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^ "Republican Party Platform of 1888 | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved March 18, 2022. We are uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection; we protest against its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the interests of Europe; we will support the interests of America. We accept the issue, and confidently appeal to the people for their judgment. The protective system must be maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests, except those of the usurer and the sheriff. 