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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1884.
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Classified Advertisements.
HELP WAX*TJ3D--«rALTS.
"XXJ ANTED—A first-class prescription clerk, un-
W married; tnust have good references. Address
Box Waco, Ter.
ANTED—Experienced Canvassers Apply to
LEVI O UK IS It.
14 West Postofllce, bet. ttbth and 80th sts.
HELP WANTED—FflMAtjG.
/ 10OK, HOUSEMAID <>it SEAMSTRESS Da-
vy sires a position, Apply Mas. MARTIN, ller-
niania Ilonse, Strand, t»et. 10th and liOth.
"W
"W
ANTED—Millinery apprentices and milliner's
help at Mrs. GAUTIElt'.S,
170 Market *t.
~\\J ANTED—a wlute girl to nurse.
VV Mrs. GEO HUE FOX,
No. 464 Mechanic street. between l^th and 16th sts.
\\] ANTED—Lady Agent* Wo have the best
VV line of new good* for 1 idv agents! i tha world.
All ladies and enild'en wear them. You double
your money and can't, fail. It wi11 way yon ro in-
vestigate. Address, with stamp, E. H. UaMPUELL
« Fouth M?v ('hiomro.
"\\J ANTED—Lady ageiua ,n every county in tao
VV United States. Goods S'.dl in every house as
fast as show n, and agent; are making $5 to $10 a
day. No humbug. Address. MOOKrt & LUV1-
BORD, 1638 Wabash avenue, Chicago, 111.
BrcxsoxiZiijANBo-ors WANTS.
WANTED — Every bodody to know that tho
Great Grand Extraordinary of the Royal Ha
van a Lottery draws December 30, 1884, with only
1sj,000 tickets and a capital prize of $1,000,000. For
further information apply to
BORNIO & BROTHER, New Orleans, La.
AGXJl»jT& WANTED.
"TXT ANTED —Ladies and gentlemen in city or
VV country to take light work at their own homes;
$8 to$4a day easily made; work sent by mail; no
canvassing.We have g< od demand for our work and
furnish steady employment. Address, with stamp,
CROWN M'F'G CO., 200 Race St., Cincinnati, O.
FINANCIAL.
i\ywrv\r
4i/i nnn T0 loan for kix°r twelve
tPrrv./\J \J months, at 10 per cent, interest, on
collateral security.
james s. Montgomery. 100 marketst.
"ITOR SALE—15 $1000 25-year 8 per cent, gold
J? coupon bonds, secured by first mortgage on &>
years lease on Georgetown City Waterworxs and I
per cent, annual sinking fund, deposited with the
State National Bank, Austin, Tex., whore the int er-
est is payable semi-annually on first days of Janu-
ary and July of each year. Payment of coup jn*
fnaranteed by Emzy Taylor, banker, Georgetown,
ex.
Address EMZY TAYLOR, Georgetown, Tex.:
or E. T. EGGLESTON, Cashier State National
Bank, Austin, Tex.
Loans on land *nd lien notes Nego-
tiated, part repayable annually, if desired.
Vrancis Smith & Co , San Antonio and Fort Worth.
NOTICES, JCtTC-
NOTICE—If the parties interested in the cis»
of Hester vs. Pre\ve«t will apply to me I will
give information for their benefit.
R. A. REEVEi.
Palestine, October 20, 1884,
H ARMONY LODGE No. 0, A. F. and
A. M., called communication TO- /\>
NIGHT, 7:30 (F. C. degree.) Members of^'"
Tucker and sojourning brethren cordially
invited. J. McDONALD, W. 31.
Wm. Mafon, Secretary.
H
JGHEbl' CAuH PKlUE 1'a.lD FOR OLD GOLD
and silver, or exchanged for goods.
M. W. SHAW.
Meals furnished to families, satis-
faction guaranteed. Apply to AMANDA
WADE, avenue K. between 17ih and 18th.
rpHE STANDARD REMlNiiTON TYPK-WKll'tStt
JL awarded first prize at St. Louis Exposition.
Write for circulars and price-lists.
J. H. IIAWLEY & CO., Solo Agents.
*VT OTICE—A liberal reward will be paid for any
JLN information so a* to convict parties dealing iu
horses of the following brands: DH with V3 circle
above, I)H with % circle above and IC above the ^
circle, qC with bar above—belonging to us. Addr.
•Alpine, Whitehall, Grimes co„ Tex., or
Binford, Retreat, Grimes co , Tex.
FT7UX*.
C. J. McRAE,
Wholesale
and
Retail
Dealer,
Corner £2d and Strand.
Telephone No. 108.
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COAL,.
COAL.
COAL.
COAL.
COAL.
COAL.
c
iHEAl' FUEL—The People's Wood Yard,cor.
_J Market St.. use their own wood and do their
own work, and by dray or carload, cant be under-
sold. People's \\ ood Yard, eor. Market and MI sts.
prnA CORDS wood for sale on track. Sawed
eJUVJand split wood delivered in any quantity.
J. J. Lewis & Co., 18tli St., bet. ave. A and Strand,
OITTT BUSINESS GAUDS.
"TSLAND CITY CORNICE AND ORNAMENTAL
1 WORKS,
LOUIS E. SIEN, Contractor of Galvanized Iron
Cornices, Metallic Skylights and Cast-iron Fencing,
Railing, Crestings, etc. Estimates given on w >rk
anywhere in the State. Also dealer in Stoves, Tin-
ware, Crockery and House-furnishing Goods, etc.
Jobbing and repairing done on short notice. 218
Tremont street, opposite Tremont hotel.
Galveston Cement Pipeworks. Ornamental chim-
neys, flower vases, tiles, garden edging a-
specialry. Artificial stonework, etc. A. R. Spald-
iog, lfi8 W. Market st. Dan. Crowley, agt, Houston.
XL. BAUM, MERCHANT TAILOR, CORNER
. Postoffce and 2id streets, guarantees satisfac-
tion. and solicits the patronage of the public.
UBBEK STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS—
Alphabets and Brands for marking cotton.
FRED. A. SMITH. 114 Tremont Strpet.
Have youh vaulis and cesspools
cleaned by our Odorless Machinery, U. 8. Sani-
tary Excavating Co., J. P. Lalor A Co.
H
FISH, OTSTSTHHS, HTC.
JOS. MAGNA, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
denier in oysters. A full supply always kept in
water. 16th and A. Telephone 08.
JB1AG1N1, Wholesale Fish and Oyster dealer.
. Hotels and families fully supplied. Country
orders solicited and promptly executed. Box 180.
J" L. BhLBAZE.
. DEALER IN FISH AND OYSTERS.
Country orders solicited.
ALVESTONTISH AND OYSTER COMPANY,
Postofflce Box 60,
MUSGRQVE & GASTON.
I OHN H. LANG, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
l) DEALER IN FISH AND OYSTERS. Also
finest oyster saloon in the city.
Country Orders Solicited.
80 Travis Street, - - - Houston.
B. MARS AN & CO.,
. Wholesale Dealers in FISH and OYSTERS.
Orders solicited from the country.
mi
REAL JBSTATJS AGB^TS.
iOMSON & DON NAN-
R. M. Thomson. John K. Donkan.
GENERAL LAND AND CLAIM AGENTS.
Buy and sell lands and land scrip.
Taxes paid for non-rer,idents.
Prompt personal attention given to all business
Intrusted to them. Correspondence solicited.
SOS Congress Avenue,
Poetoffice box 370. Austin, Tex.
JW. LAWRENCE & SON, AUSTIN, Dea.ers in
. Land & Land Scrii , buy & sell on com 'n, pay
taxes & redeem land solo' for taxes. For sale 200.000
acres timb'd land K Tex..rracts grazing lanilsW.Tox.
FXiAKTTS, SEEDS, F1TO.
LARGE STOCK OF FRUIT TREES and urn A-
nsental shrubbery—everything that does well
in this State—at low rates in large lots. WM. WAT-
SON, Rosed ale Nurseries, Brenham, Texas.
"J" ^ANDRETK'H N b. VV SEEuo,
CROP FOR 1885,
FOR SALE NOW P.Y
A. FLAKE & CO.
INTERIOR BUSINESS CARDS
CiiPLR&'IHETz"
Jr K CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Plans at fl specifications furnished on application.
Head qua rterfv*s.^allettsville. Lavaca county, Tex.
H~ ABKY I^ANJiA? ,
Commission anr/y -Forwarding,
WHOLESALE FLOUR, MEAL, SALT
AND PRODUC^p.
fV)rresr>cndence solicited \
GURNET-- TEX.
Pl,VSffiBS3a8. GASFITTivES, STS.
jp D. HAKE IK & IIATHEWS. \
I'LUMlJEES, GAS STEA1T FlTTlEKJ,
Poitofflce street, bet 22d and 33d. ' ^
Xelepbone connectiQ".. v
REAL ESTATE.
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IT OR SALE-
JP Lot No. 8, in block 252, with two liouse3, south
side avenue H, between 12th and 13th.
Terms: One-third cash, balance one and t.vo
yeais, uith 8 per cent interest.
H. M. TRUEHBAKT & CO.
C)A f\f\ ACRES VALUABLE LAND IN LAM-
ZliUU pasag county for sale at a bargain. Ap-
ply toChas. Tlnalej , No. ("• Sterne builJ'jc, Houston.
Tj^ORSALE—Several neat houses, wttbone I »i of
grouLd to each, on avenue K, between 18th and
«.tfd streets; also, some lar^o residences and val-
uable corners for business purposes.
G. A. MEYER,
Real Estate Agent.
T^OR SALE-LOT 2, BLOCKl^ GAI^VESro JT.
X; Address
JAS. K. METCALF, Dr.nver, Col.
Building lots of small and large
dimensions, east and west, some with cottages
thereon, for sale or lease. sam maas, n. & 21st.
PROFESSION'!* & BSAL ESTATE
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LAW AND LAND OFFICE OF JOSEPH
Franklin, Ballinger Block, Galveston, Texas,
has complete abstracts of Galveston county. Spe-
cial attention to investigation of land titlee.
TARLKTON, JORDAN A TARLETON, LAND
Lawyers and Real Estate Agents, HUlsboro,
Texap, have a complete abstract of all surveys in
Hill county. Special attention given to buying
and selling lands. Perfecting titlee, etc.
T M. PEARSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
McKinnkt, Tbzas.
Particular attention given to collections and rea*
estate.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Complete set of American Cyclope-
dia, good as new, at half the publisher's pr-ica.
Address F. M., News office.
FOR SALE—Large Job Printing Office; estab-
lished four years, doing No. 1 business. Ad-
dress J. A. CARRUTH, Las Vegas, N. M.
FOR SALE—A retail liquor business, with ele-
gant fixtures, located in a desirable part of
Market street, and being w ell patronized. Inquire
of G. A. MEYER, Real Estate Agent.
TjpLORAL DESIGNS—For the 1st of November.
JU Wreaths, Crosses, Hearts, Stars. Pillows.Broken
Columns. Pyramids,Crowns, Anchors,etc.,elegantly
and tastefuDy arrauged, with pure, natural ilowers.
Can t-hip by express A. WHlTArCER, Houston.
Vj OR SALE—Pure-bred acclimated Jersey Heifers
JF of best butter strains, bred to rearist'd bull; also,
Uolstein Heiters. Riverside Stock Farm, Dallas.
OB8E fOU HALE—
Gentle family horse; phaeton and harness.
Apply at the News office.
O
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CY PRESS 1
CVPKESil
A large stock of ALABAMA DRY CYPRESS
LUMBER on hand and to arrive, which I will sell
cheap. HY. BifilSSNER.
Office corner 2flth and Market
rro ARRIVE-Lot of Ornamental Tiling for
JL halls, vestibules, hearthstones, gardens, and
sidewalks. Extra fine quality Firebrick, btono-
ware, Portland and Rosendale Cement. All kinds
of Building Material fresh.
W. H. POLLARD & CO., Direct Importers.
AhDWAKE AT PRICES THAT DEFY COM-
petion, Dls8lon 20-inch hand-saw, 50; No.
2 hatchet, 40c. j. P. I.ALOR & CO.
Market, between 24th aud 25th.
ALL PAPER"
WALL PAPER,
WALL PAPER.
Buy your Wall Paper of
D. W. DUCIS,
t»■< * betwtM^n 22d and 23d.
^LL Ka^IDS OF TILE,
MARBLE, GRANITE
AND
BUILDING "STONE WORK
DONE AT
a. allen A co.'8
1. OR SALE-50,000 FEET IRON PIPE, 5000
I? pounds Iron Fittings, 6000 pouuds lead pipe at
cost. Large stock of Brass Goods, Steam and
Hand-Pump Rubber nose, Packing, and a com-
plete stock of Gas Fitters' and Plumbers' Supplies
JESSE A STALL. 67 Strand Galveston. Tex
'I O ARRIVE—EX BRIG BELLE OF BAY, BARK
J Charlette, Cora Green, Sarah D. Fell, 7500 bbis
lt< sendale Hydraulic Cement, 4500 bbis. Portland
*ment, 10C0 bbis. Diamond Plaster Paris, 50,000
Kire Bricks. Standard brands, full weight. For
ale low from wharf. G. H. Henchman Direct Im.
FOR jbj52vt.
j OR RENT -Two-story house on Church, bet.
1 21st and 22d. Apply PETER DEVOTI,
17th and Mechanic.
F
rOE RENT—Two-story house, upper story fur-
J nishea, on K, bet. lltn and 12th, only $18.
JAMES S. MONTGOMERY, Real Estate Agent.
TOR RENT—^Cottage, 170 Winnie, near 20th st.
J Apply 31327ili street, or to
CAPT. H. LEASK, Labadie Wharf.
"I j'UR RENT—New 8-room cottage on O, one door
Jj west of Tremont street, $25 per month. Apply
on premises.
Y/OR RENT-Completely furnished, to family
J? with jut children, cottage near business.
WM. R. JOHNSON.
TTOR RENT—The premises occupied by Ebene-
JP zer Pyc, opposite Marx & Kempner s ware-
house at the head of the wharf on Twenty-seventh
stieet, consisting of a dwelling and wareroom on
same premises; possession given November 1,
18H4. Apply to N. N. JOHN
IjXJR KEft'l—A mce residence, on Church, bet.
I? 24th and 26th. Also one nice cottage on E and
11th. OHAS. H LEONARD.
lj OR RENT—House of nine rooms and two lots,
Jj No. 426 Avenue I, between 16th and 17th.
W. 8. ANDREWS.
TTOR RENT- Lar^e two-story house, southeast
Jj comer 20th street and avenue M. Apply
J. LEVY & BRO.
F
OR RENT—Six-room cottage, corner Bath ave-
nue and Q^j, one block from Beach hotel.
M. P. HENNESSY.
Jj^OR RENT—That large building—forty rooms—
THE CENTRAL HOTEL,
corner Market and Twenty-fourth streets, will be
for rent, from November l" at 8150 per month.
E. T. AUSTIN or W. S. ANDREWS.
TTOR RENT—Small cottage, u. s. II, between :)th
JD and 10th. Newly painted and papered. Apply
to ARTHUR 13. HOMER, 176 Strand.
j^OR RENT—Cottage No, 6U7, E. a»enue Iv, be-
J tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
I. LOVENBERG.
"lj^OR RENT—CASINO HALL, for Sociables, L*c-
Jj tures, etc., with or without use of stage. For
terms and dates apply to C. L. BENEKE.
ROOMS AN2 BOARD.
A LARGE FURNISHED SOUTH ROOM, WITH
board. Northeast corner of Twenty-second
and Winnie.
TTOR RENT—Large, nicely-furnished southeast
JP loom with grate, in private family. Apply
northeast corner Nineteenth and avenue K.
HANDSOMELY furnished suite of rooms, suita-
. ble for gentleman and wife, also single rooms,
67 Church, opposite Tremont hotel.
H
ANDSOMELY-FURN1SHED SOUTH ROOM
with board, Church, between 22d and 231.
Mrs. E. S. HOWARD.
TV.OR RENT—Two handsomely furnished rooms,
en suite; southern exposure, with grate. 458
Wienie, between 15th and 16th streets.
BOARD excellent; south rooms nicely furnished
breezy light; moderate rates: bath gas: day
boarders taken. Centre St. House cor. 21st Church.
"^1 OTICE—On account of hard times, I have re-
1M duced my board and lodg. to $4 50 per wk. Mrs.
Gomhert, 114 20th st. bet. Mkt. and Mechanic, e. s.
1S LEG A NT" SOUTH ROOMS WITH FI ® t1
Jjj c'ass board. Inquire at northwest corner
Postofflce and 17th streets.
TVURN1SHED ROOM ■» FOR RENT—
X" 76 Seventeenth street, ea?t side,
between Market and Mechanic street*.
E
IVOR RENT—Well furnished, lame room, with
J one or two beds, second story. References re-
quired 45!) East Winnie, near 16th street.
LEGANT new south rooms with board. Apply
at avenue K, between 21st and 22d sts.
MRS. DR S. F. REIOHIE.
ri MlE BEACH HOTEL—Will make Unusually Low
_L Prices for
PERMANENT BOARDERS DURING THE WIN-
TER MONTHS.
Ask for rates before locating. House will be
thoroughly heated with steam.
F~~ BURNISHED ROOMS""TO RENT—WITH OR
without board. 51 Winnie st., corner 24th st.
Day boarders will be taken.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
T7*0R BALE—A FINE SALOONT AT GAIN£»-
X ville; best stand in town; for cash or good se-
curity.. Address Lock Box 305 Galveston, or 385
Gainesville.
FKOFESSIOJWAL—liAW.
T \lVORCES--A Goodrich, Att'y-at.law, 124 l>ear-
l. born st., Chicaro. Advice free; 18 yrs. exp r>-
e ' Biwlnnw* nuW.iv and lea-allv tr*nwuM>-ij
D RESSJD1AKIK G.
MRS. E. MOORE,
FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER,
No. 67 Church street, opposite Tremont Hotel.
H") LIJS PURE WHITE SUGAR, Si. TIDAL
If) \\> ve 1'luur, $1 55-per sack: he i Fairy Flour,
$1 30 per pack. W. II. SIMPSON, Market street,
between lfilh and 2.)rh. south side.
\\ E HAVil Nu CRY OF HARD iTUiiS.
V » Sales of Crown coffee doubled. IDEAL TEA
STORE, 215 Market street.
GROCERIES, ETC.
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HOUSE PBHIUSHING UO
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E^UPION and all grades of Oil, Cr cilery and
J House-keeping Goods at
J. P. IjAfiORA'HU Mirior, h<v, iir i "H >
PERSONA.,
I ADIES-PENNYROYAL i(OH I CUES
J ter's English) are worth their weight in gol l
Full particulars, 4c. stamps. Chichebter Chemical
Co.. §313 viadiaon square. PhiladeltitVta.
IWCTRTXOTIO^.
Ip WIEHLE, LONDON (ENG.) OON8BRVA
Li.tory, Professor of Piano, Violin, Voice Cul-
ture Address fare GOGGaN & RRO.
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SEWING JVKACHI3CE9.
I'l DOWNS THEM ALL-The Davis will last
1 Monger and t guaranteed to do a greater range
of work than any other sewing machine now in the
market. Easy term*. L. N. Oowart. 215 P. O st.
SAMUEL BELL MAXEY,
HIS (sPEECIl LAST ftlttHT AT HARMONY
HALL.
An AMe Enunciallou of Democratic Doctrine—
C^alvmton mid the Ends llill-A Cursory
Review of Past Political History—
An Enlightened View on
the Tariff Question.
Harmony hall was literally packed last night
to hear the address of the Hon. 8. B. Maxey,
senator from Texas in the national Congress.
The audience was composed of the representa-
tive intelligence cf the community, and a large
number of ladies occupied seats in the gallery.
Members of the locaT committee escorted tha
speaker to the stage, and he was there intro-
duced to the audienco by Judge W. P. Btl-
liDger. After a few complimentary prefa-
tory remarks, the distinguished speaker, as
preliminary to the political feature of his ar-
gument, addressed himself to that subject
nearest to the heart of every citizen of Gal-
veston,
THF DEEP WATER QUE8TION.
He referred to the efforts now being made to
secure deep water for Galveston, and while the
question was one in which Galvestion wis p*
culiarly interested, yet It was not a question of
mere local interest, but was one of vast import-
once to the Wtate and to the nation. Not alone
Texas would be benefited by deep water at
Galveston, but f ll of that great country to the
north and to the west, comprising Kansas, N»-
braska, Oregon, Missouri, and even California
and the Pacific slope, as affording a means of
cheap transportion for the various products of
these States. One grand point had al-
ready been gained in this direstioa
as the committee on commerce of the Senate
had already reported favorably upon the bill,
only one member out of the committee of
eleven objecting. A senator from Oregon and
another from California had to him personally
strorgly indorsed the bill as affording to their
sections the best outlet for the exports to the
Atlantic. If the calling of the bill .at an early
day in the Senate could bo secured, thespeaker
could promise, with a degree of assurance,
that the bill would pass the Sen-
ate. Further than this be could not
pledge, but could say that he kne*v
that every member of the Texas delegation
would use bis strongest effort* to pa*s it
through the House. The action in striking
cut the $250,000 government appropri ition
from the river and harbor bill had been criti-
cised by some. He was as milch responsible
for that as any one and was willing to shoulder
the responsibility. The only hope of sustain-
ing the Bads bill was to declare the other plan
a failure, and to have taken and u-ed the peo-
ple's money in the promotion of a failure
would have been fraud upon its face. An-
other objection was urged, lu effect,
that the amount asked for was so large that
it could not be reasonably expected. Sa ;h
was not the case. The only thing would be to
convince Congress that 30 feet of water could
be secured, and the $7,500,000 with which to
do it, would be to the general governm3ufc a
mere bagatelle. He had heard Eads's argu-
ment before the senate committee ani be-
lieved his scheme practicable. As an evi-
dence of Eads's engineering skill the spevker
poirted to his work at the South pass of the
mouth of tho Mississippi, where «tt) feet of
water had been made to flow where the origi-
nal depth was between 0 and T fee .
The only point would be to convince Congress
that the work was practicable, and if he could
secure an early hearing of the bill in the Sen-
ate, he could promise with almost a certainty
that the bill would pass that body
A RETROSPECTIVE POLITICAL SURVEY.
The speaker referred to a recent speech made
by John A. Logaa, wherein he asked, " what
has the Democratic party done*" Senator
Maxey took these words for his text, and
going back to the days of Federalism
and Democracy, tho one party led by Alex-
ander Hamilton, the other by Thomas
Jefferson, he showed that since the
victory of the Democratic party in ITS'),
under the leadership of Jefferson, down to
the present time, it has been true to its princi-
ples and the rights of the people, and the old
war between Federalism and Democracy, in
the latter part of the last century, was the
Fume as that being weged to day between the
Republican party on the one hand, and the
Democracy, the party of the people, on the
other. u What had the Democratic party
done?" In answer to the question the speaker
referred to the acquisition of territory under
treaty by the Democratic party, in securing
Louisiana, Florida, Texas New Mexico,
Arizona, California, Utah, Colorado
and Wyoming, all brought under
one grand federation and general
government under Democratic administration,
making an ocean-bound republic, one and in-
divisable. In territorial possessions what had
the Ptepublican government acquired? The
bleak and barren territory of Alaska, where
no white man would or could live, and this,
without any recompense, had afterward be^n
transferred to the Alaska Fur company, one of
the greatest monopolies sucking the life blood
of the country. He referred to the flourishing
condition of the navy under the Democratic
administration—andgwbat was it to-day, after
$307,000,000 had been expended upou it?
The laughing stock of nations!
In 1855 our merchant marine was co-ordi-
nate in point of importance with that of
Great Britain. To-day of our carrying trade,
84 per cent, of it paid" tribute to foreigu ves-
sels.
The speaker then took up that vital of all
questions in the present canvass:
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
The leading it-sue beyond question, in this cam-
paign, is the tariff ixsue, and it is right that it
should be so. It deserves to he. It is of direct,
personal importance to every tax-payer in the land
Eveiy good citizen willcheeri'ully pay his just share
of the tax necessary to maintaii the government
under which he livs, faithfully, and enonomically
edministered. Any sum exactt d oi* the tax-payer
b« yond this, is a perversion of the tax power, and
robbery under the forms of law. I propose to ad
dress your judgments and reasoning powers on
the true principle of taxation recognized in our
constitution, and if I succeed in my object, matters
C'f detail are of minor importance
The constitution declares, that the Congress shall
have power
4"lo levy and collect taxes, duties, imposts and
excises, to pay the debts and provide for tho com-
cotn defense and general welfare of the United
States."
Whatever power of taxation Conpress possesses
i - derived from this clause. Nowhere else can t ie
power be derived.
I shnll ask your indulgence to examine this in
the light of constitutional history, to the light of
the coEstitutioii ittelf, of the decisions of the Su-
preme Court, and shall fortify my conclusions by
the deliberate expressions of the ablest statesmen
cur country has produced, and the conclusions of
our recognized best commentators.
It is*known to every reader of political history
that rrevious to the establishment oi' our present
constitution, the Slates were loosely held together
under article'* of confederation. Under t lem ther»
was no division of powers, there was no president,
but one Ih u«e of CotTgress, and no Supreme Court.
('U'greFB was not authorized to raise a dol ar for
the supjort of the government All it could do
^ a> io a? certain as near as might bj the nt-eJs of
tl e govt rr-ment and pr-> rate this am >ng th * Stales
by requ.Hitious, which the Suites cou'd meet o' uoo
n eet as they saw p-r»ner, and »hev fr*»qufintlv s ;
proper not to miet them. The inevitable r.sult
was thfit tlie credit of the government had sunk so
low that it, had to recort to all sorts <>f shifts t) get
akiiKfttel). Ccugrefru had no control whatever
ovh* fortign commerce or commerce be-
tween the States, and interstate tax ition
beean e a grievous hard chip. The*e two
causes, iwre than all others combined, doci-
sioi ed I he assembling of the States iu convention
lo rtnif dy thcte and other minor evils
A convention of Stat- s met at P« iladelpnla in
Kay, 1?8T, ai«d labored faithfully from the tinn
they were organized till th« ir work was completed
on the 11 ili ol September following.
An abler or more patrioltc body never asiera-
bled. It embraced lawyers of great distinction and
hainirg, ripe scholars, a number of whom had
been educated in the best schools In Europe, ex-
perienced statesmen,—besides enlightened business
men, trained to various business persults, and the
body was presided over by the Illustrious George
Washington The proceedings of the convention
thow with what patient care and prudent delibera-
tion every clause, and almost every word was
weighed, end finally, after the constitution had
patted the convention, it was sunmitted to a com-
mittee of the ripest scholars in the convention and
was tl en resubmitted to the convention, signed
and sent to the States, where it again
underwent the closest scrutiny of delegates of tho
peoples of the several States assembled iu the re-
sp# ctive conventions.
I call your attention to these facts, because I
shell t-how that thu tax clause of the con titutlon
received the most rigid scrutiny, and in this con-
nection I beg to remind you that our government,
unlike all which preceded it, rests upou a written
constitution, and it is to that alone we must look
fcrthetax power, as well as all other powers,
lawfully exercised by the government.
The Democratic party assumes, and it .
declares, "that federal taxation shall be exclusive-
ly for public purposes, and shall not exceed the
needs of the government economically adminis-
tered." And again, " all taxation shall be limited
to the requirements of economical government."
Mr. Ulaine, in his letter accepting the Republican
nomination, says: 44 In enumerating the issues
upon which the Republican party appeals for popu-
lar support, the convention has been singularly
explicit and felicitous. It has properly giv»n the
leading position to the Industrial Interests of the
country as affected by the tariff on imports. (>n
that question the two political parties are radically
in coillict." That is the language of Mr.
Blaine. Tho Democratic party, in respect
to tariff on imports, says 44 that federal
taxation shall be exclusively for public purposes,
and shall not exceed tho needs of the government
economically an ministered."
Mr. Blaine says: 44 On that question the two po-
litical parlies are radically iu con Hot."
I accent the issue. It is broadly, clearly and un-
miftakably tendered, and I rejoica that there caa
I e no mistake about it.
Fellow-citizens: This issue is to be tried and a
verdict rendered by the American people. You
ai e nu mbers of that jury, and I shall address your
inhllicencc and reasoning powers precisely as 1
would address any twelve of your member i iinpan-
i h d to try the issue, and sitting in ihe jury-box In
the court house, confidently relying on your intel-
ligence and integrity for a verdict. Now for the
p-cot. I first invite your special attention to
THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE TAX
CLAUSE.
SKrtfcMy after the convention assemble ) various
drafts of a constitution were presented for Its con-
sideration. These and all resolutions relating to
the propt sed constitution -vere submitted to a com-
mittee consisting of eleven members, one from
each of the States represented.
< f this committee Mr. John RutleJge, of South
Carolina, was chairman.
Cn Mondey, Augmt C, 1787, Mr. Rutledge sub-
mitted a report in the nature of a draft of a con-
put ttion. and which ia fact wras the basis of th'j
constitution adopted.
The fust clause of section 1, artlclo 7, of that re-
pot t reads:
"The legislature of the United States shall have
the lower to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises."
Here the power was given to Congress 44 to lav
and collect taxes, duties, Imposts ani excises,"
wi'h(ut qualification, limitation or restriction.
Undoubtedly the committee thought that as the
powers of Congress were specifically enumerated
in the same report, th it the tax power would ne-
cessarily be exerted in the execution of the enu aer-
ated powers, but the convention was not satisfied
end this matter was again referred to tho commit-
tee. On Wednesday, August 22, 1787, tho commit-
tee, through Mr. Rutledge, again reported as fol-
lows: At the end of the first clause, first section,
article ;, (the one I have iust quoted) add: "for
payment of the debts and necessary expenses'of
the United Stales: provided, that no law for rais-
ing any branch of revenue, except whit may b)
specially appropriated for the payment of interest
on debts or loans, shall continue in force for inore
than years." This again was not satisfactory,
and the clause went back to the committee. Final-
ly, on the 4th of Pepteml er, 1787. Mr. Brearly, on
behalf of the committee, reported the followiugas
the form for cl use 1, s'Ction 1, article vii, to wit:
44 Ihe legish tuie shd» have power to lay and col
lect taxes,duties, imposts and excises, to pay the
debts and provide for the common defense an i
general welfare of the United States." This is t'ie
exact wording of the clause as it went iuto the
constitution, and ts it stands to-day, with the
chcnge of the word legislature for Congress, in or-
der to prevent confusion, the word legislature being
more generally imdemtond to apnly to state legis-
latures, and the clause as reported was adopted
by the convention, nem con, and without debate.
Why was this form preferred to the others pre-
sented? Why were the words general welfare, as
finally agreed on, preferred to the expression 44 for
payment of the debts and necessary expenses of
the United States." as found in the amendmeut re-
ported August 22? Let
THE FAMOUS STATESMEN OF THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE REPUBLIC
answer this question. Mr. Madison justly styled
the father of the constitution, who, as a member
of the convention, took a leading part in framing
it. and afterwp.ds, by his articles in the Federalist,
was so efficient in securing its adoption by the
States, in his letter to Governor Pendleton in 1792,
ditcussing this very expression, General Welfare,
and the reasons why it was preferred to any other
form, says " it was taken from the article! of con-
federation, where it was always understood as
nothing more than a general caption to the speci-
fied powers, and it is a fact that it was preferred in
the new instrumeet, the constitution, for that very
reason, as less liable than any other to miscon-
struction." I emphasize some of the words in this
passage in order to direct your attention to the
unmistakable character and force of the evidence.
In the same letter Mr. Madison says: "If Con-
gress can do whatever in their discretion can be done
by money, and will promote the general welfare,
ti e government is no longer a limited one possess-
ing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one,
subject to particular exceptions." No language
can make this point clearer, and no authority cin
he higher than that of Mr. Madison, for he spoke
from personal knowledge, having been an active
and able member of the convention which framed
the constitution.
We are clearly told that the expression was
adopted because the same expression was in the
articles of confederation, and had then been de-
finitely construed as a capt ion or general heading
for tne enumerated powers. To the same effect
is his unanswerable argument on the same words,
General Welfare in No. xli of the Federalist.
Mr. Monroe, in his eighth annual message, says:
44 Resting on the people, as our governments do-
state and national—with well defined powers, it is
of the highest importance that they severally keep
w ithin the limits prescribed to them."
In his special message to Congress, May 4, 1822,
Mr. Monroe discusses the tax clause and the true
meaning of the expression 44 general welfare " with
censummate and unanswerable power, and he
proves that the latter part of the tax clause, to wit,
44 to pay the debts and provide for the common de-
fense and general welfare of the United
Slates," was 44 intended to enumerate the purposes
to which the money thus raised might be appro-
priated." And he says: 14Such a construction as
made the second part of the clause an original
grant, embracing tne same object with the first,
but w ith much greater power than it, would be in
the highest degree absurd." * * * 44 It would in
effect break down all the barriers between the
States and general government,and consolidate the
whole in the latter." Judge Story, in his Com-
intntarieson the Constitution, treats the latter part
of the tax clause as words of limitation, and not as
a grant of power. The whole chapter on this clause
is w orthy of the most careful examination. After
giving all the arguments, pro and con, he gives his
ou n conclusions in section 919, and specially iu sec-
tion 988.
Mr. Jefferson, in his opinion on tho National
fcrnk, February 15,1791 (4 Jefferson's Correspond-
<nee, f24. B25), after showing that the words "to
pay tho debts, provide tor the common defense and
t ei eral welfare of the United States," were de-
s'gncd a- a limitation on the tix power in th" first
or granting part of the clause, says: 44 It was in-
te. (led to lace them up strictly * ithin the en im-
• a ed powers, and those, without which as me ins,
th« ^e towers could uot te caaried into effect."
Here is the whole case in a nutshell.
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
from its organization all the way down to this time,
1 as asserted in every form of language the doctrine
that ihe government of the United States is a gov-
ernment of delegated and defined powers. A recent
case, in strict line with former decisions, plainly
sta'cs the relations of the federal and state govern-
ments In United Srates v•*. Cruikshank etal.,
92d U. S, reports, Chief Justice Waite, speaking
of the powers of the general government, says:
44 Within the scone of its powers as enumerated
and defined, it is supreme, and a ove the States,
hi t beyi nd, it bus no existence." Again, in the
Fame case: "Ti e government of the United State*
is one ot delegated powers alone. All powers not
granted to it by that instrument are reserved to
the States or the people." rhe power of "protec-
tion," so-called, is not enumerated or defined.
Therefore it lias no existence. Wh it conceivable ob-
ject would there have been in "enumerating " and
"dt fining " the powers of the general government
if tl e words " general welfare " were to supersede
or abforb the enumei ated and defined powers? Tne
c- instruction is utterly absurd, and outside of these
worts "general welfare,'* the doctrine of protee-
t on has iiot e en a plausible foothold in the con-
stitution.
In short, it is conclusive that t ie power is,44to
la and collect taxes,duties, imposts and excises."
'1 !'i re and there alone is ihe tax power. The pur-
pc! es or objects of appropriation of the money
thus inised are "to pay the debts and provide for
ihe et nimoi uefense and general welfare of the
I i itrd S'at* s." T a-* Mr. Jns'i •»» Story aptly puts
it, to lay and collect taxes, etc., in order to pay tho
debts, etc,: and the objects of appropriation, hi
far as the "general welfare " clause Is concerned,
ate to execute the enumerated powers in the con-
stitution. " To pay the debts " is not in any sense
a pow« r, but a purpose or object. To provide 4> for
the common defense " is not a nower but a purpose,
and to provide for the " general welfare " is not a
power but a purpose or object of appropriation, to
wit, to execute the enumerated powers. And tho
whole clause read in the li^ht of tho best authori-
ties may he written: The Congress shall hive
pev er to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts Pnd
excites, in order to pay tlie debts, and provide for
the com nu n defense, and for the execution of the
enumerated powers in the government of the
United States.
If my argument is sound, as 1 believe It to be,
then the important questions arise, has the consti-
tution granted the power to Congress to discrimi-
nate. by the use of the tax power, in favor of any
special industries ? Does the Congress have power
to tax the many for the benefit of the few vVhaf
object w as had in view In the grant of this p nver ?
If the power exista to protect some Industries bv
the use of the tax power, at the expense of all
others, where may it be found 1 If it is not an
enumerated power (and we know that it is not),
how does 44 protection11 become necessary and
proper to carry into effect an express power ? and
if yea, which one of the express powers ? The man
dees not live who can point to the clause In the
censtitution granting to Congress the power to
enact w hat Is know v ^ -j protective tariff. It never
has been done. It n< ver can be done.
J ow. In all legislation the first ouestiou that must
be answered affirmatively is. is tne proposed legis-
lation constitutional? and if that can be shown
affirmatively, the next question is, is it expedient?
I deny the constitutional power to er.act protective
tariff law s, and if my reasoning Is accurate, and
authorities reliable, I have established the proposi-
tion.
The object of the grant cf the tax power, as I
have shown historically, was to furnish to the gov-
ernment the means of r.upport, and ic had no other
object. Therefore it follows that Congress h is uo
power to lay and collect taxes for any purpose
»ave for the support of the government in the ex-
el else of its constitutional powers, economically
administered.
PROTECTION, AND ITS FALLACIES.
ImightweP rest the case upon the argument
made, for if it be correct, Congress has not the
constitutional power to lay and collect taxes ex-
cept to raise revenue for the support of the govern
nienfc economically administered in the duo exer-
cise of its constitutional powers, and I
may add that this is practically conceded,
for by the 7th section of Article 1—44 All
bills for raising revenue shall originate in
the House of Representatives; but the Senate
may propose or concur with amendments as on
other bills." Tax bills are revenue bills, and all
admit must originate in the House. The purpose
of these bills is to raise revenue. When such bills
are enacted, not with a view to revenue, but with a
view to protection, they are a fraudulent evasion of
the constitution. 1. The power is given to Congress
to raise revenue to support the government. 2.
Such bills for raising revenue must ori .inate in t ie
House. Not a word is intimated in the constitution
of any purpose connected with these bills save and
except to raise revenue. Now in the nature of
things bills having protection in view are not bills
to raise revenue, for revenue goes to the needs of
the government, hut the purpose of protected bills
is to protect certain industries. The money col-
lected on such fraudulent bills does not go into the
treasury, but into tho coffers of the owners of the
wares and manufactures protected, and in order to
build u. manufacturing interests by levying toll on
all the people, they have laid taxes needlessly on
some articles and too high on others, till to-day the
Republican party has saddled a protective
tariff on this tax ridden people so high
that there are extorted from the people under the
guise and color of law
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
of surplus, by yearly d-ains, more than is needed
for all the purposes of the government. Yea
ir.ore than is necessary to pay the interest on the
public cebt, provide for the sinkiug fund, the cur-
rent expenditures, extravagant as they are, and tho
enormous pension iisr, and yet when the Demo-
cratic party pledges itse'f to reduce taxation to
the uclual needs of the governments, economically
administered, we are coolly told by Mr. Blaine.
41 On that question the two political parties are
radically in conflict!" On this poiut the Demo-
cratic platform reads: 44 That change is necessary
is proved by an existing surplus of more than
$1( 0 000,000, which has yearly been collected from
a si iTering feu pie. Unnecessary taxation is un-
jus- taxation."
"We denounce the Republican partv forTTaving
failed to relieve the people from crushing war
taxes, which have paralyzed business, crippled
industry, and deprived labor of employ-
ment and of just reward." Yet desolte
tli^e glaring facts, resulting from the most
infamous tariff that was ever saddled on a tax-rid-
den people, not only is no relief offered by til©
party in pow»r, but when the Democratic p irty
asKs thct they he invested with the power to relieve
the people, the chosen leader of the Republican
party unblusliingly tells the people, • on th it ques-
tion ihe two political parties are ra lically in con
fiict."
Mr. Blaine's friends delight themselves in com
poring him to Henry Clay.
Mr Clay's is one of the grandest characters in
American history. He was an advocate of protec-
tion, and yet his views have been more misrepre-
sented.and still are by those who wish to profit oy his
great reputation, than those of any other statesman
His ideas of protection are crystallzed in this re-
mark in his speech on introducing the compromise
tariff bill in the Senate, February 12, 1818: *4 What
is the principle which has always been contended
for in this and the other house? After the accu-
mulation of capital and skill, the manufacturers
will stand altne, unaided by the government, in
competition with the imported articles from any
quarter."
That point was reached years ago. We have the
accumulated capital in ample abundance, and
ample skill equal to if not superior to any in the
world. Why, then, should not manufacturers
standalone in competition with imported articles
from any quarter? Wo have reached the point
where Mr. Clay tells us that protection should]cease;
yet the manufacturers, like the daughters of th«
norse-leejch. still cry, give, give! It is vou, the peo-
ple, who have to do the giving. How do you
like it?
At the time Mr. Clay made that speech, there
was a surplus annually of about $<3,000,01)0, yet he
introduced and aided in passing a bill reducing
taxation. On the same occasion he said: " Nobody
supposes or proposes that we should continue to
levy by means of high duties, a large annual sur-
plus, of which no practical use can bo m ule, for
the sake of the incidental protection which they
afford."
Now we have more than $100,000,000 of surplus
w rung from the people recklessly, without cause,
by the perversion of the tax power, withdrawing
thereby that large amount from active circulation,
producing hard times, and a shrinkage of values,
and still Mr. Blaine, likened by his followers to Mr.
Clay—speaks not in the language of Mr. Clav—acts
not as Mr. Clay did—but when Democrats try
to right that great wrong, deliberately tells the
people that 44 on that question the two political
parties art radically in conflict."
Mr. Clay's course under like circumstances proves
that he would have treated with detestation and
scorn the effort to continue this unjust and infa-
mous drain of 8100.000,000 more than the needs of
the government, and for no conceivable reason ex-
cept to build up manufacturing lords out of the
hard earnings of tax-payers.
Mr. Blaine is uot Mr. Clay, and does not resemble
him in any of those great characteristics which
mark Henry Clay as among the foremost of Amer-
ican statesmen.
I proceed now to the crooked paths which lei to
the appointment of
THE TARIFF COMMISSION, AND THE PRESENT
TARIFF LAW.
Taxation having become so burdensome, and the
necessity of the high taxes under the Morrill tariff
having been proved by the surplus of $100,000,000
to no longer exist, and the complaints of the peo-
ple having become so loud, the Republican party
conceived the idea of putting off the dav of
reduction by the raising of a commission of
expert*, ostensibly to revise the tariff. The great
body of the Democratic party knew that the whole
thing was a humbug, but it was seemingly so fair
that some very worthy* innocents, and all tiies)-
called protective tariff Democrats walked into the
trap. To gild the halt, the bill provided that the
commission should he made up of Republicans aid
Democrats—the Republicans to have the major-
ity—so professedly, both sides of the questiou -
tariff for protection and tariff for revenue, could be
represented. The commission was to be named
by the president. Being a protectionist himself,
and a shrewd politician, ne named the majority of
Rej ublicans, and the minority from the variety of
the genus political Known as protective tariff De-
nxcrats. The only man named by the president
who w as in lavor of reducing the tariff to rhe reve-
nue standard was Hon. John S. Pae ps of Mis-
sour i, w ho. being in a hopeless minority of on \ de-
clined to take part in the delusion an I snare. Tne
commission pooled its issues. Salt to protect
tugar, and sugar to protect salt, wool to orote *t
iron and iron to protect irou, and so on all along
the line. The rights of the tax-payers were lit erly
ignored. The tax was to hi collected
and the swag divided. Tne commission
presented their report and the draft of
a bill. They professed trat their scheme
would reduce taxation from 20 to 25 per cent. The
Republicans of the House evidently were afraid of
the \ rofesM d reduction l»u* they h id to do some-
thing, so they passed a little bill taking the tax off
lank checks, matches, smelling s« ts an 1 a few lit
tie things of that s rt, but left wholly i n'oucMed
the actual taxes that the people complained of.
Thus the bill came to the Se ate. It was theg >Men
opportunity of the high protectionists in that body.
Soys the constitution: "All bills for raising reve-
nue shall originate in the House of Represmna-
tives." But say these gentlemen, this is a revenue
biil. It is Hue it is lie-least little bit of au i.i^ig-
nificant thing, but we will amend it. for the const
tution further says, " but the Senate may propos *
or concur with amendments as on other bills." S »
with this little apology for a tariff bill, the Senat'
made a tariff bill outand out • ff the \ hole cloth. It
w ent to the House and al ter very slight considera-
tion—! >;the parliamentary trick of non-concurring
In gross with the Senate amendment-; the matter
was referred toa conference commit' e lea led by
Mr Jehu Slurman. a:.el that co -mutton, iu
utter disregard of the action of either House,
at reed on a bid more protective than the tar. If
commission bill, more protective than the 8-na e
i.ud agieed to. or than the House, so far as it ha l
exrmined, bad agreed to, and under whip andt par
ibis lepert was rushed through, one of the last
nights of the session, and is now the tariff law. It
re celved but one Democratic vote in the Senate and
a few In the House.
So far from reducing tax 30 to 25 p *r cent., ths
11 * usury department does not claim a red uot I in as
much as 5p» r cent., and -till millions of the hiri
earnings of the people are uselessly wrested from
the m, and when the demand for a reduction comes
up from every part of ihe land,aud the Democratic
paity—now as always a low-tax party—asks to be
! laced in power to accomplish tliis result, the
chosen leader of the Republican party, wh > »i they
Ic r.dly call the plumed knight, pens his le tar ac-
cepting the Republican nomination, a id writes
with nonclmlence, "On that point the two political
parties are radically in conflict "
F» How citizens: The present tariff law is the
n est outrageous clas« legislation—the most
« pi ressive that ♦ ver blackeu"d the sta
tute book. Read the debates pending
its passage. You wdil fiud that Democrats fought
tie iniquity at every step, and were only beaten by
nuiiibtis. You will find that among "protection-
•sts fhe question was not w hat is best for the pe>-
ple. but what will be agreeable to the protected
classes.
I'ROTECTIVE IJTOISLATiON TFIK CAUSE OF
STRIKES, ETC.
Protective legislation is not only in violation of
the constitution but is in viol ition of every
1 rhTiple < f political economy, and of the
ne*t interests of the people. It fosters and ea-
conrages certain industries Wv the unnatural stim-
ulus of artificial prices—not the natural price* of
healthy trade—but prices increased by forced
bounties taken from the people, under the forms
of law. Inevitably more capital and labor e nbark
in the protected industries than would enter them
if these industries, like the unprotected, were left
under the control of the natural laws of trade.
Overproduction is the logical and inevitableconse-
ouence—then reduction in the price of labor, then
the putting of mills on half time — the
closing of mills, lockouts and strike*.
When these results come about, as
they do and must—more protection is asked, and
had; more capital and labor enter to compete for
Ihe prizes; then more overproduction, and so ou
with ever recurring disturbances. It is the inevit-
able result of a false and vicious system.
THE FFFECT ON THE FARMING INTEREST.
Fellow Citizens. Have you ever studied tho effect
of tariff laws on the great agricultural Interests, on
the prosperity of which all others so much depend?
Many of you are cotton-raisers. You produce that
great staple on which so much of the commerce of
the world depends, not only without protection,
but in competition with the veriest pauper labor of
earth. That great staple is produced in Egypt and
India, and yet you successfully compet' with it,
because you are better fed, better housed, better
clad, better paid and are vastly superior in intelli-
gence. No forced collections from an unwilling
people are taken up for your benefit, as is done for
the manufacturers, yet in addition to the just,
natural price of irou tools, plowhs, hoes, gear-
ing, wagons, gins, clothes of all kinds, and
so on. you are forced to pay out of your cotton
money toll to the produe?ers of these articles over
and above the just price, and this is called pro-
tection : this is called the protection of labor 1 Are
you not laborers? Why should you, out of your
labor, pay another man the honest value of his
work, and then an extra additional amount be-
cause he labors? Does he labor any more than
you? You pay the manufacturer of your cotton
clothing an extra amount, called protection, over
and above the natural price. Does he pay you ex-
tra for raising the cotton? Not a cent. If then
you get nothing in the way of protection, whv
should you pay anything In the way of protection?
It Is gross Injustice. You don't pay it because yoi
want to, tut because the law compels you to, and
yet, when we endeavor to r. peal these laws, the
Republicans tell you—don't do that—you strike at
lab» r. You reply, I am a laborer—are the people
forced to pay me extra? Oh, no, but you don't
manufacture. That is true, but is not my labor as
honorable, as necessary as the manufacturer's?
Ycr. Very well—then why does the law discrimi-
nate against me nnd in favor of him? Democracy
teaches me equal and exact justice to all men. Is
that equal ana exact justice which builds up ona
man at the expense of another?
Fellow-citizens, thuse questions will never be sat-
isfactorily answered by the Republican party.
Your cause is founded in the eternal principles of
justice and common honesty, and to the Demo-
cratic party alone can you look to rUht ihe wrong.
Gcn« ral Logan, lu his letter of acceptance, says:
44 If there bo a nation on the face of theearth which
might, if it were a deairable thing, build a wall up-
on its every boundary line, deny communion to all
the world, and proceed to live uoon its own re-
sources and productions, that nation is the Unite I
States." General Logan docs n it Inform us
whether be thinks it a " desirable thing" to bull 1
this remarkable wall or not.
Mr. Webster, w ho is usually regarded as in the
very front rank of the gr-at statesmen of t'ais hand,
in his great speech in tho House of Representa-
tives, April 1 and 2, 1824, against tne protective
tniiff bill of that year, to k a very different view
■o that expressed by General Login.
Mr. Webster said: 44 We are asked what
nations have ever attained eminent pros-
perity without encouraging manufactures? I
may ask, what nation ever reached the like pros-
perity without promoting foreign trade? 1 regard
these interests as closely connected, and am of
opinion that it should be our aim to cause them to
flourish toi-ether. I know it woul • be very easy to
promote manufactures at least for a time, but
probably for a short time only, if we might act in
disregard of other interests. We could cause a
sudden transfer of capital and a violent change in
the pursuits of men. We could exceedinglv benefit
someclasses by these means. But what then, be-
comes of the interests of others?"
The Democratic party is not the enemy but the
fii« nd of all industries, and all industrial classes,
but it opposes with all the power of the constitu-
te n, iustice and right reason, the building up by
force of law, any industry by levying toll upon all
others. They favor a free-for-all race protecting
the lives, liberty, properly, and in the pursuit of
happiness, all classes alike, or in the language of
Mr. Jefferson, equal and exact justice to all men."
What I ask you, my fellow-citizens, would be the
effect of excluding you from a foreign market?
Four-fifths of all your cotton are sold on a foreign
market. One-fifth is consumed by the
mills of the United States, ami from every
quarter comes the complaint that our manufac-
tures have overcrowded the market with the go ids
made of this fifth. What would be the inevitable
effect of excluding you from a foreign market.?
You would either have to raise but one-fifth of
what you now raise, and the foreign competition
being cut off, submit to just such prices as the
borne manufacturer saw fit to give, or raise a crop
every five years and be subject to the sale without
the benefit of competing buyers. Absurdity can
go no fuither.
From an able article of Mr. David A. IVells, in the
North American Review for this month, wo leiru
that the wheat crop of 1K80 was 498,000,000 bushels,
out of which 180,000,000 was sent to foreign coun-
tries for a market.
Cut off a foreign market, build the wall, and
what becomes of the western farmer who produces
this surplus of 166,000.000 after supolylng all the
demands in this country? Such policv is the very
extiemity of absurdity. Equally true is it of sur-
ph. s corn, pork, beef, etc. The unparalleled devel-
opment of this country is duo in a large degree to
the ability of the people to build railroads and
other internal improvements, so essential to the
prosperity of the country, out of the money ob-
tained from this surplus production sold in a foreign
market. But a false and vicious system like the
protective tariff can only be fortified by sophisti-
cal arguments, which need but the touchstone of
truth to expose their fallaciousness.
Mr. Charles L. Martin and lady left Dal-
las for Wootan Wells Tuesday afternoon. Mr.
Martin has leased the Simmons house at tha
Wells, and during the spring and summer will
have the house open for guests. He will keep
it in first-class style, in connection with Mr. A.
R. Livingston, of the Delmonico Restaurant of
Dallas.
How few there are who are aware
That soon the gums and teeth decay,
Unless they are brushed with greatest care
With SOZODONT from day to day;
Fortius great dentifrice, wo know,
Will keep them pure and white as snow.
Dandruff
Is Removed by the Use of Cocoaine,
and it stimulates and promotes the growth of
the hair,
Burnett's Flavoring Extracts are the best.
" I have hern olHictrd with an affection of the
throat from childhood, caused by diphtheria, and
have used various remedies, but have'never found
anything equal to Brown's Bronchial Troches. [Rev.
G. M.F. Hampton. Piketon, Ky. 8old only in boxes.
Di rkee's Salad Dressing & Cold Meat Sauce.
The finest majonaise for meat, fish and vegeta-
ble salads, a superb table sauce. Far surpasses
any home-made dressing. Everybody likes it
Luudborg's Perfume, Edema.
Lundborg's Perfume, Marechal NIel Ros*.
Luudborg's Perfume, Alpine Violet.
Lunuborg's Perfume. Lilv of the Valley.
Taxntion in Mexico.
[Troy Times.]
The Mexican government seems to bo vieing
with Fpain in the ingenuity and burdensotn 3-
ness of its taxation. All incomes over $1'1)0
ore taxed 12 per cent. According to the pro-
visions of the stamp tax, adopted lost April,
rearly all articles above 99 cents must have a
strnip affixed. These articles include nearly
811 wearing apparel, aud many kinds of fool,
canncd goods, as well as tobacco, oils, medi-
cines, bru-hes, jewelry, etc. The whole of a
man's stock must ba stamped, and at the ead
of a year the articles unsold must be re-
stamped.
44RoroH ox Pain" Porous Plaster, for Back-
ache, Pains in the Chest, Kb uinatism. 25c.
It is difficult to drown an insect, as the
w ater can not enter the pores of the skin, but
if a drop of oil be applied to the abdomen it
falls dead at once, being suffocated.
Lidies approve of your smoking Little Joker,
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