Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-15
SENATOR BAYARD
Declares the Democratic Victory to be a
Final Blow at Capitalization and
the Republican Machine.
PlutOeraeY Crushed by Democracy =
The. Tariff Must be Reform ed-N0
Tax.,tion for Private Ends.

New YoRK, November I3.-The World in
terviewed Senator Bayard as to the great
Democratic victory, his views thereupon and
the duties which deyolYe upon the party
coming into power.
"Of course" said the senator, ait is i'm
possible 10 eondense into single phrase all
the causes OF this disiutegrafion OF The Re-
publican party. II is obviously the final
outburst of long-gathering discomfort and
disapproval on the patt of the better ele-
ments of American life, which, after all, can
and will control, as this election has proven,
the fate OF political parties; for there g no
doubt that the grea: body of American citizens
have no other object than the safety and well
fare OF their country, under wise admins
tratiou of its government. After years of
unwilling submission 10 the party machine,
the regard for propriety and deceney, and,
in fact, for Aublic safety, has at last caused
to destroy the power OF the machine that has
done so much to bring discredit and loss
upon republican Institutions.
ut IS too early at this moment to trammel
up all the consequences of this political in
undatiop, or to tell precisely where the
channels of. future party action will be
found. The country just now il something
ike I1Ollanu Win the QlkeS GOWN, ana
the natural features of the landscape
temporarily submerged. Believing in par
ties only as means TO an end, my earnest
hope is that the Democratic party, which
has now had long training in adversely, may
fully comprehend the situation and not be-
little itself by classifying the late elections
as mere party triumphs. 1t matters little
how the result was caused 1t illustrates
the power of the people acting in their
~
relieve themselves from bad rulers and evil
methods by the peaceful forms OF election,
and this vindicates the American principle
of government. The result now is 10 throw
the control OF the governments OF the group
of Central States-those chief in wealth,
popularity and political infuence-under
the control OF the Democratic party. 1t also
gives to the same party the control of the
next House Of Representatives IN Congress
and quite probably in the Senate
as well, and in addition strong
present probability, almost logical in
Its certainty, of adding the control of the
executive branch in 1884. This all means a
promise of an entry by the Democratic party
upon long lease OF public power, and 10
make this certain and blessing to the whole
country it is only necessary that the party
should be true to the principles upon which |
il was founded, and which, if applied now
TO the existing issues, will be recognized as
wise by men OF all parties.
at is TO be hoped that this progress will |
not be frustrated by petty personal ambitions |
and the attempt TO deal with great interests |
by the methods of demagogues instead Of |
statesmen. Whatever may be the new chan
nels of party action or however numerous |
the new party associations and combinations |
which must grow out of the complete disin- |
tegration of the late Republican party, there |
are some lines OF action 10 which any party |
hereafter seeking for power at the hands of |
the American people must conform ITSELF
"The civil-service reform must be taken |
up and completed, so as to prevent the public |
Offices OF the country from being any longer |
proslitufed into being the mere spoils of |
party conquest. The tenure of the great |
body of these ofices-which are simply mia
isterial in their nature-must depend solely /
upon efficiency and good behavior and not |
upon the mere ebb and flow Of pa ty power. !
This step alone once resolutely taken |
will clear the political atmosphere of |
much of its present obscuri'y and danger |
1t will Danish 'bossism' from our State and |
national politics and allow the measure OF |
statesmanship 20 replace official brokerage
by removing from the minds OF the corps of
official servants of the country the periodi- |
cal distress caused them by the fear of losing
their means of livelihood or of being bled
by political assessments, which every cleo
ton brings about.
"The whole community would be tran
quilted, and the fury and passions and
venality of our elections would, in a great de-
gree, be a5ated. IL as l believe, il would
prevent, or at least check, the use of money
in our elections, the blessing would be al
most incalculable.
Il need say nothing of The increased
economy and efficiency of the public service
that would follow. The disposition and
dapoaro0sl owl cd hv he
ent Federal administration 10 interfere in The
local elections and government of the States
would not only be discouraged but rendered
almost impossible. Such disgraceful bar
gains as those lately made by the admins
tration with Malone in Virginia, Cash and
Chalmers in South Carolina and Mississippi,
would not again stain our political history,
and Capitalization of power would also re-
ceive a much-needed and important check.
Having thus put the machinery of adj
minisiration upon proper basis, the -e-es-
tablishment of just and sound principles OF
taxation will become The most important duty
of the Democratic party. Under the present
conglomerated mass of tax laws the grossest
injustice and class favorjtism is accom-
plished. There is no task higher or more
important than that OF insistir that no law
shall remain upon the statute books under
which the private party of one citizen is
taken for the private use of another, public
property for private use or private properly
for public use, without Just compensation 10
the owner.
SIT Is mere summing up of the present
system OF tariff taxation TO say that 1t ac-
complishes all three of these ubiquitous
and unwarranted results. War measures
are inadmissible in time OF peace. War
taxes ought 10 be temporary only, whereas
we now zee that certain favored classes of
our citizens have wrought themselves into
the absurd belief that they have certain
vested rights in The psrpetuation of unequal
taxes TO their personal benefit upon the
whole body of their fellow countrymen.
ave state The issue broadly and yet accu
rately, the people of the United States are
threat ned with the substitution OF plutoc-
rscy instead of republication as the basis OF
their government. | observed in yesterdays
World & strong illustration of this in the in
PRODUCTION and unanimous adoption BY the
Union League of this city of a
series of resolutions in favor OF up
holding and perpetusting the present
protective system of tariff taxation, with
out regard to its effect upon the resources OF
the public treasury. Coming so suddenly
from amid the broken fragments of the Re-
publican party, it indicates the vitality OF
the spirit of selhshness which brought our
present tariff system into existence and
which marks it Throughout in every feature.
The action of the Union Lesgue in
thus iustructing the Tariff Commission
not to sbste the high protective system
OF our present tariff laws-which, by the
way, would seem very superhuous, consider
ing the exhibition which, thanks to the
enterprise and fidelity of the World, the
members of that commission have made OF
themselves to the whole country-is sig
niicant illustration of the plutocrasic spirit
to which / have referred and against which
/ hoye to see the Democratic party, with all
its late reinforcements from the Republican
ranks, unhesitatingly and firmly arrayed.
"The reduction of taxation, the simplih-
cation of tax laws, the insistsnce upon the
| principle that revenue shall be the object
! and protection only the incident OF tax
| laws, are the obvious duties of the party
| assuming te administer the affairs of cur
| government. Uuder such an administration,
| founded upon such principles and purified
| from the abuses and corrupt influences which
| have caused the Republican party to fall TO
pieces in the late elections, l can see long
course OF growing prosperity, hsp piness and
| honor to our country, which will strengthen
the cause OF enlightenment by the people
all over the civilized world"
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