The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-03-25

lent to our purpose, the Boston JouT"t'
has AN instructive article from which we
take the following:
Let us review briefly the relations of
the two great political parties ON the
tariff In the beginning of our Govern
ment there was no difference OF opinion
as to the desirability of protective du-
| ties to encourage domestic manutactur.
ers washington favored this policy, and
II was Incorporated in the tariff leglsia
tion of the First Congress under the
Federal Constitution in 1889. Thomas
Jefferson. the father of the Democratic
nartv was a protectionist-'proba6E
J The most extravagant protectionist,
saws Gen. F A. Walker, whom this
country has ever known" Madison wa'
n nrotnctionlst. JacKsoh wa" protec
%;pniSt. AS time went on, no"N-'ar, a
\ free trade faction IN the Denlocl"tiC
4 Marty gradually began to gather strength.
+ 1by 1rbe movement had it's origin among h9G
n cotton planters of South Carolina anh
!, cuIminated in 1892 in an armed reDeliDn
h IN nnIlify the tariff laws OF the UnlVi
g States, The strong hand OF AndrW
d Jackson crushed that revolt in It's eifV
Vt STAGES, but his vigorous protectlonHn
could not prevent the cotton planolSs
- later ON from obtaining complete connl
le nF l"Ot the Damocracy. Under the intluere
: of Calhoun and Davis the teachings pl
v Jefferson and Madison and Jackson wfe
30 repudiated, and the Democratlc pay
y become definitely committed to re
o. trade The cotton-gro wing States, wire
o the sIave mower was the strongest, nd
" the doctrine of secession had Its D1h
NC No were purely agricultural commuMts
" They believed that the ideal econ@i'
T,o condition for them was to export ieil y
n0 -. cotton to Great Britain and 'sWg II
w. there in that "cheap" market for HitSl
lie clothing and tools and machlheII aN
uls of they hated with deadly hatred the ef
AZ iff system which compelled them E
10 tribute to Yankee manufacturers
'0 tariff speeches of the Southern leasIp
Congress for thirty years were Das9Pee
cisely on this line OF argulieit
slavery, secession ana Tree Gl"ue ~ ~ -
md Aonrisbed side by side. The three p1l
ov- n;nIas we're inextricably interwoHA, "
lis of the first steps which were taken afe
Dry tbe slaye-holding oligarchy bcan
of firmlv intrenched in Washington VS. tl
Iers abandonment of the protective nrli g
her fine adoption of a tariff for reVeme oiq
seal protection, it was contended Dy
ute Shareholders statesmen, benehed
as ENGLAND and especially Massachusetts,
sed the expense of the South.
ere Snch was the attitude of the len
Yhat ratio Marty when the Republican H.
be- Soil nartv came into being. TIE yr'
am, burning issue in those days OF oN
by was not the tariff, but slavery. DeE
an theless. the Republican party Fml
tells and souarely took its stand IN hvo' ave-
be nrotection. In the session of 5d6O
} it. Morrill, protective tariff passf
the House, and in the session OF 'ou2ld
itish 1t passed the Senate. This wa1De1
IS IN sumter had been fired on. IL WeoIp
posi- the first measures of Republlcarfg1S
point t;on. Meanwhile the RepublicaratoI
glish al Convention had adopted an 9wdl
blus- protective plank, and it was ont lla
will torm that lincoln was elected.
That the Republican Anti-Slalpart
should embrace the doctrine pr
v. tectiye tariff as against that, tarl
been for revenue only was natural anoee
ring inevitable, 1t found when it INT
nteni existence that the slavery n wa
dates, firmly wedded 10 Che les Fectl
they free trade policy, and IT wasiectil
The natural that the party OF treedtnoul "
that fake the other side. 1t was vitao
. tbe that It should take the other SIS 500
Of the as the sagacious Republican rs al
a. tbe covered that the communideSre u
unt;I anti-slayery and Union sentt wa
The fine strongest, leaned decideoWaI
ch ad- protection. 10 INC ~, We,
:" and slavery, free trade and secfi "e'