Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-08-04

1 iatl ecuefAlloH ieu Ut john " Caluouu,
the father of nullifcstion and the treason
| able doctrine which eventuated in our
! great Civil War, to raise that question !;
and the Democratic party of to-day en-
dorses the questioner, 1t does more than
1 that 1t declares his objection we'll taken
7 Now. who best understood the intent and
\ purpose of the constitution do you think,
they who conceived. framed and adopt
ed IT, or the late Democratic convention
at Chicago: James Madison who wrote 1t,
or the Democratic committee on resolutions
who probably never read it?
Indeed they must have had in mind an
other constitution with which the ruling
element of the Democratic party is more
familiar than they are with the constitu-
ton Of our country. Ii is the constitution
Of the late Confederate States, their con-
stitu'ion par excellent. their beau ideal
Of organic law, which they surely must
Nave had in mind when they framed their
free trade resolution. Il Is a. follows:
The Congress shall have power to lay
and collect taxes, duties and excises for
revenue only. Necessary TO pay the debts,
provide for the common defence aud carry
on the government OF the Confederate
States; but no bounties shall be granted
from the treasury nor shall any duties or
taxes on mportstions from foreign nations
be laid to promote or foster any branch Of
| industry"
| Here We fud the constitution which gives
/ comfort to the free trade Democratic par.
/ ;y. II is not the constitution Of Washing
/ ton and Madison and Adams and jefferson,
/ but the constitution Of Jei Davis, not the
constitution OF the United States, but the
/ constitution Of the defunct Southern Con
| federacy. drawn by rebels in arms against
ouI country, who It has been correctly
said hate protective tarih only less than
| they hated human freedom; and whose
surviving comrades shape the policy and
/ direct the action Of the Democratic party
/ OF to-day
| These men seem to have forgotten that
the Confederacy and its constitution are
/ dead, that they were buried, there 10 sleep
! forever, ST Appomattox. And though they
invoke the ghost Of that defunct nstru-
ment in The platform of their party. and
be moved and controlled by the soul that
! inspired ii. they can never resurrect it and
make it part Of the living laws of to-day.
| The people believe in the wisdom Of the
/ -
| quered They glory in their victory. for
they know it was not their victory only,
but the triumph Of mankind and when
they see. as is now made plain, that the
contest before US IS that OF Calhoun
against Madison, the dogma of the Con
federacy against the principles of the con
stitution, the endeavor of King Cotton
which sought TO destroy the country when
the election Of Abraham Lincoln had de-
throned It, against the patriotism that
saved it. they will array themselves as they
did in 1861, on the side of their country's
welfare and against all foes foreign and
domestic, to its prosperity and progress.
As they fought patriotlcally to save the
nations life, SO now they will contend
manfully and VIGOROUSLY. | believe, to
| protect our country's industries and the
! labor Of our people from harm and dishon-
| or at the hands of that party which, in our
| late conflict for national existence, fur
nished all the enemies Of the republic a
party which, as 1t then sought foreign aid
| to disnember the Union, now welcomes
| its interference to surrender our market
| TO the stranger, submit our industries un-
| protected to his attack, place the necks of
our people under the yoke of his monopoly
and degrade our labor to the condition Of
| his own wretched toilers
Every state which carried the rebel flag
from 1861 to 1865 carries the banner Of
free trade TO day. The one was the en-
blem of disloyalty to American national
existence then; the other is the banner Of
treason TO American interests now.
Which shall we havef Shall 1t be the
dogma Of dead rebel Confederacy, or the
doctrine of our own constitution, the po-
litical economy sought to be enforced Up
on US by foreign importers through the aid
of an unpatriotic, un-American party, or
the system of revenue established by our
fathers and proved by hundred years ex-
perence to be benefcence TO our people
policy that shall utilize the resources
and employ the labor Of a people beyond
the sea, or one which shall develop our
own vast resources and give employment
to willing hands that are waiting for work
in our own countryl
Which of these shall we h ave is the ques.
tion before the country. The issue is fair
ly Joined. None need mistake it. Our op-
ponents have at last mustered the courage
to throw off their mask and expose their
true character as free traders and cham.
pions of foreign interests. They support
the British importer; we stand for the
American producer.
We cordially welcome the issue aud glad
ly accept the fact that we are to have 9
campaign Of principles and not PERSONAL
ties. Yes, this is what most pleases us
and while we shall not fail to put into the
case the clean, able and patriotic admins
tration Of President Harrison. we welcome
the opportunity to present as OF far great
er and more enduring Importance. the prin
ciples involved in the contest. Men maj
come and men may 60, but these go OF
forever.
The Republican party enters the cam
paign before US the champion of protec
. tion to the Industries and the labor of ou
J country, and for reciprocity in our trad'
! relations with other nations. The polio!
when first promulgated by Mr.. Blaine wa
! hailed with favor by Democrats as well a.
Republicans In all parts Of the country unit
it begant to dawn upon the Democratic min(
that it would rebound to the great credi
of the Republican party which supported
it and especially to the honor of the brillian
i and profound statesman who conceived
, It. Then 1t was berated BY Democrats q