Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-03
.eviP. Morton Letter
His Views of the Great QueS-
 tions of the Campaign.
TARIFF REVISION PARAMOUNT.

Protection of Home Industries Always to
 Re the Main Object in view-His Con-
 victions, He Says, Are All Fully Stated
 in the National Platform.
 NEW YORK Oct. 3.-Hon. L. P. Morton has written the following letter of accept ance:
 RH1NEcL1FF, N. Y, Oct. 3, 1888 The Hon. M. M Estes and others, Commit
 tee:
 GENTLLMEN-In making formal accept ance of ,ny nomination the Republican candidate for the vice presidency I desire to express ny grateful appreciation of the con- fidence reposed in me by the convention.
 The duties devolving the vice president as presiding officer of the & nate, and in cer- tain contingencies participant in the legis- lation of congress make it proper that the people skould know distinctly and unre- servedly the political views of the candidates who may be presented for their suffrages. It fortunately happens that this duty for myself is easily discharged by referring to the principles embodied in the resolutions unanimously adopted by the national con- vention. These resolutions, unequivocal and comprehensive in character reflect my per sonal convictions and have my hearty ap- proval
 It is difficult, however, ill @ political cam paign to fix popular attention on more than one issue, and in the pending election every voter in the United States clearly sees that the controlling question is whether the pro tectivs tariff duties now in force shall be so reduced SIS to destroy their efficiency, or whether these duties shall be retained with such notifications and adjustments as shall better adnpt them to the great end of pro- tecting the vast and important industries of the whole country.
 The Republican platform, while recogniz- ing the necessity of reducing the revenue declares that this reduction must not be made at the expense of thess industries and of American labor.
 The American people have now enjoyed the protective system for longer continu- ous peried than ever before in the history of the national government. The result is that for more than quarter of a century they have realized a degree of industrial and financial prosperity unprecedented in this country, and never equaled in any other. The pressing reason given for once again trying the old experiment of revenue tariff without protection motive or end is that the present tariff has produced, and is pro ducing surplus in the treasury, But is it not easily within the wisdom of congress to adjust the national income to the national expenditure without sacrificing or even i'm periling an industrial system which has brought untold advantages to the entire countrye
 Admitting that the present tariff, by lapse of time and ths large expansion of trade which it has stimulated, needs revision, is it not wiser and more patriotic to revise it with careful regard to the interest of protection than with the purpose of lessening it's pro- tective features?
 These are some of the questions which must be answered at the national polls in Novem- Der. For myself, as citizen and as candi- date, do not hesitate to declare that from long observation l am an unwavering friend of the protective system. In business life now extending over forty years have wit \ messed and compared the effect upon the country of a revenue tariff tending to free trade with a protective tariff encouragiug home industries Under the former the de- ! velopment of the country has always been ! arrested while under the latter it has uni for1nly been promoted.
 To the men who earn their bread by the ! sweat of their brows tho difference between \ the two systems is that of narrowing chances ! on the one hand and expanding opportunities on the other. Free trade would open America to competition with the whole world Pro ! lection reserves America for Americans | native and adopted.
 The industrial system of a country is as \ sententive as its public credit. A hostile movement creates dstrust in the public ! mind; and confidence, the only ban of sue cessful trade, becomes impaired. New enter ! prises wither in the bud, capital grows tinaid, ! the field of labor is contracted, and pressure | for employment inevitably reduces the wages ! of all workingmen.
 With the views of the convention, so frankly ' axpyessed in its resolutions uDor, all nther | questions of public interest, find myself in ! hearty accord In relation to silver and its ! important bearing upon the national cur { rency, as we'll as its connection with and in \ auencs on the prosperity of large sections of ! our common country; in its advocacy of a judicious settlement of ths public lands ! policy; in urging the necessity for better ! coast defenses and the duty we owe to the ! shipping interests of the country, the plat
 form but repeats the approved principles of
 the Republican party.
 The Republican platform proposes dis
 tinotly American party; not one of narrow.
 ness and bigotry, but one broad and philan.
 thropic-a policy that best helps ths whole
 world by the example of a great, growing, | powerful nation founded on the equality e
 ever man before the law.
 It is for the American people to develor l and cultivate the continent to which in the R providence of God they have fallen heirs ! They should adopt a policy which looks
 steadily to this great end With no spirit oi ! narrowness toward other peoples, but rather ! in the highest interest of all, they should find
 under their own flag field of limltless ad ! vance in the direction of the improvement ! the prosperity and the happiness of man
 Very respectfully yours,
 LEVI F. MORTON.