New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-09

| ooa,re. rs own pecpe This bill should be styled
the un-Amerlcan bill. II is un-American principle
un-American in general. ua-Americaa IN ue.Si, III"
American In purpose ana UNI american IN enect; d,
There is not scrap or drop OF good-hear 20,
Americanism in !! Ths argument 'n n any para
detail. any schedule, any scctIoh vi az 20 No
graph thousands OF American industries are 20 pe
stricken down. thousands OF Aiie.'ua" mr. tho
sands OF American homes VIII BE- MADE wfetch h
falls upon deaf ears ana y aduresSeu u p''''
hearts
HOrREoN MINORITY IL POWER.
Mr. President, this Democratic doctrine fas;ens
pon the people of the United states the control OF
the Southern Democratic oligarchy 50 long as the
South shall remain solid. First. suppress the FREE
dom of the ballot at home and present united
ton, I, vour representation without regard TO the
from other parts Of the country. and get me me-,
who cast them to act upon me ne Gil of their own
peopie that It IS not the interests OF their own
Gteies thai shall govern their action. but only the
oninion Of a iority Of a Democratic caucus The
result is accomplished. The reign OF BouFDohSih -
This Bill IS the contrlvance Of sectionaiism II is
the product of hatred. 1t violates every Sonl pti
o 81 leejsatye Proceedings No committee OF the
senate has approved it. No committee OF the Sen
ate will ever approve II. No committee of the sen
ate will ever De- permitted TO discuss It, No com
mittee will ever be permitted to vote ACCORDING 10
Us convictions on any Of its important IroVison,s;
n will pass. If it pass at all. by tne votes
the stamp Of its disapprobation upon IT, 1t VIII
pass II It pass at all, by the votes OF me inri
whose states repudiate their action II Will pass
II IL pass at all. by the votes of men who. ac-
cordng to their own avowal COMPROMISE important RIM
Judgment but their own construction OF the CON
situtlon Itself The men who make ms eo mn mis-
make compromise with the majority OF the Amer
lean people The Difference which they pay 10 eacn
other they do not extend to the 6nsness i n'er ro
merce TO It's skilled labor or to It's eaEners OF
wages. - -, l., h,
Difference for the Senator from Missouri or Arxan-
sas or Texas little respect FOR the opniS h OF lex
ferson. Andrew Jackson. or Abraham Lincoln
Experience in the OF sea for i,
with him compared with experience In me manlpulh-
ton Of Democratic caucuses or III the ieDe army OF
the Confederate Congress ,
Mr. President. there may be some exceptions IN
not yet heard from Apponattox, or wnere tney s'li
baspheme the doctrines OF Jefferson In the name on
Ienrson ana Sun crnSy re en for this
Wilson bill There are doubtless stin In some great
speaking bred under foreign policies. con.
trolled by some Engshman or by some example OF
the love Of liberty In his bosom-that still preach
free-trade and fancy the American people DO not
ting sun But where American sentiment. coming
from American hearts and spoken by American lips.
oathing and adherence for this Wilson bll for the
who bcsot 1t and the men who are Its god
fathers in baptism.
DEAF TO REASON.
urge upon this Democratic majority that the pco-
pie OF the State that / especially represent are
likely to suffer II this bill becomes law. Silent
factories. vacant workshops, capital without re-
turn. wortmen out OF employ. children and women
seeking the necessares OF life Will make little I'M
preston upon Democratic siatcamanship.
The protective system and the manufacturing
policy forced upon Masra chusetts Her people
were commercial and shipbuiiding people. they
were engaged in circumnavigatiny the sloDe. IN
pursuing the whale IN he Arctic ana hntarcuc
seas. Ia building ships whose architectural beauty
exceeded tne most sAqSiste siiuStursS Sl snc,en'
art and whose swift wings outspread the neri,sl
creation OF European sfHl She was iouhdinB
agricgltura stat; IN The Ws.t ana pan,nE, the
You compelled Mnssachusetts to Ghaahge heI
sailors and set them % Work IN factories sonth.
can statesmanship undertook TO carry on CONTEXT
punish Massachusetts and cause her to surer quite
us much Il endangered her great commercial |
Welded ns sbe always does To- he coasttItlona
win OF the American people. Loyalty ana In good |
The people OF Massachusetts girded NJ their oins
IKE men ana ssi 10 w2Tk h ,, nav Az y'o ssl
parts Of The country graf indgs,ry Which ms
sba has 90 6one her f shsrr In Geyeiorng tho
great iron and steel industries which. under nat.
urai laws. are passing away from her In many OF |
this she has complaint and no regret. She wei |
comes Alabama and the Nirgnias and Georgia |
unto the great company % manufacturing com |
munitlcs Che has bun, up also her great textile |
manufactures OF cotton and wool
This bill represents nothing whatever but section |
asm 1t represents no principle. The free trader |
does not approve H. The protcctonisi does not ap-
prove H. The wage-earner does not approve II. !
The employer does not approve II. II does not teip
any pledge. 1t does not conform to Ary political
platform Ths eGpmsge ,h o rss;rsd II 80 not
not approve II. The House does not approve II.
ya 6s daes mS, & ~ nT to fG %G he
baths 10 support the Constitution. as they under
'aea t. snen te iAsy f ha a no SG ali legislation
the result OF conpromises That may be true. Men
compromise opinions ana judgments: But no hon
est man compromises principles No honest man
n ~ S1 t p to the or the
No nan who believes as the Democratic conven.
the United States prohibits the imposition OF "A
duty for protection. and whs has taken solemn
IN M % Phai Drnninie sha,i he The ,1I,Ie and law
for all his official conduct. cast his vote for
Imty retaIniag or maintaining and reaffrming an
Old duty for the purpose OF projecting an Industry
south or North and then Justly excuse himself to
his eonscenee by SAYING iha ne dd II out Of defer
Democratic party would be brought to grief II they
Compromised. }ut principles. oaths honor. pledges
duties. cannot be compromised without very seri-
ously compromising the man who undertakes to
ENCOURAGES OF ANARCHY.
Wherever man lives on earth there Will be sor-
row. sickness misfortune and poverty. They
he austere teachers OF the great school In which
the Creator has placed his children. I suppose no
human continuance or effort will ever do away
with the great evil OF poverty. But there IS less
for II in this country and at this time than
EVER before or than anywhere else on earth. our
abundant resources do not begin TO be exhausted.
md humanity speaking. seem inexhaustlble.
The progress OF invention and scientific discovery
has been and Is likely to be. out OF proportion to
he Increase OF population. SO that the supply OF
al things that are necessary for comfortable and
happy living 10 men who are willing to work IL
ikey to Increase. It has Increased. much faster
han the wants that TO be supplied. Industry,
thrift, obedience to the moral law and to the laws
II the country Will insure all tha, is reasonably
necessary for comfortable and happy living.
Two great disturbing causes threaten the peace
II the Republic and expose us TO the danger OF
yreat social disorders. One IS fhe acquisition IN a
ew hands of accumuations OF wealth by
dishonest questionable practices. II the rich
nan the business man gets wealth by the
million. which he has neither earned paid for.
IL natural that every poor man shall be inclined
% fancy that the same Path - op"n to him. and