Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-03

| IhCtuflnB cDtcrDIlets l0at nave eIVNu w
among us, railroads, &C., have gwen tho
South an unparalleled momentum IN ten
years past.
Results equally disastrous to the whole
country must follow a sudden and large re-
auction In The tariff, while the total abolition
Of the tax on tobacco, sugar, whiskey, &c.,
would greatly reduce or annihilate tue surplus
IN the Treasury without impairiug our mann
featuring energy. For II such reduction IN
tie tsfiii will not bring here millions worth
OF foreign manufactures It will be Idle 10
mqkesit. II II does. then the result must oil
Z necessity destroy our own manufactures To
the extent OF these imports. and 10 save
| themselves our own manufacturers must
either reduce wages or close their establish
meats. lhc profits on manufactures re-
main with the manufacturer; the labor TO
produce teen will OF course be where they
are produced. Are EGshsh manufacturers
10 hsye the profits aud English laborers 10
/ get the paw How are we 20 build rail-
| roads, manufacturing establishments, &C.,
in The South unless with the profits oil manu-
facturcr. Sc, from American labor? II the
balance Of trade Is against us, say 100000
| 900 4 year, ~ Is that much taken away from
Us and carried TO foreign countries TO build
them 10. We must note that the profits
/ made by farmers, not large anywhere, are
slow 10 be invested ia any other thing than
! farming. The profits on manufactures are
said 10 be very great. This may be true
! temporarily. But these profits are invested
! in new manufacturing enterprises, rail-
| roads. g.. They arc not buried, but
/ widely distributed. They had better
I be accumulated here than in Eu-
rope. So far as we are concerned
large aggregated capital Is essential for
ff,1 Tgfff 10 cd
/ here thcro would be universal stsgnatiOn.
| Surely the profits on manufactures IN the
/ North cannot exceed S200,000,000 a year
perhaps nothing IKE It. That amount OF
northern capital, it is said. was invested In
! the south last year. We, at least, should he
satisfied. In this way the s., 900, 000,000 ac-
cruing 10 the North from the war will be la
the iaain transferred here. and our manu-.
features greatly exceed in value our cotton
and tobacco crop, giving profitable employ
ment 70 our Young women, ard our people
now in tue swanps or on the plney ridges
and ragged mountains, building up thriving
cities and towns, &c.
TIE REVENUE TARIFP HUMASITAuANs.
This class IS about az isnatcaI on the tariff
question ~ were the AbOltionists on the ne.
gro.slave question. They say England has
have il in order to compete with her IN Tor
eign mlriyetS. What folly! Why do you
not hook at the conditions? Italy, Spain,
Belgium, France, Germany, Brazil, nave
free raw material. Do they compete sue
cessiuIly with England in the foreign
markets? England has free iron, cotton,
wool, copper, &c, &c. Yes; because she
cannot herself produce them, and 80 with
gram ard meat. England can land iron ore
az her ports cheaper than we can move 1t two
miles by land or twenty-five miles by rail,
and wool from Spain, South America, &c, 81
per cent. cheaper than we can raise It. Her
immense commercial feet tr2yerses every
sea. She mOnopOlises the trade OF her col
Onies and OF 80, 600, 900 lIndOOs. Her vCs-
sells, on their return, II not loaded with free
raw material would have 10 cargo. She can
land free raw material here nearly as cheap
as at her own ports. This would ruin
the iron manufacturers OF the vast Interior,
except in Georgia, Alabama, and TeEnes-
see, and do very serious injury there. Are
the people OF the vast interlOr-Oi the Ohio
and Mississippi valieys-wlling for thisf
These remarks will apply to all raw mate
rial. Let us let dwell enough a,one," and
not follow theorists and dTeamers whose
opinions are taken from the political ec0no-
m!Sts of Europe, whose conditions are very
different. II is admitted that the laborins
people here are The bcSt-to-do in the world.
They who grab at too much sometimes lose
what they have.
Can any one suppose that capitalists VIII
invest their money in new enterprises in the
vast interior without some certainty OF
stable tarif to guarantee them from foreign
competition, and are we so to reduce the
tqrd n to make competition with foreign
products so sharp as 10 bring about race
as 10 who can shave labor and profits down
TO the lowest rates? In few years By eX-
perience IN managing sheep, improving the
breed, &c. under the present tariff on wool
our vast western piains will produce wool
as cheap and as good as anywhere. Are We
to prevent this with free wool? Would II
not be folly amounting 10 a crime against
American
10 MY COMRADES or THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
To you. survivors Of the mighty battle for
constitutional law and the supremacy OF the
" man race" prCem.nent in America, | may
hc allowed to say: All that fails Is not lost.
We have marked in history page OF glory as
bright as Marathon, as enduring as ThermO-
pvlp, and given an example for nan 10 fol-
low in his struggles for independence. a
power too wise for MS 10 understand doomed
Us TO defeat. hut cOnsOed us with honor
and undylug fame. our struggle has passed
away, - We soon VIII. our suferlngs and
starvation In prison and The scenes Of death
there I'm the midst OF plenty all around
Gre fading from memory a. years come on.
We have forgiven and with a sublime hu-
mainly willingly contributed from our scanty
means TO the suffering survivors and the
widows and orphans Of our enemies in war
In return we get denunciatiou as rebels asd
as cOnSpiratOrs against the life OF anati0u."
We forgive these our enemies knowing them
20 be The victims Of popular delusion that
will pas away. The victims OF that dclu.
~iOu while IL continues would throw all
things into chaos 10y joining together what
God has put asundeT, making our people So
clal and political mongrelS, and bring
inc upon The States and people we have
served 50 heroicslly moral and social death
We will see TO it that this shall not he 50 IN
our generation. TIE "m'n race pretmi-
ncAp wa Gods work. We viii defend II.
The time is now at hand when we must
lC0h 10 an ecOnOuic policy that will give TO
our people that wealth, power, and means OF
self preservation which could not be estaO-
llshed by orr arms, because the Most High |
bad otherwise ordained, and We should now |
con>iC2r What nohcy we shall adopt
wiener Inc pONCN OF tainouH anu 1alHts, |
rcprescntE;g the cOtton-growers OF the past, |
or he pclcy Of Clay, az good sOutherner |
and rs wise us they and aptiy called the father |
OF the protective system. Snail we adopt |
policy suited 10 our changed conditions or |
adhere 10 a policy suited to the pasti |
whether our changed conditions do not |
call for a corresponding change in our
economic policy and our occupations
demands our calm deliberation. Tue battle
now is not between the swords, but between
the looms and anvlls OF the North and the
South. OF the last and the West. 70 the
victor will come wealth and power. II we
can win this battle under this Government
We will defend and support it. Why should
we not? Our necessity for diversity in our
labor and occupations is apparent. Our
great and recently.discOvtred mineral
wealth ia bringing vast capital into our
midst, and if not rudely assailed and alarmed
our manufactures will soon exceed In value
Ri our marketable farm products. This is
tue result Of our high protective tariff. 1t
has at least come about under It, III the
tariff remains substantially as II IS this must
continue. II seriously reduced what will be
Tho resuit1 The salesman al least will hest. |