Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-11-11

siadtratsn,
The returns grs not ali 10 before two OF
the leading Republican rswspapsrs OF the
county are appealing to the known free
trade sympathiss OF Mr. Garfield aud de
mauitne in LII aneettain fashion the
mobilization anj reduction OF those duties
90 tInpcits, On tie maintenance Of which
the people were assured less than week
ago the hope of continued business pros
perity in our country depends. The New
York fints OF Thursday, In discussing the
duty OF the Republican party, which il
believes ~ have secured the control OF
both honses o. Congress a. we'll as the
Presidency, says:
Our tax laws will also have to be revised,
Taxation is heavier than il need be. Ii is in
many regards unequal and oppressive Indus
tries of Importance are Disseminated against
in favor of Others no more entitled to consld-
Grafton. The wrongs must be righted They
cannot be concealed under the general plea
of protection to American labor, because
they are injurious to American labor. 1t will
be fortunate for the Republican Party If its
leaders show the courage and sagacity
necessary to deal with the subject, because,
in spite of the apparent strength contributed
to the party by the recent professions of pro-
tectionist ideas, the people will eventually
perceive the difference between real and false
protection.
or course there is nothing surprising to
politicians In this, but we ask those of our
readers who believed that the tariff issue
was a real one in the recent campaign to
read the above paragraph carefully and
only is based on the recognition of the
fact that duties are mere taxes, aud the
Times 50 treats them, and they are heavier
than they should be, unequal and oppres-
sive, and though it rejoices in the victory
won by the recent professions "cf pro
"tectonist ideas" it has no doubt "the
''poople will eventually perceive the differ
'ence between real and false protection"
We do not doubt II, and sensible men whit
see this immediate kicking OF the ladder
by which a party climbed to power will
perceive at once the difference between
tue and false professions. There is
something absolutely cynical in the way in
which the Times thus carly sneers at "the
recent professions of protectionist
ideas We must confess, however, that
it did not join in the false pretence except
by silepce.
The New York Egening Post which was
like wise silent during the playing of the
tariff scare farce. could not wait even SC
long as the Times, but on the day after
the election demanded that Gen. Garfield
should be true to his known principles
and lead movement for tariff reduction
It said:
General Garfield may educate his party NJ
to his own liberal views of the revenue ques
ton. lie has studied the subject of taxation
III common with other political subjects, auC
and. unless we greatly mistake has reached
: clear and liberal conclusions in respect to 1t
. | He is not the first man i'll either party whI
has been embarrassed by the conflict betweei
intellectual conviction and real or suppose,
> partisan necessity Whatever may have heri
, the effect of the adrot appeals to the fears o
industrial interests neither intelligent Repuh
{ Leans nor intelligent Democrats are likely t.
, be deceived as TO the real principles involve,
IN the tariff controversy. There Is an III
r | CrCarIug number Of revenue fetOlInGrs III til
n | Republican party, even IN the East, while 4
great agricultural regions of the West thcr
+ is Il demand irrespective of party for recon
: -tructlon of the existing absurd. cumbron
aud unjust tariff General Garfield durin
= the late canvass made many short and fellc
Y tUus speeches i'll which lie emphasized III
, growth and greatness of the United State'
= We have no doubt that he believes that tn
II country has grown great enough to thro
b, away the crutches of a system adapted b
the admission of its creators to its carl
5 youth. This is the opportunity of Generi
Il Garfield and the people may be sure that
is a broad enough statesman to improve It,
:. We heartily hope the Post is right nj
: merely because we believe that industry
in the broad sense in which the word WI
defined ten years ago by General CARTEL
. will be improved by an intelligent revisiu
~ satisfaction it will give us to see proper
. punished the men interested in unjust
u favored industries who let themselves
- backing up those ''adroit appeals to Il
- 'fears OF industrial interests" by whiC
as the Post candidly says intelligent me
~ Of neither party were deceived. 1t
> audacious, however, if not inpudent,
thus insinuate to those who we
deceived that it was their own lack
a intelligence that made the fraud succes
nd full and to now have the almost holy tar
av to the defense of which they were ask
,ts to rally described as "absurd, cumbro
to ''snd unjust and the whole protect
he system spoken of 10y rather confus
mt metaphor as crutch of youth.
mt -, So.