West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-10-26

economical wants 0fthe Government,
and at the same time give an inciden-
tai protection to our home indus
try"
Henry Clay thus advocated rev.
enue-limited tariff with incidental
protection.
/ am not so foolish as to initiate
the example of certain Projections
lists in disguise who tell the people
that the tariff is to be reduced with
out diminishing anybody's profits
according to these apologists fol
tariff reduction, the sheep raiser is
to lose the duty on wool, and yet
sell his clippings higher than ever;
the coal operator is to forego mis-
tax on foreign coal, and yet get a
greater price for his out put; the
wooden manufacturer is to suffer re-
duction on wool goods, yet sell car
pets higher than formerly; and so |
may go through the whole line
Very nearly allied to this chop-logic
is the diabolical absurdity extensive
ly promulgated by these protection
lists in disguise, that there is to be
a reduction in the Tariff by so mod
flying it that as that every man as to
hold on to all that he has got!
All this sort of apologize treat
ment of this great problem is as IN
sincere as it is fallacious. No re-
form on Gods earth was ever effect
ed, that did not cost somebody some
thing. A costless reform would be
as inefflcacious as a religion without
atenemens. Let us apply this doc
trine ofreform without hurting any
body's profits to other practical ques-
tions of the day.
To promote Temperance, for ex-
ample, and reform drunkards, Il
system of high license is proposed /;
Immediately the brewers and distill-
ers protest against injury to the
great American saloon industry.
A wise hygienic reform is to be en-
forced, whereby the death-rate will
be largely diminished; but the doc
tors and undertakers rebel against
anticipated loss to the pill or lancet
industry, crcmatories and hearse
manufactures,
A religious revival in the commu-
nifty endangcrs the profits of specula-
ton; thereupon the faro dealers or
stock brokers rise up in rebellion
against the proposed destruction of
the great gambling industries of the
nation.
A wise codilication is proposed,
whereby laws are to be classified, pro
eedure simplified, and cost diminish
ed. Hold there! exclaims the Bar
Association, are you going to destroy
the vast legal business, and great
Chicane enterprise of the country!
And so, my countrvmen, you will
perceive there is no Reform without
sacrifice. Somebody has got to give
up something Some unjust gain or
bloated profit, fostered by unjust leg
islation and unfair discrimination,
has got to be surrendered TO the peo-
pie, whence it was derived. This is
the true doctrine; this is the manly
position; this is the Cleveland and
Thurman, the Carlisle and Mills re-
ligion upon this subject. On the
contrary, the doctrine of the Repub-
licans, and War Protective Tariff
party, is that to him the pet manu-
facturer) who hath shall be given,
while from him(t the farmer and la
borer) who hath not, there shall be
taken the little that he hath!
/ have shown you that the farmer
and the laborer have both a deep, abb
ding interest in reducing this War
Tariff, and in getting rid of the an
nual robbers surplus in the Treas
ury by the natural and effective
method Of leaving il in the hands of
the people to whom it belongs. This
is Judge Thurman's method, as it
was General Jackson's.