The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-30
VIRGINIA.
Senator John Sherman at
Petersburg.
SPEECH ON PROTECTION.
Attempt to Assassinate the French
Minister OF Foreign Affairs-Hard
to Kill an Editor.
Sherman in Virginia .


PETERSBURG, Va, October Ex-senator
John Sherman delivered the following
speech to a large political gathering
here this evening. The speaker began
by stating that it had been said of him
that he was waving the bloody shirt. II
1t was meant by waving the bloody shirt
that he had sought to renew the ammo
stiles of war, then there was grave
mistake. for he had constantly said that
the war was over and its animositles
should be buried out of sight; that he
would not hold any confederate soldier
responsible for what he did during the
war and that all he wished was to pre-
serve acknowledged the results of the
war, and among the rights thus OBJ
tanned he claimed that one was that of
every man OF lawful age should be al
lowed to exercise his right to vote with
out distinction of race, color or previous
condition. The speaker claimed that
in the last presidential election the
colored people had been deprived OF
their franchise, and that by this means
Grover Cleveland became President OF
the United States instead or James u.
Blaine. Itwas not the war of the re-
box which he had arraigned. The
Senator then said General Lee on the
other hand has conducted his canvass
almost entirely upon the basis of an
appeal to the Confederate soldiers, to
the pride of Virginia for the courage
they exhibited in the war, and with
military trappings and flags and cayal-
cade he tries to turn the attention of
your people from the question of the
present time to the memories of thewar,
In which the Virginians fought bravely
and submitted honOrably to the arbitra-
ment of arms when their cause was
lost"
The Senator then went on to say
that the great press in the issue of
times was that election should be free,
open and fair, and appealed to men of
all parties to uphold the purity of the
ballot box.
The speaker then stated that the
relative power of the two principles
State sovereignty and national sover-
eignty-been forever settled by the
war; but still the Democratic party
adhered to the old theories and sought
to Delittle, limit and cripple the powers
of the national government as to many
of the Just and necessary objects of
national policy. As one of these OBJ
jects, the speaker cited the policy of
protection to home industries, and
after dwelling upon the opposition of
the Democratic party to that policy,
said: The Republican party plainly
and strongly announces its purpose
to protect all forms of American in
dustry, not only of the workshop but
of the farms, by levying duties on for
eign goods that can be manufactured
or produced in this country. We insist
that this policy gives employment to
capital, enables manufacturers to pay
more wages and protects them from
sharp and undue competition, and in
time reduces to consumers the price of
the article; that it will set at work the
enormous water power of Virginia,
cause to be established as near as
practicable to your coal and iron, the
furnace. rolling mill and innumerable
manufactures based upon proximity
of coal, iron, wool and cotton. He then
characterized the Democratic party as
at sea upon the tariff, with Carlisle,
Tucker, Morrison, Hurd, pulling one
way, Randall and others the other; as
proposing nothing, doing, nothing,
being nothing, except ,incumbrance
on the national life of our country.
The Senator went on TO say that
the Democrats, after waiting for twenty
five years, had finally gotten into
power, on the plea of turning the rascals
out, /" and added: instead of turning
out, they have put rascals in. Mr.
Cleveland often, no doubt, misled and
| deceived, has appointed more peniten
I tiary and Jail birds in his eight mon tbs
/ than were appointed IN whole twenty
| four years of Republican adninistra.
ton. The speaker then spoke In de-
fence of John Roach and advocated the
coinage of the silver dollar; upheld the
I policy of giving TO American shippers
the contracts for the carrying of foreign
mails, and advocated the policy of pay
ing off the Understanding deb
as Reclaimed the Democrats were now
doing, and closed his speech by saving
1--WE do not wish in any way tC
interfere with your local policy OF
controversy, but we do feel deep inter
est in the election of Governor Wise
and in the reelection of General Ma.
hone: Though they are Confederate
soldiers of proved courage, we neither
expect them to waive their pride in
achievements nor their LOYALTY of pur.
pose and intent during the civil war;
/ but We understand that they are now
I willing TO Join with all others, north
and south, in the maintenance of Re
publican principles. and we therefore
! feel for their success the same earnest
desire. and for the same reasons that
We struggled for success in Ohio. and
eIpect;t in New York.