Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-03-29
BLAiNE's PROPHECY.

The financial and Industrial conditions
that have prevailed ever since the acces-
sion of the Democratic party to complete
power has recalled prophecy uttered
by James g. Blaine while the Repuhl-
can party was still in power, but not too
early for that clear headed statesman to
foresee the triumph of the Democratic
party at some future national election
and to foretell exactly what would fol-
low. The words of Mr.. Blaine's remark
able prophecy are as follows.
81 love my country and my countrymen. Lam
an American, and l rejoice every day of my life
that am 1 enjoy the general prosperity of my
country, and know that the workingmen of this
land the best paid, the best fed, and the best
clothed of any laborers on the face of the earth
Many of them have homes of their own. They
are surro unded by all the comforts and many Of
the luxuries of life. L shudder, however, at the
thought that the time must come when all this
will be changed, when the general prosperity of
the country will be destroyed, when the great
body of workingmen in this land, who are now
SO prosperous will hear their wives and children
cry for bread; that the day must come when the
great factories and manufactures of this land will
shut down, and where there is now life and activ.
ity there will bethe silence of the tomb And
the reason why this must be is this The great
Southern wing of the Democratic party are de
termlned to establish the doctrine of free trade
in this land. They win be assisted by their
Northern allies There IS a great body of vision
ary but educated men who are employed day by
day in writing free trade essays and arguments
in favor of the doctrine which find their way to
every newspaper in this land. The great body
of our people have never experienced themselves
the sufrerings which always result when the pro-
tective principles are laid aside. Poisoned and
excited by the wild statements of these writers
and the demagogic appeals of the Democratic
speakers the result will be that in the very near
future these forces which are now working will
be strong enough to defeat at the polls the party
advocating the doctrine of protection. 1t must
inevitably follow that uncertainty and doubt will
ensue. The business men of the country, fear
ing the destruction of the principles of protec-
ton, will decline to engage in business, conse-
quently mills will shut down and the working
men will be thrown out of employment. The
people will then see as they have never seen be,
fore that they can not be prosperous and have
work while this principle is threatened In the
midst of their sufferings they will learn that the
only way they can be prosperous and happy Is
to vote for the party that has built up the indus
tries by which they have gained livelihood; be-
| cause they will then see clearly that when the
| mandatory is shut down there is no demand
for the only thing which they have to sell, and
| that is their labor
The situation could not have been bet
ter described if Mr.. Blaine's words had
been written yesterday. The lesson, too,
has been we'll learned and the people
will rectify their mistake to the best of
their ability by banishing the Democrat
ic party from Washington for another
quarter of century at least.