The McKinley law, as now framed, though it may be open to criticism as to details, is a strictly protective measure, fair and just as applied to all industries, with ample provisions to secure reciprocity in the exchange of domestic productions for articles we cannot produce.
Sherman defends the McKinley law as a fair protective measure for all industries.
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We have done no wrong; we have no apologies to make, and no concessions to offer.
Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
It was the same old story of injustice and wrong, of might against right.
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