Thcro were millions cf our fellow citizens
w ho w ero tSectcd by that missing link in
the chain of protect lea, but the chain was
parted, and partea by gentlemen on tho other
tida cf ta5 hotsv, wh have been so loud!
crying free trad a at us. It is cur greatest
exerting product; it gives employment to
millions of laborers. It had a duty of 3
cents a pound, but they removed it and pc
cotton on the free list, and they did right.
There could bo no joi-tiScation for ita tax, ts
thero can be r.ono for a tax on wooL
In lSTJ Lilies were put on the free list, anl
bv th? sarreprrtjtbEt lii-Jrll? th?!!
tioa. wewui givo jouwuaijuu mam, ,vi , ja(,y expenovi upon it uau ix-eu m.in
that purpose; wo will give it to you cheer- thrown away aa I waited; sugar refused to
fully; but wo are not going to bo rtacdins ' nourished, t!i little infant was dy:ig.
around as paupers, craving tho protection of ; thero waa nrta ghost o a chanco for its re
pclitical power, when our own intellects aro coverVi an,i the reasun thy wanted to thro-v
suTxsrior to the intellects of any people on tho ' it aside was that it vav-d to pre: t. and
globe. Applause. We cannot only manu
facture all these woolen good, but wo can
manufacture our own cotton, two-thirds of
which we are now exporting to foreign coun
tries for manufacture and then buying back
a largo amount of it in the shape of cotton
goods.
