Under 20 years of Republican rule and policy our commerce has been left to British bottoms and the American flag has. almost been swept off the high seas. Instead of the Republican Partys British policy. we demand for the people of the United States an American policy. Under Democratic rule and. policy our merchants and sailors. flying the Stars and Stripes in every port. successfully searched out a market for the varied products of American industry . under a quarter of a century- of Republican rule and policydespite our manifest advantage over all other nations in highpaid labor. favorable climate. and teeming soils. despite freedom of trade among. all these United States. despite their population by the. foremost races of men. and[ an annual immigration of. the young. thrifty. and adventurous of all nations. despite our freedom here from the inherited burdens of life and industry in the Old World monarchies. their costly war navies. their vast taxconsuming. nonproducing standing armies. despite 20 years of peacethat Republican rule and policy have managed to surrender to Great Britain. along with our commerce. the control of the markets of the world. Instead of the Republican Partys British policy. we demand. in. behalf of the American Democracy. an American policy. Instead of the Republican Partys discredited scheme and false pretense of friendship for American labor. expressed by imposing taxes. we demand in behalf of the Democracy freedom for American labor. by reducing taxes. to the end that these United States may compete with unhindered powers for the primacy among nations in all the arts of peace and fruits of liberty.
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