The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-28
" Pooling the Issues. /"

.srr Pooling the Issues"
It has fallen to the lot of General
Grant to give currency to several
phrases which have remained long
time in the minds of his countrymen as
embodying, in 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 light it out on that line " if it took
all summer" he expressed the stub
born determination of the country in o
way which was, instantly recognized.
There was no attempt to hide difficult
ties, no boastful declaration of doubtful
achievements, but q resolution, as IN
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 q proper manner
the conditions on which political peace
was attainable. .-r. s-.E
In his speech at Warren, Ohio, Gem
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 inn
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 q State which
has always been Republican. and in
the second, of a possible gain of three
Electoral votes. Tactics inspired by 8
like purpose have been carried out il
Indiana, though with less success
There the Greenbackers were NO
strong enough to command complet'
surrender, as in Maine, and were to'
independent to consent to an opel
coalition. Desperate efforts have beel
made, however, to obtain their votes
An infationist of the most pronounced
type was named for Governor, and tn
Democratic orators appealed every
where to the Greenback sentiment
while no stone was left unturne,
toi wean individual leaders fron
allegiance to the Greenback OF
ganization. This scheme was gravel,
broken in upon by Senator Bay
ord's course. who has gone so straigh
and so viciously against everything
which his party has been trying to d
that some of its managers do not sto
at saying that he is seeking reveng
for his own wretched failure in tn
Cincinnati Convention. What he
doing, however, no matter what hi
motive may be, is putting a fair an
honest meaning on the words of hi
party platform, and the dismay he cal
ries into the Democratic ranks onl
shows how false and deceitful the part
has been in Indiana
The "pool" has also been opened o
the question of the tariff, and some yer
odd trafficking has been done on tha
subject. The Democratic platform say
that the party upholds "tariff fo
revenue only" but the way in whic
those words are read in New Jerse
and Pennsylvania is very far from bt
ing the same as the way in which the
are made to read in Illinois or lows
In the latter States they are suppose
to mean that impost duties will be lai
on those articles only, and at such rate
only, as will yield the largest revenue
So quite different meaning is put on th
words in States where protected trade
J are many and strong. There it
said that the .revenue" from the tari
necessarily very large-wil be so dis
tributed as to hurt no industry that hs
hitherto been dependent on the tarif
If there were an impossible barrie
along the Alleghanies which no new
could cross until after election, tn
: brace of doctrines might safely b
J taught, one on one side and the Otht
, on the other. But, unluckily for sue
trick, the telegraph, the railroad, tt
newspaper, and the Post-office cam,
} be abolished even for q few weeks, an
| the preachers of the conflicting do
trines are made very unhappy by Il
cruel exposure of their devices in Il
, respective sections. 1t is all very we
} to invite protectionists or free trade
! to Join the "pool," but when both Sc
are asked, each naturally wonders whie
one is to get the profit, which in tn
! case cannot be divided.
> There are several minor divisions !,
the American people who are beir
urged to join the spool" The ter
\ perance people in the East, the iquo
, dealers in the West and in New Yor
the foreign voters of several national
: ties in several sections, the survivors
; the "Native American" movement
, another, the German Catholics in L
, diana, the French Canadians in Mali
and Connecticut and in this State, an
. most grotesque of all queer cOntradi
ClOnS, @e neSrOeS Oh ene NortH anu u
"red-shirt' ''gunners for niggers'
: the South-to all of these the sor
pressed Democracy sends out it's appea
{ 0d its pledges. Meanwhile. the X
publican party, with its main purpos
: well defined, and a long and hOnorat
) record by which to Judge it. conten
I for q consistent and Ineligible poll
! ON all leading questions. and promis
! nothing but q loyal application of
Q principles, which are the same in
t sections and at all times. y TIM
, D~ Statesman Hancock says "t
tariff question is local question and
Y matter that the General GOvernme
: seldom cares to interfere with"
t was talking to the representative of
Paterson, New Jersey, paper. Patt
a son is q manufacturing city. and Stat'