Telegram-herald., 1888-09-23

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cas- a. ihe rssals of esrslal lboaght saa
mature l4dxusat. the foansstless 81 tie
Gossrnmsut ara nroAeened snd - iastilg-
lloas ssFsa St1snsd.
Proteotlea ~ ue PFotsesloa y American
produces sslag tas pri1sl question 81 Issue.
sas % Dc dscidsd a. Ias ooazins slsctioD. Is
challenges tAs bsss tAoakhI ssa msluIest
ladgnsaE of tie voter. for IN x . mueh
involved Oar Government being sntirs!y
= oossFnnsnt Of and 81 ths people. With
40 .i1l -4ti0as sIcspt those lhsG Tue people
msy 'o.antArily place upon IA smssl,ss. 20
tras con Parisoa can DC mad s 9Th |. here
dli az Monarchy or artist oerscy, for tssy
are lassG upon "a anYis.diDg restriction u
tne rights of Lhs genera people. 30 tnst
what ssrsnk hsa. 4 monarchy Or sTistOcfscy.
cana0t be an element Of o. rsDgth 70 . Gov
sfnment purely Of the people. sut
The s1aeg reverse. Different policies
govern the interests @ mOnarchal
or arislocral governments ta4n those Of =
government BY the whole people. This
iasa should never be lost sight Of in deeid-
iDE upon protection. or no protection 10 our
products. EngiAnd. the great foreign tree
Iade country Of the world. placed IN the
midst 0f The ssa with a limited area Of
home government has ever been human
octopus, holding her colonies within her
relentless ient4cles, drawing the life blood
from then, and in proportion 10 her
strength thus acquired, - their weakness
composed. but the favored few receive the
strength. In the United States il IS differ
ent- We have no dependencies our Gov
ernmeut is of several States, but contiguous
and united. having diversity Of soil.
chrsste. resources aud products, with a
heterogeneous population. coming from all
| the countries OF the world. 10 be here as
simulated. and made homogeneous. IL Is
/ for Us TO solve how these resources and pro-
/ ducts can be best developed. and this
/ population be assimulsted, and made
| Homogeneous
/ IL goes without saying, that in . govern
ment purely OF the people, the prosperity of
the present and assurance for the future
/ lies in the intelligence Of the people.
| But what is intelligence of the people, II
| IS nothing more nor less than brain power
! put in operation. The result is productive
labor. The savage does not labor, his in
| telligenee 10 not developed. As soon an
man begins TO grow in civilization and in
| telligence be engages in productive labor,
and begins TO accumulate unto himself
| property aud acquire ownership therein.
/ Take away the incentive of ownership OF
| property ana you rob the man of his inter
/ est in labor, for he does not receive the Just
results OF the same, and be becomes sulien
and apathe,ic, or restless and turbulent; in
/ either case a dangerous citizen. Ii would
see N as If il were intended from the begin
ming that within our national domain
should be solved the problem OF human
government.
With our territory so isolated from other
| countries, 9th such diversity of all ma
terisl interests which tend to the develop
ment of mankind. 1t remains but for the
people to properly appreciate the situation
and put in motion such forces as will
result in solving the problem. Is not pro-
lection TO our products one of such forcesl
The great objection 10 free foreign trade is
tha. it is q prolific source of exhaustion
without sufficient replenishing force. u
labor is the source of prosperity, and We
lack in labor, We fail ilinprosperity; and when
ever We buy abroad The products OF labor
which might have been produced here. the
labor of orr country is not called into &C
ton as it might have been, and the varied
resources of our soil and climate remain
entirely dormant, or not sufficiently de-
veloped, for labor brings them forth and
gives them worth IN their highest develop
| ment. Protection has the effect of limitin,
the amount of foreign products brought u
this country, and the required supply |.
furnished by our own labor developed pro
ducts. IL is well to bear in mind that ou
Federal Constitution secures to us absout,
free trade between the States and that Dc
mestic free trade 10 nuch more prsfsrabie
to foreign free trade. and that bath cannot
flourish at the same time. II 10 our interna
commerce between the States that has Sc
developed our resources in the years past
aud distr buted the results of the sam,
among the people, and must continu
in the future 10 develop the same, II the.
sre TO be developed; aud whenever. and in -
far as they are developed, tue people rec.ive
the results. our domestic free trade over on
railways and upon our ocean cosss an,
nsvigsols rivers will amount to nssrly $50.
90 ooo.ooo the present year. n early thr.
times as much a. the largest combine,
annual export aud import trade we eve
had. In our domestic activity and interns
commerce rests our future. Bind orr pee
PIE together With the sinsvs Of interns
commerce, snd Internal Gissentions csnno
rsnd rs ssundsT. and 30 bound tozsthe
We shall Be inprernsble TO toe direct s'
ssults or commercial rivalry Of foreign us
tons Truly the prosperity Of the ci,izs
is the permsnsncy Of the Government
Max ". PovEss.