The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-31
BLAINE,s ACCEPTANCE.
Letter OF Hon. James G. Blaine Accepting
the Republican Nomination for the Presi-

for the Presidency rendered me by the Repub-
lican National COnye ltion, ! beg 90 express
deep sense of the honor which is conferred
and of the duty which is imposed. L venture
to accompany the acceptance with some OBJ
servations upon the que stions involved IN the
contest-ques ions whose settlement nay af-
feet the future Of the Nation favorably or ul-
favorably for n long series of yeas.
In enumerating tue issues upon which the
hcPubEcan party aPpclrs Tor popular sup
port, the JOnVCn zion has bet n ln1utuFiy eX-
the L ling posi- ion to T. q industrial interests
of the % tutry as affected By the tariff on i'm
ports. Un [ at question the two political par
ties are radically IN Olhict- Almost the IlrtI
act OF the kepubl cans, when they came into
power in 1851, was the establishment f prin-
CT / 2 of prOtec lon to American labor and to
American capital 1hs pr nsiple tue Eepub-
hcau past has ever s.Eca steadily maia-
tsinCd whi'e on the other hand the Demo
cratic aety in Congress has for fifty years
I c s'st sntly war. ca upon it. Two within
that period our oDpO let t. have DESTROYED
tariffs arrange 4 for r tee ion, and nee the
clos of the tivl wa, wherever they have
contr JlleI the House OF Representatives,
J o tile legislation has been attempted-neyer
more cOrspicuOusly TIA IN in their principal
measure az the late session of Congress.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Revenue laws are in their very nature sub
teCt TO frequent revision o. der that they
may lie ada ted to changes aud publications
OF tra!e. The Republican party Is not con-
tend ny Tor the pc manencY of any part .cu-
lar atute. The ISIS between t1e two par
es does not hay e reference 20 81 Q efic law.
a principle Of vile applicable AMI beuehcent
influence, against theO y which we EehcVe
to be unsOuud in conception aud inevitably
hurttut IN practice In the many laTH re-
visions which have been recess lry Tor the
rast twenty! hree years, or which may here
aIter e ONE NJ c aty the hepuDlcan party
has maintained, and VIII maintain the policy
of protection to American industry, while
our opponents insist upon q rev siOd which
pIactlCa ly destroys that p0hcy. III @ is ue
IS thus stintt we'll derned and unavoidable
me END NJ election MAJ dt terlnine the tate
OF plote :tiOn for q gene alton. The over
throw OF the policy means a large and per
manent reduction ii WAGES OF the American
lab9reT, besides ID eOlVing the loss of vast
amounts OF American capital invested in
manuIa tn ing enterprises Inc value OF the
present re Scnue system 10 the people of the
United states Is not a ma ter OF theory, ana
] shalt submit no arr u .ntnC to sustain it. I
on,y invite attention to certain facts of Off
cat record which seem 10 constitute demon
stratiOn.
the first time IN our his DRY, to OBJ ain a valua-
The a tempt was IN large de gree unsucces5-
full. Partly from lack OF me, partly from
preiI dice among many who thought the ia
quiries fOreshadOWed a new scheme of taxa
on. the returns were incomplete and unsdt-
istactory. Little more wa done than to COM
sOidate the local valua ion us ID in the States
Tor lurpo Is OF asse smenI, and that, as every
one knows, di feIs widely from a complete
exhibit of all the property
In the census of 1850. however, the work
was done with great thorOughneSs-the dis
value beng carefully observed. The grand
result that the true value" of all thu
property in the States and Territories dnclud-
ing slaves amounted to fourteen thousand
mill ms Of dollars (Sl4,OUO 600 090). This a z
gre ate was the n t esult of the labor and
savings OF all the people IN the area OF the
UnI'ed states Fl ON the time the first British
cOlOniSt landed in 1907 down to the year 1860.
1t represented the fruit of the toll of $50
After 1860 the business of the country was
eucouT aged ard developed by q protective tar
if. AT the end OF twenty years the total pro-
perry of the UEfted States, as returned by the
census ST IS5Oamou1lted to the enormous argre-
thousand
tS4ftQl. o % U0O The great suit attaiEe l.,
notwithsl anding the fact that countless mill
ions had in the interval been wasted in the
progress of bloody war. 1t thus appears
that while our population between 1869 aud 1880
| erty OF the country Increased 2l4 per cent :
| showing vastly enhanced wealth per capita
OF dollars $50 80 90 had been adde dur
| ing the twenty years to the permanent wealth
These results are regarded by the older Ma
| tons of the world 5 phenomenal That our
country should surmount the peril and the
| cost of gigantic war and for an entire period
| of twenty years make an average gain to its
| experience OF an other Nations, ancient or
modern. Even the opponents OF the present
| revenue system do not pretend that in the
| who Q history OF civilization any parallel can
| be found to the material progress OF the
| United States sincethe accession of the Repub-
| The period between 1860 and to-day has not
| been one of mate rial prosperity Oaly. At no
/ line in the history of th5 United States has
| tue. e been such progress in the moral and
| pailantaropic field Religious and charitable
| institutions, schools, seminaries and colleges,
| h we been founded and endowei lar moro
| generously than at any previous time in our
| history. Greater ami more wired Ie!ief has
| been extended 10 human suffering and the en-
| tire progress of the country in wealth ~
! be n accompanied and ,gnihed by a broad
| e ing and elevation OF our National character
tusCp opponents find fault that our revenue
| system produces a surplus. But they should
not forget ltt the law has given specific
p,Ir Osc to which all of the surplus is prOtita-
| bly, aud hOnOrabAy uppHCd-the leductiOn of
the public debt and the Consequent relief OF
! the burden OF taxation. No do1ir has been
/ which the party stands charrl is the geHer-
| o. pensiOntng of soldiers, sailors and their
| TN highcs form o justice IN tue recognition
! "a payment Of a sacred debt. When rcd NC
| ton of q NatiOn is to be made, the RepuDli-
| can party can be trusted to accompl Sin it in
4 uch form as VIII most effectively aid the in
| dustries of the Nation.
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
A frequent accus alton by our opponents j.
| that tue fore gn CONNIE .Ce of the country
has steadily de aged the influence o1
| th p Ote tive tariff. In this way tn y seek &c
| ;trras the importing interest aga INST the Re
] publ, a patty. 1t is a c0mmOl and yet radi
| GA error To confOund the commerce of the
! country WITH lis carrying trade-an error :
| ten committed iunOcen ly and sometimes de
! not disttngu sh between Il @ ship and the Car
| Eo. Foreign commerce repI esents the ex
. OTIS and imports regardless of the national
| .tl II the Y e SSel that may carry the Commodi
es of exchange. Our car ying trade Ina!
| from obvious Causes suffered many diSCouT
| agementS Stree 1860, but our 10 eign com
meroe has in the amcperiOd stea lily and pro
81 susly inc reas2d-incre IS ii indeed at
| tate and TO an amount which absolutely
LWa'fs all previous deveiOpmeBt OF our ira Il
b yOnd the sea. From 1850 to the PRISE a
time the foreign commerce of the tJn tee
states (divi led with approximate equal ty be
| tween exports and Imports reached. the as
founding aggregate OF TIVE ity-four thodea II
mill ons of dollars tS24 .0jJ, 0UO,OOp The q
Rnce in this vast commerce inclined in cur ia
vor but il would have been much large i
q A
whore refer. cd to, had been more wisely al
iustCd
IT Is difficult even to appreciate the magui
tude of our export ira 1o since 1880, and We
can gain n corr ett conception OF II only hl
same held The total exports from tn,
| United states from the Declaration of In
| AeDendcnt e IN l15O down to The day of Lin
coin 5 election in $50, added TO all that haC
previously been exported from the American
| colonies from their original settlement
amounted to less tGan n ne thOus md mil
| lions OF dollars 5000 0JJ.OUal. On the Other
rand our exports from lSO9 TO me close OF th'
millions of dollars 0,0M.0J0J-the whole
OF it being t. product Of American labor
| Evidently a protective tariff has not injured
our export trade when, under its influence
we exported IN TWEEN y-four ears forty Pg
4 sent mo than the total amount that haC
| teen exported in the entie previous histOr!
| of American c mmerCe All the details
when anaiyZed, correspond with TINS giganti
| re suit 1he commercial cities of the UnioI
erer had s, ca growth as they. have ha
| a G 1860. Our CHIEF emporium the City o
| Wv York. with its dependencies, has with
in that period doubled her population and in
| creased her wealth five fold. During til
same period the imports and exports whc
| have On cred aud left her harbOr are NOR
than double in bulk and value the who's
! amount imported ana exported by her be
| tween the settlement of the first Dutch col
| ony on the island of Manhattan, and the out
break of the civil war in 1850.
AGRICULTURE AND THE TARIFF.
The agricultural interest is by far the larges
I'm the Nation, and is entitled in every adjust
ment of revenue laws to the first considers
| ton. ANY policy hostile t. the fullest deve
| opment of agrsCu .ture in the United State
| must I G abandoned. Rea iZing this fact tn
| opponents OF the present system If rev M