Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-08
FORTARlFF REFORM
svparszSTA7IyE TERRY, OF ARKANSAS
MAKES A RINGING SsEEOs,
7, Which Hs Shows Bow the Farmers and LABOR
ng Msa Have Been Robbed to Make The FF'-
t.,,s5 Manufacturers Mlloaaires-AN Speech
Fpr Of Good Things Worth Reading.

IN the House Ol AsoFtS'~"1
the course Of the recent debate on the
wilson low tariff bill, Representative
Vim. L. Terry, Of Arkansas, made the
following speech:
Mr.. CRAFTSMAN: know not now 10
nav be- with other members upon this
eoor INIT this tariff deba.e has been IL
,arestiog to me. Its an old question:
ttis trno-as old as the government"
ave older than that-in its fundament-
als. ills as old as human government
itself: butitis mighty question: SIR
Affecting the welfare Of millions OF the
hnmap race. and therefore it is full oil
interest 20 me: and I have endeayorea'
as far as possible, TO listen and pay at
teotlon 10 the speeches upon both
sides. and asI have watched the course
~ the debate from day TO day, and the
actions and conduct Of the able men en-
eaeed. it has impressed me that every
mighty contest iu which men are en-
lated; whether upon the field Of battle
orin the halls Of legislation, is at least a
hattie Of warning ideas, that have
marsbaled their forces TO the front In
the present case il is the ever recur ng
clash aud conflict between the i'd cas- OF
Hamilton and the ideas Of Jefferson,
hetweep the ideas of aristocracy ana
tbe ideas OF democracy, between the
forces Of Repression and the forces OI
Freedom.
I'm the Declaration OF American In
dependence, Denned by the mighty
hand of jefferson, is the germ.nal ldea
that it is one OF the ina.ienaoie rights
of man 60 have the largest possible
oDportuniues or acquiring, AID the
fullest possible eDj0yment OK that
which he has acquired; aud that no
system of Government can justly de-
prive him OF any portion Of 10 except
Tor the necessary taxes " the Govern
ment itself. This is the principle Tor
which our fathers went forth 90 battle
fin 1778. 10 the Magma Car,a. wreSted
from the hands OF King john, az
Runvmede. was written the guarantee,
sAIl merchants may safely, and with
ont molesta,i0n. depart from England,
"a well by .nd as by water 20 buy and
10 sell. free from all evil duties, ln ac-
cordanCe with our ancient ana just
usaaes." Into this mighty struggle
then. we bear no banner with strange
device nor "legeud copied" as our
enemies saw. "irom the Confederate
Constitutions" but emOlaz0ned upon our
standard arc the principles which are
the birthrlght OF every American Tree
man: ave. sir, the principles that are
the birthrsght of every son OF tna1
grand old AnglO-SaXon race, whose
institutions are the freest aud whose
civilization is the grandeSt that the
world has ever seen, and which, moving
ont. in every widening circles, 70 the
pttermost parts Of the earth, IS resist
less as the tides OF the ocean, and as
glorious, in los glad c9ming,as the
wau2s OF the ,sfuing light. lAp-
-ArrIING AGAINST SUCH PRINCIPLES
ftlsno wonder that the advocates and
retainers of the "barons of protected
ipdrstr.ed" are driven 10 the arguments
OF MISREPRESENTATION aud abuse and 70
tho fierce invocation of the sectional
preindices engendcred by civil strife.
They were invoked by the distinguished
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Henderson,
in his speech the other dav. And
in his heated championship Of 'protsc-
tionn he invoked the mighty name or
Lincoln as name TO cOuiure by 10 such
"a cause rs that. When was 10 and
where was 60, sir, that Abraham Lin
coin ever justified the imposition Of
high tariff duties unless as part OF a
system OF raising the enormous reven-
ues necessary 90 carry on the war? And
vet. sir. what 90 we ind to-day? The
internal revenue taxes. levied upon the
manufacturers by the act OF 1852 and
1864 have long since been taken OF OF
them, but how about The Import duties
that Injured to their benefit? More
than quarter OF a century has rolled
away since the rsverberating thunders
of the last gun of Lee lost their last
echoes I'm the silence that fell on Ap-
pOmattox, and yet, sir, what do we Ind
TODAY? Instead of taking oil or re-
ducin1 the tariff taxes imposed In times
of war the Republican leaders, after
twenty-five years OF peace. actually
doubled tae war taxes themselves upon
many Of
THE NECEssAGIEr OF LIFE.
What think you, sir, would Abraham
Lincoln think OF such Republican
statesmanship as that? To the days OF
lincoln it was rot contended that tariff
ves were for the benefit Of the work
~ rmen, but it was frankly avowed
hat they Injured TO the benefit OF the
manuiacturer, in that they enabled
him 10 get even on account or the In
t6rnai revenue taxes that be had been
failed upon to pay. This Is clearly
shown % the speech OF Mr.. Morrill,, or
Vermont, who had charge OF
the DIN. 10 which be said: when
Ne impose tax Of per cent.
ubon our manufactures aud increase the
tariff 10 the same extent upon foreign
manufacturers, we leave them upon the
same relative footing they were 80 the
start" (See Globe OF June ., 1851 IL
was reserved for the Republican poll
ticians OF later period TO invent the
pretensos that the tariff taxes were for
The benefit OF wOrkiDgmen. and OF all
the barefaced Inventions that were ever
parAded before the American people,
that Is the most fraudulent shameless
and hypOcrtiCal, but an the same year
after year the Republican leaders have
stood up here and upon that claim JUS
titled themselves 10 voting higher and
vet higher taxes upon the American
people. Oh, yes, they are 50 anxious TO
maintain the dignity Of American la
bor," TO protect ID against the pauper
labor Of Europe" And yet. with all the