Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-24
ACCEPTANCE LETTER
Hon. j. G.. Blaine Discusses ut
Length and Ably the Issues
of the Canvass.
Complete Treatise on, the Tariff and
Other Questions Of the Day.


Mr.. Blame 5 Letter OF acceptance
AUGUSTA. Me. July 18th, 1881.
The Hon John h. HtHdt rSUu and others OF The
Committee, etc., etc.
f.-.rr ,,,,., Il, aaesptir,, tl,a nomination e,r
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IN ,',,,psraiino he issues mon which de re-
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it, ~ ms ,,rit, Even tbp ieadipl. nositiSn
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$50 i,. ~, tarift M i,,,,,,rts an ti,,t ,,uestiS,
~ 80 ,oiitiral na,ties arn radically In conflict
ti H., rsf ~ ~ tbs ,a,,nIlicons ,,.bap mos,
49,, ~, ,,,,,,,. &, fsli ,,5. tbe estatisi,,,,e1r
"a ~ 4 ,,,i,,i. ~ ,.,ti,,,, IN t,,,erj,,an Ia
IN a,d III hAp,sri,ian ranital mis- nripri
,la 10 r,ntiblican ,erf,.F las ever. since
Steadily maintained ,yhiie On the other hand he
352 LIS IN -i,.. To- az NV 49,.
,ft.tI,, iy-aIreJ mon IN T,rise within mai
,,;,,J observation-disclosures bt,-s d,sfroved tarriffs a,-
pi -. ~ tll,tr,.i5,, s,t f,, ti, 49,. AZ tH,
n3+i7 ,or Iy-htn@re,. INN, hs,,s eoNtt,llej M
bo5se of rpr,rssettsii ,es hostile episIatio, has
- stt.,,ltj ,,t,,a. ,,,t,,e ,r. 5,,i,,,,,sl, ti,en
i'm fl,si, rincral measure ot he laf session Of
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.r-,g n, , ,,,,-, ,,,.,,s,r,,D,
Revenue laws are IN lheir very nature isubject
to frequent feVlsons IN order mat theg may pc
adapted 70 changes aud mouihcouons OF uaqe.
The republican party Is not contendlhg I9r the
permanency of any particular statute The IS
sue between the two paTues does not nave refer
ence toa SPECIFIC law, lt Is tar broader an3 lar
deeper. II involves a principle OF wide applca-
ton and beneheent influence, against theory
WHICH we believe TO pe unsound Ia conception ana
inevitably hurttul IN pracuee. IN the many
tariff revisions which nave been necessary Tor the
past twenty three years, or "ach may hereafter
become necessary the repuohcih party mas
maintained ana VIII MAINTAIN tue poucy OF pro
tecuon TO American industry, WINE our
opponents insist upon revision when
practcaly destroys mat p9icy' ne
issue Is mus dlstlnct Wen uellhed all uuaN olda-
PIE Inc pehulus erection may ueVeI Ii wv
late OF prUlecIloii Ioi genet@liuu, lhe oNel
throw OF lhe pohcy means ARE ana peraa-
Iient reducuon IN the wages OF the American
laborer besides involving the loss OF vast
amounts OF American capllai Invested w manu-
featuring enterprises Inc falue OF lne present.
revenue system 70 the people or me Ghited states
Is not a matter o. theory ana sLall suplHI no
argument 10 sustain ~ ohiy lhflte dt'euIiou 20
certain IactS OF oillcial record "ihch seem TO
constitute ADMINISTRATION
In the census or 1901 an eioIt was MADE, ior
the nist tne IN our history, 70 9Qtau N9G i
OF atl the properly ~ the Ohlteu olatgs lne ~
tellpI WIS " arg a,
~ Nh, t,onsbt tbe }no,,iriei soyeshaflo,yeI
80 c1,e ~ fa,-stion ia rat,,rns ,,sye Noon
49, Id ISa, iftr ittl NOR. vas dom,
Ia, - a,,oijate tb local ,,aiuation used i'm tfe
etets 20, ,,,,,1eNsas 90 ossess,,'.,,t ard that rs
eveI,,5one tnoW.s difTers widely nom conpIett
e,biJ,it ~ iii tne ,,rone,t,-
- ~ t,,,r,,H e 1te6 i,,.s.,r IN, ,torly ,,as
5a MIR ,rost G,r+,,,,,b,,,se lie istinctinp Ne
tween . assessed value and Z. trne value being
oeref,,lI,- obeer-ad The Grand result y-as thaf
he ), tine value $ of Nh me property i'm the
states and territories excluding slaves amounted
to fourteen thousand millions OF dollars (SliOO1,
00100W. This aggregate was the net result Of
the labor and the savings of al the people within
the area of the United States from the time the
first British colonists landed in ls0, down TO the
year 1870 Il represented the fruit Of the toll Of
two hundred and fifty years
After 1860 the business of the country was e.
couraged and developed by protective tariff.
At the end of twenty years the total property Of
the United States, as returned by the census of
1880, amounted 60 the enormous aggregate Of
forty-iour thousand millions OF dollars SSHoO,
VViVvJl, ms great result was a'Iaineeu, 10Y ,
Nilus'auOlne We IaCu tllat l.o7 i.'t
~ w iiv., 81 ps7i ,'as' ~ ~ t ~ iI ,
bloouy var ~ thus 4pl3cS1ts, w. Mnlie o.l
population pcJWeth I'I' ahu t92V IIts'alu 9lNt9
per Cent tle asErssa5e PlyleeI9 ~ tlo DouhuS
lhcIetsco TWO h1liuIe4 aLu Iouitgieh ~ it
showing u Fasaiy edhahceu NcaiVu PER, Capitt
among tue people lhlttA tnousahI Hi"iious on
collars lS9hVo"V0VV."l i'aH p1eu au'seu uViItus
these tWehY years TO 'ne leiulaNeiO "'''''l ~
tlle uaIl'h
These results are regarded by the elder M
tious Of the world as phenomenal That our
Of a gigantic war and for an entire pc
Yea N of ops Hundred and fgenh i've mogs
5Ii ,,. ~ go, 80, ill.,, f.,.,,erif,nco M aII
otI,ar nations ancient ar modern Even the on
r,rnente nf tb@ t,rosent revpnpe system do not
yta,d HAT i1 10 ,vt3la history 0f ciyjlizatiou
ln,- t,er.iiel co, Ha Found to he material pro-
-, ri lie rr5ti.5 Sf.,tae sirea tha accessiori 20
~, ~ i'ii,,g.. T.,-tv, ~. ,,l,,gsr
Ihe period between loo1 and To-Day mas NOT
been one or material prosperity ohlN' ~ no
time ~ the history y the Jmted 0tates Aa3 mere
been sucn progress 20 inc moral ana pnihhIhfopc
field Religious ana charitable lhstlutohs.
schools. selhhaFles ana colleges nave beeb
founded add endowed far more generously thau
al any previous ulne M our history. bieater ana
more varied relief mas b5eh eAtendel 20 human
suffering. ana the entire progress on lhe country
in wealth has been accompanied ana dignuleQ 10y
a broadening and elevation OF our national char-