Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-17
A WORD OF WARNING
THE PERNIcIoUs DOCTRINE OF So
CALLED PROTECTION.
nonopoiists, Trusts, and Plutocrsts VIII
Not Hositate ut Observation-Disclosures
sity for Action-Frec Trade.
tn the Editor Of the Dispatch:


To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The recent utterance of Senator Daniel
that az his assassination or that or any
other senator would defeat the pendihs
tariff bill h. would not be alive tomorrow
morning" Is one that ought not TO DE pass-
cd lightly by. 1t affords thought OF a seri-
Gus character. and should have the gravest
consideration of all thoughtful minds ana
should engage the attention OF every pa
triot. Is not any system OF taxation, any
governmental policy, any code OF laws
that permits such contingency, sucn
possibility, dangerous and vicious one
and one that is subversiye OF the lioerties
of the people, the freedom and saiety OK
the country? When such condition. sueh'
environments exist, should not the pru-
ming knife be applied? Should not those
conditions, those possibilities, be forever
removed? II the monorelists. the trusts
the plutocrats Of the country are IN sucH
desperate and determined earnest 10 cur
ry their measures, not even hesitauhs ae
bIoodshed IL necessary TO accomplish
their nefafious plans of spoiiauon ana
robbery of the American people, does II
not behoove Congress TO take such steps
to enact such laws as are necessary 10
preserve the lives of our senators ana 70
perpetuate cur liberties, as well as their
honor and integrity. The recent senate
rial nvestig alton goes far 10 prove that
senators have been, II not indirectly
bribed, cert inly they have been unduly
and imprope ~ Influenced in casting their
votes by selfish and interested motives
All of these dangers-this whole condition
of affairs-grows out OF the perhiclous
doctrine of protection" which Is mis-
homer so far as the people go, ana -
but another word for robbery, joDeery,
and spoils.
REMOVE TIE CAUSE.
think it was Senator Benton who
facetlously characterized indirect taxa
ton as 'piucl<ing the greatest number oi
feathers from a goose without making
her sduawk,' and the illustration Is as
true as 1t is homely. Now, to get ria OF
this danger Of assassination, this impetus
to corrupt by bribery, this dickering' TINS
trading, the whole country should rise
as one man and demand that the cause
be removed. do away at once ana ior-
ever with protection 10 favored lnduS-
tries that stand as a constant ana hNlhs
menace to our liberties, our prosperity
our existence. Legislation should be con-
Quoted laws enacted for the good OF all,
pro bono publico. Abolish protection and
there will be no loblv ing. no more log
rolling no more robbAy Of the many Tor
the profit of the fewE no more bounues
to sugar-growers. witty their insoleht anu
dishonest demands. pike the hands or
e
there is To be- tax on anything let IL
be so levied tnat it will go into the public
treasury. where the whole people VIII be
benefited. and not into the pockets of the
trusts and the sugIr-growers or LOUISE
ana.
INSOLENT DEMAND.
Can any man read unmoyed the inso-
lent demand made Of the Senate 10y David
S. Ferris, secretary of 3he Sugar-Planters
Convention Of Louisiana Ought nos
this demand be argI3nent sufficient 10
satisfy any reasonabs mans mind OF
the injustice Of suefr bounty? pom
what meat doth this four Caesar iced
that he has prown SO: great?' why, ne
has fed upon the peoples money, he mas
had his hands 50 long and so deep into
the public Golfers, that what accorded
him as a boon, a privilege. a charity, ne
now demands as right, not modesty'
but with insuG'erable arrogance. Is there
any reason why the people OF LOUISIANA
should be paid to raise sugar any more
than the people of Virginia and Nortn
Carolina corn and tobacco? II this Is
not an object-iesson In protection know
not what Is.
a DELUSION.
The entire system OF indirect taxation
on imports as at pres t conducted Is
delusion. For many ears our people.
not Knowing under rs system exactly
what they paid, and 3lVinB no regular
itemized bills rresented4hem, forgot that
they paid at all, and fome were foolish
enough to believe thats taxes levied and
collected on imports %,re actually paid
by foreigners: but the Eyes of the people
are beginning 20 be opfned; they see the
deception.
Mr. Webster once said in Congress
I'VE are emphatically a debt-paying peo-
pie: we are as emphatically tax-hating
people"
Knowing this. our rulers have so lnge-
nously covered up their tracks, their
methods, that the people have been COM
pletely blinded, and wire not aware OF
the enormous amount, they have been
forced to pay indirectly
FREE TRADE TI!C REMEDY.
The Bard Of Avon. 1t & true, says: "He
that Is robb'd, not wanfng what Is stol H..
let him not know't. aI&l he's not robb d
at all" This may be Sue Of the matter
Shakespeare YVES scUs sing, but it does
not apply 10 the tariffs to taxation. The
people do want wha, Is stolen,' ana
they are beginning nfw To know that
they have been robbe'9 and II will not
be long before the only.ssue will be free
trade versus protection: Party lines will
be drawn sharply and decisively on these
issues alone, AMI the oder who has the
courage to act IS a stdpdard-bearer. and.
like Henry Of Navarro. bind IA snow
white plume upon his gallant crest and
let his orifiamme be free trade" Will
ride triumphantly into power. And again
we say so mote IL be. J. \. MOORE.
Richmond, Va. June IS. 1884.