The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-20
HARRISON'S LETTER,
ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION
The Policy OF the Republican Party
as lie Understands IL.

loT INC i Presidency or tho Unltet states by
| the Republican & nVention. | prom sell ns
soon as practical to commune ate to you n
| moro formal acceptance of the nomination.
| Since that time the work of receiving and
al dircs'ing, almost daily, large deleg atoms OF
! my fellow citizens, has not only occupied all
| my time, but has in some measure rendered.
| " unnecessary for me to tiSe this letter MS n
medium OF communicating to tho public my
views upon the questions involved in the
| campaign.
apprcc ate very highly the conf lence and
! resrect manifested by the Convention, and
| iccept the nomination with feeling OF graf
| tiie, and full sense of the responsibilities
| oh ch accompany it,
10 iSa matter Of congratulatio1 that the doc.
larations of the hicigo convention upon the
| questions that now attract the interests Of our
| people are 50 cleer aud emphatic. There s
! further cnuSo OF cDngratulation on tho fact
| that the Convention utterancc OF tho Demo-
| cratic party, II in siy degree ueceriain or
| contradictory ON now lie judg II and inter
/ pretei by Executive acts and messages rni
/ by definite proposition in legisl ton. Tnis
eespec ally true OF what is spopularly known as
the TARIFF QUESTION
| The issue cannot now lie obscur-d. IL s not
c utcSt between schedules, but between wide
apart principles Tue foreign cnmpotitorYs of
/ our market have, with quick instinct. sean
/ how ie issue Of this contest may bring them
idvanta ge, and cur own people are not -
/ Jul a. To miss or neglect the grave interests
/ chat are involved for them. The asspult upon
/ our protective system is open "a defiant.
] Protection Is a-stile rs ~ constitutional in
law. ,r as vicious IN principle, and hose who
I hold such views sincerely cannot stop short
| If an ABSOLUTE eimina ion from our tariff
/ laws of the principle of protection The Mills
/ bill is only step, but IL is towards an OBJECT
/ that the leaders of Dom cratic thou sht aud
/ legislation have clearly la mmd
] The imuor mt question is NOT 80 mn, N tho
| length Of the STEP n the direction # H.
| Judge 10y the Neculivc mess tge of Decem-
| Ter last, 10y the Mills bill, by the de atos in
/ Congress and the st Louis platform, tho
/ Drmocr tic party will II supported bv the
country, pla'e th' tariff laws upon a purely
/ revenue basis This - .acticd Al free ira .e-
/ tre' trade In the EIgiSh s"Hsn. The lege d
| upon tn banner may not be Free Trace. ="
/ u may he the more obscure motto, "Iarlif
| Reform but neither the utnuc~ nor the in
-cripton IS conclusive, or, indeed, very i'm
. portint The aSluit itself Is the important
/ TACT
/ Those who teach that the import duty upon
+ Tore gu good, sod Iu our market is pEd by
the consumer and thst the price OF the 40
meStic competing article u enhanced To the
amount OF the duty on the iiupIrtei article
that every million Of dollars collected for
customs duties represents many millions
more whlChNO not reach the troa ,ury uu.
ere ald 10y our cltZ' : IA the iucrea,ct cost
OF domestic prpIu 'tlOus resulting IRON the
tarin iawS-may not intend q uis'radIt in
the minds of otheis our system of leveiug
/ duties on competing foreign pro ,ucts tut II
Is clearly Hlre ,dy dlscre % al IN their own.
q We cannot DOUBT without impucuing their
/ integrity, that II free TO act upon their con-
vicuons, they would 50 revise our laws as 70
| lay the buraen OF the customs revenue up1n
articles that are not proIuc q IN this country,
/ ana % place upon the free list all competing
/ foreign products.
/ ! do not stop 10 refute this theory as n the
4 eject 0i our tHrhl tts."tf 3hos- VINO advance
/ IL are udeuts OF maxim, aud no OF he mar
/ ketS They may re 4 ~ aliow,d D. cal their
| project Tariff Reform If TN" people uuder>
/ stand that IN the end the a. gumalt compes
/ Tree trade IN al c1mpelng prpIuc,S. TINS end
may not be r,achei abruptly, u ITS up-
proach may ho accomp ,nied wi some cX-
nreSslous of sympathy Tor our projected M
dustlrs "a d our Worbin. pope, uuJIt will
certainty come, II these carly steps DO not
arouse he people 20 effective resistance.
REPUBLICAN DOCTRINE.
The Republican party holds that protect
i've turln Is cons tutII a.. who,r~U ue aud
necessary, We uo not flor a fixed sch duir,
hu, "a principle. We will revise Uuc schedule,
modify rates. bu' always WituuI Intelligent
provision u- tu the ctl,u upon domestic pro-
durtluu uu. the w. #g.s %, uur vurIIug people.
We believe % O. he one OF the worthy UbJes
the tarl lc-,iHtI 300 To preserve tine Am I-
icuu mpror Tor uvrc % producers. u.d ID
. maintain tup american >u4.v uI wa -.su 10y d-
'qutt. discriminating uutius uDJa lJ!ul-u
competing pro lucta
The tact ui a Treasury surplus, tn umDu.t
%, which De- N.rI. u,.y stated. u.tr dIrec.el
Iu ..IC uttcutI Hu 10 "a consideration OF tue
m-tuoIs 10y wu,cu the y ,t.uua income uI ,y
bes. b. reduced a. the IcNe.u a wlsca. .d ucc.
ee~tfy uNpc 4uIturH. tulo cp aItIOu uus been
sol2sI upon 10y those vino arc hostile o. pro-
t"ctNc custom duties "a, AN adv ,utageous uasv
OF ultucH upon oar tIrlN ia 49,. They luv. mig
n.iieI ami duur,elt u surplus, winch tucy Ell ct
To .eprccaie, scsmluElN lor the Iurp sv %. oN-
aggyrauug the eva, lu q. DIR 10 reconcile tus
pu pie tu ln' extreme IN DIS t.cy propose.
a proper reduction Oi tn 1eyc tuy does not
II, u,ctssIJtty, and should not suggest, tue ab tu.
dJumeut Jr Impairment oil Tine prot. c.Iyc sys-
u,uI. me method sugEos cduy OurCJnveu,iuu
VIII not nee 10 uccNuaustc lu order o. ell Ct
the uccr.s lry reduction. We are not likely
/ To b called upon, l tank, 60 m .sv present
choice betHee t4e su. render OF our prO.ec-
tive system aud tIe entire repst, OF tae M
teruai axes. the surplus now 90 the Ire tsury
saOuI uc use m tue purchase 1t uuu,s, Iue
Jaw authorizes t4ls U.s. OF %, auu A. 10 /, not
LceIel Tor curreut or deficiency appruprl-
uuus, tin people, md uOt tine uar.s, lu WulcL
n has been deposited. should have the adj
vantage OF It's use 10y stopping lLteres, upon
the public dout
IMP ETAuoN or FOREIGN LABOR
Closely conn ct,d with the subject OF the
Girf is that of tue importation OF foreign
lahorers under contracts, u services 90 = per
formed uore. The law now 0. force proh,H
ltlug such contract, rgCa vel my cord al
. support lu the Senate a td sucu nmeldmr tS
az may ba iuuu u.ce,,l'y effectively tu de
liver our wprRugm 'u gud wlueu from TINS
most inevitable form Of composition VIII
htNo my sincere "a HNOcacY
" lille our doors wlil G. tltiuueop'u 10 prop
. er ImmiErHuuH, We do uur need o. issue
sycoial invitations 10 the innluIti Is of other
. countries 90 , .,Ie to- ,ur shore, or to SHARE
our en- z'usaip. Indeed, the nee ssIty of
/ some inspect aud limitation ts obvious.
/ We should rrsplutelv refuse 10 permit foreign
Governments send their paup rs ani Grim
| uIl- 20 our uOr,s We arrul,u c.olrly uu ler
a MY 10 def md our civilization b b, oNelud Hg
allen /. c', whose ultimate dssmualpn WlLu
our paupl3 is neither possible nor ars.ra 10.
In regard 10 the purely OF the ballot, lie
saws:
"rho disfr nch,-empnt of n single legal
eiectOr 10y fraud or iutimdat.unI crIns TO-
grave TO be gar 'el lightly Th' right OF
every qualified eel c5ar O. ca one troe haNo
and 10 have h. honestly countel mus not 10
questioned. Ey ~ constitutional pow =
should be use TO make this ght secure and
punish fraud, upon the tallot"
.m ana II