The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-17

Cdoot Lodge, HaRailton'S bi0ordDher
Inc right OF the individual to be free, his
equality with others, his liberty to do what
ever he pleases, provided that IN SO doing
ne does not violate the rights of others
this, 1t will be observed, was fundamental
doctrine of original Democracy, and is still
the cardinal principle of that party.
Inc right of the government to restrict
the liberty of the people, the denial of the
equality of mankind and the assumption
tnat there should be ruling class to gov
ern the people at large-this was the origi-
nal Republican doctrine, and still persists
IN practice with undated vigor.
Inc local situation has already afforded q
pertinent illustration of this difference in
party principles:
DEMOCRACY
we are unalterably opposed to the disfran-
chlsement of any citizen except for crime
Whereof he shall have been first duly convicted
-DeH'ocTdttc Platform.
The Democrats had no creed to offer or pre-
scribe. All they required was that those who
joined them should be Democrats and should
sign the declaration Of principles The princi-
pies Oh the club are broad enough to take in
Bishop SEAMAN, DR.. MCNIECE, Dr. LIFE or
MILFORD WOODRUFF, provided they came in
ana signed the declaration like men and were
willing to abide the action of the party.-Juage
Jasdd'S Speech
REPUBLICAISM
To say that man so CENTRALIZED las Nor
mon] has right to become citizen OF the
United States, of n republic the only safety Of
no hoII &c
parchment Of the intelligence of this nation
An yet our courts call these creatures
up by droves, wretches that have no more con-
ception of our government than Hottentot
has OF an incandescent light and in effect place
the Tree American ballot in their scurvy hands
ana say, bless you, my children. Tribune,
June :, 1880
There has been nothing to hinder these peo-
pie from joining either party from the first, and
Inc TACT that the great mass of them know no
more than do so many chimpanZees of the
principle on which our government is founded
ana the duties OF American citizenship is q
proof that they felt their full allegiance had
peen given to another government-TIibuRe
liGrcb 30, 1871.
The divergence of the two parties on the
tariff question is well known Briefly the
positions are as follows:
DEMOCRACY.
OF all the Industrious freemen of our land an
immense majority, including every ti1ler of the
SOIL, gain no advantage from excessive tax
laws; but the price of nearly everything they
ouy Is increased by the faVoritism OF an unequal
system oftaX legislation.
All unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation.
Inc Democratic remedy is to enforce frugal
taxation.
In the interest of American labor, which
should in no event be neglected, the revision of
our tax avs contemplated by the Democratic
party would promote the advantage of such
labor by cheapening the cost of the necessaries
of life in the home of every workingman aad
at the same time securing to him steady and
employment.-NatioaaL Demo-
cratic Platform.
REPUBLICANISM.
The Republican party would effect all needed
of the national revenue by repeating
the taxes on tobacco, which are an annoyance
and burden t. agriculture and the tax upon
spirits used in the arts and for mechanical pur-
poses, and by such revision of the tariff laws as
Will tend to check imports of such articles as
are produced by our people, the production of
" MIN SANS W OuT ldDOr, ana re-
lease from import duties those articles of for
eign production Except luxuries) the like of
which cannot be produced at home If there
shall Still remain larger revenue than is requi-
site for the wants of the government, we favor
the entire repeal of internal taxes rather than
the surrender ST any part of our protective sys-
TEN at the joint behests of the whiskey ring
and the agents of foreign manufacturers
National Republican Platform.
Here again, it is seen, Democracy dis
putes the right of the government to take
money from one class of people and give it
to another class, under the pretext of pro
viding for the general welfare Repub-
licanism defends this, and even tries to
show that the taxation OF % per cent. OF
the American people for the benefit of the
employers of the remaining per cent. is
in some way protection to American labor
To bolster up this remarkable theory. an
other, equally false and stupid, is proposed.
viz; That a nation should not import
goods from abroad, but should export only.
But as imports are the pay for exports, be-
tween nations, it is no less impossible TO
stop the one without at the same time stop
ping both, than to stop one end of a see
saw or whirligig while keeping the other
end in motion.