6l8 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



to be independent. We have within the bounds of this 

 government the resources of a great Nation; we possess all 

 the concomitants of wealth. It is a question of grave im- 

 portance to our people to consider whether we shall develop 

 these resources ourselves, and enjoy the natural and God- 

 given elements of comfort and happiness, or whether we 

 shall permit foreign capital to reap the harvest. 



As we have before remarked, u a tariff for revenue 

 only" might afford incidental but inadequate protection to 

 some articles; it might also protect some that did not need 

 it, and thus foster a monopoly as gigantic in its proportions 

 and as merciless in its exactions as some that have grown 

 from the present system. 



Having indicated some of the evils attending the 

 different systems, we will now turn our attention to the 

 measures which, it is urged, will correct the evils and 

 inequalities of our present tariff laws. 



We desire to state, however, in the outset, that it is 

 almost impossible, under the existing party methods, to 

 bring up and pass a measure calculated to relieve the 

 burden of taxation now oppressing the people. Why? 

 Because there is not ability enough in the Fiftieth Con- 

 gress? No. 



Because New York is the key to the to the the 

 the the situation the offices. Under the existing party 

 methods, New York dictates who shall be President, and the 

 President dictates who shall hold the offices. Both parties 

 are pledged to the people to revise the tariff. Both parties 

 are pledged to the manufacturers not to injure their inter- 

 ests. Just how the people are going to be relieved without 

 somebody else being the loser is a matter that has not 

 occurred to some of our wise solons, and will be somewhat 

 difficult to explain to the people. Both parties have 

 adopted the battle cry, u relief for the laboring man." 

 Between the threatening attitude of the manufacturers on 



