The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-20
VOLUME xxxvI-NUMBER 3l4.
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you get
l TIE BEST PRICE ron IT.
But there is another side Of it. VIII
buys 1t? The employer. Where
Where he can get it cheapest. See tn
! conflict! [Applause.l
about these pauper laborers coming her
, free; but il We take off our -protectlv
tariff there will be no reason torthem t
come here.
There are several points in this con
nection that would bring to your at
tention. The AmeaiCan workingneI
have the right to combine for the pur
pose OF demanding better wages than art
paid in any other country. How car
we do this with Free Trade? II vii
amount to nothing. 1t won't do any
good to combine unless you eau get al
the people all over the world to combine
with you. believe in the brotherhood
of man and the fatherhood OF God.
heard man once talking about these
things from religious standpoint. He
talked first about Protection, which he
referred to as a Chinese wall around the
people, and said there was nothing like
it in the Bible.
Said /, "My dear sir, God himself Sc
lected the Children OF Israel out OF the
whole world to be his own peculiar peo'
Pile. For nearly twenty-one years the
Great God was u wall OF fire around the
children OF Israel to protect them"
said, perhaps lie did not understand
his work as well asyou Free Traders do" +"
Laughter 1t is fact that this is the
principle laid down in the Bible, but rs
to all men being my brothers, am free
to confess when feel very good, that
ALL MEN ARE NY BROTHERS.
But what is the biblical doctrine on
the subject? 1t says il thy brother has
done wrong, go and tell him OF 1t, and
become reconciled to him. If he refuses,
then take two or three witnesses, and If
he still refuse your friendship, then take
it to the church. II he again refuse to
become reconciled then cast him out us
heathen aud infdel. Some people talk
about trades unions casting out men be-
bause they are blacksheep. 1t is right
that they should. These offenders also
pertain to the industrial body. They
are sort OF physical humor, which
comes 10 the surface in pimples and
scabs. They are men who can abide
neither by the laws OF nature nor OF or
ganization, lie only is my brother who
conforms to the law.
tell you | have no patience, no sym
pathy, with those men who talk so much
OF all men beiug free and being our
brothers. Twill tell you my position
from the time l began TO study the his
tory OF my country. ! see in the begin
ming OF that history a few Pilgrim
Fathers, who go to King Charles and get
charter and establish on this side OF
the Atlantic n new kingdom. | find
that kingdom grow and grow and
find government established here,
apart from all other governments. In
its Declaration OF Independence l find
the words, "All men are born free and
equal" find this government expand
and expand, and | find some Of its peo-
Pile trying TO establish that black spot,
slavery, rs a permanent institution in
this country. l find the people in arms.
l find them rushing forth 10 save the
nation. l see one section fighting
FOR TIE PERPETUATIoN OF SLAVERY
aud another to strike the shackles from
the black men and preserve the Union.
The free men in arms did free the
slaves, although 100000 OF those brave
men bearing arms for the cause Of free
dom go down to the grave as martyrs
and patriots. see to-day, my friends,
a country which is Il bright and precious
legacy from the fathers. Shall we sacri.
flee this to Free Trade? Cries OF
'Never," and cheers
The Southern Confederacy knew Free
Trade and slavery belonged together
twenty-five years ago, and again the de-
mand comes from the same section and
under the same leadership, trying to es-
tablish the order OF things which their
previous efforts had failed to maintain.
Can this be done? Notif the American
workingman is true to himself, 10 his
family, TO his fellow men or to his coun-
try. Applause.
! cannot enter into q much fuller dis
cussion Of this question tonight. | want
to say, though, that the Democratic
party-no; / will not say that, but it is
that part of the ConIederacy that yet
lives-now, my friends, it will be said
that l am very willy when l say this.
Not ut all. say that is their leadership.
They ask, Is it not President Cleveland
that leads this movement Well, Of
course the Presidents message is respon-
sible for the prominence OF Free Trade
us au issue to-day; but what did Presi-
dent Cleveland do to save this country,
anyhow [Laughter.1
TARIFF HISTORY.
Let us glance briefly at history. II
we 60 back to 1924, from that year to
1882 you find a period OF protective
tariff, the first in the history OF the
country. From 1883 to 1912 was n period
OF pl progressive free trade-a period of n
great deal OF suffering among the people.
In 1887 there was great panic. In
1887 they were opening soup houses TO
feed the people, and the workingmen
began to rise up and assert their policy.
In the campaign OF lS40-thG campaign
OF Old TippeCanoe-th workingmen be-
came the leaders for the first time in the
politics OF this country, and those OF
llltIu WuO hlC" bohIbhluE Vi LuG bAIlu
OF lS24.33 began to advocate tariff again.
Old Tippecanoe was elected on the ar.
gument that this country should have u
protective tariff. [AppIause.l And we
did have tariff, and that tariff was in
force from 1912 to 1916, and no sooner
did that tariff act go into effect than the
mills began to open and the soup
houses to close. Wild cheers.
In 1874 we find that the men that lost
in 1910 began to cry out the tariff OF 1882.
Workingmen fell into line and Polk and
Dallas were elected, and in 1916 we find
the Walker bill passed by Congress by
the deciding vote OF Mr.. Dallas. In 1S4S
we find the men who had been out OF
power four years nOwin power again,
and saying that the time had come for
this country TO declare in favor Of
PROGRESSIVE FREE TRADE.
Pretty good! They had it from 'S3 TO
40, and now they wanted it again, Well,
they got it, from 1916 to 1860. They dis.
covered gold in California in 1871, and
from that time to 1860, not less than
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