Tbe question of tariff is before the peo
ple in this campaign. It is a great and im
portant question. Tbe question of a high
tariff or low tariff has at different periods
in tbe past been before the country, and on
every occasion, or during the period when
a protective tariff prevailed times were
good, and tbe country prospered. Ia 1821
the tariff' laws were repealed, and a panic
prevailed. The tariff was restored in 1832,
and times immediately revived. Tbat tariff
was repealed, and again a panic followed.
The tariff was restored in 1842, and tbe
Democracy carried the election for Polk by
professions of friendship for the tariff of
1642 ; but once they were fully inaugurated
they repealed the tariff laws. The Republi
cans cauie iuto power, and tbe present tariff
laws are the outgrowth of Congressional
action since 1801. So far tbey have been
able to resist tbe efforts of tbe Democracy
to repeal the laws in question. . All Penn
sylvania will be affected by a repeal of the
tariff laws. We in Pennsylvania are pro
ducers, and if we are brought into compe
tition with European labor, millions of cap
ital that is invested in manufacturing estab
lishments will be lost, and business will be
so disturbed that the change will seem like
a general ruin. That ia what is at stake.
The Republican party maintains that the
tariff is not too high. It fosters the Amer
ican manufacturer, and creates a market for
tbe farm products. It is to the interest of
all to insist that the tariff be maintained.
The Sonth wants a reduction of the tariff.
