Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-11-14
Mr.. Bayard on Protection.
THE AMBASSADOR ATTACKS PA
TERNALIsM IN EVERY FORM.
Strong Addresses Before the Scotch
Philosophical Society-Enects OF
the High Tariff Policy in the
United States Set Forth
Vigorously.

EDINBURG, Nov. S.-United States
Ambassador Bayard delivered the in
augural address last evening to the
Philosophic society. 1t was entitled:
individual Liberty the Germ of
National Progress and Permanence."
The most striking passages were those
in which he denounced Socialism and
protection. During the course of his
remarks he said: "The weight of
armed repression and the ~upheavals
of popular discomfort are plainly dis
cernible. While in some countries the
consolidation of the empire progresses
remarkably, in others its disintegra-
ton is usually significant. The old
dynasties are drifting hopelessly or
sinking palpably."
After alluding to the preparations
for war on land and sea, which he as
serted were so formidable as
to-day, to the increasing burdens of
militarism and to the hostile attitude
assumed toward each other by capital
and labor, Mr.. Bayard remarked:
'eThe movement of to-day is toward
State socialism as an opposing force to
autocracy, either of which is despot-
ISM" Mr.. Bayard then dwelt at
length on the theme of his address,
saying that, however society was
framed, it was by personal character
istics and individual qualities that its
affairs in the end would be decided.
He continued: "We are witnessing
the decline and fall of nee mighty
empires al the result of despotic gov
eminent and the destruction of per-
sonal freedom, while those nations
which have safeguarded the freedom
of the individual have changed the
face of the world"
AMERICA AND PROTECTION.
Mr.. Bayard spoke at length of the
wonderful growth and development of
the United States, which, he assured his
audience, was due to this cause, and
earnestly evoked the opposition of his
hearers to state socialism in all forms.
He also sounded a note of warning
against the many proposals of politi-
cal interference and state manage
ment under the garb of philanthropic
aid O paternalism.
After discussing what he termed the
tyranny of labor organizations, Mr..
Bayard said: Gin my own country 1
have witnessed the Unsuitable growth
of that form of state socialism styled
protection, which, 1 believe, has done
more to foster class legislation and
create inequality of fortune, corrupt
public life, Danish men of independent
mind and character from public coun-
ellis, blunt public conscience and place
politics upon the low level of a mer-
cenary scramble than any other single
cause. Step by step, and largely owing
to the confusion of civil strife, it has
succeeded in obtaining control of the
sovereign power of taxation, creating
the revenue into an engine for selfish
and private profit. Its allied bene-
ficiaries and combines Ire called
trusts Gradually the commercial
marine OF the United States has dis
appeared, the few vessels lately built
being an exception and proving the
rule, as they were only built by max
ing a breach in the general tariff and
navigation laws. 1t is incorrect to
| speak of protection as a national poll
cy. That could never be, as it will
never be anything but the fostering
of special interests at the expense of
the rest. 1t is fatal to the hopes of
advancement or even to the retention
of what has been gained by civiliza-
ton.