Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-05
THE PROTECTIVE POLICY.

The protective policy had then it's oppo- nents. The argument was made ,as now, that its benefits inured to particular classes or sections. If the question became in any
 sense or at any time sectional it was only be- cause slavery existed in some of the States. But for this there was no reason why the cotton on-producing should not have led or walked abreast with the New England States in the production of cotton fabrics. There was this reason only why the States that di. rect with Penntylvania the mineral treasures of the great southeastern and central moun- tain ranges should have been so tardy in bringing to the smelling furnace and the mill the coal and iron from their near oppos- ing hillsides. Mill fires were light at the fu- neral pile of slavery. The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of the
 cath as well as in the sky, men were made free and material things became our better servants. The sectional element has happily
 been eliminated from the tariff discussion.
 We have no longer States that are necessarily
 only planting States. None are excluded from achieving that diYersifcation of pur- suit among the people which brings
 wealth and contentment. The cotton planta-
 tion will not be less valuable when the pro-
 duce is spun in the country town by opera
 tives whose necessities call for diversified
 crops and create a home demand for garden
 and agricultural products. Every new mine,
 furnace and factory is an extension of the
 productive capacity of the State more real
 and valuable than added territory. Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery con-
 tinue to hang upon the steps of progress?
 How long will those who rejoice that slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the in- capacities it puts upon their communities. I look hopefully to the continuance of our pro- tective system, and to the consequent de-,
 velopment of manufacturing and mining en.
 terprises in the States hitherto wholly given
 to agriculture, as potent influence in the perfect unifcation of our people, The men
 who have invested their capital in these en- terprises, the farmers who have felt the ben eft of their neighborhood and the men who work in shop or field will not fail to find and defend community of interest. It is not quite possible that the farmers and the pro- moters of the great mining and mauufactur- established in the Sonth, may yet find that out distinction of race is indeed for their de- fense as well as for their own? do not doubt that if these men in the South who now &C., cept the tariff views of Clay and the consti- tutional exposition of Webster, would cour ageously avow and defend their real convic- tions they would not find it difficult, by friendly instruction and co operation, to make the black man their efficient and safe ally, not only in establishing correct principles in our natlonaA administration but in preserving TOT tnelr local communities the benefit of soclal order and economical and honest Qoy- ernment. At least until the good offices of Kindness and education have been fairly tried. the contrary conclusion cannot he plausibly urged.
 have altogether rejected the suggestion of