The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-11
PRACTICAL VS.. SENTIMENTAL.

other practical. The ideas of the former
were tersely expressed by Mr.. Lamar in his
speech at Holly Springs in 1884. After eu-
logizing Washington, Jefferson, Lee and Stone.
said
Would you give r. T.. Lee or Stonewall
Jackson for any of the products of northern
geniusY Can | put the question to your
suppose this offer was made by the north 10
the south: You want manufactures, you
want wealth; you shall have them. Only
give us from your southern history Wash
ington, Jefferson, Lee, JEFF Davis, Stonewall
Jackson, and you take our crowd, with Ben
Butler at the head-would you do it2'
Cries OF Never" and prolonged appausc1
with due Difference TO its distinguished
source think this was ridiculous, but il is
lair specimen OF sentimental politics in
the south. IL is species of dry rot which
hurttul TO southern progress. ! honor
the great men he named aS much as he can
honor the first as the father OF our American
union. | honor the rest as statesmen and
soldiers too great 10 be confined 10 sectional
lines. But It's absurd 10 say we must give up
our interest In them when we ask for wealth
and manufactures 10 build up our section
l believe that a protective tariff II continued
Will enrich the south, as il has enriched the
north. Already we see that cotton factories
and woolen and lumber mills are springing
up In our midst, and that more pig iron was
manufactured in the south in 1887 than was
made IN the whole union in 1860 under
revenue tariff.
BAGGING TRUSTS.
In our canvass Of 1884 Judge Morgan and
| both denounced trusts, but we differed as
TO the remedy against them. | said IL should
| be made felonious crime for capitalists TO
combine TO defeat competition in trade
and plundcr the people with forced high
| FtR H. al sI. L.
| ana he rcasserts this in his letter of August
10 70 Judge Simmons. lie says "Thc grand
difficulty seems TO be, as far as electual
remedy Is concerned, In n want Of powers
under the Federal constitution" This Is
the fossi argument that was used against
aid TO Mississippi leyces and the National
board Of health. He adds: ut is to be hoped
that this can be found In that clause Of the
| constitution which confers on Congress
| power TO regulate commerce among the sew
eral States But who he hopes will find
| for him what he seems unable 20 find for
himself he does not tell us. He then an.
nounces his own faith: ''In my opinion, the
only sure remedy is TO place all such nrti-
cles M cotton bagging ON the free list The
Mills bill, five can ever get IL through the
Senate, mcasureably accomplishes this"
Aud yet, with strange blindness he adds:
The bill places the material out Of which
the baggngin ordinary Use is made ON the
free list This, however, can be Of no
benefit 10 the consumers as IL will only en-
able manufacturers who are now parties Ia
the present yillAiuy 20 make the article
cheaper, and thus realize a larger profit"
II u can bc Oi no benefit 20 the consumers
why was he 10 silly as 10 vote for ip
In the Forty-seyenth Congress senator
George advocated protection for jutc. He
said while he believed In free trade II protcc.
tion was 10 be adopted A. the rule, he wanted |
protection ON jutc tO encourage is produc- |
tion in Mississippi Judge Morgan, while |
voting for bill 10 protect sugar In Louisiana |
and rice In South Carolina voted for free |
trade ON wool, lumber and jute which Mis-. |
sissippi could produce But / deny that /
free trade l. any protection against a trust |
There Is free trade In coffee aud vet we /
have coffee trust There is free trade In |
coal oil, and yet we have the enormous aud |
iniquitou. Standard oil trust There l. free |
trade In cottonsecd aud yet we have a giant |
trust which keeps down the price Of our |
cOttonsced. Free trade would simply trans. |
Ter the trust 10 foreign from American bag. |
ging and would leave us entirely dependent |
upon foreigners both for our raw material |
and our hugyiug. The true remedy 4 90 |
make our haggIng In our cotton States and |
10y factories Ia which the planters have nn |
Interest; aud TO make Il, not out Of cotton. |
which i an unfit aud too costly q material. |
ind that it can be- made Of the bark of the /
cotton stalks, A. ! believe II can. The
Farmers alliance and southern factories
could soon unite aud begin this bat to iu.
sure success they must be protected against
foreign competition. Free trade would lie.
stroy while protection would build up bag
ging factories In the south NJ protection
built up the cotton and wooden factories Of
New England.
TUE TARNER's ALLIANCE
! am glad this PRACTICAL issue has arisen 30
teach our cotton planters the value Of pro-
lection aud the folly Of free trade. PRO.
home competition II American buyers, who
made the foreigners pay the cotton planters
per cent better prices for the crop II isSu
than thoy got under the revenue tnHn oi |
lsO Tor ncrop nearly 100000 bales smaller
Aud under protective tariff We can osiab.
lish iutc, cotton and bassing factories In the
cotton states that will make us independent
q the world. And ! am glad that the
planters of the south are now united ur
uniting thcmsclycs into Farmers Alliances.
who're they cuu discuss these questions
calmly umunf themselves aud can act with |
combined power iu regard a. them be-.
lirNy gYUi hlgiug can hc made from cotton
stalks, and ii wcrr your member II Con.
sf.as ! would ak that the government
.''..'''N iN'A' - l'tiiiNNAa W a7N'ltalH NAia |
iHrt.
MICRO poWSAriov.
llui many personal friends have aid that
lry rErcgl with mo On principles but could
uHi tIiU .ur Wu bnrAus" u majority ~ my |
sr. porter lr uvrfucs aud they arc afraid
lf U'EHl domination. No man should sarris |
r"H .rriro' hrrnufc Objectionable persons
.ruiuri iIrm. lHrc prejudice exist every.
H..r.. HIi 10 s iHy duty ui siatruHnship to
..tttI r,uI,I lHau iuiilmu lhum. mob boz
g.. ...t f.lv thiuHmuu on account
Hi ..s heap la'HL 4 mob in Mississippi
'uHUt 10. .u. Ulu Whnniirmpis tu persuade
IH.r U,I.p IHNufyr tD leave the Slate, aud
NJ nd. .I mob ttnUUurDs every white man I
tIu Ii'rWp i1 teach aud lead the negro iu
. .' u'.Ilu against the Democratic |
..r.,. Do counting tIic negro vote fairly a.
.'f Hiu means ursfu domination.
counting ihD negro vote unfairly
'u elect 10 whit" man must he negro dunina.
luH lu uui insi rauynss the returns shuWod
ihai U,as lssEg Morgan at the largest
While lu' Ig Do~uip. Marshall and Pamela
cuUni.r' while at ihr largest negro boHcs iu
these uuuui.rs hr brat nae. II the negro |
Nu,,s Nrf' l.tIy counted Tor him be- "a, nC.
runIiuF in .lH logic. iho representative NJ |
uog.I domination. n they were unfairly |
counted ipf hW. ho is the representative Of |
p'rlun, imul and corruption.
lu Is futUai canvass Tor the Democratic |
nomination against Mr. Stephens. The heavy |
white voting counties ~ the eastern paft ~ |
the district were Tor stephens. Their
votes w convention we're not |
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