The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-09-15


and prohibition of the immi-
other countries, who swarm upon our
shores, having no purpose or intent Of
becoming our fellow cit;z.ns Or acuuir
ing any permanent interest in our
bat who crowd every field OF
with unintetIigent labor
At wages which ought not to satisfy
hose who make claim to American
.it'z .i,st,ip.
The platform adopted Ivy the late
national convention Of our party con
|aitss the following declaration:
"Judsed by Democratic principles,
The interests Of The people are betrayed
W hen by unnecessary taxation trusts
aud combinations are permitted and
fostered which, while nndnly enrich
log the few that combine, rnbs the
body Of our citizens by Il 'r-'vtr. 'hem
as purchasers Of the benefit. ~ nu.nSal
com peiittoD."
Such combinations have always been
by the Democratic party.
The declaration OF its national CONVEX
ton is sincerely made, and no MEM
Der Of our party will he found OK cusing
the existence or belitt;ing The perni-
cions results of those devices to wrong
the people. Under various names
they have been punished by the com
mon law for hundreds of years aud
they have lost none of their hateful
features because they have assumed
the name of
TRUSTS INSTEAD OF CONSPIRACIEs,
We believe that these trusts are the
natural offspring OF a market artiti
ciatly restricted that an Unfortunately
high tariff, beside furnishing the temp
taiion for their existence, e,IIarges the
limit within which they may operate
against the people, and thus increases
the extent of their power for wrong.
doing.
With All unaIterabte hatred Of all
such schemes we count the checking OF
their baneful operations among the
good lesutts promised by revenue re-
form.
While we cannot avoid pa,tisan mis
our position upon the
question Of revenue reform should be
80 plainly stated rs 10 admit of no mis-
We have entered upon no crusade of
free trade. The reform we seek to in
augurate is predicated upon the utmost
care for the established industries and
just care for American
labor and sincere desire to relieve the
from the injustice and damages
of a condition which threatens evil to
all the people Of the land.
We are dealing with no imaginary
danger, Its existence has been repeat
eddy confessed by all political parties,
aud pledges Of remedy have been
made on all sides.
Vel, when in the legislative body,
whera under the constitution all RENE
must originate, the Democratic najorii y
were attempting with extreme modera-
ton TO redeem the pledge common to
both parties, they were met by deter.
mined opposition and distractions; aud,
the minority refusing TO cooperate in
the house Of representatives or propose
another remedy, have RENTED the re-
dempticn of their party pledge to the
power of the senate.
The people will hardly be deceived
by their abandonment of the field of leg
islatiVe action to meet in political con-
vention and tiippantly declare in their
party platform that our conservative
and careful effort TO relieve the siiua-
tion is destructive to
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF PRoTEC-
lion.
Nor will the people he misled by the
appeal to prejudice contained in the alb
surd allegation that we serve the utter.
ests of Europe, while they will support
the interests of America.
They propose in their platform to
thus support the interests Of our coun-
try by removing the internal revenue
tax from tobacco and spirits used in
the arts aud for mechanical purposes.
They declare, also, that there should be
such revision of our tariff laws as
shalt tend to check the importation of
such articles az are produced here.
Thus in proposing to Increase the
duties upon such articles to nearly or
quite n prohibitory point, they confess
themselves willing TO travel back ward
III the road of civilization aud to de-
prive our people of the makets for their
goods, which can only be gained and
kept by the semblence, at least, Of All
interchange Of business, while they
abandon our consumers to the unre-
strained oppression of the domestic
trusts and combinations which are in
the same platform perfunctorjly con.
demned.
They propose further to release en-
tirely from import duties all artirles of
foreign production, except luxuries, the
like of which cannot he produced in
this country. The plain people of the
land and the poor, who scarcely Use
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