The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-21
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Republican Party,
When Mr.. Blaine was introduced tn
crowd numbered over 10000, 1t wa
nearly five minutes before Mr., BIsin
could make himself heard. For a ie'
moments he was regarded with curiosity
but as his voice strengthened, and tn
thread Of his speech wRs taken up, he wa
listened to with great attention,
Alter order being restored, Mr. Blaine
saidi "a crisis In the tariff systam o
the United Statea Is rapidly approaching
For q long series Of years, eve
since the close Of the war, We
have had q vast debt to be paid, Howeve
large the national revenue its surplu
could always be pro6tably applied to thu
liquidation OF our national obligations
We have discharged that dsbs so rapidly
that there remains now but little more
than two hundred millions OF dollars OF 1t
that can be paid within this century, auc
all Of that falls due within four years
from this date, 1ls mAtuTily thus rapidly
approaching may be said to BE- even now
impending so that the matter is one thai
must be taken into consideration aL once
because the remaining seven hundred
millions or eight hundred million dollars
20 over to the twentieth century.
When Secretary Sherman, the most aC'
complished and able Secretary OF the
Treasury since Alexander Hamilton
[ Cheers performed the marvellous feat Of
funding a large proportion Of the public
debt in United States four per cents,
his success was acknowledged on both
sides OF tho Atlantic as unparalleled Ia
financial administration. But under the
wise administration Of the federal gov
ernment by tho Republican party the
credit OF the nation has increased q
rapidly that the United States bonds,
which were at par but seven years ago,
now command nearly $780, and the
holders will not relinquish them to the
Treasury at less than that rate
THE TARIFF.
It may therefore bD assumed as o cor.
tainty that their payment Is postponed
until the next century, and that all out.
side Of the presont exigencles rs thOy fall
outside Of the present power Of the legiu
lation Of this nation. Applause. when
with these forces you shall
have diminished, the total vol
umo Of the obligations Of the
country to the amount Of S20O,000,0O0
now almost due, what are you going 10
do with thesurpulus which flows annually
into your Treasury What disposition
are YOU going to make oi the large amount
which each year you have been aCpus'
toned to apply to the payment Of the ua'
tional debt? The free trader replies "GGt
rid OF your surplus by striking down the
protective tarilIs. Lower -thS-duty on
many artiolesi put q large number Of az.
tiCleS on the free list, reduce your rev
enues in that way" The Protectiolist an
Hwers: "Let us 80 reduce our revenue
that with wise discrimination the Amer.
lean lsborer, in his daily earnings may b1
protected by the national Law, and keep
that in view as a primal object [Cheera
This is the question that inpendG Tor youl
deCisIOn, and after patient consideration
OF the probable consequences 10 result
from that decision, ! venture The asser
ton that there has not been since the
national election ot 1850, financial crisis
80 urgent an depressing aS the QUO which
will be upon the American people within
the next two years.
Desn Swift told the ministers Of Queen
Anne that they could double the duty
and hRlve the revenue, or they could
halve the duty and double the revenue.
We may ther, fire, increase the revenue
while decreasing the duties, or We may
decrease the revenues, while increasing
the duties.
THE MAIN QUESTION.
The main question therefore Is whether
you will exclude from the tariff the pro-
tective idea, or whether you will reduce
the rates upon articles from the du'
ties on which you gain no protec,
tion, and thus so wisely dis
crlmIuate that with new tariff
adapted to $lOO,0OO,OOO less revenue you
will still gain all the protection needed
! cay 10 you, gentlemen, that at only two
periods In our history, namely: the be-
ginning OF the federal government and
the outbreak OF the civil war, has the 4,
nRuCial ability OF American statesmen
been confronted. by q problem of the mag
nitude Of the ono 10 which ] have invited
your attention.
Never, therefore, was there time when
men who believed In protection to Amer
loan industry were more imperatiVely
called upon to grid about their loins for 4
great battle on that question. is im.
pending within two years and will DO set
tied iGvorably or adversely In that time
l cannot now go into details on tho tarlg
as 10 the manner In which II should
bs regulated, but 1 can gay this
that unless It Is 80 adjusted
as 10 continue the doctrlnelut p!otection
you, gentlemen, will see hard times In thiG
county. Ard that iB what l came here
to say. For advancing these came views
since leaving home, aud In tho city o!
Philadelphia, have been Complimanted
by the gotige Of the London 7ID1 which
tells me from aOraBs the water, that the
views which l hold have been regaLivel
by the people Of the United States and
that We are travelling toward trev trade
and away from protection, from the dark
days oil our policy, toward the enlightened
policy Of England" Dsrisive merflment.-
In tha same pAperin which ! read the
cablegrams I have Just quoted, In the
same column and Immediately following
thlS mornings dispatches, comics another
from London which sayh that the pool
have risen in d riot aEsinBt tho Lord
Mayor having o splendid dinner while the
wofkmeu Of London arc starving In their
hoyeIS (Hsarl Hear aud approbAtlonl
| give you those two telegrAmS together IL
forming o better argument than any
| could make on the question, and ! sont
back greeting 10 the London Nmu thAI
/ stand this moment before countless
thouSands Of free American worklngmot
who have good wages and happy homes
with prosperity behind them aud heiott
them, Tremendous cheering,
ovn EoAEldS TRADE,
We are constantly encounteilns In thi
discussion the argument Of the itet
trader, that we shouid ipOtpRss our for
eiVn trade, that tho United States II de
terIontiug, because wedO mot enlarge th
area aud increase the value pi our ioreigi
t m, k...i,, ,.tli, ,as isiaVda ltAR