National Republican., 1883-07-18
Tho Two pnrilra ON she Fnrln ane.tlon.

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Tho Two PnriIra on SHE Tnria Question.
Although the hardened check of that po
litical confidence man known 0s the demo-
cratic rcformur IL distondcd to tho verge Of
cracking with the windy cry Of "luming the
rascals out" in 1851, ho is not at all sure that
IL will bring fools enough into limo with
democratic knavcs TO serve the purpose Of
turning his sort of rascpls IN, as the result of
the next presidential struggle. Tho bold
avowal that the principles Of the democratic
party are still the loavcs and fishes, and
| that tho grabbing of the offices Is the only
palicy IL has to submit for tho approval of
the American people, is deemed the best hold
Tor the hungry outs by Mr.. Tlldcns New
York city organ; but Mr.. Tiden's western
| oracle addresses another audience aud insists
Wntterson says the democracy shall declare
| against tho element of protection in tariff
legislation, while Dana says u shodt for tho
spols aud tariff straddlo will DO
moro likely to bag the game. But
Ter and Dana aud Randall and Hondly
would postpone the issue, soothing the nerves
of the free traders with reminders that rs
we need much revenue, protection cannot be
avoided, while the protectionist5 are to take
winks in reply TO their question as TO whether
protection is to be regarded as II necessary
4 ,r ;,l, - To h. =
siSeut with tho Diminishing demands on the
treasury Watterson and the solid south do
mund of the democracy loud declaration
that the nullifcrs led by Calhoun were right in
their views OH protection, and that tho ncccs-
sity for revenue is the only legitimate motive
in tariff legislation
That Tilden is to be the democratic can
didatc is now pretty generally conceded,
and Il will tax his best talents TO suppress tho
natural tendency of his New York leader to
depend wholly on tho power Of ordure rs II
weapon, and at the same time to prevent too
loud crcaSing Of the free trade or "rcycnue
| only " machine erected in South Carolina in
the days of Calhoun, and now exploited with
such dreadful energy by the terrible infant
of the party, the madcap Watterson We all
understand the activity that is TO respond in
| tho next congress to what Ben Butler once
called "the forty horse mud power of the
press,P and of course the republican party is
to be denounced vigorously for whatever sins
may have been truly OF falsely laid ut the
door of any individual republicans. This can
all be answered in kind Nineteen out ofcvery
twenty horse thieves, burglars, and murder
ors can bo proven TO be democrats, and the
democratic party is just as answcrnble for the
horses stolen, houses broken into, and victims
killed by them, as tho republican party is for
the evil deeds which any OF it's members have
actually committed or been falsely accused
of. The crimes Of democrats being mora
numerous than those Of republicans, "hrnRg
the rascals out" will affect our party less than
"keeDiug the rascals out" win affect the de-
mocracy.
And so Che campaign of slander and filth
which is now in contemplation being likely
to recoil on its democratic promoters, Us ii
has always done in the past, tho issue of 1851
will be the tariff, Following arc the decara-
tions of the republican and democratic parties
on this vital question from tho dato Of the
organization of the former:
REPUBLICAN PLATFORMS. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS
1856 1856.