- |
tcctlNe policy IN that country. The New York |
Iribftle says wages in this country are lover
now than they have been for years. and this is |
under Republican high tariff. They say that |
under the Spanish treaty they propose to lower
the tariff on raw sugar for the benefit of the re-
liners. and Keep it on the article for consump-
ton by the consumer. They tax the glass
which admits the light of heaven. They tax
necessaries and let the Injuries go free 1t Is
the policy that makes the rich richer and the
poor poorer. was asked If was not afraid to
talk that way in old Virginia. ! said no: Will
talk free trade to the last day of my life. Mr.
Carlisle who is the leader OF the party-no wiser
return to such policy only
the same time conserve the interests of the
OF the country The gauger goes IN
TO the still where Whiskey Is made ana de- |
lnands 80 cents on every gallon, while the darn
ed thing is not worth more than Is cents. II
cents is Whisltey. 80 cents is tax, and the price
above these figures is the profit. The consumer
takes the whiskey, however, and he drinks
more tax than whiskey. The tax on tobacco
81 any other imported goods Is the same way
the consumer pays 1t. He put the vote to fine
"All who favor high taxes saw l."
There was no response. IAN who favor low
axes say H. Loud responses. .All who favor
nigh protective tariff say l.; No response.
'All who favor q reformed revenue tariff say I :"
lhere was great shout of acQulescence. ~
believe IN CIVIL service reform, but no man who
has prostltuted an office for partisan or Hner-
,enarE purposes should be retained. Let the
lonest people who elected Cleveland stand by
iifn. and The government will be purified and
We VIII hANr a long snFrHsSinu of Democratic |