Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-01-10

not in advance OF public opinion,
but responsive 10 its demands. the
Democratic party is pledged to re-
wise the tariff In spirit of fairness
to all interests.
"But 10 making reduction in tax
es it Is not proposed to injure any
domestic industries, but rather to
promote their healthy growth.
From the foundation of this Gov
ernment taxes collected at the Gus
TOM house have been the chief
source of Federal revenue. Such
they must continue to be. More
over, many industries have come to
rely on legislation for successful
continuance, SO that any change OF
| law must be at every step regardful
of the labor and capital thus involv-
ed. The process OF reform must be
! subject in the execution TO this
plain dictate of justice.
"All taxes shall be limited to the
requirements of economical govern
ment. The necessary reduction in
| taxation can and must be effected
without deprIving American labor
of the ability to compete successful
| ly with foreign labor, and without
imposing lower rates of duty than
will be ample to cover any increas-
ed cost of production which may
exist in consequence of the higher
rate of wages prevailing In this
country.
Sufficient revenue to pay all the
expenses of the Federal Govern
ment, economically administered,
including pensions, interest and
principal of the public debt, can be
got, under our present system of
taxation, from custom house taxes
on fewer imported articles, bearing
heaviest on articles OF luxury, and
bearing lightest on articles OF neces-
sity."
II that is not incidental protec-
tion do not understand the mean
ing rof the language. "Sufficient
revenue to pay all the revenue"
etc. The man that wrote that par
agraph read after Mr.. Jefferson and
thought the same way Ou the same
subject, and he must have copied
from the letter Mr.. Polk wrote TO
the Pennsylvania Democracy. And
what do these free trade people in
vite US to do? They ask Us to do
away with the levying OF import
duty and resort to the insquity OF
direct taxation. They unusi do this
because there is no help hr it. So |
you come TO the point whore there
is no help for il. You have to lay a |
duty on imports, ai.d you can do 1t |
judlciouslx and keep the foreign
goods coming in. You can dis |
,crirninate 10 .ts 10 have incidental
protection to American nanufaet-
ures aud labor. / do not believe |
the American people will submit to
free trade or prohibition i'll the levy
ing Of the tariff.
When the country was changing |
from a confederation OF States into |
II Union, at the end of the war OF |
the Revolution, 1t was found diff
cult TO levy tax, because OF two |
things. First, the difficulty Of get |
ting from the States their quota of |
taxes for Government purposes. be-
cause the States themselves were
engaged in levying taxes for their |
own purposes secondly, as differ
ent rates of duty on importations |
from those attaining In other States.
This, therefore, is the sum and sub
stance of the wisdom as uttered in !
platform at Chicago, and gives us
an avenue of adjustment that will
determine the question upon bug
iness basis. To my mind it is the |
most ancient doctrine that has ever
emanated from any body Of AmeriA
can statesmen. / believe the peo-
pie think SO, because they have Civ
en- to us fer President man who
will stick literally to the spirit and
letter of the Constitution in his mes
sage to Congress, when he will call
upon them to revise the existing
tariff, as believe he will when he
takes his seat.
| have, during the day, had an
opportunity of visiting some of the
manufacturing establishments Of
this city, and / have been greatly
struck with the advance made and
with the perfection reached, made
in this particular, and when look
upon the coat of arms OF Tennessee,
/ say to myself il will not be long
before the people will need to add
to that and place between the two
words manufacture, SO that it shall
read, agriculture, manufacture and
commerce.
I tell yon we have u right in the
South to live well. Every nation
on earth struggles 10 that end, and
why not the South? You have
been endowed with gifts l might
also say far beyond those of the
States.
/ do say that it Is remarkable
fact that your neighbOring State OF
Alabama and your own State are
8 nding into my city pig iron Thus
the State of Pennsylvania, that has
been made to occupy such great
position in the public mind, is made
an industrial center for the product
of pig iron, and is made to submit
to Alabama and Tennessee and has
to pay for transportation between
and philadelphia, ,$4.35
Or $3.50 per ton. Now, as / said last
night in Louisville, / say here to-
night, that do not object to these
States coming up, but | do most
object that Great Britain
shall profit by the Industrial inter-
ests of these States.
Alabama is part Of our common
and when she prOspers as
4 State the benefit reverberates in
every State in the Union, and we
can rejoice with them. | would
ike to know what Great Britain
has done to make the people of the
United States concern themselves
in taking care OF her at the expense
Of Alabama and Pennsylvania, and
we are not ignorant OF what would
De the result of this procedure if we a
ct down and become the victims of
The advice OF these men who would
.eally leave US in the condition, be- {
ng bound hand and foot to Great
Britain, in which she has been
'esting for the period of 600 years.
confess that / cannot, with All 1
even temper, listen with composure {
% any such suggestion, and L am
reminded in addition that that
in this particular, stands {
almost alone of the countries OF Eu- {
'ope that have communication in
he United States with our trade 6
citations. Why, Bismarck, one OF
he ablest statesmen in Europe, as !
ioon as he had consolidated the en-
lire began at once to inaugurate the {
noIicv for the benefit Of