The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-10-29
The Issues Stated.

eytown district. He was unable To do so, AM
wrote the following letter to the Club, emu
merating some of the achievements of the
Democratic party and ably arguing the chic
issues of the campaign:
New IoES, Oct. Sth, 1882.
A. II. ZorIlckorFER, ESQ, Taneytown, Nd
My DEAR SIR: Many thanks for your very
kind favor of recent date. am g!au 10
know that you have successfully organized a
Democratic Club in my native place. fancy
town, and hope that 1t may meet with that
success that the cause Of the people so richly
merits. The Liberty Clubs during the close
of the last century gave jefferson the PresI-
dency and the country the Democratic party,
which has existed ever since, burylng the
Federals, Wings, and the Americans or Know
mothngs. These parties were all born, lived,
aud died since the birth of the grand old
Marty of jefferson, Monroe, Madison jackson.
Pierce Buchanan, Seymour. lllden, Han
cock. and Cleveland. That it has made mis-
takes. being controlled by human agencies,
40 one pretends to deny or qualify with an
explanation. Search its glorious record for
ninety.two years, and you'll find its noble work
upon every page of the history ol our coun
try. The history of the United States Is the
history of the Democratic party. Under ITS
administrations. two thirds otthe present area
al the country, with Is states and terrltor-
les. were acquired, and the wars of 1872 and
with Mexico, were fought and won. Two
million two hundred and fifty thousand square
miles was the result OF the Louisiana pur
chase. while the total area of the country to-
day is bnt 5000 0GO square miles. Nearly
one. half of the present population is settled
upon this valuable acquisition; within fifty
.,,,, hid Of tho rpuntrV' : upODlp will
live on this domain. To show what our Re
publican friends think of this work of the
Democracy, I'll quote from one of the grand
est living men of that party, James Il. Blaine.
In his great work, Twenty Years in Con
gress. on pages !, 8, aud . appears the fol
lowing; The acquisition of Louisiana
brought incicuable wealth, power and pres
fige TO the Union, and must always be regard
ed as the master-stroke of policy which adj
vanced the United States from comparl-
lively feeble nation, lying between the Allan.
tic and the Mississippi, to IA continental power
of assured strength and boundless PROMISE
II scarcely seems credible that the. acquiSl.
lion of Louisiana by jefferson was denounced
with "a bitterness surprising the partisan
rancor with which later generations nave Deeh
familiar. No abuse was two malignant, no
anitbet was two coarse, no lmpuiauoh WAS
TOO savage. to be employed by the assalantS
of the great philosophic statesman who lald
90 broad and deep the foundations OF ms
country 5 growth and grandeur. president OF
A feeble republic, contending Tor prize
which was held by the greatest military power
of Europe. and whose possession was coveted
by the greatest naval power OF the world, Mr..
Jefferson. through his chosen and trusted
agents, so conducted his important negotla'
fions that the ambition OF the United states
was successfully interposed between the ne
II lei. rae.1r af StF1s
of the other.
The pages Of history recite the eclal ana
success attending the victories of the War OF
1872 and that of Mexico, and attest the credit
due the Democratic party, whose adG!iHlstra
lions that of Madison and Polk carried them
thraugh successfully The credit for the sue
cessful Termination OF the late Civil War Is
claimed by uGr friends of the Republican
marty While they were III charge 0f me
Government at the time, that loyal support oil
the Democracy OF the North, with the heroiSh
of such sterling Democrats US GeneraiS NC
CIallan Meade REYNOLDS. Hancock, Siebeis-
side Sheridan, Corse, Black. Rosee.aDs,
and a host of others, with large number o.
the rank aud file of that party, made victory
certain Bat all that is matter OF history
and may very properly be called back mum
bers i only ,lude 10 II to show That "a
Democrats, there's nothing for the young met
of the marty to be ashamed Of. Teach then
"a be nrnud of their parlyS history, grap'
heritage that they are expected to hand down
10 future generations unsullied and undimme'
by time. Now, Is to the present campaign
The leading issues 3re the Force Bill am
the tariff The former Is measure lnnocch
looking on its face, but liable tS destroy IN
foundations of our free government -
dangerous piece oflegislaion, aud rs We Saiu
T.. = nj ha pllpVpl IN DpCDml
Z. law. President Harrison. III his letter 9
aecaptance, recommends that its execution b
s,laced in the hands OF "a non partisan board
Ne had an example of that sort OF thing II
1876 in the famous by s commission. Siam
ont the perHicious doctrine that the peopiecall
not he trusted to manage aud conduct tnel
own elections. and do not ',lssSl iRs cqteriil;
wedge of despotlsm aud inlusvee ""NNi ."
mise of "a fair ballot aud an honest count
ia be driven in TO the political economy
this coantry. These principles were HE roc
anon which Hamilton and jefferson, rs men
hers of Washington Cabinet, split There
no room for John |. Davenport Force Bil
AZ nv honest Republican friends of Old Cal
roll knew him as we know him here the
would recoil from endorsing his views rs ia"
would from the bite OF a ratteSnake.
The Tariff is the leading Issue. The lit
publican party ljivors high protective tarl
while the lbelhOCItliC pOSilloH 10 d 'a''" -
reVenus only. When the former came INT
nower again in 1889, they found nearyS 100
900. 0Gd of IA surplus in the United STATE
Treasury collected from the farmer, the me-
chant. the MECHANIC, and the laborer, an
unnecessary for the proper conduct OF u
government. Ia order TO keep up the taxi
insiduously drawn from the people, they
once lavishly increased the expenditures
the government, with the speedy result
changing the surplus TO deficit OF nearly :
much in less than four years. Womb PR
dent and honest business man or farmer ia'
ishly and unselhshly add to his expenses b,
cause he had good bank account No4l
ne try as quickly AS possible To change h
Annk credit and become borrower iasteat
IN order that he might have an excuse 10 c'
down the wages of his employees? Tan 20
enrich Yourselves by increasing your taxes
What would your larGlere and business me
saw if the County Commissioners would dot
hla the tax rate so that the tax payers @onlf
more prosperous? Ask your friends an
ueighbors these questions, for thus is precise
ahe Republican doctrine OF hIgh proiecti'
snrif. 1 do not blame the iron, steel, glas
oil, coal. salt. lumber, sugar, wool, and 1
manufacturers for being protective tarlf az
yocates; it's to their interests to preach til
doctrine There are 1850 manufacture
benefited by the tariff while 65, 600, 900 of I'll
American people are injured Is this justice
Tbe laborer. the mechanic, the merchant, an
the farmer have no benefits whatever tFol
this tax. but they must PdyH They are con
pelled to sell their products, their labor
the omen markets of the world, subject to an
governed by the laws of supply and demand
There no protection against the lowest an
most degraded the ofseourings OF loreig
nations. who enter our seaporIs by the M
lion. enter free through the same custom
houses that levy high tax on about every
thing that we eat and wear or use III OF
homes. Protection against the so-calle
I'pauper made goods ofEurope, hnt nothir
20 keep these same people out OF the connlr
They come here and compete with our'wag
earners, living like brutes, working Tor INT
or nothing, thus throwing American citzel
with families out Of work. These same OF
scourings OF Europe never intend becomiI
citizens, never pay any taxes to support Il
government, and after time will return
their homes again, taking their savings wi
them.
What of the farmer, to which class mo
than half Of our IS 100000 people belong
His wheat corn, rye, oats, etc, the surplu
land there's always more than this count
needs. goes abroad, aud the markets at Iii
erpool, England, regulate the prices that
gets for his produce here Protection 40
him no good. The talk Of home markets !:
delusion and snare. The countrys surpl