The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-14
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Some Quotations Appropriate to
His Birthday.
He WAS A HIGH PR07EC7IONIS7
And Held Patriotic Views Regarding
n Protective Tariff. While Demo.
Gratis Throughout tho Country Arc
Celebrating Its Natal Day Rcpnbli.
cans May Draw Inspiration from
These Extracts.


cans May Draw Inspiration fGpm
These Extracts.
Wednesday, tho 18th instant, was tho
birthday OF Thomas Jefferson, and was
celebrated throughout the country by
Democrats who regard him US tho
father Of tho Democratic party. Thomas
Jefferson is dead, and cannot speak for
himself. Hence 1t is that tho cheeky
crowd OF free trade 'rciormers' dare,
on his anniversary, to invoke his hon.
orod name in their neinrious warfare OH
American industry. But, fortunately,
Jefferson while living made himself
sufficiently clear on tho subject of pro-
lection. We present below n few bricf
extracts from the many Of tho illustri-
Gus patriots ntterances Which might
DO quoted in excoriation OF the Hon.
Grover Cleveland and his unti-American
FREQ trade followers:
is THIS M'KISLEy srEAKIxd?
To DO independent for tho comforts
of life wo must fabricate them our
selves.
We must now place tho manufacturer
by the sldo OF the agriculturlst.
The grand inquiry now is, shall We
mako u W. comforts or 70 without
them at the will of a foreign nationa
Ito, therefore, who is now against do
nestle manufactures must be for reduc-
ing US either to 4 dependence on that
Lforeign] nation, or to be clothed in
skins, and to live like wild boasts in
dens and caverns.
Experience has taught me that man
uiactures are now as necessary to our
independence us TO our comfort; and il
those who quote mo rs OF q different
opinion will keep pace with me in pur-
chasing nothing foreign, where an
equivalent domestic fabric can be OBJ
tanned, without, regard to difference of
price, it will not be our fault if we do
not have q supply ut homo equal to our
demand, and wrcst that weapon OF dis
tress from the hand which has SO long
wantonly welded it.-Iiom JIBerson's
Letter TO Benjamin dustin.
JEFFERSON on THE CHINESE WALL ARGU-
MEST.
l have lately inculcatcd the encour-
aGcment Of manufactures to the extent
Of own consumption, ut least OF all
articles which We raise the raw material.
On this the federal papers and meetings
have sounded the alarm of Chinese
policy, destruction OF commerce, &c.
p But | trust the good sense OF
our country will see that its greatest
prosperity depends on q due balance
between agriculture, manufactures and
commerce, and not to this protuberant
navigation, which has kept us in hot
water from the commencement OF our
government, and is now engaging us in
war.--From Jcgerson's Letter to Thomas
Leiper.
INDUSTRIAL AUTONOMY sHoUL he oURAIM.
An equilibrium OF agriculture, manu-
features and commerce is certainly be-
come essential to our independence.
Manufactures, sufficient for our own
consumption, OF what We raise tho raw
material-aud no more. Commerce
sufficient to carry the surplus product
OF agriculture, beyond our own con-
sumption, to q market for exchanging it
for articles We cannot raise-and no
moro. These are the true limits OF
manufactures and commerce. To 90
beyond them is to increase our depend
ence on foreign nations and our liabil-
ity to war.-Etom JeBerson's Letter to
Governor Jay.
PROTECTION y OF J~EFFERsoS's LAND
MARKS.
To cultivate peace and maintain COM
merce and navigation in all their lawful
enterprises, to foster our fisheries and
nurseries Of navigation, and for the nur-
ture of man, and protect the manufac-
lures adapted to our circumstances, &c.
y . 9 there, fellow citizens, are the
landmarks by which VIC arc to guide
ourselves gin all our proccedings."-
From Lc5cson's Second Annual Message to
Congress.
NO c~LEvELANDIsM Herr.
The question now comes forward, to