Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-05-09
The Cincinnati fai'nre.

The Cincinnati Faitnre.
The results Of the Cincinnati Con
ycn,ion DO not tally with its early
pron,scs Originally a movement
i, favor 81 Free Trade, the conycn-
lion was captured by the Protection
is,s and its standard bearer is ONE OF
,hp oldest. ab'est and foremost cham
pions Of Protection ii the country
The platform was framed 70 suit both
,,,rties md The second place on the
ticket was given to Free Trade ad-
rccato As heretofore suggested ny
,he HnrrHItc.y, the Cincinnati Con
you,jon was not the exponent OF any
definite principle, concerning which
there is now any popular agitation
The question of general amnesty
uhrle doubtless asscnted to by the
Convention. is not contenIed for BY
eny considerable BODY OF men on its
merits, IS a political idea, The one
term principle, though held as a prln-
eipie by few like Mr.. Greeley, has
no rower to incite men to political
activity. Its principal power 81 the
present time lies in its direct anplica-
ION to the object 50 cordially hated
,v the moving spirits of the Convcn,
,ion. Were it not that the principal
object Of the Convention was TO beat
President Grant 10. nomination,
and failing in that, for re-elec
ton, an that TIC Oh term pFln'
clplc, SO far as 1t is q political princi-
ple, applies solely to hm, we seri-
ously doubt if We should at tins time
at least, have heard much about it.
It was used by the Convention as
sort OF lever for moving the political
machinery. There was not a polltl-
cal ,heorem announced b, the Con
yertion which, in and of itself, hal or
has any moving force among the peo-
pie. The only real principle moving
any one to its hall, was that of Free
Trade that was its prime spirit and
it's stradfast power. Notwl,hstand
inc the change that came over its
character as the time Of meeting
drew near, and tho accession TO it Of
very many staunch Protectionists,
the origlnators never abatea one iot
or title Of hope in their ability to
control it's utterances and nomina,
.ions. Their miscalculation shows
that as controlling principle Reve.
nue. Reform did not control q ma jor-
ity Of its members.
1t is not unlikely that many early
friends OF the movement, whose
prime object was to strengthen the
He eqs ?, Ere2 nt TrFaas saw the weak
was conceded to the Protcction:sts,
but the evidence is Overwhelming
that the original friends OF tie move
nent fought for the original idea
with wonderful pertinacity, and
were beaten only by sheer strength
of numbers
The Convention, then, was a fail
ure in all essential particulars. Call
ed together to further the cause Of
Revenue Reform, it RENTED the
whole question OF tariff and taxation
to the people IN their primary capac-
ity at the polls Jncitei by no COM
mon principles, its sessions were stor-
my and lis deliberations tempestous.
The first place on the ticket is filled
by "feroc.ous protectionlst," and its
second by sweet free trader While
claiming to be Republican in all es.
se1tials, its success, it is conceded, is
dependent wholly upon democratic CO
operation. III fine, while attempting
to found new party it offers no prin
ciples as bond Of union while gath
ering INTO its fold a general hotch-
potch Of principles an ! ideas.