Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1883 — THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE TARIFF. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE TARIFF.

Johno • Davenport haa not yet discov< red the author of the Morey letter. ' _ _ - Indianapolis Sentinel: Llghtnlrg trains will be placed on the Chicago Air Line, between this city and Delphi. as soon as the road is properly balasted. 'J he Valparaiso Vidette: M e see b 1. tter of Attornej>generai Baldwin giving ihe opinion that incorporated towns have not the legal power to impound stock found at large.

The Valparaiso Vidette: 8. Corkins, recently the localhv mzer for this paper, in trod u ed t. charm'ng lady to the office yestetday surprising us by calling her his wife* His marriage has not been much noised abroad. They have our cordial congra ulatlon.

Republicans remember “Lize Pink »ton with the liveliest gratitude. W last week published the news of he ( recent death together with a sbor sketch of her life, and Instnnter a number of her admirers indignantly informed us that she was dead and not subject to unfavorable comment “Rest in Peace, sweet ’Lize.* is th, feivant wish ®f the admirers of your political leadership. The Indianapolis News: The Lou isville, New Albany & Chicago railroad deserves well of Its day and generation. In its discontinuance of Sun day trains it is entitled to the recognition of all law abiding citizens and of the workingmen, f-r Whose welfare it sets a precedent, which, by and by, shall, let us hope, grow into a custom that no cupidity will have power sufficient to disre gard.

“They gAY,”in the Remington News ■ays we were "scooped,” eto. Yes. we were scooped in the State, Con gressional and Senatorial tickets?— bad! If Jasper county was reliably Democratic "They Say” would be one nf the most pronounaed Democrats within her limits. His political views are subordinate to his personal aspirations, and the surest method to secure them. Those who stand firm to their convictions, in adversity as well as prosperity, can have no commendation for men of the opposite class

What th® Democrats Have Affirmed Teaching {Protective Ton®* in All Their Party Platforms* 1800. The first Democratic platform was adopted by the parry then called “Republican,” as distinguished from the Federalist party, in a Congressional caucus at Philadelphia, in 1800. the year in which Jefferson was first sleeted to the Presidency. It demands: 6. Free commerce with all Nations, political connection with none, and little or no diplomatic establishment. 1838. The next Democratic platform, known as the “Locofoco” platform of 1886, was adopted by the first National Convention for nominating candidates for the Presidency. It proclaims: Hostility to any and all monopolies by legislation because they are violations of the equal rights of the people. The true foundation of republican government is the equal rights of every citizen in his person and property and its management. 1840. The next Democratic platform was that of 1840, adopted by .he Presi destial Convention at Baltimore which contains these resolutions: 4 Resolved, That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of industry to the ditriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of another portion of our common country. 6, Resolved, That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought tn be raised than is required to defray the necessary eupenses of the Government. 1844. The Democratic Convention of 1844 reaffirmed the fourth and fifth res elutions of the Conveniien es 1840: 1848. The Democratic National Convention of 1848 Resolved, That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses •f the Government, and for the gradual bnt certain extinction of the debt created by the prosecution of a just and necessary war. And that the results of Democratic legislation in this and all other financial measures, upon which issues have been made between the two political parties o the country have demonstrated to careful and practical men of all parties their soundness, safety and utility in all business pursuits. Resolved, That the fruits or the grei-t political triumph of 1844 have fulfilled the hopes of the Democracy of the Union m the noble impulse given to the cause of free trade by the repeal of the tariff of 1842 and the creation of the more equal, honest and productive tariff of 1846; and that in our opinion it would be a fatal error to weaken the bands of a political organization by which these great reforms have been achieved and risk them in the hand* of their known adversaries, with whatever delusive appeals they may solicit our surrender of that vigilance which is the only safeguard of liberty. 1852. The Democratic Convention of 1752 Resolved, That it is the duty of every branch of tne Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in con ducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ough |u> be raised than is required to defray th® necessary expenses of the Government and- for the gradual but certain,extinction of the public debt. Resolved, Tnat. in view of the cond;of popular institutions in |gg O d

World, n high and s« red duty is deyoh • ed with- increased responsibility upon i) e Democracy of this country, as the p«itv ot the people, to uphold and maintain the rights of every ntate, and thereby the union pf the States, and to sustain ai>d advance among them Constitutional 1 berty by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for ptlie benefit of the few at the expense of the many. 1856. In 1855 the Democratic National Convention Resolved, That justice aud sound policy forbid Federal Government to foster one branch of Industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interests of one portion of our common country. It also repeated verbal lin the first resolution quoted above of the Uo»j Vention of 185 and then it Resolved, thiallv, ThU there ire ques lions connected with the for ign policy of this country wtich are Interior l<> uO domes - ic questions whatever. The time has c m’ for th- people of the United States to declare themselves in favor of free seas and progressive free trade thro’ >ut the world, aud by solemn manifestations to lace their moral intlueuce at the side ot their successful example.

• 1850. In 1360 the Democratic platform reaffirmed the resolutions of 1856, quoted above. 1864. In 1864 the continuation of the Civil War, which made Imprudently high duties necessary to raise sufficient revenue, precluded the necessity of discussing the extraordinary and willingly endured burdens impose I by it on the people of the Northern States; and nothing was stdd abe it the tariff. 1868. The Democratic Convention of 1868 demanded—3. Payment of the public debt of the United States as rapidly as practicableall money drawn from the people bv taxation, except, so much as is requisite for the necessities of the Government, economically administered, being honestly applied to such payment * * * 5. * * * A tarifi for revenue upon f r ign imports and such equal taxation under the internal rt-vcnueglaws as will fiord incidental "protection to domestic manufactures, and as will, without ini pairing the revenue, impose the least burden upon and best promote and encourage the great industrial Interests ot the country. 1872. In 1872 the Democratic Convention (so-called) at Baltimore—which was in fact a Greeley and not a Democratic Convention at all—did not adopt any Democratic resolutions, but indorsed the platform of the “Liberal Republican’’ Convention held at Cincinnati, which contained the following curious declaration making the tariff “a local issue:” * * * We remit the d|acussion o 1 the subject (protection aud free trade) to the people in their Congressional Dist icts and the decision of Congress thereon, wholly free from Executive interference or dictation. flThis is the only hiatus in the chain of assertions by the Democratic party of the doctrine of a tariff for rev euue only. It resulted in the shameful defeat of a candidate supported by the party in defiance alike of principle and policy. 1876. In 1876 the Democratic Convention spoke with no uncertain voice: We denounce the present tariff, levied upon nearly 5.000 articles, as a masterpiece of injustice, inequality and false pietense, ft yields a dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It has Impoverished many industries to subsidize a few It prohibits imports that might purchase ihe ] r ducts es American labor. It has degraded American commerce] from the first to an inferior rank on the high seas. It has cut down the sales of American manufactures at h >me and abroad and depleted the returns of American agriculture, au industry followed by half our people It costs the people five times more than it produces to the Treasury, obstructs the processes of production and wastes the fruits of labor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, enriches diss honest officials and bankrupts honest merchants. We demand that all Custom House taxation shall be only for reyenue. 1880. In the Democratic platform ot 1880 the old doctrine was tersely reproclaimed: Home Rule; honest money consisting of gold, silver and paper, convertible on demand; tfie strict maintenance of the public faith, State and National, aud a tariff for revenue only. A Good story is told at the expense of Roscoe Conkling, who was a passenger recently on a train going from Washington to New York. He reached the station in Washington jnst before the train started, asd only after sopie difficulty succeeded tn getting a seat, the last that remained unoccupied in the drawing room car. A well-known citizen of New Yor't, who is sot on the friendlest terms with Mr. Conkling, was seaten near the chair taken by the ex-Senatar, Several prominent politicians known to both gentlemen entered the ear and looked abont for seats, but could find none vacant. They finally began co avert-* ing with the New Yorker who rose and looked about him as if to assist them in finding places. '“Can’t fl d seats?” said he, "oh, you will have no difficulty. Some one will give you his place.” “Howisthat?”’asked one of the late comers. “Why,” said the New Yorker, "this gentleman by tne is noted for giving up his seat.” The gentlemen were much amused, but Mr. Conkling did not resign his seat that time.

The Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader has been in a saloon on Pennsylvania avenue, directly opposite the National Theater, which is known as “Old Curiosity Shop.” The old negro who tends the bar says he has been tending the same bar for eighty five years, and that this saloon was the chief resor tin former times of the statesmen of the Capitol. Said the aged negro: *1 have often seen Clay, Webster and Calhoun drinking here together. Henry Clay aud Daniel Webster useb to be here night after night. Clay always drank brandy juleps, and his spirit rose rapidly under the influence of liquor. Webster drank con«, siderable. but the only observable change in him was that his eyes grew brighter and bis talk became if anything more measured. Calhoun .seldom drank strong drinks, and us ually took lemonade op sherry, and often nothing. He would come in to talk. They were lively fellows in them days, and they liked their fun just as well as the big men do now. They often played cards here. Two experienced French are arranging to establish an ostrich farm in Medina county. Texas.

Canned vegetables, fruits, etc., are so universally used nowadays that any • Information regarding them should be carefully studied. A writer in tbe New York Hexaid says: The appeartnse of the upturned lid attravteu my attention, and on ex aminlng the Interior of the can more closely I found th it the coa'ing of the tin had been almost entirely dissolv ed from the iron, only patches remaining in places* to show tnat it had ever been tinned. A portion of its contents war submitted to proper chemical tests, which revealed the presence of tin in large quantity. It is probably well known to your readers that tin is, when taken into system, poisonous. It has an irritant, caustic aud astringent action, and in extreme doses couvul dons and noontimes p- ralysls occur. Like most otb> r mi>-erale, it may. when constantly taken tu small doses, be retained u».-•liv-ericus symptoms up car, and while the use of a single can of vegetables containing even a considerable quantity would not be followed oy fatal texults, the constart use of food strongly impregnated with this metal would, in time, be likely to produce serious consequences. Manufuctur era sb mid not find it a difficult mat* ter to secure uon-poison material for tbemakiugofc us. By simply leaving the thin plate of tin off the iron a package is obt iued which fcr most vegetables is perfectly unobjectionable, and in those cases where dkr coloration might fo.iow the use of bare iron a japanned iron can be substituted. The use of solder cau also be done away with by substitut ng a very hard cement, like rhe ordinary can wax, which is perfectly insoluble in the acid or ou.er proxim «te principles of fruit and vegetables.

The oldest oyster stand in this country is in Fulton market, New Fork. It was established sixty one years ago. A Parisian has announced a new explosive— “panclastite”— which he claims to be more powerful than dynamite. Over eighteen thousand head of buffalo have been killed east of the Yellowstone river, in Montana territory, this season. A murderer who was hanged by a mob ai Jacksonville. 111., turns out to have been a son or Quunlrell, the Missouri guerrilla. A Cincinnati woman swore that her husband snapped a pistol at her head;the Distol was produced and proved to be a beer faucet. A Taunton woman rolled on a lounge while drunk. Her face struck in a basin and was wedged so snugly that she, being unconscious, lay there and smothered to death. A Tallahassee lady of uncommon neive appeared at an evening party recently wearing live spiders, chameleons, beetl is and llre-fltes in her hair and on her dress. “Cornelius, a street masher, was tarred and feathered at Nashville, Ill.,” is the brief record which the Onieago Times gives of a great social reform just begun in that State. An indignant landlord writes that he adopted coils of fire escape in his bedrooms, and that three guests successfully escaped though there was no fire. They left unpaid bills. “Well, may I fiope, then, dearest, tint at some time I may have the happiness of making you my wife?” “Yes, I hope se, I am sure,” she replied, “for I am getting tired of suing fellows for breach of promise,” Boston Globes “A western state has passed a good law. Under it, when a man makes his wifi, ne calls upon his relatives to make any objections to his soundness of mind, etc., at that time.—r Then, as there is generally no objection, the will is approved and pjgeod-holed by the court.” The accidental discovery has been made by a French surgeon that lowering the head and raising the feet of patients who have been treated with chloroform will «ause a speedy return of consciousness; and it is thought thatan observance of that single fact will greatly lessen the danger attending the use of anaesthetics* A favorite antidote for rattlesnake poison in Mexico is a strong solution of jodine in potassium iodide. When iodine can not be readily obtained, a solution of uotassium iodide, to which a few drops ot ferric chloride has been added, can pe-haps be used as at: antidote to snake poison; it is a very convenient test for alkaloids. Oil of Wintergreen in the Treatment of Acute Rh' umatism.— Dr F. P Kinnicutt draws the following cone] tn sions from the results obtained in twelve cases of acute rheumatism, treated by oil of Wintergreen: 1. In the oil of wintergreen we possess a most efficient salicylate in the treatment of rheumatism. 2. In its efficiency in controlling the Pyrexia the joint pains, and the disease, it at least ranks with any of the salycil compounds. 3. The best method of its administration is in frequently repeated doses, continued in diminished doses throughout the convalescence. 4. Ds use possesses the advanta* ges of being unattended with the occasional toxic effects, the frequent gastric disturbance produced by the acid or its sodium salt, even when prepared from the oil of Wintergreen; that its agreeable taste, and finally its comparative cheap □ess, are further recommendations in favor of its employment[Scientific American.

How to Make a Good Whitewash. —The following is the recipe sent out by the Lighthouse Board of the Treasury Department, and has been found, by experience, to answer Ou,wood, brick and stone nearl v as well as oil paint, and is much cheaper: Slack one-half bushel unslacked lime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it and add a peck of salt, dissolved in warm water; three pounds of gro»v d rice, put in boiling water, and boiled to a thin paste; one-half pound powdered Spanish whiting and pound of clear glue, dissolved in warm water. Mix them well together, and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable furnace, |and when used, put it on as hot as possible, with painters or whitewash brushes Here is another recipe for whitewash for outdoor use: Take a clean water-tight barrel, and put into it ene-half bushel lime. Slack it by pouring boiling water over it, and in sufficient quantity to cover five inches deep, stirring it briskly until thoroughly flacked. When slacking has been effected, dissolve in water and add two pounds sulohate of zinc and one of common salt. A beautiful cream color may be communicated by adding time pounds yellow ochre. This is much superior both m appearance and durability, to common Whitewash.