New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-09

II is rs we expected. The earnest Free
Traders, having seized the first opportunity Of
the Democratic Congressional caucus to set in
motion the ball of discussion on their burning
question. arc by no means disposed to sit
calmly down under nm adverse decision, even
though there be- q majority against them of
eleven i'm nincty-fye. On the floor of Congress
there is rs yet apparent harmony and peace.
The question not yet having arisen there Nlr.
Randall and Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Carlisle are
worLin. tremendously together in the noble
enterprise of "uttling a new Speaker with
points of Order, questions of prlvi-
lcgo and Interruptions OF various kinds,
in order to show the country their
own familiarity with parliamentary tricks and
their ability 10 ob.truct the business of the
Nation when il is entrusted 10 other hands
than their own. This spectacle is very en-
Iiycniuc, of course, and cannot but tend 10
raise i'm public estimation the statesmen con-
ccrnrd in it. Let rs enjoy the concert while
we may. for the harmony il not 70 last long.
The lorly-two Frcc-Ipdcrs who insisted Che
other day, upon n rcalIrmatiou of the taril-for-
rcvcuuc-only planl, m the platform Of 1SsO,
and were voted down ~ Gfty-thrce Protec-
tioni,ts, who refused to be bound by it, viii
not let the question be showed aside or dis
cussion smothcrcd. The ProtccuOnlsts are
marked for "slaughtcr.'
Mr.. Henry Watterson, the Frce-Trade apostle
of the West, and author of the rcpudiated
piank in the platform, does not withdraw the
general order issued some time since COM
handing Messrs. Voorhees,, Randall and all
other Democratic Protcctionists to the rear.
On the contrary, nc gives it greater intensity.
He now demands their slaughter" Not
Immediately, to be sure he orders general
discussion and provides time aud opportunity
for repentance but if they continue unre-
pcntant after that, they are 10 be slaughtered
without mercy. The fact that the traitors
whom he sent tn the rear turn out to be ma
iority of the plrty's representatives in Congress
does not disturb or staggcr him in the least In
such a cause he evidently believes that one
NAV chase n thousand and two put ten
thousand to flight He dismi5ses the caucus
which gave him and his friends a rebuff in
stead of an Endorsement, as he says, "with
chat sort of good-natured complacency,
"not unmingcd with contempt, which amiable
"imbecilty and harmless impotency usually
INSPIRE" He recognizes the fact that the
miscellaneous VOLc Oh MI. lGOCIOf hnOJJS
resolution "discloses a difference well, it
does seem to-and insists that it "adjourns
discussion" But this discussion he proposes to
have, and to have it somewhat exhaustive.
Not being so bloody minded as to put
sword at once into the hands of the Free
Trade priesthood and command them to go
through the camp with indiscriminate slaugh-
ter. he adjourns the sacrifice until after the
debate. ain advance Of this" he says, eve
" stigmatize nobody. Let us have the fullest,
fairest and freest debate, and not until all are
enlightened let the slaughter begin" Pending
the opening of the debate on the floor of Con
grcss we presume he intends to keep up the
discussion in the press and use every other
means to enlighten the people. But when
everybody has been enlightened and tho de-
bate is concluded, the sword will be grit
on, the previous question asked, and the
Oh" slaughter" will begin. Then Cox will
slay- Randall. Beck will bring down Voorhees,.
Watterson himself will joyfully assume the
task Of doing Hendricks to death. The forty