The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-22

| The tariff reformer seeks to fatter the New
| England manufacturer with the suggestion that
| he no longer needs protection, ana shouiu NIh
his influence in favor of the other system, nc
| assures him that he has reached such perfec-
| ton in manufacture, such completeness IN or,
| ganization, such advancement IN mechahcai
| SKILL that he has nothing 30 fear from conlpe-
| tition abroad, and that he has DIt 10 rtlch out
| for our own and the worlds markets ana tney
| are his He assures him that he has notning
| longer to fear from foreign competition, put
! that his serious danger is from nome COIL
! petition; that while he is indebted Tor nus
| splendid progress in industrial deVelopInenI 70
protective system. he has outgrown H. ana II
1t is To be continued the people OF Iiie souoi anu
west will become his dangerous rlVals, ana Cii.io
| to avoid this new competition he invites MN 10
assist in Withholding from the states Whlch
have been slower in industrial development
that measure of legislative aid which mas oeen
so uro0tghly invoked by the New England
states. and to which they are indebted Tor Cuelr
wonderful Advancement in mechauicaI anu
industrial pursuits. What do the south ana the
west say to this narrow and provincial NleW!'
DIXIE NOW THE INFANT.
II NAV be true that the New England manu-
facturer has reached that rank and that degree
OF perfection wnen protection to MN IS not SO
essential as it once was but the west ana thesouth
are in exactly the same condition that New
England was twenty years ago, and an sure
will insist that the same fostering legislation
shall he accorded for their development mat
has been long enjoyed by their more pro
The truth Is, protection must he universal IN lts
application; equally within the reach OF oil
sections and all industries or it should be aban-
aoned altogether. 1t cannot be enjoyed by one
interest to the exclusion of another
The New England wooden mills cannot
demand protection upon their clolh
and deny it to wool and they do not. The rice
planter cannot hope to enjoy full protection
against foreign composition and deny equal
protection TO the producer of salt The sugar
planter OF Louisiana cannot invoke the power
Of congress for protective duties ana YET dehy
ike protection 10 industries in other parts OF
the country, The system must stand as a
whole or fall. AS Burke said Of liberty. ut is
the clear right of all or of none II * only per
feet when universal" 1t must be protective
tariff for all interests requiring the encourage
ment of the government, or 1t must he free
trade or a revenue tariff and rest alike upon all
classes and all portions of the country.
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER NATIONS,
We are different from any other nation, and
it is that difference which makes us the best
Our political system rests upon n principle
different from that of any other. 1t is founded
upon the consent of the people If we had
wanted it otherwise we would not have left
home, but would have remained the obedisnt
child of an impcrious parent We would not
have turned away from the mother country.
We would have remained one of her depend
encies. We would not have fought our way
through blood and sacrifice TO independence.
We separated to set up for ourselves
free and Independent political society,
ana tnaJ polCY inc DeSJ LOT
us which best subserves the purposes OF our
organization, our citizenship and civilization.
II is ours to work out our own destiny, and in
doing SO furnish an example Of free and pro
gressive people, whose industrial policy has
made it possible to satisfy the best and highest
aspirations Of men, and which closes no field to
human endeavor. We would wish for all man
kind the benefcence of our system and the OPP
portunties which 1t presents We bid them
level their condition up to ours; we will not
level ours down to theirs. We will remove all
restrictions from international trade as We have
removed all restrictions from interstate trade
whenever they will raise their labor and their
conditions to our standard
Men of Georgia, upon this great industrial
question there should be no north nor south.
To us of every section have been entrusted the
interests OF our country-our whole country.
To others have been confided the care of other
nations and other peoples We will not inter
fere with them; we bid them not interfere with
us. My fellow citizens, in this conflict, in
flnenced by patriotism, national interest AMI
national pride, let us be Americans.