Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-09-14
GEN. HARRISON'S LETTER
Accepting the Republican Presidcniini
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hrla. announcement of my nomination I'r iI'
presidency of thu lmtcd States hy the Rnulu
.qr convention promised n4 soon %. practilu
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hn'"I llr nomination since thai Hh' ih' worn
of receiving and addressing almost daily larry"
delegations of my fellow citizens. has mot only
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urt. rendered DO unnecessary Tor me Q" use inns
letter 20. 20 medium Uf communicating Coz tine pub
hs my views upon thr questions involved 900 the
campaign ] appreciate very highly the cont
ANA accept tine nomination with a feeling of graf
ituiu and fun sense ni tine Responsibilities winch
ur,0muauN DO
Il is matter nf cougratulatiou TINT the drol1f.
,tipe off fine. t,hi,l.0 p,nysuti ION uuop tine guu-
fi,. tbaf nov, attract tine attention of our ,,au.
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! r1,y h. ul,s.iiraI If b.. mot ID contest between
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| The foreign cluuotitors of our market have.
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I contest may bring them advantage. and our uwu
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] grave interests fiut arr. involved iu them Tine
] assault uulu our protective svstpu l~ open and
.nalr ,rot..,ti,li b.. ,ss,il.J ms demonstration
uI 900 law. SOP as vicious BOO principle aud those uhN
hold such views sincerely cannot stop short of Hn
] absolute elimination from our tariff laws of the,
rritilirI. lf r,rutn.ti1r TIN. Mills Dim is only %
step hut IL is toward an object that the leaders oft
U.in,.r1t ID, tt,.bt 1uI Int,is1tioti nav, Clearly
! iu mind Tine important question is mot so much
! the length of the step as the direction of %
/ Judged nv tine executive message of December
/ last hv the Mills bin bv tine debates iu Congress
! and boy tine ST Louis platform the Democratic
PARTY will it suppprtpi hy the country place Coo.
! turiI laws upon a purely revenue basis This i-
! practical FREE. trade tree trade 900 the English
! sens. The legend uuou tin. banner may mot Do.
] Free trudr DO may t4 the more obscure motto
! ..Tnria reform Int neither th. banner nor the,
m~crutiuu i- conclusive or indeed very import
ant The assault itself is On. more important
/ fact Tho-u who teach that th, import duty ul
uu foreign goods sold 900 our market Is paid hos tnu
| consumer. and that th. prize, oft tho domestic
| competing artcl. is enhanced Too the amount ot tur
/ duty ON tine imported article that every million
of dollars collected for custom duties represents
many Millions more. which do moi reach the treas
ury hut arr, riI ht uur citizens as the increased
,.-f OF ,I,fu,-ti. tir,.uati,t- r,.sIltuv from f
! tariff uN- muy mot intend t.i dtSrr-dIt 900 tI.
minds of others our system of leyVluE duties Du
competing foreign products hut 10 is ccur, ai
ready dl-rrrdItpsl Dol their own We. cannot doubt.
without untlruiu, their integrity THAT BE- FREQ o.
n,t ui,.it th.ir conventions th.y would STD r,,I-.
our laws as Goo iuy the bur,itu,r TIM. customs r-,.
rlut upuu articles that arr. mot produced 300 llII-
country and to plncr uptu the. free li-l ALL conn
netting foreign pruiurt- Iduunt stop tD reiuf-
ini- theory as to tho effect of the tariH duties
tnoS.. vino advance, If arr. stii,ieut- of uayl- n
| mot of thu. iuarkrt- They uHvl.. safely allowed
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ui, understand tnal l mn. end t,,. argument com
i,-. fire.. trat.. b., nil tt,r..rIfia t,roiurl- ID.
end may not be- reached abruptly and its approach