Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-21
spatriotism," He said, Must Supply
the Place of Universal
Brotherhood
o,,sat Cox Shown to be Protection
ist. Except at the Approach Of
Election Time.

with Berkshire pigs raised upon our farms
va can buy more iron pigs from England
Than we can get by trying to make our
selves. We can get more iron pigs from
England for Berkshire pigs than we can
f+nw the Pennsylvania manufacturers
WHY. then should | not be permitted to
send there for them?
What market for our raw material,
FIR our products. if we only would take
the hand which Great Britain extends to
Ms for free trade betw zen US.
Mr. Garfield replied:
For single season, perhaps, his plan
might be profitable to the consumers of
iron; but if his policy were adopted as a
permanent one, it would reduce us to a
merely agricultural people, whose chief
business would be to produce the simplest
raw materials by the least skill and cul-
ture and let the men of brains of other
countries do our thinking for us and pro-
vide for us all the products requiring the
GINNING hand of the artisan, while we
would be compelled to do the drudgery for
ourselves and for them.
It was in the same speech that Mr.. Tuck
or. beaten and baff1ed on the practical line,
tried. as it was stated at the time, the
'pious dodge and said:
Commerce, Mr.. Chairman, links all
mankind i'll one common brotherhood of
mutual dependence and interests, and
thus creates that unity of our race which
makes the resources of all the property of
each and every member. We can not if
we would, and should not if we could, re-
main isolated and alone. Men under the
benign influence of Christianity earn for
intercourse, for the interchange of thought
and the products of thought as a means of
common progress toward a nobler civil
zation.
Mr. Chairman, cannot believe this is
according to the Divine plan Christian
ity bids US seek, in communion with our
brethren of every race and cline, the
blessings they can afford us, and to be-
stow in return upon them those with
which our new continent is destined to fill
the world.
In response to the above Mr.. Garfield
made one of the ablest replies ever utter
ed in congress June A, 1878: This,
admit, is grand conception, a beautiful
vision OF the time when all the nations
shall dwell in peace when all will be, as
it were one nation, each furnishing to the
others what they cannot proftabIy pro-
duce and all working tremendously to-
gether in the millennium of peace. If all
the kingdoms in the world should become
the kingdoms of the Prince of Peace, then
admit that universal free trade ought to
prevail. But that blessed era is yet too
remote to be made the basis of practical
legislation of to-day. We are not yet
members of the parliament of man, the
federation of the world. For the present
the world is divided into separate nation
allties; and that other divine command
still applies to our situation: He that
proyideth not for his own household has
denied the faith, and is worse than an in
hdel, and until that better era arrives,
patriotism must supply the place of uni
versa brotherhood.
For the present Grotschakoff can do
more good to the world by taking care of
Russia, The great Bismarck can accom-
gllsh more for his era by being, as he is,
German TO Che core, and promoting the
welfare of the German empire. Let Bea-
CQnsted take care of England, and Nc
Mahon of France, and let Americans de-
vote themselves to the welfare of America
W hen each does his best for his own ma
non to promote prosperity, justice and
peace all will nave done more for the
world than if all had attempted to be
g9,mopoIltans rather than patriots. (Ap-
p.a use.)
IN the same speech, Mr.. Garfield said,
VIVA" VIM Is well worthy of consideration now
loo much of our tariff discussion has
Osen warped by narrow and sectional con.
AoefauonS. But when we base our action
upon the conceded national Importance of
lN' great industries | have referred to,
"nen we recognize the fact that artisans
aug their products are essential to the
%e"-oelng OF our country, it follows that
lAefe Is no dweller in the humbest cottage
9A our remotest frontier who has not
yep personal il terest in the legislation
suat snail promote these great national
industries Those arts that enable our
nation to rise in the scale of civilization
ringing their blessings TO all, and patrio-
". citizens will cheerfully bear a fair
LaIe OF the burden necessary to make
uTlF country great and self-sustaining. |
WI. defend tariff that is national In its
ans that protects. and sustains those
interests without which the nation can
my y, become great and self-sustaining.
Inc Cleveland administration seemed to
nave recognized the truth of the follow
ns' except III the case of the olpbin: 80
tIp9Ttant, IN my view. is the ability of
r-V nation to manufacture all those articles
17I>dry to arm, equip, ana clothe our
Yop.e, that if it could not be secured
any osher way | would vote to
1a5 money out to the federal treasury to
~ a'Ilaln government iron and steel. wool
ana cotton mills, at whatever cost.
,r 5'g We to neglect these great interests
go, ,,l depend upon other nations, in what a
5 -..,lglon OF helplessness would we find
a ives when we should be again involv-
Va u war with the very nations on whom
., we're depending to furnish us these
fs,5EPues The system adopted by our
rs.; ;sl + wiser, for it so encourages the
:. lima. ny TAI industries as to make it possible
.ar- ~ Tines for al people to equip them
49, - i2r war, anu at the same time in
MAJ 5Ise {nelr intelligence and skill so as to
~ them better fitted for all the duties
" -lizenshlp, L1tl in war and peace.
81. plo'ide tor the defense by a
. s,o 2 which promotes the general war