The sun., 1888-05-06

land and Ireland Withdrawn from agriculture
| and devoted to idle. non.productive. and pse-
srs Ths 4 sssat f ooWed Eng
ep S so reaS Mh Ssa
DO procured abroad; and when this condition
s %s s wnn Shs al
saSsis,enose. England England was forced 70 abandon
promoted Pre- f and fostered her her manufactures, and
throw her ports open to the world; primarily In
witch BrsR aseuurs
removed. because cheaper food became vital
Nearly all the old restrictiys or custom laws
induce, by example, other countries 70 open
tied policy Of England Is to have, ali the nations
OF the earth compete IN her market Tor tho sale
competition she may be able to fx the price Of
what she wishes to buy: epd in addition to that
Is her policy to have all nations compete In
to the end that through that composition she
may be able TO flx the price OF what she has to
seas, but of the industries, and commsice OF
ths globe In pursuit q these aims ms and ho IN es-
grcssiye, unscrupuious. dishonest. and brutal.
Shs laid heavy hand upon the manufacturing
Of and they and S.
being densely populated; the soil, the u, most
feed the large extra manufacturing class
that was thrown ,.I upon is,bad c1ons seasons sons
almost as rapidIy as the hosts Of sennacherib H n,
si angel Of God, Six Hundred and fity years Of
the most barbarous cruelty and oppression. q
mSrder; murder. SIX 81. 6undred b and ty years under the
iron heel OF the ruthless invader. under tho
domination Of the most rigorous and pres%Srip- pre- So P
great robber nation Of the world. and yet the
' But " what a ali the % engines Of torture the In.
genuity OF tyrants, could devise. failed to do.
aS f trade sy pSo Of ssna
f5es ons. '!saq #has Gs'psL
England liberty for exchange. liberty for com.
merce liberty f9r Tort t but p, % no Liberty f05 tho
hassea gS1ss @e sss aIas US PASS
erty for trade. and she blew SesEeys from the
mouths OF her cannon with as little compunc-
ter at the advancing foe, fitertyf Tor trade and
the Indian slave pays the transportation upon
ton s up upon the msnuisstured product, when It is
returned Tor m she s
pnsd sh hs 70
able to pay the enhanced price OF i'm
ported British salt. salt that be might
own door. Lasses passer, and the shotted
guns Of England's war ships are turned upon
ana s hs vssa es msasd
gin and rum. are forced upon these naked sav-
ages. and thus deeper darkness throws
Iasss sna the boom Of pf cam
non and the screech Of bursting shells were
dia's poisonous drug. the seductive opium. In
the name Of liberty, was forced down the throats
OF the resisting Chinese
the early years of this century, when American
ships were transporting the products OF our
our citizens impressed, % and our ' commerce de.
stroyed by this sane power that at forever cries,
Potomac. and with a aendish barbarity and nn;
the torch to this Capitol. This act Of. vandal::
ism was perpetrated not eighteen hundred
before BY. eighteen hundred years after
Laisses Jaire..liberty to, work, to manufae-
ture. but only for England. say her capitaiists
run their factories and works at aloss, as they
have frequently done. in order to strangle and
The war ir Of 1872 closed our ' ports and forced
US to manufacture goods We had previously
imported. When peace was declared, ENGLAND.
systematically began to cripple and strangie
these new indqstries, In ills. shortly after
that war. Lord Brougham said:
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cradle tho foreign lAmsricanl manufactures
Laissez passer. let commerce pass. let II, be
she built with her own money privateers man
ned them with British crews. and. under, the
upon uao ~ our ne merc6antmen and drove our conn conn
IN every great ersis Of our history as psesI
whenever the existence OF our institutions was
jeopardized and tho life Of the republic hung
AGGRESSIVE. active. n
gerous, and deadly enemy. Her Canadian
depondensy is menace @ 70 to o. our UP prosperity a9d
system OF Canada is as perfect as British craft
forgotten that the railway system of Canada.
fostsred and aided as 1t was and Is by Eng
ture strategic military as present comm ercial
States and Canada will convince the casual
the AnGlomaniac about kinship Of race, even
II reechoed In England. do not deceive the
that haiti the her ruling classes Of England % are hostile
10 this republicTever have been, always will
be. The English press and English statesmen
favor the bill now under discussion. and this in
cogent reason. why the american represents
erfui consideration before he decides to sup
port 1t or vote Tor 1t.
THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
The tariff plank In the Chicago, platform
Clearly tuHSoStb IL IL uOtS not utCldEO
that the necessary reduction Of revenue to pre-
vent the accumulation OF a surplus should be
made along the line OF internal revenue tax
alton. Itcertainly does not justify In the light
Of my possible construction, the claim that
this reduction must be made entirely from
customs duties.
It is clear and emphatic that the necessary
reduction In taxation can be effected, and 1t de-
clares that II must be effected without depriy-
ing American labor OF the ability of competing
successfully with foreign labor; and 1t further
declares that as high rates OF duties shall be
levied as will be necessary to cover any in
creased cost OF production which may exist IN
ing in this country. know It has been said by
advocates of the present bill that the Chicago
platform was considerable Of fraud G,ntle-
men who make this declaration seem to
Adlninistration was elected by fraud. In
1884. when advocated tho election Of
party, through the, Chicago Convention, pro.
claimed honestly Its views upon the tariff
question. l did not then. nor did any other
sneaker OF newspaper. say to the people Of this
mean what We here say about the tarfr.
Although We here proclaim that the surplus
b.a hx,t tha rod ,ntin ,nSt int rpol