New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-04
THE UA J.

The Nations birthday Is celebrated by many
who have not the least idea what 1t means. In
dependence has never gone deep enough with
them to prevent scrvile worship Of British
ideas. and they stand to-day. in respect 10 all
the deeper reasons for separation from the
Mother Country, just where the Tories stood
when the Declaration was signed.
1t was not for the childish pleasure Of setting
up their own rulers that the genuine patriots or
the Revolution welcomed privation and hazard
Of life Neither had they a narrow provincial
notion that the great men of America were
more highly gifted for the ruling Of Il Nation
than the statesmen Of England. Pitt and Burke
were in their time hOnOrcd by Americans. and
Gladstone 10 this day represents. for thoughtful
men Of this country. as high type Of states
manship rs Cleveland. Nor were the patriots
Of 177G ignorant that evolution and progress
would bring higher freedom TO EngliShmcn
without some OF the risks which a separate
Government involved Yet they found lofty and
sacred reasons for desiring independence, even
AZ the risk Of life
The history of Colonial and Revolutionary
days makes il clear that the sagacouS founders
Of the Republic sought with intense carncstness
industrial Independence. They realized that.
unless America could establish all industrial
system Of It's own. with higher and surcr re-
wards for labor and more satisfied conditions
for the laborcr than could be attained in the Old
World this country would not cease 10 be
mere vasSal and appanage Of the British Crown
in all essentials. though styling its Chief EXccu-
tive President instead OF GOvcrDOrGcncrTll.
They clearly saw that II British interests were
10 shape the laws Of this country and regulate
the commerce between the States and England.
there could never be developed here such a solid
prosperity for the millions "a would make this
land the Mecca Of all desires II was their high
resolve 10 cut loose from commercial and IN
dus,rial dependence upon the Mother Country.
and 10 create here on virgin soil more at
tractive home for the Industrious and enter
prising Of all lands. which inspired them 10 de-
mand self government IN the broader rather
than the colonial sense. a century has grandly
vjndlcated them but only because wOrShippcrs
Of British theories have not shaped American
laws.
50 when The confederation OF colonies was put
aside TO form Il more perfect Union history
proves that the controlling purpose was 10 Sc
cure and exercise larger power 10 regulate com
MERGE and protect home industry. in order 10
make independence real and complete. In the
ton OF the Constitution the reader Is necessarily
reminded that the young country, with It's I'm
tied capital and Its great need u labor could
never hope to become in the true sense indie
pendent save by adopting and firmly maintain
ing an industrial system Of It's own, In which
higher rewards and better scale Of life for
labor than could be realized IN Europe should
be secured by promoting home industries and
II is IN strange irony that ON the anniversary
Of National Independence the Senate should
bass a bill designed TO break down the indus
trial independence for which the Revolutionary
patriots fought 50 dcvotcdly The avOwed OBJ
icct Of this measure is TO make the people or
this country more dependent upon the Indus
tries of other lands 1t is not In any sense an
American measure II would shut up factories
and mines in this country In order To make
factories and mines In other countries more
profitable and would turn out Of work ana
wages multitudes of American freemcn In order
70 give larger employment to British or German
subjects Like the Tories of the Revolution
whose memory was detested for generations, the
trainers Of this measure want chcapncss more
than Independence, and care more for their
pockets than for patriotism Not even In
geographical sense does IL represent the Nauon'
but out Of the eight men who are to push 1t
through in the Conference Committee seven
come from States which had no existence when
the Constitution was formed which have less
industrial development and Independence than
any other section, and which have In all less
than quarter Of the Nations population.
The Bill Of Sale Is an insult 10 the Fourth of
July This anniversary Of American lndcpcn-
drnce IS the best Of all days for a solemn reso-
luton that the people shall not be thrown back
into Industrial scrfdom and vassaage by the
new tariff and that the men who know what
the Declaration Of Independence meant viii
never rest until they have blottch from the
statutc-book the bill TO PROSTATE American and
promote foreign industries.