New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-19

| nelly; but. having got all he could out Oh tno
Republican party, and more than " i''
accorded to any other young man, he mas e'i-
IDENTITY determined to wreak great eVengc
upon it for all its generosity. To TINS emu me-
with his satellites got up for the late eiection
an Independent Ticket" made up from 'ne
antagonist party tickets. being careful 70 put
| ON it the name of tho Democratic candidate Iol
Governor, who by this dodge was Drought
very near an election. The same trick was
PLAYED in this State by the Know-Notbings III
| 1s59-the year before they went square over 10
| the Sham Democracy, as Donnelly will now 90.
We hope he will make them run him Tor all
the best offices till he is run out when ne
| will doubtless turn another fip-hap.
The animus of this soldier of fortune Is
shown by his course on the Tariff question
He not only voted with the Protectionists while
in Congress, as a Republican from Pennsylvania
might be expected to do, but he held public dis
cussion with a Democrat in Minnesota, wherein
he figured as a champion of Protection and the
Tariff Thus he stood up to few weeks since,
when he appeared as orator at one OF the
County Fairs of his State, and astounded all
but the few Copperheads who were in his secret
by violent, unmeasured TRADE against the
Tariff and Protection, as especially prejudicial
to Western interests and designed to favor and
enrich the East /!
Gov. Marshall, who CHANGED to be present,
promptly rose-being urged to do so by the
assembled thousands-and made O brief and
temperate reply to some of his statements,
avowing himself moderate Tariff man. reared
in the school of Silas Wright [who, by the
way, voted for the two decidedly Protective
Tariffs of 1928 and 1921; and the matter passed
off; but no one present doubted that Donnelly
has booked himself for q ride in the Copper
head coach for the next three or four years.
We have thus followed the sinuOus and
Shiny trail of this demagogue, because 1T eluci-
dates some other movements whereof the real
significance may escape the careless reader.
The Free Trade demonstrations on this side
and on that are aimed at the Republican party
and at Gen. Grants Administration; and hence
it is that care is taken to put Republicans In
the foreground on every occasion. The WIRE
workers thoroughly understand that to make
the people impatient of taxation is to insure
the success of the Opposition, who are not
obliged to provide for the payment OF our
BItuJ DCUtJ plIHOlpth VA ihtSiNoNt '"N '-N
would rejoice to hear that the Treasury
had stopped payment thereon.
Nothing suits them better than to see Re
publicans crying Down with the Tariff" fol-
they know that is the prelude to National bank
ruptcy and reputation. Let it be announced
that the Treasury was unable to pay the cur,
rent interest on the Debt, and the Republi-
cans would find themselves where the Demo
Gratis did after the financial collapse of 1887
But they tell us they favor Rerenac
Tariff" suggests some intense greenhorn
Yes, Sir; they told us so when they broke
down Protection in 1928, and enacted that
every impost should be reduced one-tenth OF
the excess over 20 per cent. till 1912. when
there would be left purely Rerenue Tariff OF
20 per cent. ad valorem. So said, SO done
and our Rerenue Tariff of the Calhoun stamp
yielded just about half revenue enough to
defray the current expenses of the Govern
ment-not half so much as the Protective
"anti commercial" Tariff which it had gradu-
ally supplanted. If you think the people
have forgotten the severe lessons of 1912
you may fancy that they will try that disas
trous experiment over again.