Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-16
Pro,ec ton, Reciprocity, and Good Money

James G.. Blaine states the issues of the
day. in as few words as they can be stated,
in a letter to Chairman Manly, of the
Maine State Committee.
ssTo Hon. James H. Manly, Chairman,
ETC., Augusta, Ne.
srMY DEAR SIR:-Not being able for rea-
sons which have explained to you, to de-
liver public speeches in this present cam
paign, take the liberty of submitting my
views on the issues which | regard as be-
ing the strongest for the Repnbl leans to
urge before the people.
"1-The issue ofhe gre atest consequence
is the tariff on imports, and twill continue
to be until settlement is affected by q
majority so large that it will be tantamount
to general aquiescence. The Republicans
are aggressive on this subject. Two years
ago they passed a general enactment known
as the Mckinley tariff, which for time
failed to meet with popular approval and
was regarded with certain degree OF dis
trust by those who had always upheld the
protective system. But a powerful reac-
ton has come in consequence Of the vindi-
cation Of the Mckinley tariff by experience.
1t is found to have worked admirably and
within the last year has produced greater
volume of business, internal and external,
export and import, than the United States
ever transacted before. Notwithstanding
the character and extent of the opposition
to it, agriculture is remur erative, manufac-
turers are prosperous, and commerce is
more fourishing than at any previous time,
thus vindicating the Mckinley tariff by an
impressive and undeniable series of facts. .
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY's STAND.
against this tariff the Democratic party
has taken position almost without paral-
| lei in the history of the country. They re
| ject entirely the doctrine of protection,
pronounce it fraud and anathematize Il
generally. A resolution, to this effect was
adopted by the Democratic Convention
| against the representatives of the commit
tee on Resolutions by two thirds vote
| thus manifesting the intelligent participa
ton of every man in the convention some
times resolution may be adopted in haste
or, when the convention is adJournIns, n
NAV fail to receive the attention OF mem
bers; but this resolution was debated, pro
and con, adopted after contest, and wa
perfectly understood by the members o
the convention. 1t is contained IN tnese
words: we denounce the Republican
protection az fraud upon the labor Of the
great majority of the American people iol
the benefit of the few. We declare 1t
fundamental principal of the Democratic
Party that the Federal Government has nt
lconstitional power TO impose and collec
tariff duties except for the purpose OF rev
epue only. We demand that the collection
of such taxes be limited to the necessitiei
of the Government when honestly anC
Economically administered
OPPOSITION TO JEFFERSON PRINCIPLES.
'If any one will take the tronble to reai
the resolution by which Mr.. Calhoun
| sought to defend his notification scheme
lin 1888, he will find the tariff platform o
the Democratic Party in general harmony
therewith, and if he examines the snbJec
further, he will discover that the duties u
the compromise tariff which reconciled Mr.
Calhoun and appeased his angry follower
in South Carolina, were of more compre
Il
LIN the Democratic resolution Of 1902.
"The Democrats are in the habit ofnam
ing Jefferson as the founder Of their party
and yet, on the subject of tariff they ar
in radical opposition to the principles lei'
down by jefferson. Toward the close q
his administration the revenue from th
tariff on imports produced considerabl
surplus, and the question was, what shoul
| be done7 should the tariff be reduced, Q
should this surplus be mantainedf JefieI
son pointedly asked: Shall we suppress
the fmposts and give that advantage t
foreign over domestic manufactured Fo
himself, he recommended that the impost
be maintained and that the surplus create
should be appropriated to the improve
ment of roads, canals, rivers and educa
tion."
sTf the Constitution did not give suffiC
/ lent power to warrant these appropriation
Jefferson went so far as to recommend tha
| it be amended. This presents the strong
est condition of affairs upon which a prt
tectivo tariff can be justified and Jefferso
did not hesitate to recommend 1T. tn
Democrats of the present day, tits needles
to say, are the direct opponents of the pol
cy which Jefferson thus outlined aud ac
J hered to.