Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-10
MOND, VA.
FRIDAY Morning, July 10, 1916.

RICHMOND, VA.
rriday Morning, July 10, isa0.
Guy. a,s convinced tina, Mr. Niles has taken
w or nopnar opinion, in This country, I'm which Is
,hst Il win not sustain the principe !" % f both par
now before Tue "a o h. in favor Of the great principle
.sss,rd by Mr. Clay and the WING party vo.con. The
for revenue with discriminatory ,he matter, but
mighty d.d n ,he question. Virginia, NORTH Sa,oa,
ma Georgia and Louisiana, II moi hsrye that II
VIII BECOME NO. nut 10 The popular vo,e the Tari Of
1892 would be 'ru"phah'' Yesterdays Times.
r :, fair to presume that the immediate repre-,
so,,,ives from eighteen different States areas wen
,c.u,;n,ed with the wishes Of their own constr
,ner,s rs The editors Of The Times. In voting
then for the new Tariff bill, they felt jusliheu ny
what they considered as the Instructions u '"e"
neople. They had no other criterion thaa INA.
The Tariff had been made prominent ISSUE anu
their election over their Wing opponents 'ney nA'
,urally regarded as an endorsement OF 'he'r o"n
views Whatever may have been The case IN
other States il is beyond all question that IN VIZ
oipia The Tariff was made grand and leading
issue. In public addresses, in speeches On inc
sump the question was fully, and ably, and mo.
roughly argued. The Wings brought TO bear all
SORTS OF extraordinary appliances. The "brlllsii
Goldn story was paraded in every variety The
oback bread" was held up 10 the people as an
emblem of what they would have 10 cal II The
Tariff were touched. But all in vain Inc
people OF Virginia. By the overwhelming vole Of
! 5000, upheld the principles OF the Republican
parly. and vetoed the doctrine OF "protec-
,ion" Again, in the election OF April 1872
an address was put forth by the Republican
convention, which wen, all lengths against PRO
tection." The candidates for Congress made II
tesl every where. 1t was argued and re-argued,
and The result, was the election of fourteen out oil
fifteen members Of Congress, and "a sweeping ma
ori,y of The Legislature. Never was Vole
given more in accordance with The views oil their
constituents and oiihe State, Than when these Jour
teen representatives threw their SURFACES Tor Inc
new Tariff bill. Virginia is far from being
sTarid Stale" She may become so, but the
SIGNS Of The times indicate that the period is very
distant. What course MIR. Archer may adopt,
we cannot saw But, as a Representative OF Vir-
sinia. i, is "clear and unqueslionable, that his
vote ought 10 be thrown in favor OF The new bill.
We predict the most suspicious results from
this great measure. We are convinced, that IL
will meet with general satisfaction. The ma
lority By which il passed, larger than any Tariff
bill has received for many wears. indicates that
the peoples representatives were Influenced, above
all other considerations, By their conviction oil
popular sentiment. We have seen some OF The
manufacturers here, who are satisfied with The
terms OF The new bill OF course, they are mol OF
The aWhig, Henry Clay Wing" stripe.
Tie Times insists upon it, that the President
must have used the patronage OF his Office in in
ducing MIR Brinkerhof TO vote for the Tariff, al
ter he had taken such an apparently uncompro-
missing stand in opposition TO the BILL ltprotesses
II doub, whether the Union spoke officially when
il declared that "the Presiden, could not think Of
comforting offices upon members Of Congress-
Pm, admitting that the President really entertain
ell such an opinion, the Times insnuaes plainly
lhat the President has acted most dishonesty in
the matter. II says
nWhen the President thought they dare not re-
sis, him. he told them plainly lha, office they
should not have: but when 10 his great dlsmay
they broke ont OF their harness in the House.
and fatty refused 10 bear him farther in The road
TO free trade We cannot but suspect thai ne forget
his original sternness, and gently held up 10
their view some OF the very Offices which he at
first refused them. He has the rens once more
IN hand; but whether now that he has caught
them. he will give hem The ear Of corn with winch
lie enliced them 10 return, we cannot undertake 70
I..Tstell"
may be altogether liberal and just in Wing
EliloT 10 take up hese suspicious Of base con
due, on The part ct he Chief Magistrate. with no.
thing on which to found them But the snbseqnen,
course oil Mr.. Brinkerhod, in assaling the Union
which had advanced the views as coming from Inc
President, certainly lends to dissipa,c all such
suspicious.
But, in reply TO The uncharitabe insinualions
of The Times, we shall, without further comment
introduce The frank and liberal opinions OF the
Alexandria Gazette, an incorporating Wing
journal That paper is very far from suspecing
Tho President of the low in,rigues, insinualed BY
the Times:
az, gives US pleasure TO speak good word,
ubcneyer we can, of the President, and OF ms
course on public affairs. Politically opr0sea %
hiu, as tioroughy, perhaps as "a IS posS'o~ o' h'e
IN he we vet desire always TO DO hin, yus1tce anu
~ nra;se rather than blame In refusing, there
fore in several recent cases 10 appoint members
| Of Congress 10 Office, a7e do not htsaate 10 say
that he has pursued course euery 'cay ""t'V I"
n- h;ph station ukieh he occupies. When he re-
fnsed Brinkerhoff and Wick, and The rest oil The
Congressional applicants he showed that ne had
. nroner sense OF The dignity Of the representa-
i've character. For his firmness, The pcope, run
| mi distinction of pariv, 1ciH applaud him nor
mod he fear injury from the daribes OF those
uhose chaorin vents itself in complaints whose
modification is expressed by their shullins, or
whose disappointment IS hid under extra zeai ior
Inc service of The ADMINISTRATORS zeal caicu-
| lared 10 do harm. because il is known 10 spring
from interested motives. We sincerely trust that
the President may persist in his present determ-
nation nj, 10 appoint members OF Congress to Of
fee. II he can throw a stigma upon the practice,
so that all future Presidents may be ashamed 10
give. and future representatives be ashamed 10
beg. he will have done service TO the country,
which will entite him to the thanks OF posterily.
He may create public opinion on The subject,
which will be as potent and effective as law"
The Wings true 10 their old vocation Of "pan-
c-makers," predict "ruin" TO the country from
the new Tariff bill, which, While II extends am
pie protection 10 the manufacturers, is destined 10
give new life TO commerce and agriculture. OF
course, lhen il The Wings be right in their calcu-
atons, The news OF The passage OF The bill must
have fallen like fatal blight nPon the money
market OF New York city, The great commercial
heart of the country, whose pulsalions, whether
real or counterfeit are made to vibrate through
out the nation. Well, The Tariff bill passed on
Friday, and the news reached New York on Sa
turday. The money article OF the New York
Herald, of Monday, 6 P. NJ, discloses no awfu
explosioDs or sweepipg ruin. On the contrary