Our excise duties are certainly just and equitable. the postal charges are light and gladly borne. and will be further reduced. even to the extent of carrying newspapers free. the public lands are not a burden upon but a blessing to the people. and the tax on the national banks is not a burden. The freelist can be extended and many of the customs duties reduced in the interest of the people. - These reductions the Republican party is ready. willing. and anxious to make. But we are met on the very threshold of tariff reform by our freetrade Democratic nonprotectionist reformers with a cry. not for a reduction of taxes in the interest of the people of this country. but for a reduction in the interest of England. the pauper labor of Europe. and for the abolition of all protective duties. which are denounced as "the rotten remnants " of a spoliation system. Thus with a false alarm and under false pretenses is the majority of this House disturbing the business interests of this country. From every section of this land comes an appeal from every protected interestand every true interest of this people is protectedasking that the tariff be let alone.
Identified stereotypes
European labor is described as 'pauper labor'.