632 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



question that had aroused all the patriotism of Andrew 

 Jackson, and unlocked the eloquent lips of Thomas 

 Benton and that at a time when the tariff was about as 

 high as it is now sank into utter insignificance when 

 compared by our pseudo statesmen with this issue. A 

 bonded debt against which the immortal Jefferson had 

 lifted a warning voice was, by these modern statesmen, con- 

 sidered no issue at all. How long will the people consent 

 to be led by these modern mockers of genuine Democracy? 



"The tariff question is not of as much weight 

 as the fly on the cart wheel. We have got to aim 

 at a solid North, as the Democrats are sure of a solid 

 South. The tariff is only a feint, a false pretense. It is 

 only an instrument for jugglery and tomfoolery. If the 

 Republican party fails in this campaign, it will inevitably 

 go to pieces. If it fails, the historian may write its 

 history immediately, add the word "finis" at the end, and 

 the volume is complete. It is our last fight unless we 

 win." Senator Ing alls in the Chicago Tribune. 



"When we hear the tariff cry rolling out of stump 

 speakers for the next few months, we may well ask our- 

 selves: 



"'When we are making such magnificent prepara- 

 tions to protect American labor from foreign pauper labor, 

 would it not be as well to devote a little time to protecting 

 ourselves from the monopolists at home, institutions that 

 know more in a minute about skinning people than any 

 foreign country knows in a year.' " T. V. Powder iy. 



"The contraction of the currency is responsible for 

 more of the financial trouble than the tariff is or ever 

 could be." Republican United States Senator Plumb of 

 Kamas in a letter to R. A. Dague, of Phillipsburg, Kan- 

 sas, May 22d, 1888. 



In 1840, Andrew Jackson delivered his memorable 

 farewell address. After reviewing many of the political 



