New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-05

When the late War Of Rebellion was at its height,
many anti-tarih men came or wrote to Mr.. Ihad-
deus Stevens urging him to assent to lower rates OF
duty Oh most imported articles, assuring him at the
same time that such high rates were likely not only
to be prohibitory, but might incte England and
France to retaliatory measures. If not ALLEVIATE
them entirely from us when the war was over and
we should have a million soldiers on our hands who
had lost the arts of industry. To u COM
mttee who had waited on him and given express
sion to such sentiments, the Old COmmoner re-
piled, with great energy: " The sympathy of Eng
land and France is already against The North and
in favor of the South. Russia, Germany and Ire
land are with us. ] have promised the Boys in
Blue sufficiently protective tariff to provide
home industry. When they return from conquer
ing the rebellion, they will find employment await
ing them in every kind of pursuit at good wages
This promise Mr.. Stevens kept and those soldiers
who lived to return to their homes were welcome to
any branch of trade or business for which they
were qualified or had desire or capacity to fill.
Mr.. Stevens often spoke with pride of this policy
as he believed 1t was that alone which made pro-
vision for million men to return to the honest call
ings of industry which they haa left to protect and
save the country. instead of turning vagabonds.
Hamlet upon his return from the platform before
1t is an honest ghost, that let me tell you.
1t will be seen from this that the ghost that Ham
let saw was no relation to the ghost OF Tilden that
Assemblyman Browne directed the Democratic
party's attention to the other day.
Light breaks "way down in Tennessee" The
Bourbons see a handwriting on the wall writ large,
conveying the information that their day OF SUI
preme power is rapidly drawing to close.
The movement OF German emigrants to this coun-
try promises this year to exceed even the unparal
leled exodus of last year. At Hamburg and Bremen
the departures for the first ten weeks OF the season
largely outnumbered those OF the same period in
the preceding year; and the steamship agents at
those ports and at Antwerp and Rotterdam are
making extraordinary preparations Tor the business
OF the summer. 1t is a singular fact that this
plus population is not drained from overcrowded
cities so much from agricultural regions. The
majority of the German emigrants. who are plan
ming an early departure for America, are peasant
farmers. They have sold their farms because they
have been losing money year after year whereas
their neighbOrs and kinsmcn who have crossed the
Atlantic have prospersd. This is the class which
is ne ded in the Far West 1t brings with 1t enough
money to cross the Continent well the sea, and
to make new start under the most ia vOrable con-
dtions. Emigrants of this sort add 10 the wealth
Of the country from the moment of their landing at
Castle Garden.
The Rochester Union informs its readers that " the
eminence OF David Davis among the public men Of
the country much higher than that of either the
late or the present President that of either the
late or present Secretary OF State" No other paper
has the news.
The Democrats in the Legislature, from all ac-