The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-24
Frae Trade--Free Rage.

The little knot of free-tradefs with sbRS-
ANT. their NEsroR, to encourages Them, il g
gotten into an uncomfortable rage, and ass q,
they will have ticket of their own. 30 sau
last kilograms. There's ATKINSON OF bos.on'
WELLS of Connecticut, pARKE Gop"is l.aa'
BRyasrs pet), and CARLOAD OF 'css s ''sn. L
who must vote for frcc-tratfer' i,eS a'o
prohibited by, the gods or the "e'''. po =
t,,crc ,nust bc rluraIities Of rulers 'beso'o
,,cro ,rc o,,ore). or their own consciehces,
from voting for anybody but .tree-ttsr'aoe'c'.
So after the little tea-Iarty that rccentl! oe-
Cured in New York these lees oil inc cup
were drawn over, and ont popped, IKE a
iack.in-a-box, the genius of free trade, furloos
and dcliant-as defiant as were the poo,
tonians when they threw the tea ofcrDos''o
rather than pay three cents in the pouha 'aA
upon it! #
This is a muss indecd-a great one--onc
in which the rage is as much disproport'hhe"
70 tbc mower M was that of the little Dun
who attempted to arrest the locomotive anu
was himself annihilated. The Wohoer y
how they can officer party and indan ieit
to become nominees. During the great co''-
test In the House. of Representatives LOT
Speaker in 80 it was determined to enoeaVor
~ effect a settlement between the parlies
,h,t tl,e organization of the House might NC
ACCOMPLISHED A committee OF three iioii'
Zach ,t,rty was to meet andSmake terms; bu'
ono Of then, consisted Of only one n,dn--"ho
wax prc,,, of Alabama; and so the scheme
fell through. The free-trade party IS ''Ae'S
TO fail for the same cause: want Oh h'en
enough to organize presidential ticket anu
executive committee.
When il is remembered tlat the tarltf That
il necessary to defiay the expenses Oh tne
Government and pay the public dcDt l. SUI
icientIy protective for all reas"haplc pr"
tcctiye.tmfI people. while the frcc-tr'ueiS
are declared by the necessity OF Tie "'','"
rncnt from reducing ii, it will DC dI'ic'li' "
see exactly what this little Knot ol 'i''-
traders arc after. They can certainly acc'''-
nlis. no good for themselves 10y Kicking up "
row. and less still, if possible, can .ii's nc'p
,,,lodv else. II looks very much as IL tilese
immaculate frwc-tr7ldcrs had dclcrthi''c.' "
tu,, frce-bootcrs and make something .! Il
r,,itc,l cr,,isc amongst the parties. 10 make
solncthin. out of one or other OF Tue parties
wo,Id he something made; but then the
difficulty which bcscts them besetS Iheih
everywhere: that difficulty is their con-
,cmptiblc weakness. In any attempt TO
treat for an advantage, such as Il snare III
honors and Offices, they would he utterly re-
icrtcd lis soon as their strength was ascer-
tanned.
Eut consequence so plainly to follow an
ATTEMPT at Il treaty must be apparent to the
rrcc-tradcrs themselves unless they are
blinded by conceit or under, some encllant-
ncnt. If they are sane men some other soiu-
ton must be found for their conduct; ana
that solution is, we suspect, that they desire
TO defeat GREELEY and continue the mllitary
rule. There may he some union between
rrce-traders and STOCKHOLDERS through which
pccuniary gain is expected as the reward
or , stratcrcm to break down GREELEY ana
secure the triumph of GRANT. Iills, OF
some other solution as little crettablc, must
he found; for there is no justification in The
action at Cincinnati for the ire OF the Tree
traders, the question of the tariff beng
waived by that body, and it being not at all a
practical question now. Indeed, there Is
rn;tber occasion for the frce-trade party nor
enough of free-traders to make up party.
So the whole thing is either crazy move
mcnt. and an absurd one. OF Il trick TO help
GRANT.