Lower coast gazette., 1913-04-26

governments GIN i4 hiiJ h""N %
build up special classes. Men will take care %
heir families, Of their home towns and states
and ara nraised for what they Go. In IKE man.
nor the nation as a whole should take care VI
its own people to whatever extent 1t can. d.
though it may display some sel1sh1less IN su'n
action. Self preservation is the first law Oh
no+,,,.o ond national preservation should be our
first law as a nation.
Much ado is made about the wonderful sue
cess Of England as a free trade nation. Every
et,dant however. knows that England lof
centuries has been the most arbitrarily proeec-
tive nation Of which we had any knowledge.
In the colonial days Connecticut was not a',ow.
ed to manufacture any iron Wosk. All .lla'
m,st O from England. Ireland was not d.
lowed to develop any manufactures. mahuiac-
tured goods must come from England. LINE
has softened the edges OF many OF THESE re-
s%trictions that were selfshly enforced IN tne
beginning and all was done to promote Dr'e'Sn
trade. A little less than a hundred years aso
Tho wealth of England lay in its agriculture
such as It was, and the English gentry were es-
~santially an agricultural people. AS Engilsh
trade developed, and the manufacturing ihUei-
asts grew stronger, and as the electorate was
gradually enlarged, the manufacturers repealeu
tha so-called corn laws or the duties on lmpor.
al wheat and other kinds of human food, Wnlch
,,nt;, then had laid considerable duties IN Eng
land That was a fight between the agrlcul-
tural and the manufacturing interests OF the
country and the manufacturers Won the ngnt
and secured free trade in food stu1fs, lmperll,
mo as was then thought the maintenance OF
Tho fendal agricultural system still existing IN
FnpIand. Now free trade is proclaimed az
+ho,oh if was one branch of the Christian re
l;o;on whereas it was simply a local polltlca
n]o,;tical issue in England, in which the new
electorate won.
When we in the South think that the stat
Of Tennessee is as great a state IN mlneral re
sonrces as is the state of Pennsylvania; ina
there is as much, or more, coal and IRON an
limestone in the South as there is IN the North
we can see that if our Democratic insists on u, =,
English idea of free trade it will simply ou.l
I'M the. conservative element or party OF IN
American people which at the present tim
would spparently take the name OF ffogte'
sives.'
Some sucb reaction as this would have o
Cured long ago but for the tact tnat the co
s~eryative party retained the name OF repuollcal
and that was tie name CT the successful par
in onr great civil war in which millions OF. M
We're sacrificed on the field Of battle in order
determine by the arbitrament OF war WHEN
slavery should ha ~extirpated at once or not. !
country can forget the losses of its fathers al
brothers and sons on the battlefield. While tn
NAV assuage all the incidental stories OF a gre
conflict it will take much time and in TACT
may say the entire disappearance OF the bat
Scared veterans on both sides befort the
political lines shall entirely disappear, Happ
for US in the United States, with a higher
gree Of general education than prevails IN q
other country, with a breath OF feeling const
ant with the immense development OF cur COZ
trv. we all look with lenient eyes upon
heroes of the civil war, whether they wore
3 blue or the gray, and now all are coming
Y petber in one general celebration Of those
Gent days Of mighty conflict that we hope
: never reappear in our fair land.
e All this leads up to the fact that the !
q great parties in this country are the conser
tiyes, or aristccratic, CT republican party,
the lDdividualistic CT democratic party, be Il
) ramed as they may. 1t is to the interest
these great elementary parties to retain un
/ their own control all possible influence.
le conservative party in England, aristocratlc
it was under the control Of Lord Salisbury,
% smong the first in extending the elective Il
ehise in England. In fact the conserva
II party in England outdid the so-called llb
O party in concessions that it was disposed
make in many directions. At the same tlmt
IN strong element CT Capitalization prevented
q giving that consideration to Ireland that Ire
Lad been praying for for more than a hume
wears. ard without success. Shall we who
4 adherents of the Democratic party permit.
o. party 10 commit suicide by destroying the
IN dustrial foundations Of our government
IS. the English free trade cry that has no pr
or place with Us, nor with the Southern ST.