The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-28


under better auspices or with SO many advan-
tagas upon our side. On all national questions
the Democracy is, by its own confession, beaten.
Contrite and upon its knees it asks the forgive
ness of the country. 1t admits the validity of
the constitutional amendments, and in so doing
endorses all the achievements and acts of the Re-
publican party.
The Democracy was never more divided or so
demoralized. AT the North it has been convicted
Of plundering the people, of trucking to mob
Violence and of denying to American citizens the
very rights for which they have sought this sup
posed land of freedom. At the South it is the
party OF organized mlrderers-its crimes an out
rage of all law and decency and disgrace to our
civilization.
The platform troubles of the Democrats
remind us Of the efforts of an upturned
turtle, stretching out its flppers to all
points, but remaining helplessly upon its
back. The party is as full of declarations
as French official order of council
considering" this and that, but unlike
such official orders it is absolutely incon-
elusive, except upon one point, determi-
nation TO assert false premises, misrepre-
sent facts, and suppress truth.
The latest effort is the Doolittle plat
form in Wisconsin. Resolution first
"ponts with pride to economical adminis-
tration under Democratic rule" which, in
view Of recent developments in New York,
may be considered the best joke of the
season. Resolution two is a guarded pro-
fession of allegiance to the principles of
States Rights as understood by Democracy,
and is carefully worded so as not to say
too much for their Northern, or too little
for their Southern friends. Resolution
three declares in favor of ''tariff for
revenue" but the writers evidently labored
to "draw it MIDI for they carefully
avoid any allusion to the effect of our
present tariff upon manufactures, content
ing themselves with the assertion (which
is certainly not the fact, that our tariff
system has ''fettered and crippled every
agricultural pursuit."
If the wheat growers of Wisconsin will
take the trouble to follow their wheat to its
point of consumption, they will find that
for every bushel sold at Liverpool to their
Free Trade friends, ten, aye fifty bushels
are sold at better prices to consumers at the
manufacturing centres in the United States;
and even purblind Free Traders must ad-
NIT that the home market is alacays the best
market for the seller.
The Pittsburg Commercial calls upon Mr..
Wells for information in relation to this |
resolution, as follows:
The third resolution of the Wisconsin Demo- |
cratic platform declares Sin favor of a tariff for
revenue and charges the administration with |
robbing the masses for the enrichment of the |
few. Here is the scheme for revenue from ems
toms as proposed by MIR. Wells, late special com
missioner of revenue, and the financial APOSTLE |
of the free trade party 1t is to be found on page
$50 of his report for the year 1869:
Articles for food and drink =. ...... $50 300 600
leNtiles ana wares 1000, 900
heliis $4,000, 900
fancy ........ 500O.00O
Drugs, chemicals and oils............. 1900, 900
MISCELLANEOUS 1000 900
,000, 900
OF the money to be derived from these articles |
sixty millions from the items of tea, coffee sugar
and molasses, articles which, as everybody |
knows, are much more largely consumed by the
laboring classes than by the rich This does not
look greatly like free trade, nor indicate any par
ticular interest in the welfare of the poor Init
is not leveed against the imposition of
duties themselves, but only against such as re-
late 10 goods of British manufacture. The De-
lnocracy Of Wisconsin should request Mr. Wells
10 rise and explain.
Mr.. Wells is the great Democratic au-
thority on Free Trade matters, and will
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