Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-07

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ton, was not accom- 5,ished until the sng-
gestions of reasos. were strongly rein
forced by the more imperative voice OF
experience. The divergent interest of
peace speedily demanded more perfect
union. The merchant, the ship master
and the manufacturer discovered and
disclosed 70 our statesmen and to the
people that commercial emancipation
mrst be added to the political freedom
which had been so bravely won. The
commercial policy OF the mother country
had not relaxed any of its hard and op-
| pressive features. To hold in check
the development of cur commercial
marine, to prevent or retard the estab-
| lishment and growth of manufactures
in the states, and so to secure an Ameri-
can market for their shops and q carrying
trade for their ships, was the policy of
tbs European statesmen, and was pursued
with most selfish vigor. Petitions poured
in upon congress urging the imposition
of discriminating duties that should
encourage the production of needed
things at home. The patriotism of the
people, which no longer found field of
exercise in war, was energet'cally directed
to the duty of equipping the young
republic for the defense of its indepen
dence, by making its people s9lf-depen-
dent. Societies for the
PROMOTION OF HOME MANUFACTURES,
and for encouraging the use of domest tics
IN tine dress OF the people we're or {enized
10 many of the states. The revival as the
end of the century of the same patriotic
interest in the preservation and develop
ment of domestic industries and the de-
Tense of our working people against in
furious foreign competitions is an Incl
dent worthy of attention.
1t is not the departure, but the return
that we have witnessed. The protective
policy had then its opponents. The
argument was made, as now, that its
benefits enured to particular classes or
sections. If the question became in any
sense or at any time section al, 1t was only
because slavery existed in some of the
states. But for this there was no reason
why the cotton producing states should
not have led, or worked abreast, with the
New England states in the production of
cotton fabrics. There was this reason
only why the states that divide with Penn
sylvania the mineral treasures OF the
great southeastern and central mountain
ranges, should have been so .ardy in
bringing to the smelling furnace and TO
the mill, coal and iron from their new
opposing hillside. The mill fires were
LIGHTED AT THE FUNERAL PILE OF SLAVERY
The emancipation proclamation was
heard in the depths of the earth, as we'll
as in the sky. Men were made free and
material things became our better ser
fatG ba nj ola NJ haE nil y
been eliminated from the tariff discussion.
We have no longer states that are Leces-
sarily only plar ting states. None are
excluded from achieving that diversified
ton of pursuit among the people which
bring wealth and conteRtment. The cot
ton plantation will not be less valuable
when its product is spun in the country
town by operatives hose necessities call
for diversified crops, and create ONE
demand for garden and agricultural pro-
ducts. Every new mine, furnace and
factory is an extension of the productive
capacity of the state more real and valu
able than added territory. Shall the
prejudices and paralysis of slavery
continue to hang upon the skirts of
progressf How long will thoso who re-
joice that 81 avery no longer exists, cher
ish and tolerate the incapacities it put
upon their communitiesf |
LOOK HOPEFULLY TO THE ooNrISUANoE OF
OUR PROTECTIVE SYSTEM,
And to the consequent development of
manufacturing and mining enterprises
in the states hitherto wholly given TO agri
culture, rs potent influence in the per
feet unihcation of our people. Men who
have invested their capital in these en-
terprises, farmers who have felt the bene-
fit of their heighborhood, and men who
work in the shop or field, will not fail to
find, and to defend community of in
terests.
Is it not quite possible that farmers
and promoters of the great mining and
manu- featuring enterprises which have
recently been established in the so 18th,
NAV vet find that the free ballot of the
workingman, without distinction of race,
is needed for their defense, as we'll as for
his own. | do not )ubt that if those
met. in the soujh who now accept the
tariff views OF Clay and the constitutional
expositions of Webster would courage
ously avow and defend their real connec-
tions they would not find it difficult
by friendly instruction and co operation
10 make the black man their efficient
and safe ally, not only in establishing
correct PRINCIPLES in our national admin
istration, but IL preserving for their
local communities benefits of social order
and economical and honest government,
at least until the good Offices OF kindness
and education have been fairly tried. A
contrary conclusion cannot be plausibly
urged. l have altogether
REJECTED SUGGESTION OF SPECIAL ExEoU-
TIVE POLICY
For any section of our country. 1t is the
duty of the executive to administer and
enforce in methods and by Instrumental
ties pointed out ard provided by the con
stitution all laws enacted By congress.
These laws are general and their admins
tration should be uniform and equal. As a
citizen may not elect what laws he will
obey, neither may the executive elect
which he will enforce. The duty to obey
and to execute, embraces the constitution
in its entirely, and the whole code of laws
enacted under it. The evil example of
permitting individuals, corporations or
com munities, to nullify laws because they
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