the most gigantic wrong of i'u- oe. It
position as t, the qu'jstLm of pro
tective tariff, has been auilK-t i'.ativelv
pronounceo iy t;e ..;?i.-toai 1 .-invention.
The party, pledged no le-s !,
tradition and history and fundi
mental belief than by the platform
adopted at Chicago in June, is f :
free trade, it is not fir trade that is '
taxed a little in the interest of mo
nopcly anymorethan.it is for t rati. -that
staggers almost to destruction j
under taxes piled mountain high if
the interest of a privileged class. 1
is for trade that is wholly and absolute- :
ly free from protective taxes large or
small, for trade that is open to all or
equal terms and for trade that thai: :
bear no tax burden at all save tha- ,
which may be imposed for revenue. i
The existing tariff, the most mon
strous abuse of the taxing power evei
known to a free people, is not for rev- ;
enue. It is for plunder. The govern
ment's share of the imposition is inci
dental and comparatively insignifi
cant. The chief aim of its author:
was to reduce revenue and to increase
the profits of monopoly. Against I
this barbarous law which has robbed.
and degraded American labor and
filled every honest man's heart with a j
lively sense of the wrong done to him
and danger that threatens to his !
country, the Democratic party is
arrayed honestly and fearlessly, with
no misgivings and with no equivoca- !
tions.
