The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-11
Fall Elections.

Fall Elections.
~ Congressional and other eiec'
ao ~. Mace IN the States OF Pennsyi'a'
.loa' ONO OHIO Indiana, Nebraska, and Iowa
,Thev viii pretty well settle the question .
tha complexion Of the next Congress III
nonnsvlyania the campaign is very ANNA
tod. Three auestions--coolie labor, taxa
ton. and the tariff-have been much agi
tated--the two former with decided adVaa
tage to the Democrats. On the s''o)ee, o
the tariff the Democrats, while not so.ns
the whole figure Of free trade, have os."
MED position on the ground OF an eqn,'...
b,e tariff for the revenue (assumins .n,'
That afforded protection enongh}' "i ~
has not been altogether satisfactory ' W.
,nan,fac,Y,rers. who want all the l'ro,e,'
t,or tnav can get, Therefore IL Is o,io'' =,
stood that the manufacturers "'u -: ~, ,na.n
tn the Republicans, andthat we; ".'' '
.hs;r g operatiycs vote with 'heih'
Tn,s controlling the votes OF employees nus
~ old ruIe in the manufacturing dls-
.r;cts and as there is no election law 10
nrotect the ash,te voter and punish the man
,yho threatens to discharge him if nc votes
ooa;nst the wishes Of his employer--ttha'
= q nrotect;on which Congress thought ua-
deserved by the ,chite man. aid only due 10
the NEGRO for his peculiar merits over "l''
above the white skin There VIII DC ho
obstruction in the way Of the continued
exercise of this control over the votes OF per-
sona employed in mills and all sorts OF man
rfactories in Pennsylvania. How TAR TINS
tvrannical power may checkmate the just
,naisnation of the solid working GLASSES
ora;nsf the coalition Of the Republicans
With the inferior kiuas Of mankind remains
70 he seen. Assuredly there is a storm Oh
the most threatening nature raised In tns'
keystone State on the subject OF coolle
labor.
In the western States there is powerful
, ,nosition to what Is called n protective
tariff. 1t is considered iii the west thai a
revenue for the support of Government Is
quite sufficient protection to American
industry without high specific imposltion>
IN certain articles with view 10 pro'ec-
t,on. This Is feature of the alienation OIL
the West from the interests Of the eastern
mart, Of the Union, from which has pro.
ceeded the controlling power in na1ionai
,,o,it;rs for the last fifteen years. The poll
,ies Of the East do not suit the giant OF the
West, who has been gradually hfeaEin&
away from the domination of New England.
In finance, he is not satisfied to follow the
lead of the East. and on the Suhjects OF
tariff and fishing bounties he is tired, ana
unwilling TO concedc any longer the dement's
of sectional legislation TO district Which
has grown so rich upon Government hohn'
ties.
How lar these averSionS 10 eastern policy
and interests may Affect The reSu!' oil Inc
elections to-day. we cannot undertake i"
predict but that these ideas ana feelings
are growing daily in the Northwest ana
West is undoubted. Protection TO men
who are endeavoring TO degrade their en-
MOVES and whittle down their compensation
br the introduction Of the dcpraved A>'a'-
les. il becoming everywhere unropul2r. II
would be q peryersion Of republican gov
eminent to pass laws for the increasing oil
the wealth of the rich and grinding down
into the dust the laboring classes. There
has been too much legislation of this kind.
The Government has done too much to
make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
We depend much upon the giant Of the
West to reform this altogether.
We are not over sanguinc OF favorable
results to-day. but the change is steadily
progressing which will bring about more
consideration for the people, and will check
the habit of abandoning the Government to
the uses Of the monopolists and greedy
SPECTATORS Of the land. The power of the
Government is great. The patronage it has
to dispense gives it a control that is vast
advantage in struggle. Besides, there Is
In the dominant party wonderful iacillt!
of adaptation to local preJudiccs. a kaoi-
cal in one place is quite different man
from Radical in another. Here we have
them all for universal amnesty, and there
the same party will proclaim ''We are for
u,1niyersal amnesty whenever 1t may he
" granted with safety to the State This
means "achenerer ace are SATISFIED that 're
"ariH not lose or Offices By u,itersa! an
nnesty." This is plainly proved in Mis-
s,uri. where the Republican party Is split
Nv the question OF amnesty. The true and
honest men stand out for amnesty nou,
while the seurvy oficeholdera affect to
think that it is dangerous TO grant it at this
time. They know their offices depend upon
The continued disfranchisemeut OF one
fourth OF the people Of Missouri. We be"
,ieye the Liberalists vii! gain brilliant
s!ctory in that State
The elections to-day are deeply interest
Ing. They will show many important signs
in public opinion, we conjecture, no mat
ter which side triumphs.
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The r,mor of further assassinatOns OF
foreigners in China is not pleasant to hear,
nor encouraging to those who believed that