Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-03-17
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN F. FTNER7v

message was given to the world tbo
papers of Great Britain came ont IN
grand applause. This, they said. il
what is needed to
SATISFY OUR woRKMEN.
This is better than the horseguarp.
parade of Trafalgar square, to bea,
back an English mob out of employ.
ment, shouting IN the ears of tbs
Queen, " We want bread or bloods
[applausel. TO assist England, itvs
had nothing else to do, might be hu,
name, but when we have sometime
else to do she VIII have to 90 eliza
where for benefactors. The Ama,
lean people will first look after them
selves; they are bound to do it h,
every obligation of nature and states
manship.
What do these men wanti What
do they complain aboutf Temporary
depression. Does it not exist ever
wheref Can they point to land Of
Europe where it does not exist,
Have we had in American cities thu
exhibitions that have shaken London
with terror in the last three months
/ If Free Trade be the panacea for an
ills, if it be the safeguard ofprOspee
lily, why then in the name OF God
are there 100000 unemployed peOpe
in the capitol OF the Free Trade
British empire tonight Applausel
Can they answer this question Can
they give a logical reason for it,
They go to the farmer and say, "prO.
lection robs YOU" They talk to thu
South and say Protection robs
you." How does it rob them Con.
suit the records; what OF the last
year 7 Eight hundred and three new
industries started in seven Southern
states; the region of which John
Randolph said in Congress that the
climate was too bad to manufactured
is fast becoming one Of the leading
manufacturing sections of the coun.
TRY: And, gentlemen, viewing the
position of our splendid Republic,
granting there may be temporary
depression-that will happen in al
communities-there is nothing 10
the condition of the United States
to call for this sweeping change pro
posed in the President message aud
already from all quarters of the
globe it has been answered ; already
it has been lightning conductOrtO
every man who loves his country
from across the ocean, shining like a
meteor, aud going fully through its
centre, came the shining lance Of
the Plumed Knight of Maine. Pro.
tracted applause, the whole audience
rising and waving handkerchief
or whatever else they could lay
their hands on.
| Oh, Senator Harrison you need
never ask me what the Irish Amer
cans will do in the cause of Amer
can liberty. Applause. They do
not need, sir, to have brass band
to drum them into American citizen,
ship. daughter. They do not
need, sir, to be here twenty and thirty
years to find ont whether it is res.
pectable to become American cIti.
zens or not. Applause.l They do
not come here, sir, to antagonize
other nationalities; they come here
to
DO THEIR FULL DUTY
under the broad shield of American
craftsmanship, loving the land in.
deed they left behind them, as true
men should, and apoIogizing to
nobody for that love, but devoted,
loyal and willing to sacrifice all that
is on earth dear to them to keep
those stars as radiant and those
stripes as brilliant as they were
when handed down by the glorious
forefathers of the revolution. Ap
plause.
For my part ! am In favor Of pro
lection as 1t stands; l am in favor
of protecting every article that
comes in competition with foreign
labor in Europe and elsewhere; but
| am also in favor of reducing the
tax on everything that enters into
the home consumption IN the shape
of what.is termed the luxuries of the
table for the poor man. Applause.I
will take leave Of yon BY saying,
vote the Republican ticket straight
maintain broad, liberal, manly and
patriotic principles and the dove oil
national glory, sent out npon the
subsidiDg waters of Democratic pow
err, will return 10 the ark, bearing
at once the olive branch Of peace
and prosperity and the laurels Of
victory. Loud cheers.l
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