New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-14

ito Southern ignorance and to Southern
spower." But The Missouri Republican con-
siders these remarks utterly reckless" Inc
Sun manifests fear that Mr.. Carlisles election
was fatal mistake, but The Herald considers
him wise, statesmanlike, prudent and con-
servative.n Mr.. WattersOn sees no use in any
DISCUSSES, and says: 1.-THE fight was bound TO
come, and better have it now than later. The
election of Carlisle develops the enemy" But
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, insists that even the
Republicans cannot find in Mr.. Carlisles record
"a single word or vote involving any radical
modification of the tariff" though he affirms on
his own account that Mr.. Carlisle believes In
" n reform of the tariff so moderate and gradual
I" in its character as to disturb no existing inter-
"est, but to promote gradually return to sys-
" TEN by which the consuming interests OF the
"country would be protected against greedy and
unreasonable demands of monopOlists."
No, gentlemen, this will not do IT Mr..
Carlisle is going to defeat greedy and unrea-
sonable demands of monoDolists," then he is
going to "disturb existing interests "-unless
what Democrats call monOpolists do not exist.
This trickery serves no purpose. Mr.. Carlisle
cannot be in favor Of the Maine law but OPP
posed to its execution; that idea was patented
long ago. If he means "refOrm" OF any degree
or kind, he means change, and change disturDs
existing interests The Democrats cannot get
on both sides of this fence without splitting
Mr.. Carlisle himself, according to an "author-
lied statement Of his views" favOrs a"reyislon
of the present tariff, believing that at least the
reduction of 20 per cent recommended by the
Tariff Commission should be made y; that the
new law is worse than the old one" and that
it Is the duty of this Congress to fulfil the
broken promise of the last" This appears to
be his own statement Of his purpose. If so, it
may be called conservative" but it is sheer
deception to pretend that it will disturb no
existing interest" The mere suspicion that
such change is to be made will disturb exist
ing interests by the thousand. The man who
wants to get the credit for tearing down some
thing, and at the same time to get the credit for
tearing down nothing, will not succeed in this
country.
Conservative is word that Democrats
never did understand. They thought it cOnser-
vativc once to keep slavery alive. Mr.. Carlisle
means to be conservative, doubt, according
to his own understanding of the effect of meas
urcs. But he voted in the last Congress for
swarm of amendments, many of them devised
and offered by himself, and the object of nearly
every one was to cut out the protection given to
some branch of industry That course he then
thought "wisc, conservative and patriotic -
the fine words used by him when taking the
Speakers chair Doubtless he has the same
opinion still In 1881 he caused bill to be
passed dcpriving banks of power to sell or cx-
change their bonds, or to surrender circulation,
until they could gather up their own notes, UNI
less they were willing to take new bonds
offered. This produced panic. Securities
dropped $l35, 200, 900 in a few days and coll
lapse of the whole banking system was immi-
nemt if the President had not vetoed the bill.
But Mr.. Carlisle was very wrathy ut the veto,
and declared that his measure was wise, con-
scryatiye and patriotic" No doubt he thinks
so still. But man who thinks it conservative
to smash the tariff, to smash the banks, and to
smash things generally, is just the man of
whom it was well written, "llis election de-
vclops the enemy" 1t does develop one thing
the Southern Confcdcracy in the saddle
again. with its old ideas of banking and the