The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-05-06
REACTION.

The huge and incongru"us political
organization which calls itself the Re-
publican party oft the Uu'ted Sratrs, has,
at last, utter decade of continuous ct.
fort, made itself nlasIer Of every depart
mcnl of The National Government, d.
sides controlling, AZ well, the >Hbn'fi-
nate governments Of "A Iar=e maturity Of
what we've once the severe iyn States -
With lhe cODsunuraInn vi Is triumph,
the cohesive furce which has thus far
bound together the dScordant elements
OF the party, has suddenly b"c"iBe ii
centrifugal pressure. aud the signs that
t"rebode the coming nt great p.'litical
break up are Of ii character hardly to
be- mistaken. Tie hosts oIthuse who
have been disappointed IN the division
uf the spills, aud who are alway> the
earliest and blrtcrcst fJcs Of an admin
!-tratiun, wc,e never so numerous and
50 vengeiu as now. These alone would
constitute formidable party of upp">i
ilnn. But npart from these, there are
in every Northern Site 'honsan Is OF
honest men whu lave hitherto ranged
themselves under the Republican ban
ucr, but who ure at last dls=usted with
tn e>crsses of rheir I'ar'y, and VIII, ar"
b1ndiug together rcsolu'rly for form.
The llyIug ny nnter which tbs move
rHcn seems chiefly to bc'rakiug shap"
aud gathering strength ~ the just and
popul,r ductrine Of Free Trade A pow.
iiul Lea=ue b jnsi been organized at
}ustun, which numbers amongst lis
members snlue of the most influential
men of New England. 1t toppuscs special
legislation OF every kind 1t anh"unccs
It's belief in the prnpos Iiun> that every
man is entitled u the results OF his o~ /,
Labor, to sell At will IN The nearest mar
H. aud buy in the c"euprsI; that 80
vcrrlncnt interference with the indus
trial fnr uf the citizens Is IN infringe
mcnt Of his natural ri- hts; the rrciDrU
cit, OF trade gives to each naI'on, un
der II system uf 'nu ual exel 'n.e, the
urea est results from h. lcast exp nlI-
ture oi toll ; lha' all r,w materials, ma-
chinery, fuel and lumber should be nd.
mittel duIy Tree thrt such Gu t"m du
ties IL it may be necessary to Impose
should b. levied Tor revenue exclusive.
Iy. and not fur projection that u cur
rrncy of real value honld take be plac"
NJ dcprccm e ! p,prr; aud inalfy, thar
government appointments should be
IN dc on the >ole ground of fitness. aud
rot as the reward Of party service LII
New York, the Free Trade League has
also SET vi vi.or"u> y IL work in vlndi u
rion of these doatrineS, AMI at The Wrsi
AMI Norrhwesr they arc already acccpted
wlrh ardor by th" Chrcag, Tribune, the
Cincinnati ., 'nnmrrciaI and Il host oi
minor j,urnals. At BrookIyr, Henry
Ward Bercher has openly repudlatcd
At Free Trade meeting, the he'e-y oI
high protective tariff which he ha,
held and ~ in aired % long. The New
Y RI TT buLe snaps and snarl' al the
new movement, ) duousl y avoids the
publication Of the speeches made, and
uf the rrs"luri"n, adopted. but n" longer
charges that lie League is instisatc'I
by British gold. ..
All these things point to G. ang'
in public sentiment. a happy and
healthy change indeed would 1t be i
ii >h"uld sweep away 'hc corruption
which has listened itself upon every
department If the government, t"ge' hel
with that system Of lcg.llzei-robb 'ry
III SCALED protection. 60. "
CHa! iestnm Nrws.