The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-10

the land marching To the altar oi
selfsscridce and treadiog with
high heroic step and miea the wine
press oF the battle-6elds; DO vision
Of a Union restored. & country united
and 3 flag h0ating in the s0light Of
peace ever for al instant alIurei TIE
thoughts or diverted the gaze OF the
American Mammo0 and his iguoSls
conclayc when they were engaged IL
laying deep and stroog tue founda-
lions Of the piutOcracY, the giant
money power which now governs aud
curses this country and lis !ab0rlng
people.
\ svstem of finance has been fast
ened on the American people will
more hands than the tabled BEiarIus.
anu each one with an itching palu
to clutch the fruits Of honest industry
for the enrichment OF those VITO toI
not, and yet outvie In splendOr MANY
of the crowned heads OF Europe. OF
this oppressive system there ar,
many parts ana contrlEauCes, end
skllfullg woven together like great
network, and having all The
time the same object in view. the
taxation Of one class OF citizens for
the enrichment Of another class. l.
is sometimes SAID that certain OH
sins Of the Government should rot
be recalled at this late day; that
they have the sanction Of time, wear
a venerable aspect. anil should be
cOndOned.
When ministers of the Christian
religion cease to denounce the slns
and crimes Of the human face be-
cause they are old, "hoary and white
with cld," then and not Till then, will
The fraudulent manner IN which our
bonded debt doubled on the tax-pay-
er be forgotten; then, and not till
then will the demonetizatio of sill
yer be forgiven, and then, and not
till then, will high protective tariff,
existing not for revenue, but as q
machine with which to gorge, CLINT
and cram the privileged few at the
expense Of the many, cease to ex-
asperate and in1ame the Indignation
of the intelligent labOrers of the
wOrl2.
The tariff, with all its over "helm
ing prominence and its overwhelm
ing oppression at this time is tut
8 part Of the vast system devised
more than quarter of "a century
ago, whereby a moneyed aristocracy
has been created, labor degraded and
deprived of it's earnings, aud the
Government itself revOlulioniz q in
spirit, and soon to be revoultionlzed
in substance and in form. It's tcut
that while the tariff is only part oil
the money power system of GoIeTn
mcnt, yet its place and agency ia
that system are Of the most vital and
commanding Influence in its execG
ton. To take toll from all the lab
oriug men, women AMI children Of
the Unlted States on all their wants
and necessities, not for Government
revenue, but for the protection of the
millionaire manufacturers powerful
corporations, trusts and syndicates
is the base function of the tariff laws
! now on our statute books.
Who has the hardihood to rise and
say that such laws are now or ever
have been or ever will be blessing
to the farmer? On the one hand be
hold the present condition Of the
farmer. aud OIL the other behold the
towering peaks of the highest pro
tectiTe tariff ever known, with per
haps the exception Of the Chinese
wall. Will you dare go before the
distressed farmers of tina country II
the approaching political canvass
with the old, stale, WORKOUT false
hood that high protective tariff /;
for them an event Of joy, rich hene
faction, q season Of prosperity, anC
of home markets at good priCes?SucI
lie in this year Of 1890, like a mur
derers PRAYER, will stick in th'
| throat of him who tries to utter 1t
When you again pueh the tariff, wit!
it's enormous and unnecessary tax9
| ton on every article Of farming life
into the farmers weather-beaten an'
care-worn f9ce as a wise policy 70
him, will he not eXclaim IN lndl5na
ton at your fraudulent pretence-
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or tig
of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth fort
good fruit; but corrupt tree bringet
forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evi
fruit, neither can a corrupt tree brln
forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth goo
fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire
Wherefore by their fruits ye shal
know them.
Are you willing to have your tari
tree, your protective policy, tried b
this high and immortal STANDARD
The able and distinguished Secret
arg Of State under the present AID
ministcation, in a recent magazin
article in reply to Mr.. Gladstone, ha
pointed ont certain periods inAmerl
can affairs, when, as he claims, Their
was general prosperity in conDectiO
with protective tariff, ard tbs
therefore by virtue OF the unrepeal
able laws Of cause and effect, pros
perity was begotten by protection
and the lahOriog people, the farr.cr
especially, were blessed in thei
homes and at their fircsides by beln
forced to buy what they needed 10
high-priced market protected fror
competition and to sell their pro