The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-07

versatlons win myself ana others III my
presence"
. Again you say:
81 remember when you announced your
views on the tariff to myself aud Capt.
McNeal that they were so much at vari-
ance with the views OF the Democrats
here that told you that the Democracy
OF Hardeman would never indorse your
views on that question. Your reply was
that there was a large number Of laboring
men in Memphis who would not vote for
candidate who did not entertain your
views, and that no one holding different
views could he elected from this district. !"
At the outset allow me TO say that rs
short rs has been my life have seen too
much OF the world to warrant me in trust.
ing 10 the remembrance OF conversational
utterances.
In so far ms | am concerned | must
therefore regard as stricken from the
record any conversation held with you or
others in your presence matters not
whether the utterances express my views
or not. What variance may have existed
between your views and mine | cannot
determine. The variance between Capt.
McNcal and myself cannot have been
radical, rs he was on the platform com
mittce OF the Chicago convention. Your
views NAV or may not have been right l
am inclined TO think they were right, rs
subsequent 10 that YOU Endorsed my views
very heartily, as did also the Democracy
OF the district. Enough material il in
existence 10 establish very conclusively
my position upon the tariff. ! will sum
il up again, and then show that ! have
ever held To the same principles, though
recognizing the impossibility OF putting
them at once into application, when OPP
posed by the work OF TWENTY-FIVE years OF
distorted and unequal growth.
believe that tariff should bc levied
Just sufficient 20 deiray the expenses OF
the government economically admins
tered. Within the limits OF this revenue
i favor reasonable discrimination Of
duties so rs to bear lightost upon necessi-
ties and heaviest upon Injuries ! would
insist that sufficient rate oi duty be re-
tanned TO cqualize home aud foreign labor,
though | may add, 10y way oi parenthesis,
you have frequently shown that this differ
-ence is vastly smaller than is claimed by
protcc,ionisls. In addition TO this, as a
question OF practical legislation, would
try so to adjust the tariff duties ~ to give
10 those industries which are Just spring.
ing up in the south a fair share OF protec-
ton. In eases involving sacrifice Of one
OF two industries ! should insist on sacr-
lcing the Older and more experienced cs-
Establishments uf the north, which are no
longer infant ! have often said that in
the discrimination ! would try to arrange
the tariff 80 M 10 enable the farmer TO
make his crop without paying for the priv
ilcge. In the recent SESSIONS oi the caucus
voted for every proposition 10 reduce the
duty upon articles used by the farmer in
making his crop, from paris green u
trace chains.
Within the limits Of every tariff. dis.
elimination will take place, each section
struggling for its own interest. In that
struggle propose TO hc on the side Of the
south. For this YOU call me protection.
ist. The logic Of your position would be to
take no part In the struggle, TO 20 into no
conference or caucus, to shun every sng.
grstion ot compromise, and 10 vote dog.
gcdly for free trade, IN spite NJ the inct
that YOU might eventually accomplish
necessary reforms 10y fighting inch 10y
inch for a reduction OF the present protect
i've tariff.
II YOU state TO the people what YOU
write mo u your view of my position on
the tariff, YOU have u hagrant ME oncrp.
ton Of my position and unintcriionilly do
me a great wrong. Since my position H.
In your ewes, a matter ": inference, YOU
have right 10 draw such inirpnccs ~
you prefer. Hut justice 90 me would also
suggest that YOU state vt the same time
that slrcnously deny the correctness oI
your inference.
In 1884 | accepted the Chicago platform
In good faith. In 1855 expect 10 accept
the II. Louis platform Ia equal good faith,
though hoping Il NAV be- less cuuiyucal
aud mon pronounced in favor NJ tariff re-
form aud In opposition 60 the unequal aud
Cumbersome system OF tariff which nov
prevails.
For the purpose of showing my position,
which allow me a. say seems b. hc mis-.
understood by yourself, ! have gotten 10.
gcthcr few extracts from my former cN.
prcssions and also editorials from the BIOL.
ivar Bdi,in, written 10y yen, both before
and after my nomination, NTimfisr'
Hohy In September, lSS2, In q very
kindly article upon member oi my fam
lily, said Of me:
"Mr Phclan lavors free trade, upon
which the youth oi the country pafiicu.
larry depend Tor iutuU prosperity
do not remember having given utter.
ancc % irco trade sentiments, though
have always held with the Democratic
party on this subject. bat II | were pro.
icctionist Il Is hardly likely that the writer
of that article would have called me- ire
trader Again, in AN interview which WIS
published in the Memphis papers In An.
gust, 1856, ! said. In answer 10 q reporter 4
question:
81 stand on the Chicago platform. I
want 90 emphasize this TACT, because
notice an inclination 90 cutici-c inc Zoe
this on the part II somc Who do not stand
ON u. and Who vet claim to be- member. oI
the Democratic party Col
McNcal was ON the committee ON plat
forms and raised no objections ani
made no minority report. ! stand los
where ho stood then and whcrc supI,ls,
lac still stands. That platform calls lOf
revision Oi the iarih, and has no word {,
say about protection iIr projections sake
IL says that the amount Of tariff lcyic,
shall Ice sufficient ~ cqunliEc ioviru an,
home labor, This. therefore. Ia what
mean when say stand upon the Chl
cage platform. | favor an economical
government aud revenue sufficient to moe
IL requirements. Within the laii,s .
that revenue I favor che highest amour
Of protection inf southern manufacturer
and products, The present issue l. b,
TWEEN ihusc Who favor revision oi IA
monOpolistic war tann aud those who OF
pose ". ] favor p'yisiun. The qnesiin
ol ir,c trade aud projection Tor protection
sake u not a live one. Thc.. arr alsim,
general principles calling ior no lcpslatiy
solution. hut bccau-o favor ~ great q
sncunt ul protection iur our industries Z
can bc gotten out Oi the tariff, IN upp1s