The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-14
Another Bold "Register" Fraud.


The IHrEILIGENcER will esteem it a
favor to have few moments Of the
Registers valuable time. Our neighbor
quotes this from Mr.. Hnrt's wool tariff
speech at Wellsburg:
And you will not find anywhere so strong, be
cause nowhere so condensed. al. argument Tor
the constitutlonality of protective tariff as you
viii find from the pen OF Andrew jackson, in
the message TO which refer
On this the Register remarks "to what
base uses have you come when
you quote Andrew Jackson in
favor of your system Of protection,
when you had his utterance Of 1885,
two years later, before you, which was
this:
On this subject financial. l am sure that
cannot be mistaken, In aScriblng our want Of
success to the undue continuance which has
been Afforded TO the spirit OF monopoly. Allthe
serious dangers which our system has yet en-.
countered, may be traced 10 the resort 70 i'm
Piled powers, and the use OF corporations
clothed with privileges, the effect Of which Is TO
advance the interests Of the few at the expense
Of the many"
The message spoken OF by Mr.. Hart
was President Jackson's second annual
message, sent to Congress December Z,
1890 The immaterial mistake in the
date in the printed speech came from
getting a 8 where an 0 should have
been. The Regt&er article concludes
with this exhortation: "Be honest,
Colonel Hart You'll find it pays in
the long run"
We proceed to show that in this very
article the Register, has practiced on its
readers another of its gross receptions,
presumably on the assumption that
they will never find it out The words
which the Register has quoted from
President Jackson appear in his sew
enth annual message. ,of date December
2, 1885. They relate exclusively to the
then burning issue of the United
States bank, to which President jack
son was bitterly opposed. They have
not, and were not intended to have,
the remotest connection with the ques-
ton of the tariff.
The Register has wrenched Jackson's
words out Of their place and sought to
make it seem that he was discussing the
tariff question. The dishonest garbling
Of President Jackson's message in the
interest of Mr.. Cleveland will appear
from reading the whole paragraph from
which the Register took its quotation and
which it cut short when it thought it
had enough to suit its purpose:
On this subject, am sure that lam not mis-
taken, In aScribing our want OF success 10 the
undue continuance which has been afforded to
thespirit OF monopoly. All the serious dangers
which our system has yet encountered may be
traced TO the resort Of implied powers. and the
use Of corporations clothed with privileges, the
the effect OF which Is 70 advance the interests OF
the few at the expense OF the many. We hare
fat but one class LpSe dangers eIhlbieii In Tie con-
lat v6oed by he Bank Of nc United states against
the government for ne last four ycdrS Happy they
hare ben obridied for s preselt by he iadt1aaRt
residence o. the people; bui pe should recoloct that
Tie principe irhsHce thy sprung is an ertr.uofpe
one, tehich tcl not jhil TO reRer it, efforts in he
t0Nlt uttCF tltFe u
sueoss, founded either on the fars:et on Of he peo
pie or he tredeAIry Of 1eir representatives, TO he
progress Of ts influence.
The message goes on for hundreds of
words more on the same subject. Italics
are employed to emphasize what the
Register had no use for in its tricky effort
to delude. What Mr.. Hart referred to
was President Jackson's able defense of
the constitutional right OF Congress to
lay protective duties. The argument is
unanswerable:
Among the numerous causes Of congratula-
ton, the condition OF our imposE revenue de-
serves special mention, inasmuch as 1t promises
the means OF extinguishlng tho public debt
sooner than was anticipated. and furnishes a
strong illustration Of the practical effects OF the
present tarit upon our commercial interests
The object Of the tarilT Is objected 10 by some US
unconstitutional; aud It Is considered BY allnos.
all IS defective In many of tlg parts
The power to impose duties on imports origin.
ally belonged TO the several states. Tho right to
adjust those duties with q view TO the encouT-
agement OF domestic branches Of industry Is so
completely Identical with that power that Il Is
without the other. The states have delegated
their authority over imports to the general gov.
eminent, without limitation or reservation re-
lAting 70 their inspection laws. This authority
having entirely passed from the states, the right
70 exercise Il for the purpose Of protection does
mot exist In them: and consequently II II BIZ not
possessed by the general government Il must be
extinct Our political system would thus pre-
sent tho anomaly OF people stripped OF the
right TO foster their own industry aud to coun-
teract the most selfish aud destructive policy
which might be adopted by foreign nations
This surely cannot be the case; this indiSpenSa-
BILE power thus surrendered by the states must
be within the scope OF the authority on the sub
ject expressly delegated TO congress-
In this conclusion / am confirmed as well By
the opinions OF Presidents Washington, JefIer-
son, Madison and Monroe, who Lave each re-
pealedly recommended the exercise OF this
right under the consdiutlon, a. by the uniform
practice Of Congress, the continued acquleS-
csnce Of thestates, and the general understand
ing Of the people.
President Jackson was talking about
the principle of protection, which does
not change with the changes in legis-
lation. II protective tariff was con.
stitutional in 1880 it is constitutional
now, in spite of the declaration Of the
Chicago convention that it is unconsti-
tutional. To vote the Democratic
ticket ia to endorse that declaration.
TIE United States is steadily moving
ahead in the manufacture of silk dress
goods. The movement would be more
rapid il the American women of to-day
would emulate the example OF the
women OF the Revolution, who, too pa
triOtic to wear British fabrics, wore
home-spun.
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