| Show JEFFERSON AND JACKSON their opinion opinions tho the bet best answer to dem zem vree I 1 aco trado trade fallacies rull acles the platform adopted by the democratic national convention at chicago opens with tho the following paragraph the representatives of the democratic party of the united states iu national convention assembled I 1 their allegiance to biu lucills p tt f hi party as formulated by affer jefferson on hii exemplified by the long and illus line of nine of his successors iu ili denio cratic leadership from mad madison csoll to cleveland oar our greatest historians donot do not torn foro moment allow tho the right of the denio cratic party of the present day to claim either jefferson madison or jackson a A its founders or as the exponents of its doctrines in the history ili story of the united states there have been four democratic parties the first the party of jeff jefferson er and madison was developed by the issues arising after the revolution issues chiefly due to conflicting conceptions of governmental power the second and third existed in ili the days of jackson they were the southern free trade democracy founded by calhoun and the national democratic party of which jackson was the leader jefferson the prototype and which was wa s more opposed in principles and doctrines to the calhoun wing than atvas it was to the will whig party itself the last is the cleveland free trade party of today the legitimate successor of the calhoun Cal lioun democracy having as little right to trace descent from the party of jefferson and jackson as it has to call itself the successor of the party of washington and II hamilton amilton we have spoken of this nt tit such length merely to call attention to the hypocrisy of democratic leaders in alluding to jefferson and jackson as their patron saints when they know themselves that on the issues of the present they aro are occupying a position entirely opposed to that held by the il lustrous patriots whose names they invoke for the purpose of showing this more clearly we vre have gathered and find give below the opinions and sentiments of these great leaders on the principal question treated of in the democratic platform and the position in regard to that question which the democratic party takes we denounce protection as a fraud democratic platform the prohibitive duties we lay on all till articles of foreign manufacture which prudence requires us to establish at home with the patriotic determination of every good citizen to use no foreign article which can be made within ourselves without regard to difference in price secures us against a relapse into foreign dependency thomas jefferson although other subjects will press more immediately on your attention a portion of them cannot but bo be well bestowed on the jutt and sound policy of securing to our manufactures the success they have attained and are still attaining tain ta ilig and to our navigation the fair extent of which is at present abridged by the unequal regulations of foreign governments besides the reasonableness of caving saving our manufactures from the sacrifices a change chang 0 of circumstances mi might lit bring on them the national interest requires that with respect to such articles at least as belong to our defense and our primary wants wo ire should not nut bo be left in unnecessary dependence on external supplies james madison we declare it to be a fundamental principle of the democratic party that tho the federal government has iao no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for the purposes of revenue only and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the government when honestly and economically administered democratic Democrat io platform the power to impose duties on imports originally belonged to the several states the right to adjust those duties with a view to the encouragement of domestic branches of industry is so completely identical with that power that it is difficult to suppose the existence of the one without the other the states have delegated their whole authority over imports to the general government without limitation ov or restriction saving the very inconsiderable reservation relating to their inspection laws this authority having entirely passed from the states the right to exercise c it for the purpose of protection does not exist in them and consequently quent ly if it bo be not possessed by the general government it must be extinct our political system would thus present the anomaly of a people stripped of tho the ri right ht to foster their awu industry and to counteract the most selfish and destructive tive policy which might be adopted by foreign tiati nations ons this surely cannot be the case this indispensable power thus surrendered by the states must b be I 1 within the scope of the authority on the subject expressly delegated to congress canji c n in this conclusion I 1 am confirmed as MA well by the opinions of presidents washington jefferson madison and monroe who have each repeatedly recommended the exercise of this right under the constitution ution as by the uniform practice of congress the continued acquiescence of the states and the general dundei understanding standing of the people andrew jackson jefferson madison and jackson have criticised criticized the assertions and exposed the absurdities of the democratic tariff platform far better than we could have d dine me hereafter when we want to riddle the fallacies of the free trade reform reformers cre wo we shall often have occasion to appeal to the writings of the great founders af our government men who despite their differences of opinion on purely partisan questions ever united in advocacy of the policy which means the furthering of american interests and the i in ing of american industries every quotation qu 0 from the works of these post revolutionary patriots will add another nail to the citrin of 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