Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-10

tratlon to Or1ginate and effect measures tC promote the general welfare. Here again ii nothing but failure, and more than failure The free trade measures of the Democratic party were denounced. Then, too, Demo crats were less expensive, instead of which | the expenses of 1887 have been increased | $54 ,O0O, 900 over those of 1886 (Republican) l if the Democratic appropriations are spent a 1 they probably will be.
 Then MT. Randall asserted that the Repub licans were wickedly hoarding the public money until there was a surplus of $500, 900, 900 according to Randall and S400, ,000, ! 900 according to Hendricks. But when tn Democrats tried to prove these flaming asser | tions, what did they find? not penny miss ! ing and only $1O, ,O0O, ,OOO surplus. What dit | they do then, reduce the surplus? No, the Dem l ocratic secretary and treasurer hoarded nor | until he accumulated $60, 900, 900, bu now after a great hubbub in Dem ocratic ranks they reduced the amount tc where the Republicans had left it-about l SIG, ,O0O, ,0O0. So might go on for an houl more, continued Senator Platt, regarding broken promises and failures by the Democratic party.
 Again, we are defenceless nation-st tho mercy of any third rate naval power; W. cannot assert our rights in controversy witt any other government. The leader of the Democratic party, the man whom they pro fessed to honor, with his dying breath be. sought Congress to do something to defend our coast and protect our seapoIts. The Democratic House voted the tmunifcent sum of $500, 900 for the defence of our more than ten thousand miles of defenceless shores. The Senate increased it to $6. COG, 900, but
 the words of their dying leader had no effect on the House. It refused to concur.
 Pardon reference to Democratic diplo- macy. To speak of it brings sense of na- tional humiliation and disgrace. We were
 informed by a pompous circulars issued by
 the Secretary of State, that the tone and
 personal diplomatic and consular service was
 to be 1ignifed and improved. It was pre-
 liminary excuse for the most fragrant viola
 tion of every principle of civil service re-
 form in the recall of every trained and &C.,
 complished government servant in the for
 eign service, and the appointment of new
 and uutried men without other qualification
 than that they were favorites and friends of
 the secretary. Such appointments by
 a Republican secretary would have been called scandalous, and there would have been no answer to the charge; but the unfit and scandslous appointments made at the in stance of the secretary are forgotten in the
 humiliation experienced as his diplomacy is
 understood His assumption of office was signalized by his attempt to conclude a trea- tv without the constitutional concurrence of
 the Serate. We had treaty with England
 relating to fishing in Canadian and American
 waters. Always to our disadvantage, the changed methods of catching and shipping
 fish made the treaty beneficial to the Canadian government alone. We had right to ter
 minate it on notice. Congress, by resolu-
 tion, authorized President Arthur to give the notice of termination. He did so The treaty terminated July 1, 1885. Notwithstanding the action of Congress and the President the Secretary of State agreed with the British minister that it should be considered in force for new period of six months, and induced the President to recommend Congress to ap- point commission to negotiate a new treaty. This Congress declined to do. The fact that this action of the Secretary was stated by him to be in the interests of Amer ican fishermen, when it was repudiated by all of them, shows either want of capacity to understand the situation or superservicea ble sympathy with British interests. When the Canadian government saw that the old treaty was not to be renewed, it began the
 illegal seizure of American fishing vessels. Such seizure, attended with circumstances of aggravation, have continued even to the present time without single remonstrance worthy of a powerful nation like this, SO far as the public is permitted to know. We are told that it is the subject Of diplomatic correspondence, but never one vigorous, manly demand that these outrages upon American citizens, and their rights shall cease. It is England, you know, that he is dealing with. The supineness and indifference which marks the secretary's con- duct in this controversy is known and read of all men. Just while these Canadian com plcations are pending State of Mexico ar rests on Mexican soil, and proceeds to try under Mexican law, citizen of the United States who had either in Mexico or Texas, possibly both, committed crime which clearly merited punishment somewhere.
 The speaker also reviewed the "mess" made by the Democratic Bayard in regard to
 
 finale of this diplomacy is to be found in the yet unsettled discussions as to whether the special envoy of the State department need lessly sent to Mexico has disgraced himself and his government or whether our consul general in Mexico is a malicious slanderer. These blunders and failures cannot but tell against the Democratic party and cause the thinking men to choose between it and the Republican party to the preference of the latter, with all it's bright and glorious record marred by but few blurs.
 What is the Republican partyi And what policy do we need?
 The Republican party is the party of equal rights. Founded on the Declaration of h. it aims to guarantee to each in- dividual citizen the three great equal inalien- able rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Is the doctrine of equal rights dead issue? Liberty, law and equal rights by this sign we conquered, by this sign we shall conquer.
 Is the tariff a dead issue? Is the protec- ton of American labor and American labor CTS a dead issue? Is the practicability of in the United States a higher standard of wages than in other lands dead issue? Higher wages means increased happi- ness and higher development. An equitable tariff sends blessings to the freside of every American citizen. The tariff seems to me very live issue. The Democratic proposed amendments of the tariff, shaped by free traders in the interests of foreign capital and capitalists, only result in disaster hear good deal said against ;oreign capital such blessing that it must be fostered at the expense of American abora Absolutely free trade, pure reve- 1ue tariff laid mainly on articles we do not produce, means absolute ruin to our indus rial system. The tariffs proposed by so- ,alled revenue reformers would prave disas- rous in proportion as they approach the deal of the free trader. The sedulously circu- ated idea of the free trader that the protec- i've system is for the benefit of the few to l he disadvantage of the many is delusion. There is not an industrious citizen of the | United States who is not better off by reason f our protective system. Protective Iuties are the sheet anchor of labor and the ! Incentive to business enterprise. What ! would American citizenship be worth under | rec trade? The complete success of the ! Democratic party. means the abandonment l f the protective system. The southern | eaders who do and will control that party, l nd their allies, the northern free trade doc | rinaires, aim at the accomplishment of this | s their most cherished project. Men may | TOW indifferent to the laws which protect l hem, may heed not the blessings which | hey enjoy, may lightly esteem the air in vhich alone they can exist. So l hey may grow indifferent to l he benefcia results of the I rotectiva system under which our great and advancement has been chieved, but if it shall ever be broken down y the success and folly of the Democratic | arty that indifference will be most bitterly | epented. The hopeful solution of the great | abor problem in the United States depends | pon our adherence to the protective sys- | sm. Under that alone can labor produce | dequate welath. Under that alone can the | aborer expect to obtain large share of the ,ealth he helps to produce. The man who | 'orks with his hands is primarily interested | ] the continuance of system un- CT which alone his employer an pay him fair wages and realize fair prof s. The Republican party bids Godspeed to very wise effort calculated to improve the | nancial, mental and social condition of |