The independent., 1904-01-07

sense to support it, There is abso-
lutely no justification for it what
ever; and there never will be, until
all the world is under one and the
same government
Reciprocity is the rue doctrine.
This is doing as you would be dohe
by. r8
If our neighbors want Tree trade, let
them open thor ports 20 US, on con-
dition that we open nur ports to
them. If they are not willing to do
this, then they do not want free trade.
Reciprocity is Christianity.
When all the world recognizes
Christianity and practices the doc
trine in good faith, then we can have
tree trade.
If we do business in this world, We
must do it as our competitors are do
ing it, or fail. This ought to be con-.
sidered settled doctrine.
Are the populists prepared to go
forth and preach rational protective
tariffs and national money? If so,
there is field in the n1w south. and
the harvest will be abundant.
| Let it be remembered, in this con-
| nection, that Andrew Jackson entered
| the White house friend of protection
| and friend of national banking, and
that he came out of that house an
! enemy of protection and an enemy OF
national banking, and in favor of free
trade Tor tariff for revenue only and
state banking.
The cause is not difficult to guess,
whether he knew the cause or not
Negro slavery changed the mind Of
Andrew Jackson and or the people OF
the south on moral, as we'll as eco
nomic and political questions. Many
| of them did not know That changed
their minds, but John G.. Calhoun
knew. He could see that negro slave
labor had become exceedingly profit
able and that free trade or tariff Tor
revenue only was necessary in order
20 make it more profitable, and that
IN order to manufacture very strong
argument for tariff for revenue only
ne must show that tariffs for any
other purpose were unconstitutional;
that the people of the southern states
were not Obliged to obey any law OF
congress made for the purpose Of ell
couraging domestic manufactures, Ii
the states, as such, should object to
such law. This he did quite TO the
satisfaction OF the southern people,
because it was doctrine they wanted
TO believe, and they wanted to believe
1t because it was to their interest to
so believe. But he had to do it, by
adopting a narrow construction of the
constitution OF the Unlted States, a
totally different construction from
what hef or any one else mad put UPON
it since the days of Washington. This
narrow construction opened the door
for the slave states to extend slavery
into all the free states and gave each
slave state the right to go out of the
Union. at any time, the people there
OF thought an unconstitutional law
had been passed. By this narrow
construction he proved 5lav,ry consul
tutional, protection unconstitutional
and that the national government had
no right to charter national bank
This gave the several states the right
to charter state banks. Calhoun al
ways knew what he was doing great
deal better than General Jackson knew
what he was doing. But General
Jackson, with all his faults, was a
patriot, and Calhoun was patriot fol
the southern country only.
Why are these facts significant?
Because. if Grover Cleveland Is
elected president, or any other man
! OF his way of thinking, We shall be
7 called upon to read the constitution as
Calhoun read II as soon as he was in
fuenced by slavery. We shall also be
commanded to say that law made
Tor the purpose of protecting Ameri'
can industries is unconstitutional, null
and void-that law authorizing ma.
tlonal banking is also demonstrations
al; that we must have nothing but
gold for money; and state bank notes
J must be our paper money Tor cur
Ieneyl.
We want no high tariff duties. now
for internal mprovemcnts-nor fot
revenue merely but we want an IN.
: come tax for revenue and for internal
improvements. We also want an I'm.
heritanve tax for revenue and internal
+ Improvements. We want To put IN,
! whole burden of government upof