Show CLEV ELANDS LETTER ho lie to 1 guilty ainther of grog ignorance Ico ranc or misrepresentation mr Clev elands letter is a characteristic document from first to last it is is an expression of demagogy and cant under tho the malsk of high moral pretensions the chronic cand candidate date assails tho american system of protection with a bitterness that could hardly be exceeded by the greediest gre ediest foreign manufacturer fac that seeks to displace american goods with those made by his own pauper labor according to mr cleveland iland tariff taxation for tho the sake of protection is to opposed to every sent sentiment ament ot of justice and fairness it is he be I 1 declares so clearly 7 cont contrary Tary lo 10 the spirit of our constitution awl sao so directly encourages the disturbance by selfishness and greed of patriotic sentiment that its statement would rudely shock our people it if they had not already been insidiously allured from the safe landmarks of vet yet it is a datter of historic record that thid thia system which mr cleveland and the democracy in accordance accor danco with the precepts of tho the confederate constitution would abolish entirely wa steadfastly maintained by tho the statesmen who framed tho the constitution of the united states among whom were george washington james madison Madi sou thomas jefferson and james monroew and it is a historic fact that the second act passed by the american congress after tho the adoption of the new constitution was an act for tho the protection of american industry which james madison reported to the house and which george washington signed as president deat ut later in our history we find that andrew jackson daniel webster and henry clay were avowed champions of protection on ort tho the side of the tariff ara are arrayed tho the most honored names in the tile annals of this country the free trad s cause is represented by the first becea si onist john 0 calhoun by jefferson davis and by grover cleveland and the chicago democratic platform it wili not take tho tile american people long to choose between these rival authorities mr r cleveland has disregarded the facts of the present as well as tho the history of the past his leitera tion of the senseless claim that the tariff is a tax upon tho the american consumer an assertion utterly disproved by the fact admitted by senator carlisle that sinco since the enactment of tho the mckiniry tariff manufactured products have nave steadily grown cheaper is a piece of puro pure demagogy to assume that tile democratic candidate did not know that lie was uttering a falsehood when lie ie made this claim would bo be to accuse him of phenomenal ignorance tho the assertion that tho the democrat democratic party while holding a protective tariff wicked and unconstitutional is not for free trade will deceive nobody in his letter of acceptance mr cleveland writes himself down tho tile enemy of the vast army of american workingmen whose high wages havo have been maintained and whose independence and prosperity have been secured by the bys tem which the democratic party has pledged itself to overthrow new york press |