The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-03-11

responsible person, he Will Immediate
" become very conservative. We SIN
cerely hope that Mr.. Cleveland and his
advisors have not the courage of their
alleged convictions as expressed in the
Chicago platform. They do not know
the danger that awaits the country by
the carrying out OF the policy propos
ed.
Genera! Jackson and the Tariff
From the Raleigh n. CO star.
The following letter, in Niles Reg
lister, June l., 1874, page 245, is from
General jackson to DR.. J.. II. Cole
man, of WarrentOn, III answer to some
inquiries, contained III a letter address
ed by the latter TO tie former. Similar
Inquiries having been made from 9th
er quarters, the General states in a
note that the same answer had been
returned to them:
WASHINGTON CITY, April 26, 1924
SIR: | have had the honor, this day,
to receive Your letter of the 2lst inst,
and with candor, shall reply to it. My
name has been brought before the ma
ton by the people themselves, without
any agency OF mine; for | wish 1t not
10 be forgotten that | have never sol
icited Office; nor, when called upon by
the constituted authorities, have ever
declined, where | conceived my ser
vices could be beneficial to my coun-
try. But rs my name has been brought
before the nation for the frSt office III
The gift ..Qf, the Ne04les 1T is, ucQm43&pt
my opinion upon any political nation
ii question pending before and about
which the country feel an interest.
! gu ask me my opinion on the tariff.
| answer that am II favor of a judi
CiOuS examination and revision Of it;
and 50 far as the Tariff bll before II,
embraces the design of fostering, pro
tCcting and preserving within our
selves the means Of national defense
and independence, particularly III a
state of war, | would advocate and
support it. The experience of the late
war ought to teach us lesson, and
one never to be forgotten. Ii our
liberty and republican form of govern
ment, procured for us by our reyolu-
tiondry fathers, are worth the blood
and treasure at which they were Ob-
tanned, il surely is our duty to protect
and defend them. Can there be an
American patriot who say the prlVa-
tons, dangers and difficulties eXper-
fenced for the want OF proper means
of defense during the last war, who
would be willing again to haZZ ard the
safety of our country If embrO!led; or
to rest Ii for defense on the preCaT-
iuu5 means OF national resource to BE-
derived from commerce III state OF
war with a mJralIme power vino might
destroy that commerce TO prevent us
obtaining the means OF defense, and
thereby SuDdue u.s. ! hope there is
not; and If there is, | am sure he does
not deserve to enjoy the blessings of
freedom Heaven smiled upon us and
gave us liberty and Independence.
That same providence has blessed Us
with the means OF national indtptnd
ence and national defense. If we
omit OF refuse TO use the gifts which
He has extended to Us We deserve not
the continuation Of His blessings. He
has filled oar mountains and our plains
with minerdls-With lead, iron and
copper; anG given US climate and soil
tor the growing of hemp and wool
These beng the grand materials OF
our national defense, they ought to
have extended to them adequate and
far Protection, that our own manu-
factories AMI lIDOrerS may be placed
on a fair competition with those of
Europe, and that We may have within
our country supply OF those leading
ana important articles 50 essential in
war. Beyond this, look at the Tariff
with IN eye TO the proper distribution
OF labor, and to revenue; and with Il
view to discharge our national debt.
i am one OF those Who do not believe
that Il national debt is a national bless
ing, but rather Il curse to Il republic
lnISnuch Is 1t Is calculated TO raise
around the administration Il mUnGYed
ariStocracy. dangerous 10 the liberties
of the country. This Tariff mean
iui.@lDtsS uae-p0SSpSSeS more tancltul
thau real danger. | VIII ask what is
the real situation OF The agrlcullurIst?
Where has the American farmer a
market for his surplus product? En-
cepI for cotton he has neither a for
eigu nor a home market. Does noC
thus clearly prove. when there Is 10
market either at home or abroad. that
there Is too much labor employed in
agriculture. and that the channels for
Lst1''l S.L'ttltt bC ilLtIL4 tlAtA- \ bIi4tilbI
sense points out at once the remedy.
Draw from agriculture this super
abundant labor; employ it in mechdn-
ism and manufactures; thereby Great
inG a home market for your bread
stUtts, and distributing labor to the
most profitable account: and benefits
- the country VIII result. Take from
agriculture. III the United states, six
hundred thousand men, women and
gh,liren. ana you will a. once give Il
home market for more brtadSiUhS
than al Europe naW furnishes us In
short. sir. We have been too long sub
iect TO the policy of the British mer-
chants. L Is time chat we should be-
come = litt,e more Aneric9nlzed; aui,
instead of feeding the plupers and
ao0rarS Of England, feed cur Own; or
else, IN = short time, by continuing our
present policy, VIZ shall all Ue rendered
pGuprTS ourselves
1t is. therefore, my opinion, that a
careful and jud.ciouS TaritI Is much
wanted. 10 pay Our national debt. ana
afford Us the means OF that defense
within ourselves on which the safety