Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-03-07
MIR. BLAINE'S PREDICTION.
A Political Prophecy Of the Man of
Maine Recalled.

pleasure and interest an able and con-
vincing article in favor of protection,
recently written by Col. A. NJ. Shook,
one of Tennessee most enterprisng
and philanthropic men. And l also
a few nights ago heard an able presen
tation of the advantages of protection
and the awful picture of what will fol.
low should the pending Wilson bill be
enacted into law, by Tennessee 8
greatest living statesman and political
economist, whose heart Is ever full of
love for the distressed and true patriot
ic sentiments, a man who has seen
some of the hardest trials, troubles and
tribulations and financial struggles of
the darkest days of our government.
l mean our fellow townsman, Col. A.
5. Colyer, who few nights ago at the
Tabernacle, spoke upon politics, poll
ticians and the rights of the people of
the country.
And | have read with distress and
pain the heat rending accounts of the
distress, suffering and hunger of mill
ions of Americas laboring sons. l
have Also read the newspaper reports
of relief committees, bread stations,
soup stands, and of half clad women
and children crying in the streets for
bread. These discussions and facts
carry me back to the prophecy of James
g. Blaine, the greatest statesman in
American history. A short while be-
fore he died, looking down into the fu-
ture and seeing what would ultimately
follow from an attempt to establish
free trade, he announced in eloquence
tn" true and profound prophecy of an
attempted free trade upon the part of
Democracy and what would follow.
After stating that ne loved his country
and rejoiced that he was an American,
and that he enjoyed the general pros
perity of his country, and of the fact
that the workingmen we're better paid,
better fed and better clothed than any
other laborers on the face of the eai til,
he then said:
II shudder, however, at the thought
that the time must come when all this
will be changed. When the great body
of the workingmen in this land, who
are now 80 prosperous, will hear their
wives and children cry for bread that
the day must come when the great fac
tories and manufactures of this land
will shut down, and where there is now
life and activity, there will be the 81
lence of the tomb. There is a great
body of visionary but educated men
who are employed day by day in writ
ing free trade essays and arguments in
favor of that doctrine, which find their
way in every newspaper in this land.
The great body of our people have
never experienced, themselves, the suf-
fering which always results when the
protective principles are laid aside.
Poisoned and excited by the wild state
ments of these writers and demagogic
appeals of Democratic speakers, the
result will be that In the very near iu
ture these forces which are now waring
will be strong enough to defeat at the
polls the party advocating the doctrine
of protection. 1t must inevitably fol
low that doubt and uncertainty will
ensue. The business men OF the coun.
try fearing the destruction of the prin-
ciple of protection will decline to Ell
gage in business, consequently mills
will shut down and the workingmen
will be thrown out of employment.
The people will then see as we have
never seen before-that they can not
be prosperous and have work while
this principle is threatened.
Will any one deny that the foregoing
prophecies have literally come to pass
And think after reading the result of
the recent elections held in New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and other States,
that the following also was true
prophecy. He again says, that ''in the
midst of their suffering they will learn
that the only way that they can be
prosperous and happy is to vote for the
party that has built up the industries
by which they have gained liveli-
hood; because they will then see clearly
that when the manufactory is shut
down there is no demand for the only
thing which they have to sell, and that
is their labor. w. T. Ownby in Nash.
vile Banner.
perhaps you would not think so, but
very large proportion of diseases in
New York comes from carelessness
about catching celd," says DR.. Cyrus