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~ am informed and authorized by one qnho
satO the manuscript draft of tie act of 1888 be-
fore 1t scas offered 10 state that when Mr.. Clay
drew the act of 1888, and showed it to his friends
in his own handwriting, after the clause which
provides that only such duties shall be laid as are
necessary for an economical administration of the
government, aicr the 3Oth of June, 1912, the fol
lowing words. or other words precisely equivalent,
were added, to wit: "AND SUCH DUTIES
SHALL BE LAID WITHOUT REFER
ENCE To TIE PROTECTION OF ANY
DOMESTIC ARTICLES WHATEVER"
1t may fairly, therefore be claimed that the great
author of what is called the American system
himself has, in the most direct manner, acccoctl
to this principle at least that duties must be laid
primarily for rerenne and not for protection alone.
This is the leading principle 10 which the faith OF
the nation has been solemnly pledged and one from
which it will never be safe for the great protected
interests themselves 10 denart