| Show JEFFERSON ON TARIFFS our republican friends who claim jefferson as a protectionist evidently base their assertions on oil mr blaines recent letter the distinguished republican says tile democrats are in the babic of naming thomas thoma Jeff hefferton erton as the founder of their party mid and et on oil the subject of tariff t licy are in radical opposition to the llie principles ples laid hud by Je Jef freison feison towards the cioce of alie t ie administration a minis rr ion tile revenue from tile tho tariff on imposts produced a considerable surplus and the question wis iv as what should bo be done don hould the tariff be reduced or should this thia surplus lie be maintained jellerson pointedly asks q L shall h e suppress im imposts all and I 1 gie that advantage to foreign oer domestic manufactures 1 for or liioi ha self bo be recommended that tile the imposts lie be maintained anti and that tile surplus created should be appropriated to the improvements of roads canals revels and education if the did 11 not ot gio gie sufficient po power to evair ant these appropriations Jeffer jefferson TelI ciTon pon went so ao far as to recommend that it be amended this presents the strongest stron gett bt condition of affairs upon an which aich n a protective tariff can call bu be justified anti and Jetie Jeffi ison cison did not hesitate to it the cats biats of the present day ili il i need nee dicas ices to say nrc ar the direct opponents ol of the po icy which jefferson thus outlined and adhered to blaine misrepresents the great democratic leader and misquotes mis quotes and distorts his teachings jefferson never uttered or wrote sonic some of the things 0 that our republican friends charge for instance thomas jefferson Je fremon never used the word tariff ta rifT in tile message from which mr blaina has quock quoted yet the llie word is put there and used to change chane chan 0 e tile the meaning 0 of what jefferson has really said the other oilier words which lie he puts in ill jeffersons jeri dersons mouth shall z ii 11 wo we suppress the imposts and give th that at advantage 0 to foreign 47 1 over domestic manufactures manufacturer do not occur at all in tile the message of mr jefferson nor do these thes cother words which mr air blaine declares jefferson 3 efre then used viz for himself lie ie commended le maintained tile the only words in the whole quotation which mr Jef ferfon actually used in this message messa c are these that tile surplus revenue be appropriated I 1 to the improvements of roads canals canair rivers education and even evell here the quotation is garbled lor for mr r blaine 0 omits ilits the dreaded word revenue altogether suppresses it outfight outa ight lit and cuts the sentence short by intruding the wor word d and before education and stopping the sentence in the middle thus destroying its true sense and a meaning from it which is not found in it in order to bolster up his specious and flimsy attack upon tile the jeffersonian democrats of today to day according to a world correspondent here is what Jef jefferson fenon lid did say a 1 and it il cond condemns enins mr blaine and his party most clearly upon this great question of the alie tariff and vindicates the wisdom and fidelity to jeffersonian of the platform adopted by the chicago national democratic convention last june tile situation into which vo no have thus ihus been forced by tile alie suspension of our foreign commerce lias has impelled us ua to apply i portion of our industry indru try anil and capital to internal manufactures and improvements tile probable accumulation of alie bu of revenue mark the mord i ei eime not tariff I 1 beyond what can call be applied to the llie payment of the public debt whenever tile the free freedom doln and safety safely of if our vorn biec shall lie bo restored the llie consideration of congress it tive in the public aults shall the revenue bu be i induced educed ed ur or shall it not rather lie be appropriated to the menta of roads road canals eta nals river education awl anil other great foundations of p prosperity and all d union under the chich cong congress gre may already poes tir ir such amendment nt of 0 r the constitution C as ruay may be approved by the states jeller je ill tons tong nov 8 ibue abu our republican friends taking ca the cue clie from the shelved might knight of maine attempt to make inako the founder of tile democratic party a protectionist and friend of high C tariff that is a iii higher n ler t than is sary to carry on oil the expenses of 1 government they beek to have him appear as is in favor of tariff laws ep special ecial legislation in tile the interest of favorite manufacturing za interns inte the corre pon dent nt above quoted says further 1 I 1 it and challenge 0 him to put his hand upon a single ai sen tenee in all the tha writings 0 of jeffer soil pon to t make good the asse assertion to N neither either lie he nor president idohl ll arrion nor any other man alive can call do it mr ir harrisons letter of acceptance a tir fir inferior paper in ill point of ability to mr blaines letter is taken ill with cheap eions of the democratic platform and of the doctrines of the democratic party it lias a hiis t artus county court lawyers toile lone about it which entitles it to less consideration than the letter of james G birina and therefore it is more im important to answer tho the latter 3 sir 1 r blaine says jeffee jefferson sort was a protectionist not for revenue only but for protections take itself let us fcc john quincy adams in liis his first ines message sage tu to co congress ng ress in december 1825 boldly championed internal improvements and the envying elvyin C of duties for the protection of doi mail manufactures res thos jefferson was deeply and painfully alarmed at tins this violent depa departure depasture iture f from ro in the mc moorings lorings of the constitution by mr fr adams and sent to the L legislature eg of virgina from his retirement ti at a solemn declaration and protest against the latitudinarian views of mr adams the same views which mr ir harrison arrison II and mr fr blaine are arc advocating today to day in ili this protest mr Jefre jefferson declared as follow follo wc this aliis assembly doci fur further ther disavow anti to lie be most anost fahe and unfounded the doctrine that the compact in ill authorizing its ita federal branch to la dinv inv v and collect taxes axe duties and excises to pay tile debts and provide for tile the commyn commin defense art and alim al welfare of the knitel states has given them thereby a to do whatever aliey may think or pretend would promote the general kence elfair iv elfa ip idich construction st et bould make that of itself a complete government itliong limitation of boners he plain sense and lobious ine aning vas nas that they inight levy the taxes necessary to provide for alio faie by tile the various acts of power therein alln rebii specified and delegated delegate I 1 d to them and by bv no others randall s jefferson ill III |
