The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-03-30
WHO THE TRAITORS ARE.

"A lcaGlnS CleVeldnu newspaper,
which with fervent devotion has sup
ported the declaration of war made
against northern industries by the in
famous Wilson bill, declares that any
, democratic senator who dares 10 OPP
pose the monstrous scheme of destruc-
ton and to defend the section which
he represents is traitor To what or
to whom is he i traitor2 To the mil
lions of wage earners in the north,
| whose dearest interests are threatened
by this measure Of impoverishment,
distress and despair for the American
workingmen? To the industries which
have built up the prosperity OF the
great industrial communities under
protection2 To country which, un-
der protection, has become the richest
and most fourishing of nations? To
what or to whom would democratic
senator voting against the Wilson bill
be a traitor2 The New York Press
says:
"The country has heard this cry of
traitor before. 1t was heard thirty
three years ago, when brave and true
men of the south, like General Thomas.
cast their lot with the Union cause.
The same men who cried "traitor"
then are shouting "traitor" now against
any democrat whom they suspect Of a
disposition to refuse to sacrifice the
interests of the nation at the dictation
of an ex-Confederate party majority,
No; now, as thirty-uhree years ago.
tie traitors are OH the other side. The
traitors are thosef who would betray
| American industries and the American
workingmen to Bourbon malice, preiu-
dice and ignorance and to the greed of
the foreigners anxious to wrest the
American market from the American
people. Not since secession unfurl-
ed against the nation the flag of trea-
son on land and piracy Oh sea, has so
malignant and desperate an effort been
made as that now made in the Wilson
bill, to break down the structure of our
national greatness by undermining the
system of protection which is the foun-
dation of that structure. The man
who would prefer party to country in
such a crisis would be traitor indeed.
| IF representing a northern community
| he would be a traitor to the hopes,
the happiness and the welfare to his
constituents. He would be traitor
to the industries which support them
and which directly and indirectly con-
tribute to the prosperity Of the whole
community, for when wages cease to
| circulate, all business is stagnant ex-
cept that of the sheriff and the soup
l1C WOdli Dc d IldltOE VI OU-
legations immcasureably more binding
than those of party-the obligations
which require him to be true to his
country, true to his state, true to the
people whom he represents. The en-
dorsement of the white house and its
cuckoo organs will not avail a feathers
weight in the balance when the people
come to pass judgment at the polls on
the acts of congressman called upon to
| decide between revival of prosperity
under protection or continuation OF
the unexampled misery and privation
which the very dread of the. Wilson
| bill has brought upon the land"
| Every clause Of the bill as reported
to the senate expresses hatred of the
northern wage Garner; every line
breathes the Bourbon purpose to re-
duce American labor to the serf like
conditions of Europe. The bill
4 strikes alike at the farmer and wool.
) grower of the west and the workshops
| of the east 1t menaces the flock, the
field and the factory. 1t is sentence
of destruction for thousands of mil
lions of property and a sentence of des-
titution for millions of Americcn citi-
zens.
4 To resist, to denounce and to assist
in defeating such program of infamy
is duty that can only be avoided by
the sacrifice of loyalty, fidelity and pa.
triotism. The northern senator who
opposes it will be honored in the
minds and memories of a grateful peo.
pie.