The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-25

"h'il Aooo. DurlnS THIS tlmO all the
territory acquired by tho United
States up to 1893 was secured except
the territory of Alaska, and every
loot of it was encountered by the
vigorous denunciation Of tho Re
publicans.
During this entire time the Dom
ocr"ts wore tho progressive mon.
They hold to tho principle that the
people should rule but that tho gSSn-
eral government while keeping tax
alton at the lowest rate consistent
with good government should expond
the fund thus derived for tho good
of the whole people. In 1856 thoy
favored subsidizing tho Pacific rail
road. About tho same time they
started the subsidy to tho Collins
line Of steamships between the Uni
ted States and England. Based
upon the principle Of the Jefferson
ian commercial treaty with France,
they had concluded treaties with all
the principal nations and those trea-
ties arc still in force. Thoy had
built up our foreign commerce until
it excited tho wonder and admira-
ton Of the entire world. They had
under Gen. jackson stopped i'm
prisonment for dobt. They had
fought two successful wars with for
eign nations. They had established
a credit throughout tho world second
to no nation on earth. They were
fighting for principles Of the liberty
of thought and action and the free
dom of American citizenship. Mat
ters of internal concern, tho leaders
of the party differed about. Gen.
Jackson was the first to reciprocity
treaty was made by President Pierce.
John Randolph acting against the
leaders of his party voted against
the embargo act and was finally sue
cessful in defeating that legislation.
Clay, Calhoun, Cheves and Lowndes
actively opposed President Jefferson
in the matter Of decreasing the army.
The first proposition of Il protective
tariff for the purpose of protection
camo from James Madison and Cal
houn and Lowndes joined with Madi-
son in its favor, the Federalists op-
posed protection. Clay and Cal
houn favored internal improvement
and Madison vetoed them. Our great
distinctive foreign policy known as
the Monroe doctrine was Demo-
cratic policy. The Democrats de.
feated the scheme Of the Republi-
cans to turn over Oregon and Wash
ington to Great Britain.
The Democratic party has never
yet denied to any man within it's
lines the privilege of free thought
and free speech. 1t has never yet
failed to correct mistakes whom it
has made them. It has lost no op-
portunity to build up the merchant
marine and open up our trade with
foreign ports. It opened up the
Japanese ports when all of the ma
tlous of the earth had failed.
The party has never been incon-
sistent, and yet it has novor stulti-
fled itself by adhering to previous
platforms when the conditions which
demanded them had changed. Until
1856 the Democrats had denied the
power to the federal government to
mako internal improvements, and yet
it was the first to advocate the great
improvement Of the Pacific railroads
and the Nicaraguan canal.
In the matter of tariff it was a
protection party under tho leader
ship of James Madison; declared for
free trado in 1913; for "Incidental
protection" in 1868; tariff for row.
enue only in 1880 and in 1884 the
convention said:
"Moreover many industries have
come to rely upon the Legislation for
successful continuance, so that any
change of law must be at every stop
regardful of tho labor and capital
thus involved. Tho necessary re-
duction and taxation can and most
be effected without depriving Amori-
can labor of the ability to compete
successfully with foreign labor and
without imposing lower rates Of duty
that will be ample to cover any in
creased cost of production which