The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-02

signature of Washington and had the indorse-
ment OF Jefferson the anti-Cieveiand god OF De.
mocrscy; in the face of the fact that it had the
support of Jackson and Benton, OF Clay and
webster OF Lincoln and Grant and Garfield,
Blaine and Harrison: in ,he face of tae fact taa,
the supreme court of the United States the
gfaucest tribunal on this earth, had announced
IN solemn adjudication the constitu,ionslity of
the Mckinley bill; in the face of these facts the
Democrats il convention assembled declare the
protective tariff unconstitutional. aud this in
tones just as explicit az the articles of the Con.
federate constitution.
In this renewed attack upon what makes up
Northern civilization, England again stands at
the elbow OF the Southern Democracy. Ii lends
ies voice IN argument and its material
AID. "The truth is" said Lord Salisbury
In lsoS, England and the United States must
always De rivals. rivals commercially, rivals
politically" The British government as truly
wishes our overthrow or humiliation as a rival
power in the world of commerce and manu-
iacture as when she threw down the gauge of
osttie at our feet or sent her Alabamas to wine
us IRON the sea- She does not attempt force to-
0ay. she seeks her conquest now by the intro
uucslon OF the Grecian horse OF free trade within
the gates OF our citadel. Ii admitted it
contains all the forces necessary to our indus.
tllai suoJugation. Eighteen hundred years ago,
wnen Caesars cohorts were ravaging England, a
chief OF one of the British tribes said to his
ciansmen: "These piunderers of the world.
stimulated by ayaricc il the enemy be rich by
anoition II poor, uusatiatei by the East invade
the west They piliage and slaughter and call
IL an empire. They make desert and call il q
paiace That same England, by following these
same Roman methods has acquired one fifth of
the entire land surface of the globe
In herself she is manufacturing nation
OF immense capacity. She has 20o,.
VVo'uo oil subjects in India, and q
monopoly OF Australia and South Africa. In
snort. both politically and commercially she
rules over sixty-fve territories and islands and
"oJ'VU0Jo OF people. Remember this vast en-
pire Is not made mp OF untenanted prairie nor
Ice mountains nor arid deserts 1t produces
within its own borders, by the hands of its half
ciad, haii-ted and half-paid people, everything
tnat Is needed for the susterance of liie 1t
raises Its own food, it makes its own
eiolnlng, 1t supplies every necessity
ana every luxury of life. The United States
the world itself, uses nothing today, in peace or
IN war, In commerce or in manufacturing, in
science or in art. that the British empire does
not produce IN abundance. 1t wants nothing
we have. il has everything we want. Our for
eign trade amounts to $40. .000, GOO a year; our
domestic trade TO over $50 ooo0, coo coo, and this
through forty-iivc states, along IS,0)l miles OF
sea coast. among 6j,000,co0 of people aud no
more. Great Britain finds people, commerce
ana an industrial empire which, by the resist
ance OF the Republican party. she can neither
rayage nor slaughter nor usurp.
MIR. Corson also discussed the currency
question, citing as warnings against the
nat money scheme of the Peoples party
the disastrous experiences in Rhode Island
and now IN the Argentine Republic.
While the meeting was going on. for two
hours and more, locomotive whistles were
blowing and frecrackers rafting on all
sides. and until long after midnight the
enthusiasm was continued.
Mr.. McGraw held an informal reception
until late hour, and was assured by all
who met him that he would carry this part
OF Whitman county by an overwhelming
majority.