Milford chronicle., 1892-10-21
COLUMBIA THE GEN OF THE OCEAN

giant, The envied, admired and feared by
all nations. The asylum for the oppressed
of all lands and peoples. In I4ea -discov-
cred; in l6o7-the first colony landed in this
country atJamestown, Va. Only 28s years
ago-only think. aud let your memory run
{ ck for ass years-and see in this brief
spS-. a nation, the greatest and grandest on
the face ofthe earth; the mother ofthe great
est statesmen aud the mightiest warriors |
ever produced since time commenced; the
best government ever devised by mortal
man; the home If the greatest inventors;
the cradle of eruditiou and science. The
star Of genius has hovered DER US untn we
have harnessed the elements to the car of
progress, and have caused them to do our
bidding by the force Of electricity or light
ming.
Our vehicles are propelled over cities
lighted by this subtle elemeut;we speed be-
meath the ocean and talk to the nations be-
vond the seas What has caused this wou-
derful development viz: the most foster
ing government administrations ever devised
by mortais, and the greatest people that ever
acted on any stage Of action are the causes
aud under the blessings Of Almighty Cod
we are without peer 10 history.
Our assessed Yalnes show that we are
richer than any two nations on this earth,
and what is most remarkable, this unparal-
leied develoPment has been brought about
during tia last 80 years. The nation has
not ouly doubled in population but she is by
aetusA statistics 500 per cent richer ! What
has done it Why, my friends, every hinder
ing cause has been put aside. and every in
centive been offered by the genius Of great
people and government that could be devised.
Since 1861 the wheels of progress haye run
with a velocity unknown before. Develop
ment and internal improvements are tame
terms; our West then reached as far as Chi
cago. Now, stately cities reach and rear
themselves away out beyond-eVen to the
shores of the Pacific have seen them with
NV ewes. / have seen the plains, valleys
and hills pcopied with rich, prosperous and
happv people. / have heard the steam
thresher's whistle as she threshed the wealth
of the soil, aud seen the curling smoke as
cend from the lofty stack Of the factory as
she manufactured everything almost that
mankind needs or desiTes-from the rich
abundance with which Almighty God has
blessed this happy land. have seen the
iron.borse bear the products of this country
from the Atlantic to the Pacific aud IRON
Gulf to Lake, and I have said with the poet
"How has kind heaven adorned this happy
land
And scattered blessings with wastefnl
hand"
We are world within ourselves. We have
the products of every soil and climate, ana
do not of necessity have to depend on any
land or nation. We have only to develop
what the Great God has given as; this we
have done and are fast doing When l re-
member what one of the brightest minds
that this country ever produeed-the Ia
meuted Alexander Hamilton-who said thai
agriculture, manufacturers and commerce
90 baud in hand 10 make a country great
No doubt it was the longing of his ardent
nature to see these three potent levers in full
accord The FIRST two are here, and com
merce will come by American ships before
fifteen years pass by.
We are the grestest agricultural nation oi
the world. and we eau abOat say that we are
one of the foremost manufacturing nations
on @artb. and when we have American ships
we will have combined the thTee elements
re sistless-that will make it the very gem Ol
the oceans and carry the rich prodHets ol
this country all over the globe.
4 We now have to wait until other nations
sell what they have; then, if they need any
thing, they come here with their ships ano
carry away our products, thus placing us in
the attitude of the farmer who raises crops
but has no wagon TO haul them to market
but is compelled 10 wait until he can get his
ueiQhbor's wagoe TO haul his crop, and BY
that time the maribet has been somewhat de
moraiized and Enices are down.
This is Just our condition to-day. If VIZ
had our merchant marine, the Produc
this country would be carried all over the
world. Tafs brings me down to my theme
Free Trade and Sailors Rights.
I shah nozr tell you about the tariff from
the staadpoiuhofIea and common sens'
withoaa prejudice. Since by the platform
of the Democratic party at Chicago, they de
clasa. thanthe tariff is unconstitutional. ask
were the acts of George Washington, Jamei
madison, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson
For Samuel Randall7 They advocated tarit
: 10, raise. revenue and to protect American
I tiudustries. They were the greatest mind
d of the Nation, and 1t tariff was good anS
wholesome then, why not it be benefcia
suow7 And why did not these people dis
oover it was not constitutional then
C LET us INQUIRE WHAT A TARIFF IS. IT l.
e a Tar or a DHly paid by any other eoHT-
f,y 10 his government 6y khs S1aNEfaefur
ers ofOkher countries, that they may haV
the license, Of, Privilege, Of selling theii
l. goods IN the United States (the creates
market in the world, to sixty-fve million
of people who make use Of as mach
twice this amount of people IN any othe
y part of ihe world A tax did it say? Yes
Well. this is what our Democratic brethrei
6ud so much fault about, yes. Now let m
+ ask the question, ''why should every iudi
3 viduslsin this country who does, or tries t
s do. business haye to pay tax1' You an
+ swer to raise revenue ia pay the expense
0 of the State government" He must pay tn
i tax to have the privilege of selling goods II
q this great market. An American citizei
must pay a tax to his own country for thi
e privilege. Then, I ask, why should fol
] eieuer's goods be admitted free of tax, o
Y duty9 Where is the philosophy,or reason
S of admitting foreign goods free in gTea
market like this, when our own people ar
{ taxed7 There is no common sense in sucl
= an argument.
!. Since the tax duty,or reveuue,so derives
O goes 10 pay the expenses of this great gov
Q eminent, and where if no duty was charge'
q or derived from other countries. the expense