The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Republican.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct. 10, 1880.
The Patterson Guardian, q Demo
cratic paper of New Jersey, fearing
that the attitude of the Democratic
party upon the tariff question might
lose to them the State, sought an in
terview with General Hancock, in
the hope that his statemanlike utter
anccs might allay any and all appre
tensions. General Hancock started
out with the idea that the Govern
ment had got to receive support.
That one of the ways to raise the
necessary revenue was tariff, and that
that would of course, afford all the
protection needed. Wamring up to
his subject he said, "the tariff ques-
ton is local question" They
brought it up in my native place in
Pennsylvania, bnt sit Is question
that the general Government seldom
cares to interiors with" 1t is i'm.
possible to conceive how much ignor
ance can be compressed into so short
a sentence as the above. This inter
view staggered the Democracy, and
not Democratic paper Published it
or in any way alluded to it. Hon.
Senator Randolph from New Jersey,
alarmed at the situation addressed q
letter to the General. expressing his
belief that his sentiments on that
subject had been misreprssented, and
desired his views upon tie subject
for publication. In his reply General
II. did not seem to comprehend the
object of the Senator's letter. He
! thought the statement of his views
as expressed iii the 1" Guardian" were
sufficiently explicit, and wondered
/ that the people of New Jersey need
ed any further explanation. He then
said that money would have to be
raised to carry on the Government as
i ''IOng as human nature lasts" The
! idea is an absurd one and does him
! no credit as man of sense. He
/ further says, $50 far as we Demo
crats) are concerned, all talk about
free trade is foIiy. and favors tariff
that shall be Gin cidentally protec-
tive" So far. therefore, as anyglim-
mering of Intelligence is to be dis
covered in what he has said upon the
tariff, he considers the Democratic
doctrino of free trade rs folly and
favors tariff for revenue with Incl
dental protection, which is the doc.
trine Of the Republican party, and
always has been. All we desire is to
raise a revenue and inso doing afford
protection to our industries. The
ignorance displayed by the General
upon this vital subject will satisfy
many before in doubt, that Hancock
i no man TO govern the de,tinies OF
this great Nation.
The New York Tridiaae recogniz-
ing the danger of the times, appeals
to Republicans every where to relax
no effort until success is wholly
theirs. It warns them that the Dem
ocrats are now desperate, and will
stop at no crime, if there by Han
cock can be placed in the White
4 House, and that Barnum has prom
ised to show the Republicans some
new "tricks" before November End.
/ The Indiana victory, though, a great
one, does not at all decide the contest,
there is urgent need for hard work
notc. The election is but "a few days
ahead, Republicans everywhere
should interest themselves personally
in the last days of the canvass. Re-
member it is not the speeches and
professions that alone win the victo-
ries, but the quiet work done among
friends and neighbors. The majority,
can and should be made so great that
no Democratic Congressman. will
dare dispute it.
LOGAN.