The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-07
,,gPE~S AND TARIFF REFORM

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k,DNGRESS IND Tariff REFORM
|. W. have ,trsdfastly believed and main.
k,sined that the present Congress, consti-
J, ted rs IL is. would never materially modi-
the monstrous miquity in the shape Of
ktarif. wnich now shacklcs the industry
II nineteenth. Of the land. And We can
! 81, rs prominent republican Journals pro.
. TO- feel pang of disappointment, at the
development Of this fact. The protec-
zionist. in Congress. through such mouth
~ Gee. ms schenck, Salty Mccarthy, pig
Ss,aded u. well ms pig-iron Kelly, and little
Mickey modcstlv announce their satisfac.
ION with the tariff as it stands, and assert
lat for the present their shall be no import
It change. Now this, translated into
:. ain facts, means that, finding themselves
k.aabe 10 add to their mountain ofrobbery--
! Ming, as il were, PELHAM upon Ossa--they
! ave wisely concluded 10 leave well enough
\ one; willing, magnanimous, philan-
= ,ropic souls that they are, TO rest content
kfiih the continuance of their plundering
stem. And no one with forecast enough
see beyond the end Of his nose could ex-
set otherwise. The leaders in thcpresent
H'ongress, are, with one or two exceptions
same in person and exactly the same,
! principle, rs those who foisted this
portion upon the people in 'Gl. Schenck
as in at It's birth; Kelly was there to god
,her with his infant-iron cradle; Morrill,
!. ,ctored it, and Mccarthy sailed IL down.
sc child survived Its father--and Thad
.evens left il as his boon to postcrity. 1t
= an unusual thing in political, as well as
...tura history, to find fathers strangling
cir own children-to find men engaged
denolishing what cost years Of shrewd
hcmiag to build up; to discmbowel the
'ose that matches plump golden treasurers;
I'D because these men are not engaged in
is unnatural business, the st. Louis Dem
rat, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago
ost, the Cincinnati Commercial and Gin
T, nnati Gazette, affect the greatest disap.
,ntment. The surprise Of Don Patt at
G fact that Dennis Mccarthy is not in
vor of law which will give him but two
Y ,llars profit on a barrel Of salt instead
! four is astounding, and Is only equaled
the intense anger which is excited in
gorge Alfred Townsend's bosom against
g-iron Kelly, because that lamentsble
ecimen of humanity IL not believing his
J ngs away in advocacy of . law which
! i'll reduce his profit on iron. The posi-
IN occupied by republican free-traders is
ludicrous as it is anomalous. They set up
god, modelled upon tho free-trsde pat.
J, IN, daily sound his praises, and are APP
irently honest in their worship but when
ec,ion day rolls around this god Is for
't,en, and under some shabby pretense,
is handed over 10 his enemies, who
lie,ly drapc and preserve him during
eciion seasons, only 10 maui and pummel
m on the floor Of Congress.
Away with your hypocrisy, gentlemen.
You are sincerely in favor Of giving US
rid reforms, stand by those who
ave the pluck to vote right and the ability
maintain it. In Congress there 10 no
isolute freo.trader who IL not a Demo-
at-no one who is II republican. You
ave got your Fifteenth Amendment;
,,ur work Of Re-rcconstruction is on it,
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