The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-26
THG PERVECIION OF PROTECTION.
A Leap Into the Future, Elghty-seyen
Years.
When tho Pagan World Has shaken IiS
hhaoklesl and Our hhaokles arc Fixed,

A clever CONTINUATION 10 the DeGem,
ber number vt lirltnTlH MHgazue 10 u
short ake oh by U II, Wilson, entitled
"Lnoklng forRaTd--A, ID 1875" Nj
Wilson opens with the International
l0uuell ~ session at u0nstantnoplp
THIS year representatives from Ugan,
da ana China ara 10 ask admission,
ththH powerful nations having recently
become Republics, Blt tho theme
up0n every tongue, the subject that has
caused tho oalllpg together Vt tbs meul'
bhTh, two months earlier lhan usual, IL
lhr neWa iIOm America IL N common
TAX that a native Of tho "UnknOWn
Land" has escaped from ils b0fdeTg
aud will speak before tho Council,
This "UnhnDwn Lana II America, OF
which llltle IL positively known, Save
That Ia 1900 tbs Plealdent, Davis Cabot
Mcklhley, lr, had lhanrd the famous
pnlrd Declaration OF Independence,
forblddlng absolutely all intercourse
with the Foreign world,
10 this great Council tho fugitive
speaks Ia u mixture uf tho ancient dIa'
lruIh ul England, u u'lmauy aud Nuf
wy, when In At tlmrh unlnielllgiblr
except 10 tho more scholarly memueIh
0I tho Council but the suppressed pas
al0n IN the voice, the soul that speaks
through zach word, the unconscious n
oquenoe OF eye ana attitude, reach
vy,fy rar, thflll Every heart lhe htury
IN u simple One; The repeated auGctR' N
Vt The American party hayu ~ last
brought lhH HuYefumtnt under tho m
Nuluie oOulrul OF tho great capitalists,
tud tho narrative cOhllfma tho wOrai
lunOfa nf ihe street - famine naked
neba aud winter lmpend upon u CONT
nfui.
But not IN vain Ia the strangers do,
tcrlpuOn OF the dire dialrrda aud hid
plltOua appeal fOr help Within fort
nlght thuuuandN Ot yrhaela bearlug the
nag OF thu Cont derhtlOn, are sailing
rast aud west aud north 70 America
Tue natiOna remember l77B, aud nov,
tWO oenlulira later they make haste
with Oue accord 10 anawer this dying
appeal Tor help, aud ship after ship,
lUhdtd with ready gltta OF corn and
rlcu and fruits aud clothing, start for
tho Telitf Ot the starving people. But
aO close ia the watch, 30 strict tue
Oldrfa OF the navy Of America, that
several OF theae vessels coming
Within the llfty mile limit are
cred upon without warning aud
rplhe6Bly sunk. The rest draw near
Okkak--a mighty fortress on tho IN,
hOfpltable shores OF LabradOr--the
only pOlt not absolutely aealrd 70 the
world, Seventeen leagues from the
coast the enormous war ship "Protec
tlOn' receives tho message from the
Council OF the Confederation, aud for
wards II " the Congress no Plltsburg
"Behnd closed dOUra lhe Senate do
bated the offer Of help; We, the I'M
tiOns OF the outer world, from our
abundance 8end you part. Take
thereof IN welcome, "" Senator after
Senator arose 10 urge rejection OF tbs
pfOllufed gift. "llOw shall our people
get WORK II cOttOla, aud wOOltlis, aud
silks ait given 10 uBY II Asia aud Al,
rica are permitted " inundatG us with
gralu, VINO will support our farmers
What VIII become Of the few llrcka
still left us N New Zealand aud Ufu.
quay turn their sheep aud their cattle
loUse upon our pldinsY The fish Of
Norway viii destroy our nursery, eau
our wOlkingmen compete with the
worlds pauprrs who give away their
pluduGtbY III thtse ships enter our
ports, wages viii fall ~ once aud the
home market will DO destroyed, True,
We may feast for u cay aud be clothed
tOl u month, but when our factories
have been closed, our farms aOaudun
ed, our river courses dried up, IN ap
cunning confederles viii put up their
prices aud We shall stafyr. Away with
this temptation from the dpyllp
The historian goes on To relate that
an unconditional lejeotlon was NJ once
telegraphtd To the Commodore Of the
Protection" aud the Congressional
Guard was ordered out to dlspprsu u
mob composed Of unemployed aud ig
nOrant men, who, aroused by cunning
dtmagogurS with PROMISES OF cheap
food hud gathered ut the Capitol gates,
But IN spite Of all prrcautlon, tho Of.
fer from abroid aud It's rejection BY
tho Senate became known. Thu moo
rrasstmbled, and belug J 'ineo by riot
erG from all quarters, UyrfpOwered the
Congressional Guard, destroyed The
Capitol and KILLED several Senators. IL
WIS believed, however that the nation.
al army, 10000 0 strong, was ordered
out to suppress the uprising, but II was
impossible TO say, ~ from that time on
the "UuknOwn Lana was more inac.
Ceseible, aud the OOasts more strictly
guarded than before, IL.