Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-19

exclusion. God has given Us ,nJg
great ocean and diferdnt climes anu
diverse races Of man. We. the oou ,.an
race, have put upon that greas s 0ceaa
mighty ships. We propose to use .ne1i,
not to lombard and destroy cities ou. . ~
carry to oil peoples the products u ss.and
other people, to feed, to clothe' 10 oe isa 70
every nation and people and 10 s ~
each the 10Y of all. But you say my.
say sir the tariff vour unto IN the closeu
doors Of 6 caucus has put on tbs Pens eups
would have disgraced the most oaI oa
ages Of the world. would have dlseIaeud
the baron robbers of the Middle ages a th.
does disgrace our own baron robbers OF .a5
looms and anvils in America. and WIZ 81
for years fully one third to the cost VI ".
porting every family IN America, Anu tbe
il beyond the power of money 10 ou' ~. ~
necessaries of life. Yes, sir. ana q, snu
us of from the markets OF Europe ioses
our farmers the sale of their surpius. ppi il
ducts. Europe now buys from us c,t
$500, 600. 900 of western products; ous -
down 10 even $50, 900 900. and theST
ducts would not paw the cost OF I'M
Then what? Bankruptcy.
TO CURSE OUR NATION.
You talk about the United states Denls
the home of the oppressed of all na,lohs,
and yet you would make these people the
narrow, pharassical oppressor OF All w
people Of Europe. and q wounded serpen.
to bite its own tail, and the curse OF you,
exclusive tariff. like all curses a VIII
s yonr C Exclusion nome Of foreign products
would result eventually in manng
these States supply our people WIN
nearly everything they needed may pe
true. But at what and at whose COST
That is the question Would You burden
this generation 20 death in order 70 MAKE
the next generation self-producers ~
nearly oil thew might need, and our chil-
dren 10 90 half snod and half naked, IN
order 10 make our great-grandchldTe
self-producers of oil they may want lou
say you will increase our American manu-
facturers in the course of a genera'loh
$500. 900 600 or more year.
But sir, who is,to do this manufacturing
Not our people. Farmers and their sons
are slow TO abandon farming and go INTO
the factories and machine-shops. me
starved-ou employees in Europe woui9
come focking here by. the hundrso
thousand TO the work, they would be
broncht over here by the lords Of the loom
| and the anvil st a cost OF Tl0s head; Ihey
would be voters, and they would get
control of every city and mining
| and manufacturing locality in America;
Their labor would inevitably underbid
American labor. With the balance OF
power in the North in the hands OF these
people, and the balance of power IN the
South under your force bill in the hands
Of the negro. what would become OF US !!
| The union OF these States and ina measure
our Constitution has survived great war
| would it survive this state OF things,
No, sir not under our present form OF
government. But under an empire and
great. well paid standing army the union
might and would survive. Is this what
YOU and your iunto want? Is this your
ann and purpose? Yea, truly, this IL your
| aim and purpose, and your Lodge Federal
| election law is your entering wedge. his,
sir, is the simple truth and you and yours
| know it full well.