Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-22
/" Pooling the Issues"

pm dSto WNlth hdNt u lOuE
time in the minds of his countrymen as
embodying, in a very striking form,
some thought which the larger part of
the people shared. When he declared
his intention, on reaching the first
stage of his march toward Richmond,
to tight it out on that line I" if it took
all summer" he expressed the stub
born determination of the country in
way which was instantly recognized.
There was no attempt to hide difficult
ties, no boastful declaration of doubtful
achievements, but resolution, as un-
shaken as the loyalty of the country, to
pursue the aim that had been set for
him, no matter what obstacles he might
meet. Some of his sayings in political
matters have been not less happy. His
Let us have peace" in 1868, unques-
tionably breathed the spirit of the great
mass of the American people at the
time, and if he was unable to carry out
the policy which was informed by that
spirit, it was largely because he over
rated the readiness of the Southern
leaders to accept in a proper manner
the conditions on which political peace
was attainable.
In his speech at Warren, Ohio, Cen
eral Grant dropped another of those
homely remarks to which his keen
sympathy with his fellow-citizens gives
unusual value. He said that the Demo-
cratic party was engaged in ''pooling
all the issues not favorable to the Re-
publicans. That is precisely what the
Democrats are doing. They are con-
scious of having no definite policy of
their own on any single question of i'm
portance, and they are inviting CO.
operation from every source, pledging
a proportionate share of power and
patronage to each faction, should the
joint venture succeed. They judicious-
ly framed their declaration of ''princi-
Piles" at Cincinnati so as to commit
themselves to nothing but the vaguest
generalities, and so as to leave them
free for any negotiations which the
chances of the canvass might give them
an opportunity to undertake. 1t hap
pens that these opportunities have been
singularly numerous, though thus far
they have not yielded much profit. The
most conspicuous trading has been
with the Greenbackers, who were
offered the most liberal terms in
Maine, in the hope of obtaining, in the
first instance, the prestige of anti
Republican success in State which
has always been Republican, and in
the second, of a possible gain of three
Electoral votes. Tactics inspired by a
like purpose have been carried out in
Indiana, though with less success.
There the Greenbackers were not
strong enough to command a complete
surrender, as in Maine, and were too
independent to consent TO an open
coalition. Desperate efforts have been
made, however, to obtain their votes.
An intlationist of the most pronounced
type was named for Governor, and the
Democratic orators appealed every,
where to the Greenback sentiment,
while no stone was left unturned
to wean individual leaders from
allegiance to the Greenback or.
ganization. This scheme was gravely
broken in upon by Senator Bay
ord's course, who has gone so straight
| and so viciously against everything
which his party has been trying to dc
that some of its managers do not stoI
at saying that he is seeking revenge
for his own wretched failure in the
Cincinnati Convention. What he is
| doing, however, no matter what his
motive may be, is putting a fair and
honest meaning on the words of his
party platform, and the dismay he car.
ries into the Democratic ranks only
shows how false and deceitful the party
has been in Indiana.
The pool has also been opened or
the question of the tariff, and some very
odd trafiicking has been done on thai
subject. The Democratic platform says
that the party upholds a tariff fol
revenue only but the way in which
those words are read in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania is very far from be
ing the same as the way in which they
are made to read in Illinois or Iowa
In the latter States they are supposed
to mean that impost duties will be laiC
on those articles only, and at such rate:
only, as will yield the largest revenue
So quite different meaning is put on the
words in States where protected trade;
are many and strong. There it is
said that the "revenue" from the tarif
necessarily very large-will be so dis
tributed as to hurt no industry that ha!
hitherto been dependent on the tariff
If there were an impossible barrier
along the Alleghanies which no new
could cross until after election, thii
brace of doctrines might safely b,
taught, one on one side and the otheI
on the other. But, unluckily for suci
trick, the telegraph, the railroad, the
newspaper, and the Post-otfice canno
be abolished even for few weeks, anC
the preachers of the conflicting doc
trines are made very unhappy by tn,
cruel exposure of their devices in tn,
respective sections. 1t is all very wei
to invite proteetionists or free trader
to join the pool" but when both set
are asked, each naturally wonders whicl
one is to get the profit, which in thi
case cannot be divided.
There are several minor divisions o
the American people who are bein;
urged to join the "pool." The tenn
perance people in the East, the liquor
dealers in the West and in New York
the foreign voters of several hationali
ties in several sections, the survivors o
the " Native American movement il
another, the German Catholics in In
diana, the French Canadians in Main
and Connecticut and in this State, and
most grotesque of all queer contradie
tiOns, the negroes of the North and tn
"red-shirt" 'gunners for niggers'' il
the South-to all of these the sore
pressed Democracy sends out its appeal
and its pledges. Meanwhile, the Re
publican party, with its main purpose
we'll defined, and long and honorable
record by which to Judge it, contend
for consistent and Ineligible polio
on all leading questions, and promise
nothing but a loyal application of it
principles, which are the same in al
sections and at all times. Y. Times
Bas- Statesman Hancock says 18th
tariff question is local question and
matter that the General Governmen
seldom cares to interfere with" Ill
was talking to the representative of
Paterson, New Jersey, paper. PateI
son is a manufacturing city, and States
man Hancock probably intended Il
convey the idea that the City Council O
Paterson could settle the tariff question
TO suit itself. This is about the size Q
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