New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-19

Tho old lines Of the Solid North brought together
again against the Solid South for time % Jet II be zap
plousc) say without waving the bloody shirt that
the time when must demand for al psr's Oh
our land speech. fair ballot and an honest COUNT
(Grcat APPLAUSE
But another issue us-the issue OF protection
for American Industry and here in our own Sa'c Nv.
protection OF the against thc saloon ana 's eva
inaucncea Applause The lines were never 50 s"o"s
" drawn between good and evil. The hosts ero nsi-
shs,cd for the frsythe combined powers OF ev" ON oo
"a. ..,nst Al, the bcneccnt forces OF society LED by
warner Miller and stephen Van Rensselaer, o'etor
fchcers) and the people are TO say which sna. p.ns
Ana have the honor Of presenting 70 you ae s
Warner Miller candidate for Governor oi wv So
q Ncw-Yofk
EX-SENATOR MII4LERS TEI.LlNf ADDhhsS.
Mr. Miller WAS received with applause ana
cheering which lasted several minutes Inc
vast audience arose and cheered, and there was
longcontinued clapping of hands and waving OF
handkcrchiefs. When at length the ex-senator i;a2
began to speak perfect quiet was m aahea,neu'
broken at intervals by fresh outoufs's vi app""''
as he won't on. lie SAID:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: ] esteem u
very high honor 10 be permitted TO SPEAK LOT .ne pm
oiples OF the Republican party from this platform.
canno, hope to say anything hero tonight which WIZ
eniighen you upon the great issue h9w pvuIo ~
American pcopio-,hat OF protection ihS pnholIe
has been discussed at every fresde in America The
great majority of our people have aIsady nae ~
their minds regarding II. and SO tonight shail nov
waste yonr time In going over any theories affecting
either free trade or protection. -, ,o .,e,
ton 70 careful and quiet consideration some of the
reasons which now forco this great issue upon ,io
people. suddenly and unexpcciedly this great gucs-
lion has been forced upon the attention OF the Ame-
can people. propose to give you In my own way
What l considor to DO the chief reasons which have
thus brought his great question t. the ont W his
concs Since the organization OF parties 9ndes our
Government there have been two great and antaso-
nistic principles which have been warning for sprem-
acy IN our political system They arc the piincipio
prtn a
ganizaion OF parties IN this country those Two IDEAS
before the American people, aud so to-day think
can show you that these same ideas are potent IN
stage s band entered and played vigorously half way
around the building thus preventing the speaker from
T heard sT ns s x s ss n he asS
hold any moro meetings IN this campaign this fail
and sppsnss rd1 emP p a1 nk nSa5 10
tori and succeeded in talking 70 very large COM I'M
1 tAs Put nS u
armed warriors Gangaerl ! call upon the police
this hall have come here not to make an Grafton
or shout TO 10000 people but to try and talk IN
November but cannot do that against a brass band
or against tho whole City Of NcwYork daughter
s ssn m to further
Of this kind shall be under very great 9oIEa'ios
IN the fuu ,S "d Genewed laughter and voice I've
hope so.') hope So too. Continued laughterJ
FIRST FAILURE OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
Our first attempt at government in this country
after the Revolutionary War, was confederacy, and
IL was q confederacy in which the idea of state SOW
crclgnty entirely overp0wcred and ovcrshadowcd the
idea Of National sovereignty. need not pause here
to GO over the history Of that great failure The
American people found II impossible to govern
themselves at all under that system. They found 1t
impossible to obtain National treasury, or secure
any funds for It They found it impossible to main
tain their self respect to command the respect OF
foraf NATL md
abandoned, and In place Of it the
present Union was organized, In 1850.
Notwithstanding however, that the leading
idea of that constitution and Of that organization was
National sovereignty opposed 10 State sovereignty,
from that day this, of the two great parties who
have divided the people of this country and have
maintained Its government one OF the other las
always ercd the for this leading idea the idea
Of state sovereignty as opposed National sovereignty
and the Other party has always held to the other dea
that Of National sovereignty as opposed to State
sovereignty.
The leading idea which moved our fathers to or, Of.
led TO the adoption of our present Constut on was the
desire The Of al Of cur th to s into
raise revenue, to levy taxes and provide for the gen
a saG to Itself right
To levy taxes upon imports and as result no levies
instance, might levy rate upon foreign goods, the
State Of NcwJersey or Connecticut would either open
p6riaiion Of foreign goods at all, and that nothing
industries and to their people.
The principal idea, therefore, say which led to the
establishment Of this C0vernment-as we now nave
st. was to put into the hands Of the Federal Govern.
ment the power Of scproeGSn and al that Inst
which belongs TO each and every independent nation
Importation Of forcgn goods in short to say what
shall come into this country whether BE- goods or
a" sIss and the Interests q the people ppapse
know that some people to-day question taat Know
single TO words that were uttered upon
this point by great expoundcr OF our Constitution
psrn OF 4s IN speaking at Albany he defy
man in any degree convcrsant with history In any
1857 to iEss when the nsiiiution was adopted,
say that protection to American labor and American
sds ss
eS % Sspe bean the
This IS a statement by Daniel webster upon that
asa Of i pq who
both In Congress and upon the stump telling the
lion there is no power or authority to levy tariff tax
for any other purpose save save nrt thai a 81
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beiIum doctrine Of state sovereignty They hold, one
and all that no pSr the or sy for as
for the purposes Of protection or Of our
s and ms sna
been made In the last four years In Congress by
leaders, and you ind that doctrine laid down time
after time Taxation limited, they tell us, to the
wants Of the Government; that we are to raise only
enough revenue carry the ordinary affairs Of the
Government, and that. therefore, we have no right
TO make q protective system at all. Some have sup
posed that this argument now being made by the
leaders of the Democratic party, an outcome of
that clause Of the Confederate Constitution which
any purpose Of encouragement Of home Industries.
and In making that declaration IN Their constitution r
theories Of government, as they Gs,, had ad been
Tho Democratic party as organized to-day and, IN
fact, ever since the days Of Jackson and Van Buren,
has been frce-irade party In nearly every National
nj that II has made has declared either direct
~ for free trade or for tariff for revenue only.
do not forget that large portion of the Democratic
Marty Of the North have been firm believers In the
doctrine Of protection, and are today This question
has becn in allowance substantially since so When
the Republican party came into power in 1861 II
restored to statute books the protective tariff laws
which previous Democratic Congresses haa icpsaiea