The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-11-15
TIE GREAT VICTORY.

Democracy has entirely swept the
country, and New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Indiana,
California, Colorado, Michigan, and
even Kansas, shake hands with
Tennessee over the glorious success
of the party of honest government
Of the people, by the people, and for
the people, over the party OF CEN
tralization, corruption, and the fav-
ored few. The lower House of the
next Congress is undoubtedly Sc
cured by a handsome majority, and,
in fact, il s ems now to be no longer
alone a "solid South" but rs if the
North and South were bound solid
" together in the same political
bonds. This overwhelming defeat
of Radicalism can be attributed 10
various causes. First, to the CEN
tralizing tendencies Of Arthur s ad-
ministration. That gentleman has
seen fit to carry with him to the
White House the same habits which
he contracted as a local politician in
New York city, and has attempted
to dictate candidates and manipu-
late elections in the various States,
on the same principle that he form
erly acted when engaged in wire
pulling in the wards of Gotham. 1t
was this spirit of Federal interior
ence in the affairs Of the States
which excited and alarmed the peo-
pie of the North. 1t was their OK
which was being gored this time,
and they determined that the mo-
ment had arrived for the spirit of
Capitalization to be crushed out, so
they crushed it. Again, the people
of the country became aroused
against the spirit of Jossism which
of late years has been so arrogantly
displayed by the Republican lead
ers. These political bosses had,
through the long continued pur-
chase of voters by means of i'm
mense corruption funds-extracted
under duress from the army of one
hundred thousand Federal office
holders and increased by liberal
voluntary contribution from pro-
tected barons for whose benefit
heavy tribute has been laid by Rad
icalism upon the entire country
become accustomed to direct and
dictate to political serfs who always
showed ready acquiescence in the
wishes of their masters. In this
way they at length began to totally
disregard the public will, and to
imagine that they possessed the
power to control elections to suit
themselves. The people have at
last grown FESTIVE under such as
sumacy and arrogance, however,
and the bosses have been hurled
from their relationships. Truly,
in their cases the old proverb has
been again fully verified: "See st
thou a man wise In his own conceit?
There is more hope of fool than
of him." A third factor in the Re
publican Waterloo of the It'll was
undoubtedly disgust at the course
pursued by the present Forty-sev-
enth Congress at its recent session.
No sooner had the Radicals again
been restored to power in the Fed
cral Legislature than they showed
disposition to wholly ignore the
peoples welfare, and addressed
themselves solely to reckless extrav-
agance and to ''raking the Treas
ury." Notwithstanding that the
revenues of the country last year
amounted to $3.50, 200, 900 more than
was required, and that this enor-
nous surplus was all raised through
the oppressive taxation of the peO-
pie by UBIQUITOUS tariff and internal
revenue systems, no attempt was
made to tighten the burdens. A
Tariff Commission, formed simply
rs a pretext to continue protection
in the interests of political favorites,
and an abortive effort to remove the
internal revenue duties from bank
checks and cosmetics, were the Onl y
pretences even made of an inelina-
ton toward tax reform. Nowonder
that the people, seeing that Con-
gress cared nothing for them, but
only sought to enrich themselves
and friends at the public crib, re
pented that they had again entrnst-
ed their interests to Radical hands,
and determined to assert their
might. 1t now remains tor the tri-
umphant Democracy to make good
use of their victory. All they need
to do in order that they may win as
decisively i'm the elections two years
hence, is to use their power we'll,
and by wise, prudent and economi-
cal legislation show the people that
they arc fully worthy of the resPon-
sible trusts confided to them. III
they do this, in November, 1884,
tha,- will sureIv secure not only the