Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-24


matter what his prote5taiions t. the contrary.
can be held % be friendly 20 these important
measures, which 90 largely concern the interests
Of the people 81 this niQie;
II there is one amoug them all who dii not
support Mr. ClcYolan1 au0 mo - LOUIS pial-
form Let him stand m his place and declare H.
let him ropudiatc. even nov, his preslontal
candidate and his party platform.
nr. Cleveland had the courage 70 cfci4ft ioE
free trade, for the continuance % the toX on To-
bacco and fruit destinations, ana 70 the Dihlr
bill he WAS weil known q Doe opposed
VIII yOu vote for the mnr, ieloW-citzens, 90
serving as he may ps otherwise 81 your respect.
whose record tells you that be cannot De trusie ]
/ II elected 10 exercise the inhuour@ OF the hlgh
onlce he seeks to promote these measures OF im-
mediate concern 10 yCu7
VII you vote for he candidate whose party
stands pledged by its every act against protec-
lion, nGains, Tho repeal OF tho inte-nai-rsvenue
system. aui against the Blair bill
VIII you vote 10Y candidates who are IN sym
patty by their every ct with measures that you
favor or will you be frightened ana dragoon"d
into support Of genuemon who are hostile To
them by tho false and unmanlY outcry Of me
grO1"
PROTECTION.
Protection is the thought Of the fathers Of orr
republic, as the means Of iOrtiying our inde-
pendence and Of insuring tho progress. power.
ald wealth OF our nation. il was lnauguIhiel
under tho administration of our Washington,
and received the ardent support OF tuch di--
uuguished statesmen a. jackson, Madison. JEFF
ferson, and Clay and what aWondrous work has
protection done for our people and our country.
Our opponents Will TIL you that those que=-
tons are not involved ia state election. Ilty
VIII prOtt 50 their friendship Tor al and every
thing: their hostility TO the negro In tho white
counties and their tender sOlicitude FOR him in
the black counties OF the Siato-nuything 70 get
vOtes-for il j. dcciAfod that "a Gil hazards nu1
al any cost, whatever may be the popular will,
their grip upon the control OF your public Affairs
must be held.
il il true that neither your Governor nor your
Legislature has any power directly IN respect %
these important maiters-nO power directly o.
secure to you she benefits Of the Blair BILL re-
peal Of the internal-reyenue laws. and no direct
control over the life-g giving policy or protection T;
but by their influence they may promote the d.
rcction Of these matters in your Interests.
But what Of protection and It's results9 Tho
Republican party stands by long ana unVafy-
inc record for suCh tax uyOu foreign mhtcrlalb
and the productions IL foreign labor a. viii
enable US to utilize HE bOundoss resources OF
our state and country. and giFo happy employ
mont 81 the honest labor Of our own people AZ
wages that will let all i've educate their chill
dren, and open tie way 20 distinction 10 every
child born on American soil
The Democratic party no longer masquerades
under cover Of the unknown quantity ~ tailu
for revenue only. II the declaration. Of ~ la'e
candidate FOR the presidency anl It's platform
mean anything. 1t ie for free trade, pfar
granting Incense 10 the labor aud capital oi other
doors their products free Of any tax. II Is 10
bring the pOOrly-c.af, pooTly-paid. and poorly
fed labor OF the world, TO- labor 81 the unhappy
serf and convict, In open competition WIN The
honest labor Of our own country IL g labor
that produces, capital that employs. aud tie
policy OF tho Democratic party IS 20 make
hewers Of wood Rnd drawers ~ water % our Ia
boring classes in the interest OF organized
capital
SLAVERY AND FREE TRADE
Slavery, no matter whore or in what form Il
existed, has been and l. the cOn-ort o. Tree
trade. The South prior 70 the war was Tor FREQ
trude because 10 lived and yet inneu-hed by
slave labor. IL was thcro that the class "hirh
owned no slaves and was dependent upon tao
sweat Of their brow for sustenance was dept
la and down IN the race OF LIE by the enforced
competition with slave lahor. II was here MAJ
tins class Of the population IN we SOuth. anu
here Ina our State-in Los and In 1harOuc-Aad
70 raise corn wheat, aud tobacco, aud "hat noi,
IN baggarly competition with labor WHEN cost
bat httlo more Than one Quart o. meal aud seYru
ounces Of bacon per day.
Wheelwrieht the miller. the blacksmith, no
shOemaker, the spinpiuR-Wheel, tic loom, lhe
ueedl. and the dairy o. the mother, whose high
ambition wa 10 educate her children. were al
compelled 70 work ia competition with slave
labor, thus inexpensive 90 The master, wLO
Ike the l!y Of tho ncld neither toii3l
nor spun. Il WAS then thai tho value OF mo
product OF this class ~ our Fopuih.loA
IN an these empioyments Was leycllct down o.
the nominal cost OF slave labor While for al
things they hal to buy they PAID me same price
as they who lived "a ease and luxury, not by me
toll OF their own hands. 10 was Then thai the
trade Of the mercn Ant and the shOpSeeper wa
circumscribed by the measre mehns OF me non
slaVeholding population. Shareholders " re not
huyers excoqt Tor the Injuries. and Tor these tho
foreign market nnder free trade was preferred.
slave labor supplied the balance.
The non-saveholding classes were resrainei
In tneir labor and their products 10 me 10"
I'D Iu ftHT IA fff-ltl
who could pay taxes, feed and PLAINLY ciO.hS DIS
family aud send his children 70 an old-heil
school. This class u he population had put
little surplus. Tho half million OF slaves IA
our state mad nothing 10 spend with
the merchant AM shop-keeper. 10 was
then and there that the nOn-slavchOidins
class were IN a sense subjects, ana II was enough
that thoy obtained the bare necessaries OF hIe
and lived SO that the condition OF the slave was
scarcely more burdensoine Lhsn shat OF the ciu-
zen who wes not himself master. slavery gave
power and luxury 20 the master, buI ueohseu ana
dispiritcd him AMI his who was not Never nave
com nerce or manufactures fiOurished when their
dependence was upon reluctant bondmen "hVon
the earth Itself which teens with proiusion un-
der me cultivated hand Of free-born labor,
shrinKs into earrenness from the communicating
sweat of the slave The Notwithstanding
Glasses have had lifted deadly load OF opprss-
sion from their energies. aud hope given Them
by the liberation OF the slave aud q pail has
been lifted from the country where Z existed
While the laboring classes Of the south and
Virginia are no longer oppressed by the decra-
ding competition with slave LABOR the Demo
cratic policy Of free trade would reiegate cur
toilsmen 10 eh enforced competition WITH ine re-
latiyely servile labor OF other countries And
VINO fRvors that.
tvas 10 perpetua,e that policy. which bad Its
uDhoidines In the slave States. as vital ~ the
maintenance of slavery, that Jay manly al tic
bottom OF the late sectional war. IL was no. un-
"a 1851 that the Republican policy Of protection
took definite shape; AID What truit hes l. Oorne
SOME STRIKING FIGURES OF DEVELOPMENT.
AT that time our population was about 3i,a0J,-
600. and IN 1880 under its Inspiring influences
our population had reached sl,OOVW1
From the foundation Of the Government 10 the
YEAR 1861 the wealth Of the country amounted 10
seventeen billions, including slaves ana In lsoJ.
when there was 40 longer property In slaves. Il
mad reached the procigio0s sum Of i0fty-
four billions. aud to-day constitutes is per
cent OF the wealth Of the world. It's dsily In
crease Is estimated at two aud half millions.
eaual 10 one third OF The daily accommodations
OF mankind aud within a fraction OF being "a
great annually rs thai Of GTeai britain. France.
aud Germany put together.
From she foundation Of the Government 70
1881. period practically Of democratic regime
aud OF tariff for revenue only. our exports had
reached the sum q seyea billions. ana now IN
ths com par atiyeiy brief period CT twenty years
under a Republican policy o. protection they
have risen 10 the Imposing sum OF twenty-five
billions.
in that time and under that policy tho value Of
our ex ports tell short OF the cost OF our imports
from ss0.000.O00 20 so0.C00.0O0 yeariy-that h We
sent out OF the country contribution ffom our
own resources and the product OF our own labor
fnat sufn OF money 10 aggrandize the wealth and