The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-03-26

Of the United States At Ora. an oassado,
the 7th OF November last, saw 90 nIitain. on
protection and of progress 90 .s sne partyof
power on the tide OF the popula ! W, pack 70
ting his ear to the ground. even ,r WI Put.
land. he could hear the victor,o,,.a Iorein
the triumphant column Of proteos, uead Of
leo py the immortal Lincoln. ana ~ once
not resist the temptation, even NC could
had to violate the delicate pronr, Iagh he
the ONCE which he held and ths i cues Of
lions which he bore. to satisfy , hhs'rac.
geance OF his ancient prejudice A ,,,e ven.
toaoied TO the Golden club and the I'm ~ ne
chester school and to his own prs,u Man'
ana toid Great Britain that America
banished men Of independent ra,ss had
character from its public conra,,n ho and
he knew that the list of its illus,n,' When
vocates, beginning with the diS,,nus ad-
names Of Washington and MaS;sssu' shed
Franklin. had never ceased to rron, and
progress marked the way until n - aefe
corded In the register of independen, sS, re-
and fame the names of Clay. Of Isa LIMOS
and Of Webster, of Lincoln and ~ Croon,
Garfield, of Randall, and OF Rlaina o!
he knew that almost on the very a., Aho
uttered that Indictment the list ~ ne
pendent minds that champion the Soo.. ue-
of protection In America had grown ~ .s
greatest and most significant ma joritv,ae
ever spoke their independence at 4 no, n,st
election in this country. He knew yhsl
he uttered that libel on the memorv ~ "a .e
greatest statesmen of America, that n na e
should blot out the list Of names that iSen
tffy the doctrine OF protection in our bis-
tory, you would leave 1t literary desa..
as insignificant and barren of achisvor.,
as Disraeli's grandfather's cbanter ~
events that never took place Smart,r.
with the certain knowledge that the fig
trade policy of his party in America b.a
again been demonstrated as an ignomIr,l
Gus failure and overwhelmingly defea,aa
by the independent votes of labor and -
capital. he splutters out the partisan asserl
ton that under the dictation of protect,on
individual enterprise and Independents
have been oppressed and the energy ~
invention and discovery debilitated and
discouraged
What Protection Has Done.
ION the contrary, under the stimulus and
safeguard of protection, the genius Of
America has developed a continent. Ithss
achieved the impossible. 1t went into The
ground and found the iron, and brought n
out to light and usefulness. 1t formed n
into wheels and turned it into shafts. n
set the spindles turning and the axles
whirling. 1t touched the delft and cunning
hands of toll and made invention dream Of
better things, and since that time God only
knows the limit of inventive genius IN
America. 1t took the cotton and the wool
from southern and middle states, that had
been feeding English looms, and set them
spinning through our own. With band on
iron in either hand it started at the Orient,
and with its sublime and determined faca
toward the west took up its continental
march. 1t would not STOP Where IL
could not find a place to stand upon II
spanned the gulf with iron. 1t laughed
and toiled and hurried on until at last II
found the Occident. Then 1t became
toiling, tireless spider, and wove the desert
into a web of commerce. 1t stopped at
every station and took the produce of the
farm and left the product Of our own
American factory. 1t looked into the child.
hood face of citizenship. and, studying Its
tendency of faculty or genius, opened Q
thousand doors of various and different
enterprises. and said: 'Denizens Of the
free republic, take your choice In short.
1t set America to work. and at the high
est wages ever paid in any land.
but, last Of all. our ambassador con.
fides to Edinburgh the startling news that
protection in America dangerously de-
pletes the treasury
Even Edinburgh knows that the cham
pions of protection took the treasury Of the
United States when there was nothing in
It but democratic free-trade vacuum, and
filled 1t up with gold and silver coin. 1t
took the credit of the republic, sunken into
disgrace in the hands Of the democracy,
and made II as good as the moneyed pow
ers Of Europe; so good that Wendell Phil
lips declared that our funds sold as well in
Europe as English consols, and that the
universal union could borrow money as
cheaply as Great Britain. And. from the
time the party Of protection took the
treasury. there was never deficiency for
% successive years, until the black raven
of free trade perched above our treasury
door and hooted: Surplus, surplus, never
more Our ambassador to Great Britain
has not only violated the regulations Of his
commission, not only been false to his po-
sition, but false to the facts of his own
country.
History Gives No Examlep.
'Who would have thought that within
90 years after the eyes Of the immortal
Lincoln were closed in martyred DEATH.
amid the homage and the alteration Of this
great and grateful land. that within SO
brief time the ambassador Of his country
to the motherland would so far forget
the dignified and delicate requirements
of his high position as to thus stigmatize
and vilify the honest followers and ex-
emplifiers Of one of the first and dearest
principles Of the great emancipator.
when we ask our history for SUCH an
example It gives us back no answer. We
look in vain for such ignoble precedent
1t was reserved, in the fullness of time.
for this period Of calamities. No citizen
Of the United States. claiming the protec-
ton of the American flag and enjoying
the distinguished honor Of representing
this nation at foreign court. can be ex-
cused for publicly condemning either the
principles or the honest followers OF Abra,
ham Lincoln, and he who does 1t shouia
either be recalled for his imbecility OF
censured for his impudent misconduct.