Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-07
THREE GREAT ISSUES.
Tariff, Reciprocity and
Currency
SHOULD BE THE BATTLE CRY
Blaine Accuses the Democrats of Being
Inconsistent to Jefferson's Ideas.

AUGUSTA. Me-, Sopt Tho following
letter from Hon. James q. Blaine 20
Chairman Manley of tbe Republican state
committee is just made public:
Ran HARBon. No, Sept 8,sls9s
Hon. Joscpb II. Alanioy, OiiairmNh, ETC., Au-
gustA. Ne:
MY DRAR Sn-Not being able, fog reasons
which have explained to vou. TO deliver pub
lie speeches in tho present campaign. l taks
The liberty Of ass,nittinG ny Ssews a tho 10
sspusSsn. Snss "ass sSss s Sss, e. the
Firut-The Issue Of She e6Ase epnsequsnos
ls tho tArfff op imports. nd h win Sontfnu6to
be until 9 settedieot is efisGtsd hyA majority
% large that IL viii be tentemoupsleo eppsral
acouiesenec. Tho Rspsblioans arc agsfessive
9sns1. sn,s TIVE .ss ''
tariff. which, for tius, faii0A TO NEED pop
tain tain degree Of as,ust BY sSo.s vss l.d 4
ways uphold tho protsstve systan. Bss
A Powerful nsseefon Has como
In consequence Of tfs v<ndieattpn of tho No
Kinley tariff by experience. y y fouaA W
hsve worked admirsbiy, and within the last
ness, internal and external, expofs and I'm
port, than the United States eva transacted
before. Notwithstanding the charaoter and
extent OF the opposition b. 10, agriculture II
remunerative, manufactures arc prosperous
and commerce Is moro fiourishing than a. any
previous time, thus indicating the Mckinley
teIff by an impressive and undeniablo series
Of facts.
Against tho tariff thsp Democratic party have
taken position witlINa parallel = tho his
tory Of tho oountrv. fhey seject eiistrciy the
doctrine Of PROJECTION, peoppunoe q q fasd
aud anathemAaSe n sensrstty. A resolution
b this sffeot wos adopted bv the Dsmosretac
convention against ths report Of ne commit
tss on resolutions By two thirds vote, thus
manifest1ng tho htslhgeat peracipatton Of
every man IN eho ooavmtaoa. 6omstimss a
resolution may bs adopted IN haste. or Just
whep tho conventioh fs sd,onrning II may
fail "a receive the attention Of the members,
but the resolution was debated, pro and con.
adopted after q contest and
Was Perfectly Understood
by tho members x tho convention. II n con-
taaned IN these wordr
.Esrd upSp sSc lsbS q tks skri SsStE
s dssS SsS.syp pRoos' salap p9bsip,s e
q .Is The neyooerssfo RsSS ~ Y. kdsrt Y c2v- ~
Rprpo8 a fsvsnas opiy. We Xsrs& Hl
Shs collecton II such 4xes be NFrltSf p 1e
ss9 as9S.ss e Hs "h'" A'0''''
n anyone Wi tako the tpoahie 70 pssd the
sssclv0ou hF wAsod No. pAhoun soueht 70 de-
fend his nu.li1omfion scN-,He N R&, ke vtjl
find the tsri6 pistform Of the Democratic
party generally IN harmony tberowith, and
y he examines fSs subject further he will
discover that tho dutiss in the compromise
tnSin which rsoonctied Mr.. Calhoun snd ap-
psased his angry followers IN South Carolina
Vcse a Q more comprehensivo chaSacter than
eboss contemplated In tho Domoe~ato rssotu-
don q i6nD.
Tho Deno~as are p the Asbit a naming
y><y. L. - IL
yst, on ths sssssot of tariR. thsy ass
N Direct Opposissoa
to ths pvtAcipics laid down ~ Jsfsrsoa.
Toward the close Of his administrator tho
revenue from tho tariff on fmpoyts produced
Considerable surplus. and mo question was
what shall he donc' Should the tariff be ro-
duoed or should the surplus he nsstntsinedi
Jefferson pointcdly asked: Shall vs supp~css
the iuaporte and give thsf sAvsatace N FOR
slgn over domestic .Aa apfsotpyssf' Fer him
ssif hs recommended shst @the fnporss he
maintained" and THAI ths surplus created
should be appropriated " the Improvement
Of rosds, canals, rivsrs spd eduoastos.-
II the constitution dA not sivs suDasnt
power 10 warrant these spp~opytsttnas, Jefrer-
con went 10 far ~ to rsoomnsnd Ass n b.
amended. This presents the strongest oon1i-
tion Of affairs upon which Q protasSve tsrifY
can be Justified, and JefYeyson did not hesitate
to yeoomp,sod N. Tho Dernocrshs of the pros-
sDt dsy, n h needless 70 soy. sre the direct op-
ponents u the policy which jefferson thus
outlined and adhered TO-
seoond-When the principle of reciprocal
trade vas nrst proposed Ia be introduced into
the tariff system. tho Democrats showed n
most generous appreciation of the question
and gave n their support 40 long A. Repubii-
cans refused IN accept II. But whom the Re-
publicans came to approve II the Democratic
support vanished. and instead of favoring, we
nnd the Democratic na.ional convention psss-
ing Q resolution
Hostile to the system.
But In spite of Democratic opposition We
have attained. through reciprocity. q new and
valuable trade and the system has demon
stratsd its many advantages. We were about
20 declare sDaar polas-es. cpfTeo and ~hides