And that question is. as will be and as is virtually now. fully and fairly presented in the issue joined by these two bills -the House or Mills bill and the Senate substitute to be soon reported. and the general character of which all now fully understandwhether or not the Congress of the United States shall abandon the American doctrine of protection to American labor and American industriesa doctrine that nearly every government on earth except England has recognized. or is rapidly coming to recognize as the correct one. a doctrine which England herself practiced for hundreds ofycars. until she becamneso great and strong and powerful that she could compete successfully with all or any of the nations of the earth. The great question is. shall we now abandon this theory and practice and adopt the freetrade policy of not only our greatest rival but our greatest and most formidable enemy? The question is. shall we turn our laboring men. our artisans. our producers. our manufacturers. our agriculturists. over to the tender mercies of a competition that lives and thrives and flourishes on the pauper labor of Europe Asia. Africa. South America. and the islands of the seas?
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Laborers from Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America are described as 'pauper labor'.