Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
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to a large audience assembled in
the Central Opera House Tues
day night. He began his dis
course with, This is the first time
| ever had the pleasure of adj
dressing an audience in w. Va.
| belong as you will know to the
Republican party, that party
party which has never met diff
ficulty that it was not able to
overcome, nor a problem howev-
er difficult that it could not solve ;
That party which by its capaci-
ty, depth and energy has thought
out, planned and executed a sys-
tenn of taxation by which our
public debt is being paid off in
an almost increditable short time,
without a single citizen feeling
the weight or loss to him of a
single comfort and no man com
plains until a Wilson or Faux
ner comes along to tell him how
he is oppressed. / am not here
to abuse the Democratic party.
They have their rights to their
opinion. We have a right to
ours. The trouble with the Dem
cratic party always has been its
extreme narrowness. Never an
attempt was made by the Repub-
licans to develop an industry, or
otherwise benefit the country
that cry does not come from
the other side d" UncOnstitution-
a." We as a party land all
grand parties,) need a critic.
The Democrats have assumed
that position in regard to us.
| am not sure that they are a
success as critics but they are
eminently successful as fault
finders! We proclaim Tariff for
Protection. Immediately from
the ranks of the Democrats comes
the cry " Unconstitutional" and
tariff for revenue only. You
may ask what is Protection. and
we reply it is an enlightened
selfishness that makes you think
more of your own homes and
privileges than of foreigners. 1t
is that wall of defence that al
lows and encourages our manu-
facturers to grow and flourish :;
it is that which makes us indie
pendent and superior to all other
governments. In our fostering
care for free schools we make it
possible for the poor boy to reach
the most important office and en-
joy the highest honors conferred
by American people no caste or
clan here all are equal. There
are no such possibilities in other
countries. Born poor you will
always be poor there. Born rich
you will always be rich" The
biggest fool in England, if his
mother be queen, will inherit a
throne. The poor of other lands
have all their thought and ener-
gy cramped in the narrows OF
how to live and clothe them
selves. 1t has been said that in
one branch of a family in Eng.
land nine generations succeeded
one another without producing
a single individual more intelli.
gent than another and without
saving a dollar more than his
predecessor. While the highest
possibilities are open to the youth
of our land, our country now en-,
joys a period of prosperity never
equaled in its history. To this
condition of affairs we owe the
major part to the Republican
Policy carried out and maintain
ed by Republicans. 1t may be
urged we had one Democratic
president and he did no harm
but let it be remembered that he
had the restraining influence OF
a republican Congress to make
him harmless! Buy where we
can the cheapest and give us the
markets of the world" is Demo
cratic policy, and in this they
are like the Democratic dog that
had been given a nice piece of
fresh mutton lis tariff protection)
but while crossing a stream he
caught sight of its reflection in
the water beneath and as the
shadow looked larger and more
tempting than the mutton in his
possession, he let his meat drop
and plunged after the shadow,
coming out shortly after the wet
est, dirtiest and most muttonless
cur in existence. He let go pro-
lection for the markets
of the world. Just such
a calamity will fall upon the peo-
pie if they put themselves I'M
der the control of a Democratic
administration. Harrison and
Reid and Protection are offered
under the guidance of a party
who promise to maintain the
present policy that has given us
such wonderful growth and pros