The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-24
JUDGE THURMAN's ACCEPTANCE

JUDGE THURDIAN's ACCEPTANCE
OF the Democratic Nomination for th'
Vice Presidency-A Concise Statemen
OF the Tarff Issue.
The following is Judge Thurman's lette'
of acceptance as given to the press. The
first draft of the letter was in the Judgei
handwriting, and the typewriter copie!
showed only few changes IN the pune
tuation from the original:
Hon. Patrick A. Collins and Others
committee. Gentlemen: In obedience tc
custom / send you this formal accept
ance of my nomination of the office Of
Vice President of the United States,
made by the National Convention of the
Democratic party at ST. Louis.
When You did ne the honor to CAL
upcu me at Columbus and officially no.
tify me of my nomination, expressed to
you my sense of obligation to the conven.
ton, and stated that although had not
sought the nomination, I did not feel at
liberty under the circumstances to de-
cline it. I thought then, as I still think,
that whatever l could properly do to
promote the reelection of President
Cleveland 1 ought to do. His administers
tion has been marked by such integrity,
good sense, manly courage and exalted
patriotism that just appreciation OF
these high qualities seems to call for his
reelection.
I am also strongly impressed with the
belief that his reelection would power
fully tend to strengthen that feeling OF
fraternity among the American people
that is so essential to their welfare, peace
and happiness, and to the perpetulty OF
the Union and its institutions.
Iapprove the platform of the st. Louis
Convention, and cannot too strongly
express my dissent from the heretlcal
teachings of monopolsts, that welfare
of people can be promoted by system
of exorbitant taxation far in excess Of
the wants of the government. The idea
that the people can be enriched by heavy
and unnecessary taxation, that mans
condition can be improved by taxing
him on all he wears, on all his wife and
children wear, on alI his tools and imple-
ments of industry is an obvious absurd
ity:
10 fill the vaults OF the treasury with
an idle surplus, for which the government
has no legitimate use, and to thereby
deprive the people of our currency need
ed for their business and daily wants,
and to create powerful and dangerous
stimulus to extravaganza and corruption
in the expenditures of the government,
seems to me to be policy at variance
with every sound principle of govern
ment and political economy.
The necessity OF reducing taxation to
prevent such accumulation of surplus
revenue and consequent depletion OF the
circulating medium is SO apparent that
no party dares to deny it; but when We
come to consider the modes by which
reduction may be made, We find wide
antagonism between our party and the
monopoistic leaders of our political op-
ponents. We seek to reduce taxes upon
the necessaries of life; our opponents
seek to increase them. We say give to
the masses of the people cheap and good
clothing, cheap blankets, cheap tools
and cheap lumber. The Republicans, by
their platform and their leaders IN the
Senate, by their proposed bill, say ILL.,
crease taxes on clothing and blankets
and thereby increase their cost, main
tain high duty on the tools of the farmer
and mechanic, and on the lumber which
they need for the construction Of their
modest dwellings,, shops and barns, and
thereby prevent their obtaining these
necessaries at reasonable prices.
Can any sensible man doubt as to
where he should stand in this contro.
versy? Can any well informed man be
deceived by the false pretense that
system so unreasonable and unjust is for
the benefit of the laboring men? Much
is said about competition OF American
laborers with the pauper labor of Europe,
but does not every man who looks around
him, see and know that the immense
majority of laborers in America are not
engaged in what are called protected in
dustries? And as to those who are en-
ployed in such industries, is it not un-
deniable that the duties proposed by the
Democratic measure, called the Mills bill,
far exceed the difference between Ameri-
can and European wages, and that there
fore if it were admitted that our work
can be protected by tariffs
against cheaper labor, they would be
fully protected and more than protected
by that bill? Does not every well in
formed man know that the increase in
the price of home manufactures, pro-
duced by high tariff, does not go into
the pockets of the laboring men, but
only tends to swell the profits of others?
1t seems to me- that, if the policy Of
the Democratic party is plainly present
cd, all must understand that we seek to
make the cost of living less, and at the
same time increase the share of the labor
ing man in the benefits of national pros
perity and growth. I am, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
ALLEN G.. THURMAN.
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