Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-01

/ nQnlHla % hle way fRotn Moehtuntor
to this. city, and back to a free trader
from here 20 New York.
ltsoems like reversing history, but II
IT, neVertheleesga fact that John o
Calhoun vas ct hrst . pFoieotionlss
willis Daniel Webster Was free trader,
Webster oouldn't see the possibilities
ct that time that every stEepm had for
turning epipdles. Calhoun heen the
benehts of q protective tariff, hut he
aeen thai It would bring 10 the slAvsA
the spirit OF fr0sdom, and rather than
let 20 his hold upon slavery, he dis
missed the thought OF protection and
became free trader. At the name tlme
Webster began 10 grasp the situation,
and found that protection would be the
browning glory Of New Eagland. In
two years Afterwards he appeared In
PiNeburR, Pa, Rs tho champion OF pro-
teoti0D, and b0'ame the great ex.
laotlOn.
Referring again to Governor Vance
and his fies trade theories, he contro-
ve1tee the Governors ideas, and Advo-
Gated strong protective tariff upon all
goods man afActured in this country.
We know, he said, that while my faith
er vas a osndldAts for Governor OF Vir
Rinia in 1855, Vsnos WAS the great
moRul Of KuoWnothingiBm In North
Carolina. In few years more we will
b. . manufacturing people. '-
Mr. Wise, In q mastery manner
showed the changes that were taking
place, and how that under proseotion
mRu ufsoturers were developing all over
the South, especially In Virginia, Ten
neBs08 and AtRhAmA.
Education was limited 10 the South
and people cannot 90 readily see through
the doctrine Of pfOtsoti0n As those who
ere better eduoatsd. Mr.. Wise then
referred to the Blair Educational Bill,
that passed Republican esuA To and
NRB killed In Dem 1orAtlo House.
This would have taken $40 ,000, 600
froBs the troublesome surplus, and
would have diffuEed educAtion through.
out the North and South In proportion
70 the Ignorance that prevailed. He
also referred to the funding aot, which
was Jutt and equitable measure passed
BY ths RepublicSn Senate and defeRted
by . Democratic House. Tariff eduoa
tion should occupy the peoples minds.
General Hancock WAS laughed ct for
calling the tariff . local question, and
yet this was mainly ttue. How could
the South be expected 10 oil At ouce bs-
come q manufacturing community?
Iu addressing the WoEkinRmen OF this
oity, Mr.. Vance waS most extremely
anxious % to their welfare, and remind.
cd them that thsir tools were taxed but
stuffsd birds were free. Wonderful dis.
ooveFy 1t somehow never occurred to
him that this was right aud proper, be-
oSuse we make tools In this country
and do not make stuffed birds. Another
complaint OF the Senator was that nails
were taIea but skeletons were free It
never seemed 70 dRWA upon bis bril-
liant comprehension that We mapuiac
tuFs LRils but do not manufacture skele.
tous. He was free to admit, however,
that II Mr.. Vance was looking to future
possibilities, continued under Dsmo
cratic rule few years more, and put
the Mills bill into operation, there
would be plenty Of skelstons in the
county.
Mr. Wise thought the American peo.
pie we're singulArly blessed In the dis
OoveFy that Jsmes @. Blaine was not
the only candidate the Republicans had
thst oould DO elec,sd President. Oleve
land hAa barred himIelf By his own
to one term, General HArrl.
soa Ia 10 be elected; OF this he had net .
particle Of doubt. The country is ct
peace, 10 clear Of Beotlonsl strife, and
the questions which oonoern the people
are OF eo;nonio character rslAilnR to
the ad naturalization, civil geFvice reform
And edu alton
Referring to Virginia Mr.. Wire said
she had beeu left impoverished. The
resnlb Gf tas war Was 10 scatter hsr
labor. Her tanning utensils and her
horseu and cattle were gone. AgTicul-
tnrs, tie naatn business, was reduced 10
the siuplea1 means Of Prolonging ex-
lsteace. Then came the GROSS line rail.
rOadE bringing produce nearer 70 our
dcora cheaper than the people could
raise them. Now the people have diF-
ooVsrsd mineral Nealth In the noun
tatna and hillGidsBj oral and Iron lie at
onr Vsry doore. Psople have turned
from tho slave mari, the tobacco and
cotgcn plantations, TO the mine and the
workshop, ViFglaia has been entirely
rsvoludoniasd on the tariff question
sud will yiva 10 0e0 majority for the
HHrubliOan ticket. DemoorAtlo cRndi-
dal6s fos Congress In Virginia have
bean i0tosd 10 plaos themselves right
upon this question, end they have pro-
claimed themselves Randall Tariff men.
Alabama, 100, has made the san e
GitclveTy that Virginia has, and now
her EGdgs Zelda and thiokets, which a
lev e6gs ego wsrs worthless, noW sell
a. pricss IivElling Wall street. The
tine Is oGuipg when the psOple will
hud ont that Democratic promises are
wOELhiesa.
Dosn thtre In Virginia the Demo-
5EAts told the people when Cleveland
was elected that th0 revenue laws bad
ali been repealed The old mouutaineers
brrught oua their stilla and put them In
tail b'asl
GsoTRc @. Oabell,in the Sixth district,
waa elected BY some 2, 4Q0 mEjofity by
bia euthusiEstio mountRineers four
oars age. Stills sent there smoke up
fiOm every stream. He thongbt as
Csbell to d them, that the old revenue
lave had been repealed. They theu7hs
u WRB so. Bat soou, TO their surprise,
this feYon ne 0ffioeTs we're amongst them
they were arrested and their stills con-
hscstei.
You may shut these virgInIan's eye
up for the time, hut lookout, he will
have Il ia for you some TINA In the fu-
ture, and they just quietly waited o
moEp convenient time tU pas of George
q Osbeil. Two yeAEs age be wAs can
didAts for re election. How those old
mountain VirRinians ohuekled At the
thought. How they Auahed rs they
tucked 8 Republican ticket away in
their vest pocket.
On election day they could be Eeen
riding their N ules down the mountain
roads, with doRberrY bush stuck ju
their Soot leg. "Wbo took Bill 6issoD's
ttil2" was the fret query at the polls.
iaeoTRe O. Osbell," WAS the answer.
''Who saved Bill SIsson from going TO
the PsnitentiAry Toe answer WAS
"a 9nnaat Iohn pAul Eha Raadiustar -