The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-01
SENATOR FRvEssPEEc
slxclxc pESrxc1Arlcs or cLEvElASDs
rREE TRADE MESSAGE.

of Maine. delivered IN the senate to-uas
his speech reviewing and criticislns the
Presidents message An abstract oi ms
address follows
The Presid mt had clearly thrown
down the gauntlet Of Free Trade There
was an attempt, he admitted, at disguise
but so feeble that it ought not to deceive
anyone. That message had been receiv-
ea with unbounded JOY in Great Britain.
And WHY not ? England had been seek
inc the American market for years with
a persistency which never Tagged a
courage which neser failed, faith never
hopeless. although for quarter OF a cen
tury she had seen her eraggressions met by
strong defenses. But now the President
ofthe United States declared that these
defsnses were to be razei. The British
had at once proceeded TO self-congratuia-
tions and 10 strip off mercilessly the Presi-
DENTS disguise. In this connection he
Quoted extracts from articles in s'a~rday
Raser. the Spectator, the scatsmar. the
grme,. Herald, Nesrs Poa and other British
,,eriodicals. THESE congratulations, ne
said. would have continued ifa voice OF
warming had not been heard. The
warning was that such English expression
of op;nion had to be curoed, or the fun
fruit Of English hopes never would De
enjoyed. He quoted from the f'aH MAJ
H,a,eae to that effect, and said that I'M
,nediately there had been transforma-
fion. The Free Trade paPers OF Great
Britain had dropped at once their sell
congratulations and had proceeded to
congratulate the United States and to
prophesy unbounded prosperity for tins
country. Great Britain had seemed sud
denly 10 recognize the fact tina; this coun-
try was her daughter and to evidence TO
her friendship and affection The whole
history Of Great Britain might be hunted
from the beginning, and there would not
be found one single instance where Eng
land had ever permitted the rights OF
anr nation TO impede OF binder her
magnificent career in commerce and
manufactures.
No syvpArBY FoR AMERICA.
He did not blame her for that, but he
declared emphafically that England had
never in one single instance evinced any
sympathy for this country. aud that she
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injure this country to pass unimproved.
He declared that the counsel, the advice,
the friendship of Great Britain to any
nation in commercial matters had invari-
ably and inevitably resulted in injury TO
the nation which had accepted IL. Ire
land was an instance of that. In this
connection he quoted from a speech
made by Thomas Francis Meagher in
Dublin in is47. And yet, said he, Great
Britain hoped and the Democratic party
expected the Irish votes next Fall for
Mr.. Cleveland AS the Democratic candi-
date for the presidency. One of the
leading Free Trade speakers in England
had declared years ago that the greatest
triumph Of Great Britain would be the
.ub;ugation OF the markets of the United
states. ia the promise Of the Presidents
message they could see that subjugation
nigh at hand. Great Britain to-day had
her markets open 10 the world, while
ether countries had their markets parti-
ally closed 10 her She found nov with
ia her own borders the iiercest kind of
sonipetition, and her industries were fall
ing off: her silk industry lfor instance)
had been absolutely destroyed. Fifteen
years ago there were $4,000 persons en-
ployed in the silk industry in London
and to-day there were only 5000. Her
cotton manufactures were crippled. Ger
many and Belgium were seizing her iron
and steel industries, and were already
controlling one-half of her foreign trade
ia that line Her agricultural lands were
decreasing in value, and from one-third
60 one-half Of her agricultural laborers
were out Of employment or only earned
from a shilling to one and sixpence a
day
But England heard the President ofthe
United States declare in his annual mes
sage that the tariff the only obstacle TO
English possession of ;he American mar
ketl was vicious. illogical, inequitable !;
and what wonder that the English peo-
pie deafened American ears with their
cries of hear. hear The saw him
adopt a. the slogan Of the Democratic
party. for the presidential battle of isSs,
the old fundamental doctrine of Free
Trade, that duty Is tax paid by the
consumer" What wonder that they
hailed Mr. Cleveland as their champion
They saw him promise 10 open 10 them
participation in the American market !;
and they knew that the party faction
would start their halting looms and feed
their hungry unemployed men and
women. What wonder that the approx
al Of the Presidents message went ring
ing over the world.
THE PARrY's ATTITUDE.
But the attitude ofthe Democratic par
ty Of this country waso more Importance
practically. than the attitude of Great
Britain. Would the Democratic party,
he asked, endorse their new chief? He
was strongly inclined to think that it
would. He knew that members of that
party had been masquerading for years
as reformers, favoring tariff for revenue
only" with incidental protection, or a
tariff for revenue exclusively" and that,
in manufacturing districts of New Jersey
and elsewhere, they masqueraded as mild
mannered protectionis,s. In the South
they had more boldness and less diversi-
~ Of industry. but then there within the
last year or two, blinded probably by the
smoke of newly-built furnaces, or dis
iurbed by the hum of looms, there was
20 be found here and there friend OF
Protection.
The Senator from Missouri Vest had
declared the other day that he endorsed
every line. word and letter in the Presi-
dents message.
The Senator from Indiana voorhees,
had. in an elaborately prepared speech,
in perfect coolness, with no excitement
whateyer. declared that the doctrines
enunciated by the President in his recent
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