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a ) Let mx Wmq Ktm Jfo Wmmtm, Fom Tmm Figmt, JJmPamt rt.' VOL. 69. DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1888. NO. 12 JIB. It ACCEPTING TIIR NOMINA TION FOU TUB PUICSI- . A 81 BOKO AXD ABLE PAPER CLEAR AMD FORCIBLE REVIEW Of THE ' lSUE. . .. 1 ,- - -f ir : The fallowing is' the Prc,IJenia letter of aecepUoce t " WAHiaT0if. D. C, Sept. 8, 1888. Hon. Patrick A. VoUim and OUter. Committee, a ; ,::,?,, :;. : Gentlemen In eddresingto yon niT fornitl aorepUnce of the nnmioa- lion to the rrveideney of I he United The pledges contained in the pl.it form adopted by the late convention of the national Democracy leal to the advancement of these object! and insure good governmentthe aspira tion of every true American citizen and THE MOTIVE FOR EVERY PATRIOTIC ACTIOS AND EFFORT. Ia the consciousness that much has been d me (a the direction" of good government by the present ad minis tration and submitting it record to a fair inpection of my countrymen, I endorse the platform thus presented, with the determination that if I am again Called to the Chief Magistracy there shall be the ontinuance of a devoted endeavor to advance the in Tr-T ilf Jfc 2 - 0ur ,e of en taxation and tJSVl KJ Vt measure, "of re- lief. tinned supremacy. The world dee nt sn jrd a spec Uele more sublime than Is furnished hen millions of free and Intelligent American citizens select their Chlel lfagiatraU aod bid one of their nura ber to find th highest earthly honor taxation, and yet this is our condi tion. We are annually collecting at our custom nouses and by means of 1 our internal revenue taxation many millions in excess ol all legitimate public needs. As a consequence there now remains In the national Treasury a aurpiue 01 more than ll3U.uuo.OUO No better evidence could be furnished that the people are exorbitant! v taxed. The extent of the superfluous burdens indicated by this surplus will be bet ter appreciated when it ia suggested that such eurplui alone represents a taxation aggregating more than $108,999 in a country containing 50, 000 inhabitants. ' ' Taxation has always been the fea ture of an organized government; the hardest to reconcile with the people's ideas of freedom and happiness. When presented in a direct form nothing will arouse popular discon- 1 tent more quickly and profoundly than unjust and unnecessary taxation. Oar farmers, mechanics, laborers and all our citizens closely. weightiest burdens upon the people. Divers plans nave been suggested for the return of this accumulated surplus to the people and the chan nels ot trade, "some 01 these devices are at variance with all the rules of good finance, some are ; Musive, some are absurd, and some betray by . their recknesu "extravagance THE DEMORALIZWO IHFLUENCE OF A GREAT BCkPLCS ' of the public money upon the judg ments of individuals. While such ef forts should be made a are consis tent with public duty and sanctioned by sound judgment to avoid danger by a useful disposition of the surplus now remaining ia the Treasury, it is evident that if its distribution were accomplished another accumulation ould soon take its place. If the constant ' flow of redundant income was not checked at its source by re form in our present tariff laws, we do not propose to deal with these condi tions by merely attempting to satiny the people of the truth of abstract Oar government is the -creation of the people established to carry-out J sca ths suohtwt ihcwsi ih the I theories, nor by alone nrginz their their designs and accomplish their I taxes assessed - I assent to political doctrines. Wepre- ood. It was founded on justice and I npon their lands and other property, I sent to them the propositions that was uadc tor the free, intelligent and and demand a good reason, for such they are unjueuy treated In the er and the full measure of public duty in -hea wl.G:,jldr control ind onlv oected in some aoarteri to rezard as that as a result a condition of ex- frVTTIi-K it V wrtei them well when regulated and unnecessary the volume of insidious treme danger exists, and that It U for follows mat a canaiuate ior mis nign 1 ., . . ,. . . T, 1 , ,..,t .ii,am, A wAmaAw mnA that office can never forget that wneo the f . .nr,.nvBt hmnm it tmaran. them bv our nrwmt rate of tariff defence and safetv nromised in the I at moil and strife .which election of its .Incumbent shall be heard no more there mint be a quiet calm which follows a complete- an solemn eelf-eonaecration by the peo ples cboMB rrewdeot of every faculty aod endeavor to the service of a con fidins and generous nation ' of free- men. , , - - . . . . BI9 LOTC FOR AMERICA These thooglits are intensified by the light of my experience- in the Fifsiocntia! cfBce, which baa eok-mo it has qutrkefi4 soy love M ur America! institutions and taught m the nrloceleas value of the trut of nay countrymen It is of the .high, est importance that those vrho ad , minister our Government sboul J teal ooslv protect and maintain tk righta of American eltlsens at home . and abroad, aod strive to achieve for Mr coontry her proper place among the nations of the earth; but there is bo peoplc'vhoM home 'interests are so great aod whose numerous objects of domestic eooeer deserve so much watchfuloess and care. Anawg these and the regulations of i sound Onao rial svstem suited to our seeds, thus securing an efficient agency of na tional wealih and general prosperity; the cooitruction and equtpmeot 01 the means of defence to insure our national safety aod mainuio the honor beneath which such national safetv reposes: the protection of our lees to every American citizen the un 1 duties with- indifference, if not with I guarantee of their free government restricted personal ne and enjoy. I favor. The surplus revenue now re-1 We believe that the same means mcnt of all the reward of his t-jil and I maining in the Treasury not only I which are adopted to relievo the of all his income, except what may furnishes conclusive proof of unjust I Treasury of the present surplus and OO Bl uur oouuiDuuuB to necoaarjr wiiuuu, vui iu uiiwucs guuiuhiwi n(ui iw 1 wuuww iuvuiu wku public expense. Therefore it is not a separate and indepeudent menace to tor people the cost of supplying only the right, but the duty of a free to the prosperity of the people. This their daily wants. Both of these ob- people In the enforcement of his goar vast accumlation of idle funds repre- jects we seek in part to gain by re- anty to insist that such , . . ; . - '' sents that much money drawn from ducing ' kxrcxsi sooclo be stuictlt lui rr-1 tne ctrcuiauog meuium 01 me conn-1 the nstmur tariff croa tu he ed to actual public jteeds. I try which is needed in the channels! . cesbabies of upe. It seems per fee I r clear that when lot trade and business. It is a great I Ws fully appreciate the impor the government, this instrumentality I mistabe to snnpose that the eonse-1 tanee to the country of .our domestic inuuHrau cukcruruca. iu rctum.- tion of the existing wrongs their y impressed um with the severe re- njutn bj .p,opla queDces l Vich follow the continual enobatbililief which it imP'iaea, wbilfl ,v.j. k;.i.i,nn JT. l.;v,...t n.i k-r,i;l.tK !. 1. :v. f.- n.l"" """i " ' . b ' ahA througrh utter Denrersioa of its I em men t of the eorrencv of the ueo I maintenance and prosperity should nowers fxiorts from their labor and rJe are not of immediate imoortanoe I be carefully and in a friendly spirit capital a tribute laigely ia excess of 1 to the mass of our citizens - and only I considered. Even itch, reuince orv tbepsbiie necessities, tne creators 1 concern tnose engagea in large n ion we preieni revcaae wTmnguiouu has rebelled against the creator and I nancial transactions. In the Jestless u have been invited or encouraged masters are robbed by their servants. I enterprise aod activity - which free I should oe rainy ana jusuy rvgaruea. The cost of " the government must I and ready money among the people I Abrupt and radical changes,, which continue to be met bv the tariff duties I produces is found that opportunity I might eodangersnch enterprises and collected at our custom bouses npon I for labor and employment and tnat I injuriously affect the i&Uresis of the imported goods and by the internal I impetus to business and production I labor dependent npon their success revenue taxes aasesstd noon soirit-1 which, bring ia their train - X I aod eonunuance, are not c mtemplat- sons and malt liquors, tobacco, and I pbobperiti tooubcitizessih evert led or intended; but we know the cost olftomarirarino. I buddoss it is need I . statios akd tocatios. I of our manufketored domestic pro- less to explain that ail those duties I New ventures, new investments In ducts ia increased and their price to and assessments are added to tnel business and manufactures, construe I the consumer ennancea ny ueouty orices of the articles own. which I lion of new and important works and imposed npon the raw material need thev ara levied, and thna become a I enlargement of enterorisea alreadf I in their manufacture .We knowtaat tax upon all those who buy these ar- leetAbiished depend largely npon ob I this increased coat prevent the sale f tides for use and consumption. 1 1 lalning money npon easy terms with 1 our proau aions as loreign maraeu suppose, too, it is weir understood I lair security, and-elUhese things are I in competition with those connuies that the effect of this tariff taxation I stimulated bv the abundant volume I which have the advantage of free raw ... .....!.. I - 1 - .L.I . Hr. !.. --H. -.1 ... 11 ti( iimuea to ins consumers 01 iro-1 01 a circuiauDir meuium. even me 1 maieriM. i o w wn wmuwu w ported articles but that the duties J harvested grain of the farmer remains! the home market our manufacturing nawoou oomwo, auu r-rnvu.. ponding increase in price to be laid I forthcoming for i's government and jood the needs of the ouontrysex-1 damesnio productions of the transnoration to the seaboard. pension, ami lis preservation ior wir . , . hjch lncrrte vttli b- Xna flrst reulu of the scarcity of settler and pioneer 01 our marreiioasi ., our - M nntamen of our money among the People is the exc growth; s stnsibie and sincere recog- bomg prodBCUons, aud entering eve- tion of severe terms for It use. In itiuon of the value of Amsric.n la- AmerjcaB home eonstitutesa form creasiog dutrust and timidity is fol bor, leading to a smiDuIous care and nion u certain and Inevitable lowed by refusal to loan or ad just appreciation of the interests of tboogli the amount was vance on any terms. Investors w- axbcaut paid ixto The basd op fuse all risks and decline all aecun THE tax oatberer. I ties, and in the general fru-U ths money still in the handu of the peo ple is persistently itoardeJ. It is These results are inseparable from the clan we have adopted for the ool-l lection of our revenue by tariff duties. I quile apparent that when this per They are not mentioned to discredit I fectly natural, If not inevitable, stage the system, bnt by way of preface to is reached, depression a ail business the statement that every million of I and enterprise will, as a necessary man J for Ulwr irregular, and the rate of wages paid uncertain. : We propose, therefore, to stimulate our domestic tnduatriatenterprieses by freeing from duty the Imported raw materials which by the .employment of labor are used in our home man ufacttres, thus extending the markets for their sale and permitting an in creased and steady production, with the allowance of abundant profits. True to'the nndevtatiog course of the Democraue party, we will not neglect the interests of labor and our work- icemen, in ail siumis to remedy tne existing eyils we will furnish no ex cuss for loss ol employment or redac tion of the wsgss of honest toil. On our work logmen; the limitation and cheeking of such ssonApolistie tsn dencies and schemes as interfere with the advantages and benefits which the people msy rightly claim; a gen eruus regard ana Fuji ocb BvRvrriwo soldiers ao Sailors and for the widows nd orvnsnsoii. n. raktomkne. I omiaiAtience. lessen the onnortonitv such as have died.totheend that while f , cannon f mooned articles fbt work and emnlovment and re- the appreciation of their services and M(j j(j lnU ,h Wjo f. duce lha stslavrie aud wages of labor, the contrary, we propose in any ad sacrifices Is qmckened the application m.n. million, more, which. Instead, then. of being exempt from iustment 0 oar revenue laws t con of their p-osion fund to- mpPf ihonch never teaching the National the influence and eBect of the im cede each'eneonragement and ad enaea may te prevsi.teu , proiecwon 1 Tr(lllurr art mU k. ou. cj,:,.,,, m mcDM surplus lying idle in the Na- vantage to the employers of domestic agMnrttAeaervIIslmmigratioo whicn . , ncreMl eost'of domes'ic Pro- tlonal Treasury, our wairo-earners labor as will easily compensate for injuriously competes witn ir taiwr-1 4uctj0li r(.(alting from our tariff and others who rely npon their labor any difference that may exist between ing men is the news or toil ana a-ias 1 . , lhci. circumsUnces and in for support are most of all directly the standard of wages which should to our oopu ation an eiemeus iguo 1 0, Mf ntetmuj effect of the concerned in the situation. Other he paid to our laboring men and the rant of our institution, and lawa, im I .tl.ra.i01l m,, for raisin rev seeing the noroach of the danger rate allowed in other countries. possible T assimilation with our .nuaths absolute dutv of limiting- may provide against it. but it will W propose, too. by extending peop!e and dangerous to our pesc I the ral of Uritr cnjrgeg to the ne- find those dependiog npon their dal-1 thfl markets for our manufac aod welfare J a strict and stead fast 0r . fruri .od economical Iv toil for bread unprepared, helpless, turer to promote the steady em. adherence to the principles o I -Aini.traUon of the Government and defenceless. KuchasUteof af plotmcnt of labor; while by cheap service rtiorm aod thuroogb ex xu to k perfcctlr plain. The fairs doe not present a case of idle ening the coat of the necesstries oi lion oi the laws pasted for lutir en-1 ..tinn-nc. nDOn the pretext of I ocas resulting from disputes between life we increase the purchasing pow meetinff the Dubllc exDenditure 01 the labonnir man and tits employer, I er or the workingmen's wages and nrh a . acale of tariff taxation as I but It produce an absolute and en atld to the comfort of his home, and .tMM f-nM ila ankaianra nf ilia two. I furred atonnaira of emnlovment and I before na.sing from this Phase of the fovernmn!;tb "rarity .n pie s sum largely in excess of th I wages. . I question I am constrained to express vbWedciUsens ofa l their rights of lJoMto Beedsis aurcly something In reviewing the bad effect of the opinion that while the interesU etuuttsnip, anu weir o iwkdi- i which. under a government based up-1 this accumulated surplus and the of labor should be always sedulously lion ana enoourag-msns is au wings oll tMlUMm and wh ch finds its scale of tariff rates by which it is pro pertainlog to that relation; firm, ttM' Bjjuioete in th faith duced we must not yerloo Lb ten patient and human Indlao policy, so ,4tmstofth people, ought not to jdency towards gross and scandalous that in the peaceful relations with . totrttto&. r r public extravagance which a conges the government lb .civilisation mi lhi heaviest burdens inci-l ted treasury induces, nor the fact usiauian may oepromoua wivb re jeo to ttcemie9 0f ,ne govern that we are maintaining without ex suiung owe ana sateiv 10 loe aevi ... -.mt.ini.ni. K.n. . .nui in tha lima 01 rtroroumi twiaite " t . . s lit nil a. ami m uutjuuiijisiiuiiiuii swe sa. vuovi w-. w - a - tier on oor froiit.er and the ortail L!QIIT nnnt become omrtocsI substantially the raU of UriflfduUcs peus oi snwrmmra cxpfmaee vj w imoLKbUBLI. limnoBfid in th time Of war, When lntro.juot.oB of oourn!oai methods h n tot ju,uad by such ncccssi- the necessille of th government in ev.rf ? Bn. w ID goyern Ur. iTnnecciSArv uxation 1 nnlust lostifled th Imposition of tb a. . &.t . - - - - a sWVUft fursement. thus permitting to our I tieopie lb advantage of buslne mithods- in th operaUon of thelrl regarded in any axvlificaiioo of our tariff laws, additional and more direct and emjient protection to these in temU would b afforded by th re striction and prohibition of iromigr' tion or th importation of. laborers from other counties, who swarm opon our shores, having no Purpose or Intent of becoming our feltow-eiti sns, or of acquiring any permanent interest in our country, but who crowd every field ef employment with UNINTELLIGENT LIBOR AT WAOES which ought sot to satisfy those who nvike claim to Amorican citizonship. The platform adopted by the late Na tional (jonventioq ot our party con tains the following declaration : "Judged by Democratic principles. the interest of the people are be trayed when, by unnecessary taxation, trusts and combinations are permit ted and fostered, whieh, while unduly enriching the few that combine, rob the body of onr citizens by depriving them as purchasers of the benefits of national competition" Such combinations have always been condemned by the Democratic party. The declaration of its Nation al Convention Is sincerely ru i le aud no member ot oarpaity will be found excusing the existence or be littling the pernicious results ot these devices to wrong the people. TJuder vsrious names they have been Eunished by the common law for und ed of years, and they have loat none of their hateful features because they have assumed the nime of trusts instead of conspiracies. We balwre these trusts are the nat ural off spring o.a market artificially restricted; that an inordinately high tariff, beside fur iishing the tempta tion for their existence, enlarges the limit within wiich they msy operate against the people, and thia increases the extent ol their powers for wrong doing. : : WITH I7XALTEBABLE IIATEED fall such schemes, we count .the checking of their baleful operations among the good results promised by revenue reform. While we can.iot avoid partisan misrepresentations our position upon the question ot revenue reform should be so plumy stated'as to admit of no misunder standing. We have entered upon no crusade of free trade. The reform we seek to inaugurate ia predicted npon the utmost care for established industnes and enterprises; a jealous regard for the InteresU of American labor and a sincere aestre to relieve the country front injustice and the danger of a condition which threat ens evil to all the people of the land. We are dealing with no imaginary danger. Its existence has been re peavedly con leased by all political parties, and pledges ot n remedy haye been made on all aides- Yet, when in a legislative body where, nnder the Constitution all re medial measures applicable to this subject must originate, the Dera cratic majority were attempting with extreme moderation to redeem the pledge common to botlrparties tbey were met by detained opposition and obstruction, and the minority refused to co-operate in the tiouie of Repre sentatives or proposing another n-m edy have remitted the redemption of their paity pledge the doubtful pow er of the benate. The people will hardly be deceived by their abandonment ot the field of legislative action to meet in a politi cal convention and flippantly declare ia their party platform that our con servative and careful effort to relieve the situation is destructive to the Anericau system of protection. Nor wui the people be misled by the peal to prejudice contained io absurd allegation that we serve the interesU of Europe while they will support the ioreresU of America. They propose in their platform to thus support the interesU of our coun try by removing the internal revenue UE from tobacco and from spirits used tn the arts and for medical pur poses. They declare also that there should be such a revision of our Uriff laws as shall tend to check the im portation of such articles a ar pro duced here. Thus proposing to in crease the duties npon such articles to nearly or quite the prohibitory point, tbey confess themselves wil ling to travel backward in the road of civilisation and to deprive our peo ple of markcUlor their goods, which ran only bs gained and kept by the semblance at least of interchange of business, while they abandon our consumers to the unrestrained oppression of domestic trusts and combinations which are in the same platform perfunctorily condemned Tbev propose further to release en tirely from import duties all articles of foreign production except luxu ries, the like ot whtcn cannot be pro duced in this country. Th plsin people of the land and th poor who scarcely nse articles of any desc ip- tion produced exclusively aoroai and not already free will flod it difficult to discover where their interesU are refardtd in thin proposition. They nec4 in their home cheaper dome tio necessities, and this seems to be entirely unprovided for in this pro posed scheme to serve the country. Small compensation for this neglected need is found in the further purpose here announced and covered by the declaration that if after the changes a'reidy mentioned there still re mains a larger revenue than is requi site for the wsnts of the government the entire internal Uxation should be repealed rathei-than surrender any part of our protective system. Our people ask relief from the un due and unneceisary burden of tariff Uxttton now resting upon them. They are offered instead free tobacco and free whisky. They ask for bretd and they are given a stone. The implication contained in this party declaration that desperate measures are justified or necessary to save from destruction or surrender what is termed our protective sys tem should confuse no one. The ex istence of such a system is entirely consistent with the regulation of the extent to mhoh it should be applied and the correction of iu abuses. Of course in a country as great as ours, with such a wonderful variety ofiuteresU, often loading in entirely different directions.it is 'difficult, if not impossible, to settle upon a per fect tariff plan. But in accomplish. ing the reform we have entered upon, tha necessity of which is so obvious that I believe we should not be con tent with a reduction of the revenue, involving the prohibition of im porta, lions anu th removal of the internal tax upon whiskey. It can be better and more safely done within the lines ot granting actual relief to the people in their means of liviog, and at the same time giving impetus to our do mestic enterprises and furthering our national welfare. If misrepresents tions of our purposes and motives are to gain credence and defeat our preen ent effort in this direction, there seems to be no reason why every en deavor in the future to accomplish revenue reform should be likewise at tscked and with a like result. And yet no thoughtful man can fail to see in the continuance of the present burdens of the people and the ab straction by the government of the currency of the country ineviuble distress and disaster. All dinger will be averted by tirae ly action. The difficulty of applying a remedy will never be less, and the blame should not be laid at the door of the Democratic party if it is ap plied too late. With a firm faith in the intelligence and patriotism ol our country, and re lying npon the conyiction that mi T.-. ' mi . a . representation win not innueoce them, prejudice will not cloud their undent xnding, and that menace will not intimidate them, let us urge the ople'a interest and public duty br the vindication of our attempt to in augurate a righteous and beneficent reform. GROVE R CLEVELAND. The Blaine Election. Portland, Sept. 11. Returns from Site-day's election show that the publicans have gained one Senator in Knox county, one in Waldo county, and two in York county. This makes the 8enate unanimous, unless possi bly one or both of the nominees in Knox county may have escaped the general slaughter. These two nomi nees weie Sthepen 8. Qusbee, of Ap pleton, member of the present Sen ate, and Randall J. Conden, of Friendship. Io the Mouse the Demo craU gain a seat in Cumberland and another in Lincoln so far,- aad lose twj'inYork county. If the gains and losses continue to ofiet In this manner, the House will divide as now 122 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Maine No Longer Directs. PHUiWlpkta Ram. In 1880 the Democrats carried Maine in the September election, and lien. Hancock was beaten for Presi dent in November. In 1884 the Re publicans carried Maine by n plural ity of nearly twenty thousand, and Blaine was beaten in November of the sam year. It Is quite evident that Malu I out of the main current of political opinion in this country and exerts na Influence upon iu elic tions. SeuAtor itansotu on the President's Ajctter. It it lik all of President Cleve land' oflieial acta, manly and straight forward. The (otter It an admirable sUtement of the Democratic position, and X hare not one word of criticism to pas upon iu n
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