The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-03
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Republican
WASHINGTON. d. c.. June 20, 1880.
In view of the great rejoicing in
the Democratic camp over the nomi
nation of General Hancock, a Union
soldier, for President, and of VIM.
III. English, cooper head" of the
worst type for Vice President. | cam
not resist the temptation to copy
few sentences from the ". Y. Tribune
on the subject. 1t says: democrats
are as happy as a baby with new
doll over their new ticket. 1t is not
surprising. Two or three times be-
fore we have heard the same joyous
congratulations after the nomination
of a ticket, the same fierce yells OF
triumph and the same gushing
pledges of unlimited maiorities in all
the'doubtful States. But the season
of rejoicing has always been followed
by dismal period of doubt, and af-
forwards by the sack cloth and ashes
of great defeat" The Democrats
are now in the period of exhileration.
But it will not last long. The inten-
tons, present and future. and the past
history of Democracy is too well
known to the loyal people of the
North for them to be deceived by the
appearance of a beloved Union sol
dier at the head of their ticket. While
we love and honor General Hancock
for his services during the Democratic
Rebellion, we repudiate when he
becomes the dupe and cats paw of the
party he fought to conquer. l can
say; gentlemen of the South we
known you too well, eyerytime you
open your mouths we see your flags,
though your backs are covered with
fleece. Though you have stolen one
Of our heaviest guns, and expect to
turn it upon us, we will spike it, even
before it is aimed. Republicans here
see the blunder in Hancock's nomi-
nation, and it will not take it long to
spread to every hamlet in the North.
Democracy in that anomaly it calls
a "plattorm, makes another serious
blunder when it demands "a tariff for
revenue only" This is fiat and with
out modification. What is it, and
what means it. 1t is doctrine popu-
lar at the South where manufactures
do not thrive, and it means free
trade" and death to the manufacture
ing interest of the North. Are the
manufactures in New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and
Indiana those so-called doubtful
States, in.favOr..of foreign competition
in American markets? think not.
Can the Democratic party expect
support from these interests, when
that party has for one of its principles
doctrine fatal to them 1t is not
reasonable. l can say with confidence
| that this plank of "a tariff for reve-
nue. only" will drive many voters
who have manufacturing interests
into the Republican ranks, and make
States called doubtful almost sure
Republican. In its desire to-day to
the South. the Northern Democrats
have made another blunder. They
cannot correct it. 1t is too late.
This city has never before known
a heated term like the present one.
The mercury is regularly and malig
nantly, day after day, in the neigh-
borheod of 1902. But for IA constant
breeze which sweeps along our wide
streets and avenues, gaining fresh
ness as Dit comes up the river and
across our innumerable parks, the
city would be intolerablt
Tomorrow is the last day in which
pension claims can be filed to draw
arrears or pension. All our agen Is
here are working like beavers in
the interest of their clients, and many
thousand new claims will be filed to-
day and tomorrow.