Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-21

fought against British misrule, Greek
oppression, and Jackson's naughty i'm
perialism. *
Fought for American System.
And he fought for the American sys-
TEN, public improvements, national
banks and was willing to make any
compromise for the union-all for the
union.
He died at the national hotel in
Washington June 20, 1852 and his
| funeral procession proceeded through
a sorrowing nation by way of Balti-
| more, New York City, Philadelphia,
Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincn-
natl and Louisville to his last resting
place at Lexington.
In 1865 a similar funeral procession
carried Lincoln to Illinois and later
or McKinley's sad cortege passed
through fearful multitudes to Canton.
The fifty years of public life OF
Henry Clay were always full OF the
highest national patriotism.
He laid the foundation, he paved
the way, he led up to the conditions
out of which came the struggle for
freedom and the union in 1861.
He delayed that contest until the
hour of fate had come, and until the
hand of freedom was strong enough
to deal with all the foes of the Union.
A united, prosperous and happy coun.
try owes grateful remembrance to the
immortal name of Henry Clay.
| Appealed for Protection.
| Clay's last appeal was for the
restoration of the protective tariff OF
1916.
| He might compromise to prevent
war, but his faith in his favorite sys.
TEN was mistaken. History is ever
repeating the same lessons.
| In friendly intercourse around the
board of the Grant Republican club.
we may well consider the future of
our party and our country In the
language of the illustrious old hero.
Let us have peace" Free inter-
change of thought and outspoken eX-
preston of views are for the good OF
| all. | have never hesitated to express
my opinions upon the great principles
and policies of our party. The sue
cess of the party of protection, sound
money and good government, is i'm.
portant to the interests of the whole
country. Its success should not be
| imperiled on any more matters of
detail.
Republican doctrines have sprung
spontaneously from the concurrent
| views of its representatives in conven,
! ton assembled and they have spoken
| in no uncertain tones upon all the
| great questions as they have arisen.
Revision of Tariff.
In my public life I have seen four
revisions. or attempted revisions of
the tariff The Mills, Mckinley, Will,
son and Dingley bills have all in turn
occupied the attention of the country
| and every body knows the depression
| that attends a tariff agitation and
| general revision. 1t is not necessary
1 now to discuss why this is true, for
in the last thirteen years the nation
has three times undergone the practl'
| cal experience which brings with 1t
knowledge.
In 1896 after having gone through
so much tariff agitation, the party al
ST. Louis demanded the repeal of the
Wilson law, and then used this in
structive language; I'VE are not pledg
ed to any particular schedule. The
1 question of rates is practical cues
/ ton. to be governed by the conditions
of the time and of production; the
ruling and uncompromising principle
is the protection and development Of
American labor and industry. The
country demands right settlemen,
and then it wants rest
Work for the Laborer.
1t has settlement and since then
has had work for the laborer and resi-
from tariff agitation.
There are some who are willing tc
try the experiment of depriving the
country of this rest even at the risk
! of giving abundant leisure once more
! to- our workingmen.
The result is the same, whether pro
lection is removed by friends or enc
mics.
/ The line of Henry Clay furnishes us
lesson on this subject. He was q
protectionist OF the pronounced anC
original type. But he was ever ready
to sacrifice the tenets of his party faith
to save the union, and so he made the
tariff compromise Of 1888.
1 The South Carolina policy Of thai
day demanded free trade, and her gov
ernor and legislators were determined
chat if congress would not give-them
tariff reform they would have it them
selves. So Mr.. Clay agreed that the
tariff should be reformed by an annua
reduction Fer c term of years. HI
submitted to it but he did not pretend
to like il. He agreed to reduce thu
schedules year by year, until Soutf
i Carolina should be satisfied,and in 1881
one OF the worst industrial panics il
the history of our country came ant
came very naturally The tariff hat
been slowly mutilated by its friend.
and industry lay dead.
Struck Down Tariff.
/, In 1893 the tariff reformers" strucl
it down at one blow The method.
were different. The consequences
, were the same.
I! No doubt there are schedules in the
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