The record-union., 1892-10-07

ASKED. lt was born OF the smoke of bat
tie and has thrived at the forge and fac
tory, the soil and the business house. 1t
had developed in a magnificent country
OF industrious people-the greatest coun
try in the world.
The speaker said he first addressed
himself to Americans in making a poIit-
ical speech. He wanted to know that
every man had the interests of his
country with him. He wanted to know
that he was in harmony with the doc
trines preached by such men as Lincoln,
Grant, Sumner, Garfield and, lastly, Har-
rlson. The Democrats could have Cleve-
land, Carlisle, Watterson and JEFF Davis
the American people wanted none of
tnem. W bat was wanted was an Ameri-
can Government for an. American people.
One flag for us, and let the rest of the
world stand Off and envy us. The Re-
publican party represented this condi-
! ton, and the people knew it; that was
why they put the Government in its
charge every four years.
The speaker then went into the tariff
question. The Democrats, he said, were
insisting that they were not moving for
free trade; they had been lodging that
issue right along and maintaining that it
is only tariff reform" that they want.
But Cleveland, in his notorious letter of
four years ago, had betrayed the party,
and it stood out in its true
coiors, despite the attempts to hide.
England was very anxious that free
trade should rule in this country so that
1t could get its manufactures into our
market. But why is it, he asked, that
England's own colonies were highly pro-
tected? The speaker could not under
stand why 1t was that any Irishman in
| this country could vote the Democratic
| ticket. 1t was because of the villainous
free trade policy of England that Ireland
was crushed and reduced to its present
unhappy condition. No free trader could
have country. That means that he
wants to send his goods al over the
world, and does not care anything about
his own people.
! The Democrats, continued the speaker
continually harped about the tax on tin.
/ But they were deceiving the people. The
TACT OF the matter was that there is no tax
on tin ut all. He advised his hearers to
look out for the campaign lie, and not be
fooled.
Mr.. Preston read a clipping from a
new Spaper, containing q speech by Lord
| Salisbury, ex-Premier OF England, ad-
In his speech he said that the
doctrine OF free trade had gone too
Tar, and was now menacing the
country. lie pointed to the action of
| other countries (and he referred directly
and particularly to the United States) in
protecting themselves They were bar
| ring out the English goods, and the Eng
lish manufacturers : the supporters of
the country-were suffering severely.
! Every scientist who ever wrote a line
! on economy spoke first OF the trade be-
tween ourselves as being the primary
move toward prosperity.
Ihe Democrats were always 'teaffirm-
ing the principles of the party as tnunci-
ated by Jefferson" and other patriots
That was another fake. Jefferson was a
protectionist. Andrew Jackson, another
Democrat, was also protectionist. All
other patr!ots, Democrats and Repub-
Leans alike, were protectionists from
| Washington down. One Of the first big
| speeches Lincoln ever made, when he
was candidate to- the Legislature. was
a protection opeech-declared himself for
| the highest kind of a protective tariff
! Nv hat is the matter with this country
that anybody should want change?'
| asked the speaker. 'Ifyou are a foreigner.
and don't like the way we run our Gov
ernment, why do you stay here? Ifyour
native free-trade country is so much
better than this, why don't you go back
! to 1t. You are doing US no good SO why
not go where you will be satisfied with
your surroundings, and let US alone to
get along in our own peculiar way. We
are Americans, and are for America first.
last and all the time" Loud applause. /
In conclusion, Mr.. Preston paid high
/ tribute to John L. Davis, Repl biican can
! didate for Congress from this district, and
| he hoped that every Sacrdmentan would
| vote for that able and honorable little
| gentleman.
| The meeting closed with three rousing
! cheers for Harrison and Ried and the en-
tire Republican ticket