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a Gomich ®. The Oracle Speaks. President Cleveland's Plati- tudinous Contribution To Democratic Literature. Free Trade Fallacies. BUDGET OF SPACIOUS THEORIES WHICH ARB CALCULATED To RUN our in- DUSTRIES, AND ENRICH ENGLAND., Sops For MucwumPs. Impressive Reaction, Finance Run Mad. Pecksnif on Pensions. Wiggins to the Rescue. Protection for our Colored Voters. Tariff not a Tax. No Trust, The immortal (Esop, to whose inimita- ble fables our Democratic contempor- aries owe so many valusble hints, tells of n certain mountain, which being in labor emitted sundry groans which could be heard from Maine even unto California. All the people gathered around the foot of the mountain. They came from the highways and the byways, from the gin- mills of the land, from the public offices thereof. They waited with a~ feverish anxisty which drew its inspiration from the. bottom of their pockets, when lo! there came forth a mouse. That mouse was President Cleveland's letter of ac- ceptance. IN MUCH. 'The letter saddens the dearest friends of the mighty \Me.\ It says so very much about so very Little, It repeateth the old, old chestuuts which were roasted years azo by dear old Mr. Cobden, now no more. - 'The PresiGentridéth the same old cob. When next the people gather to gaze upon His excelleftiey it will be to see him fall of this spavined steed in the ides of November, 1888. 'With a pernicious activity worthy of a better cause we proceed to examine a little more closely & few of the large man's sugar-coated faillacies. Grover's thoughts in starting in upon: this great State document persistently dwell upon \ impressive reaction.\ This \impressive reaction\ will come ers the yule-log his lighted up the great hall of the nation's White House. Ho also alludes to the \quiet calm\ which follows completo self conservation by the people's chosen President. \Coming events cast their quiet calm- ness before-\ The presidential office has soberly im- pressed His Excelloney with the severs responsibilities which it imposes. It rejoices us to know that his impres- sions have been of a sober character, but is this democratic simplicity? GROvER'S FATEEBLY The President desires to protect the rights of American citizens at home and abroad. In view of the fact that he is doing his best to tike the bread and butter out of the mouths of the one, and that he does not concern himsel€ about the other- this is entirely Pickwickion, Mr, Presi- dent. A sound financial system is desired by the great 'I am.\ . The system he would bring about would be certain to produce most depressing and disastrous results in all branches of in- dustry. , \Means of defense\ is good Mr. Presi- dent. We all love to tall about such warlike matters, and shall probably wait until the enemy's iron clads anchor outside of the Tron Pier. Then we shall sail in and fortify somehow. , The President's solicitude for the wel- fare of labor reminds the patient reader of Mrs. Wackford Squeers pouring a large tablespoonful of brimstone and treacle | down Master Smike's attenuated throat. He would feed labor with free trade trea- cle. R TBE VETERANS FOE. Cleveland's generous regard for our sol- diers and eaflofis is boo-too beautiful for utterance. , \O Lord, Lord,\ exclaims that wicked old reprobate, SizJ ohn Falstaff, K; C. B. 'how this world is given to lying.\ Not by the number of bills he has signed, {elf low soldiers and shilors, but by his vetoes -shall you know him-Grover Cleveland loves a veteran aboutas desrly as the devil. loves holy water, Taffy is lost. {1110sz thg boys in blue. < ol Desr old Mugwyunmps, lend: us your care, - Hip exoollendy will continue uaf further notice that melo-dmnmatic tragic farce known as Civil Service Reform, Wiggins where art thou? TARIFF NOT A TAX. . Then the dear old jingle begins. \It is needless to explain,\ remarks His . Excellency, \that all these duties and as- sessments are added to the price of the articles upon which they are levied.\ How often.has the good man been told by political economists with heads not larger perhaps, but better filled than his own that a tariff duty secures home labor and preserves the home market. How can the tariff be'a tax when without it the door is opened to the foreigq producer to supplant home labor, 15:22}, wages, de- press the prices of our products, and cause a loss of all that enters into home prosperity? - YERY RAW DOCTRINE. The President harps upon the advan- tages which will acerue to our people through the importation of free raw material, He forgets that sach materials will dis- place those produced on the farms, in the mines, and in the woodlands of our country. The effect would be to grant a bounty to the manufacturer on his fab- rics at the expense of those engaged in the production of the raw material here. The President points to the awful and credit-crushing surplus which is to ruin the nation, individually and collectively, but fails to mention that a Democratic House has quietly arranged to the best of its ability to consume it piccemeal. \Unnecessary taxation says His High- ness is unjust taxation.\ It is, but protection is not taxation. The President mourns over the terrible lack of money in circulation. It so happens that there never was a time when money was so abundant. Mr. Cleveland hates Trust's-¥Yet the tariff, gccording to Mr. Cleveland, forces up prices on the one hand and fosters trusts on the other, It may in some cases, as in that of the sugar trade, which being a southern industry the Mills bill leaves severely alone, help to render \ trusts \ possible, but to say that it enhances the price of domestic goods is to make a mix- statement. ** We have entered,\ he shouts, \ upon no career of free teade.\ He may not have-entered, but he hovers so near the gates that the arms of British manufacturer are now out- stretched to receive him. As faras an American 'can go without declaring himself a British subject, in feeling and sympathy, the President is a free trader, and that this is the backbone of his policy the merest tyro in finance can read, The President no longer regards the office as essentially executive in its pature, and he no longer regards a second term in office as fraught.with dangers to American institutions, The oracle has spoken. The voice of the American people will be heard in November, and its watch- word will be PROTECTION,. 4 Woornr - Farnaoms. - Congressman Breckinridge, of Arkansas, says that the number of sheep east of the Mississippi River declined under the high tariff on wool of 1867. Mr. Breckinridge is cor- rect The decline was small, though, but there was a decline. | In endeavoring to create the impression, however, as he evidently does, that there was a decrease all over the country in that period, he convicts himself either of ignorance or of duplicity. The number 'of sheep in the country in 1870, as revealed by the census of that year, was 28,477,951, while there were 50,626,620 in 1884, at the time the low tariff of 1888 began to take practical effect.-SF. Louis Globe-Demo- crat. Wrens Tasy Beuong.-Warner Mil- ler, the next Governor of New York, and \Joo\ Fifer, the next Governor of Ili- nois, both served in the Union army as privates.-N. Y. Tribune. And these are the men who are entitled to receive a public trust. Men who sent substitutes to the war, as our free trade President did, should be relegated to the political ranks where they belong,. La # hal w His Hinstrious Highness the President says in the lettér that the Presidential of- fice has soberly impressed him. This aust have been when be took the official Dan and he have siniled over WW 'times aingg, GEx't W. IL SEWARD.‘ Gen. W. H. SEWARD. We prosent herewith a potrait of that gallant soldier and enterprising citizen : General W. H. Seward, who heads the | Electors at Large nominated by the State | Republican Convention, with a sketch of i his life. : In the State of New York, out of the five j candidates comprising the State ticketl‘ and the electors at large, four are our comrades who fought side by side with us in the days of 1861-65. They are W. H. Seward, Warner Miller, S8. V. R. Cru- ger and William Rumsey. The Democ- racy has nominated just one veteran to oppose this array. Their representative is General E. F. Jones, of Binghampton, the present Lieutensnt-Governor, and best known as the \man who pays the freight.\ No other name appears on the National or New York State tickets of the Democratic party which was ever seen upon the rolls of the government during the war. General William H. Seward bears a distinguished name, that will liveas long as the Republic exists. His father, the Hon. W. H. Seward, was Governor of the State of New York, when his son and namesake was born in June, 1889, at Auburn, Cayuga County. After requir- ing an excellent education, young Seward, late in the year 1860, in conjunc- tion with C. D. McDougall, organized the banking house of W. H. Seward, Jr. & Co., which at the outbreak of the war was doing a flourishing and rapidly-in- creasing business. Mr. McDougall went to the war in 1861, leaving the business affairs of the firm in the hands of the senior partner - Early in 1862, Mr. Seward was active in organizing the 111th, 188th and 160th regiments, the great majority of the companies being raised in Wayne and Cayuga Counties. Young Seward joined the 188th regiment, and was chosen its Lieutenant-Colenel. The regiment started to the front in August, 1862, and was assigned to duty in the fortifications north of Washington, many of which it aided in completing. A few months later it was assigned to the artil- lery branch of theservice, and was known thereafter as the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery. Early in 1864 the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac, and became a part of Rickett's Third Division of the Sixth Corps. - Colonel Seward was now in commend of the regiment and took part in all the famous battles of that campaign. Hardly had the regiment arrived in front of Petersburg when the Third Division, to which it belonged, was dispatched in haste to Frederick, Maryland, to oppose General Early's raid on Baltimore and Washington. Early's foree was about twenty-five thou- sand, while the Union troops numbered about one-fifth the force of the enemy. They met on the banks of Monocacy. creek, and aftor a gallant resistance last- ing several hours, the Union troops were overwhelmed and-, forced to retite. Colonel Seward displayed conspicuous bravery in this action, being twice wounded and narrowly escaping capture. \His gallantry was rewarded with an ap- pointment to the position of Brigadier- (Renerni, and as soon as his wounds per- mitted, (General Seward reported for duty, And was assigned to the command of the First Brigade, Third Division, | Department of West Virginia, with head- w= quarters at Martinsburg. There he re- mained until the end of the war, offi- ciently supporting Sheridan during the latter's fimous campaign in the Shenan- dosh Valley. Upon his return to Auburn after the close of the war, General Seward re- sumed his banking business, which has now grown to be one of the most exten- sive in that portion of the State. CGoneral Seward is a generous, public spirited citizen, and at his own expense has established and keeps open during the winter months of each year a free Hibrary and reading room for the use of the work- ingmen of Auburn, whose esteem and affection krave been his for nearly half a century. He is a Trustee of the Cen- tral Presbyterian Church, and a director in several important financial and man- ufacturing enterprises. He has never sought public office, and prefers the calm delight of home and family to the turmoil and excitement of political life. He is a Grand Army man, and thor- oughly in sympathy with his old com- rades in every respect,. No better sol- dier, or more perfect gentleman éver ex- isted than William H. Seward. ------44..__ u PISTOLS AT THE POLLS, HOW THE RIGHTS OF OUR COLORED CITE ZENS ARB PROTECTED AT THE POLLS, In his letter of acceptance of the nomi- nation made at the St, Louis Convention President Cleveland says: \It is of the highest importance that those who administer our government should jealously protect and maintain the rights of American citizens at home and abroad.\ A guarantee is promised to our colored citizens of all their rights of citizenship, and their just recognition and encour- agement in all things pertaining to that relation. How much the letter and spirit of such a guarantees has been observed during the administration of President Cleveland nary be gathered from the following letter addressed to a prominent Republican in this city by a few staunch Republicans in Nixonville, Marengo County, Ala bama: Dean Strs:-We,of the First Congress- ional District of Nixonville, Marengo County, Alabama, write to inform you about how the election went in our seo- tion, The ballot-box was managed by Democrats, On the day of election we organized a committee to serve in giving out ticketsand taking names. The vyotin was in a large store, and at the back en thereof, The store was fenced in, which compelled us to go away round, ofr in a blind way, to vote. We waited around the polls until we had collected fifty-five or sixty men, and then we began to deal out tickets. Each man went to the polls: with his ticket neatly folded. There were seventy-one Republican votes cast. 'We can swear to this at any time, When the Demounts counted the votes they gave us eighteen, and took ninety to themselves, We solemnly declare that only one negro voted the Democratic ticket ind he was a colored preacher, They simply stole our votes. Gentlemen, can we not have some pro- tection? We are here in the mouths of lions and devils, Is it Inwifal for a man to carry a revolver on the day of election. 'The régister was armed. The Democrats actepted the votes of convicts. Things are in a terrible condition down 2 unt hore. f ax lf Our colored fellow reorgh« nation badly; A Protect the Farmers. How The Man Who Feeds All Is Affected. Tue Natrowar Manket. THE LABORER, MECBANIC, MANUFACTURER, TRADESMAN, DOCTOR, LAWYER, FARMER SFAND OR FALL TO- “I’m. No Free Trade Wanted.‘ I The Entile Protection Issue As it Affects the Agriculturalist and the Nation Ably Discussed by Ex-Chief Justice Agnew of Pennsylvania. In the course of avery able address, de- livered before the Young Men's Tariff Club of Pittsburg, Pa on June 7, 1888, the Hon. Daniel Agnew, ex-Chief Justice' of the Supremes Court of Pennsylvania said: 4 Nations being separate by natural ne- cessity have rights and duties pertaining to this relation. - These are determined largely by the countries they inhabit, Nature confines some to a few products, others are so rich and varied in ion, they flourish more. 1 Such being the order of Providence, eachnation holds its own of right, and no other may rob it by force, or by cunning devices. - As the result of this natural law, this nation is entitled to self protection, and is bound to secure its citizens against foreign encrorchment. WHEAT IS PROTECTION ? How is it to be secured? The earth and the labor of man arse ob- viously the prime sources of wealth and comfort. , These, therefore, are the first subjects of protection. The products of the earth being manifold and essential to Hife, the first labor connected therewith is that of the tiller of the soil-the farmer, and the owner of its natural products, such as timber and minerals, He there- fore must be first protected. How is this to be done? He must be enabled to labor cheaply, and live comfortably, before he can produce abundantly. He must be able to build houses, barns, stables, and cover for his cattle. He must be well clothed. He must have the implements and machines that cheapen his labor and increaso his production. He must there- fore have the labor and the arts of the mechanic and manufacturer to furnish these, and to give him the convenience and comforts of life. THE FARMER'S MARKET, Where and what is thefarmer's market? Tt is all around him. Who consumes his grain, beef, pork, mutton, butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and fruits? Who buys his coal, lumber, limestone, ores, and all that land or mine produces? Without the laborer, mechanic, manufacturer, factory hand, tradesman, doctor, Iawyer, clerk, and all the callings of life, what profits his field, forestormine? In other words, without his countrymen around him he has no market, Let therm become poor by foreign ri- valry and a want of adequate protection, and what becomes of his market? They consume less, and Ae «ells less, The farmer says also: \I feed and support all my countrymen in other employ- monts, and if I destroy their business by voting to refuse protection to their labor, I reduce their power to buy from me, and they miust-abandon their employments in order to live, ahd become my rivals by + resorting to the land itself for support.\ h. FACTS OF PRODUCTION, o Other and convincing views of the necessity of protection for all may be taken from the facts of production, as shown by the census of 1880. Our pop- | nlation was then 50,155,783 souls. The number engaged in all occupations was 17,§92,099. Of these 7,670,493 persons were engaged in agrictlture; 4,074,238 in professions and personal service; 1,810,256 | in trade and transportation, and 8,887,112 'in manufacturing, mining and mechani« cal industries-making an aggregate of those not engaged in agriculture of 9,- 721,606 persons. The agriculturists sup- ported not only these, but also their families and dependents. 'EFhe propor- tion of the latter as compared with the whole poptlalion gives & total of 87,716; - (B14, souls #upported by the tillers of the ~woil, beside the.; farailies and dependents 1-of the farmers thomeelyes®,
