Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-23
WILSON'S GREAT SPEECH.
Protection and Reciprocity shaken on
Their Foundations ny the Logic of rartd
Reform,

lows IN necessary SUCCESSION M loss o.
the other When YOU confer upon the
government the power NJ dealing ont
wealth you uuchaiu every evil that can
prey upon and eventually destroy free
institutions -cNccSSivc taxation, class
taxation. biliiou-dollar congresses, a
corrupt civil service, a dehauched ballot
box and purchased elections In every
camnairn the privilege II taxing the
poorlc win h Mrtcred for contrihu-
t;ouS 10 corrupt them a: the polls
After every victory 3 new Mckinley bill
70 ~uav these contributions, with
u>u~y. ont 0t taxes wrung from the
/ Daoo!e For every ~solt-Eoyerniug peo-
PIE there can nc no more momeutous
/ Question than .hc question Of taxation.
/ Iii the question. n Mr. Burke truly
said. around which all the great battles
T II freedom have been fought II is the
Question on, ot which grow all the is
snc> II government Until we settle
this question wisely permanently, just
+ In. Nc build SIT other reforms On q
foundation II sand
"Ne aud the Crea; party we repre-
sen. are for tariff reform because ii is
the only gateway 10 genuine democratic
government The distinguished leader
who presided over the republican con-
vea.t,n bNSteS that he does not know
what tariff reform j. Who ever said
,ha. he dido Let rs hope, with the
charity tha,endureth all things and he.
':eyC,h all things that he is fully Il
ignorant $ he vauu,S himself 10 be,
Unfortunately the people are not SO
.-noraut II the meaning ot protection
a, leaS, 81 the protection which is doled
en-, n them in the bill that bears his
name. They see that meaning writ
large to-day in Frustrated agriculture,
in q >aackla3 commerce, in stricken in
tu>t-.e>, in the compulsory idleness Of
labor, in lav-maie wealth. in the dis
content OF the workingman and the de-
spair OF the farmer. They know by
past experience that protection as a sys-
tenn Of taxation Is but the old crafty
scheme by which the rich compel the
poor - pay the expenses OF the govern
wro- They know bv hard experience
that protection rs a system Of tribute
is but the old and crafty scheme by
which the power Of taxation Of the pri-
yate people is made the private prop.
ertv Of a few Of the people.
Tariff reform means to readiust this
this system Of tribute. It meal that
we have not reached the EQUALITY of
true freedom so long as any citizen is
forced by law to nav tribute to anv
other citizen and until our IN yes are
proportioned to the ability and duty of
the rather than to his icnor.
arrc. mis- weakness and his paticncc.
,"Goy. Mckinley further declared that
H. democratic party believes in TAXING
Pualyes. am afraid. gentlemen we
musr admit this charge. What right or
excise have we for tayinp onvbodv
else?
with a continent for a country. with
freedom and Intelligence as tbe ~instru.
ments for its DEVELOPMENT, we stand
disrrarcd in the eves If mankind IL ye
cannot and if we do not s,,nnort o,r
own government We can throw tbot
support ON other neonle only Inv bor.
cary or by force II we psc tho one we
are a pauper nation, if we use tbe other
we are n nir,te nation
''The democratic marty docs NOT in
tend that we shonld he either No
more does it intend hat tbev shall
falsely coI, i, ]tayinr ntho. noontn -
transfer the expenses of fine r~overnmont
from the possessions of those who own
the propertv of the country to the hol.
lies and hacks of those wbHdo ,La mor1.
of the country. 1t believes that fru-
calitv is the essential yirt,,o of f.oo
If Intends to limit tovo.
ton TO public needs and IN levy toves
by the plain rulc of ~iustice and ~noritv
"But, gentlemen we are confrorted
with a new cry in this camnairn Tbe
republican nartv save Gov NoIi,lnr
now stands for protection and r~ecinror.
itv lie was for nrotoction ,1ono Whom
he framed his biul in tha borso M -, tbo,
permitted its benefciorics TO frame !,
for him. and firmly resisted all ofror,s
of the statesman from Maine to onnov
re~riprocitv to if M wopde, HAT ho
favors the recinrocitv added IN his Mn
bv the senate Won miSh+ ovnInro tL,a
pages of burlcsouc literature for INV.
thing more sunrcmelv Iudicrors ,b,n
hos o-collad ,n.inroni - h NoTtn
lev bill.
az l. mo-, ooi,.aoaua IN u
taliotion and ,yorst ~ oil ,.otoliat;an
on our ovv, noorlo I, nnn;chos A,aaa
lean citizcne f,. ,ho nonoss;t;os a. g..
follies Of ,tbo. nnor1o IT, aau
faw ltt1o ooun+r;a, oi,., f.a''u
arc forced hr. .a,,. noanaa;.;os ~"
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