Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

rhe Terminating ApPesl Convsyed In the
pcofeytion poct-lne

AhNANNHAA
T-e~ = nothing In he doctrine OF
e-e-e,:5aa - 5 principle that : aot 7-
x.ent % the principles upon UlicE
he American republic wsS founded
Ne are ao, arguing tha; the country =
ma condition - do away with prote1-
ion now; circumstances have placed
1er where she : MOI, Il al the world
Va> organized OF the ssla republican
ha,.> SIS T. Ale-ila so wucl3 V-1tallv
80 wi,lo1, = certainly We c'l,G VITA
-'ler nations cooperation We are
ae.a down - : degree n l-o,ect,9r
because We csnIot get swsr IN . day
.Cu customs which nations less en-
3Shyenci than ourselves In their form
4 go-e-nmen; have fixed upon the
worlds intercourse Bur we hold -
protection in this point Of view solely
Is 3 matter q expeIiency, DO s. al, =
1ae q principle. As 3 principle II :
reuuEnaEt 10 everything American
The american people arc q people who
have freedom first ar heart The IA
ton was a nation founded frz- y o.. 20
promote freedom. l:pr.de5 itself up-n
being q nation TO promote the utmost
freedom in 81 respects It's motto w4s
tree soil, free speech, free worship free
ships, free men The mos: b.g1tes
projections, Will no. deny tha, the
natural corollary Of this was free trade
In fact, free trade was maize the MS.
,!onai motto a; an interesting periot u
cur history, when free trade and sail
OTIS rights was emb,az1ne5 on the ma
liUnai banners on land and sea
II the nation stopped shor, a, free
trade in importa,ions j, was partly be-
. the world, which had been 50 leac
under the control 81 m-onarchiea. ideas
had not reached this stage Of enliEh:en-
mem in the interest q human freedom
but more because the country was mo-,
in Q condition 10 carry ont fully the
principles 1t had adopted Tor it,, Euit.
ance.
But while Il conceded tina, the cyuu.
Try i not vet ready for the t~,.le,, free
trade. If there is anything character
istic Of the American idea in govern
ment, 1t IS the aspiration for treer
trade. President Garfield voiced this
sentiment when he said tina; al. D
legislation should be with This end in
view. What stands in the WAY u IL
now? The most IN American idea con-
ceivable. The most distinctive Aner.-
cal principle IS the principle q free
dom and equality. The grandest Amer.
lean trai, i the trait o. seit-re.!auce
The appeal Of protection to-day ), to
the antipode Of this. Il is an appea. to
American cowardice, This is more
h~umiliating even than the appeal to
American Selfshness that aceompanie,
We are told that we must have ey-
IRENE protection because without &,
our people cannot hold their own in
competition with the nations Of the
world. 1t +, a libel upon ,hem u say
50. II IS denying their strongest point
The American can hold his own ayains.
the world in any trial Of strength. He
mas superior advantages to any nation
n the world in the character Of his
,ountry and the men who compose il,
and Il there IS one point stronger than
another in the capacity Of American
it IS their capacity to trade. They
IRE proverbial for it at home. +, IS The
most utter cowardice to deny that they
IRE not equal to it abroad
Gov. Mckinley i, untrue to American
IDEAS when he says that protection is a
American principle; he is untrue
o American men when he declares that.
With this country to back them and
heir own native capacity they cannot
,ontend with the world in the contes,
or success. Boston Herald.