Excerpt from The Tariff: Speech of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew of New York, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, May 17, 1909
Mr. Depew said:
Mr. President: I doubt if it is possible to shed much new light upon the question of the tariff. It has been the subject of legislation for centuries. It has been the cause of many great wars and internal revolutions. The present discussion has wandered far afield. The experience which Senators have had with the wants of their constituents and the requirements of their States has developed the almost insurmountable difficulties which are in the way of the preparation of a fair and just bill. New York is the largest manufacturing State, and there is hardly an industry in the 2,000 items in this measure which does not directly or indirectly affect our citizens.
One result of this discussion has been to rescue the fame and rehabilitate the reputation of the lamented General Hancock. Little things, single remarks, make and mar the careers of statesmen. General Scott"s request that he might delay his letter accepting the nomination for the Presidency until he could take a hasty plate of soup closed his campaign. General Hancock"s answer to the committee of notification that the tariff was a local issue in his State of Pennsylvania laughed him out of the canvass. In the cloud of generals who were famous in the civil war he is nearly forgotten. I remember as if it was yesterday the telegram which General McClellan sent to his wife after one of the great battles of the civil war, "Hancock was superb to-day." All that is forgotten by the crowding events of advancing time.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Tariff (Chauncey M. Depew)