Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-07
MEMPMS APPEAL
WEDNESDAY,. : MARCH Z, 1883
HE PRESS AND EHETARiFF MEAS

WEDNESDAY. MARUH 7,leeS
3HE PRESS AND He TARIFF MEAS
URE.
The proteclionists have got their tariff bill
snd with it an extension OF the time during
which the many are to be taxed that The lie"
may be made rich. Whether the victory
may not prove cAlamitous 10 those who have
UttaiDed it remains 10 b. seen. 1t is a vic
Tory gained, not in conformity TO the popular
will, but in opposilion to il, and therefore
cue that may prove very disappointing to
those who have achieved it. The New York
Post EN- marks that if a direct vote of the people !
Of the United States could have been taken
Just before Congress met they would have de-
manded a repeal Of the internal revenue taxes,
except those upon whisky and tobacco, and a
liberal cutting down OF duties on imports,
together with a generous extension oil The
Tree list. That paper adds, in an article
written on the day Congress adopted the
modified Senate bill: "If the House adopts
The conference bill the tariff legislation OF
The Foriy-seventh Congress will be valuable
as a sign of the time. 1t will show that the
protected interests, which we're supposed to
he creatures Of Congress, have grown TO be
its masters, and that they have the power 10
prevent the execution Of the popular will,
expressed with rare disiinctness and force"
The Louisville Courier-JOuSndi says: 'The
Republican Congress has drawn the line, and
whether the politicians are ready or not, the
people sre ready 10 divide GA it.
II the Democrats are afraid tn m-rt the
enemies OF the people in a fair fight upon
Tue issue Of this thievipg tariff, let
she party 20, as it surely will, and
the people will get them a party
equal 10 their wants. The Repub-
Lean party has taken its stand. 1t is the
author of the thieving tariff. 1t is a pro-
Iectionist. A tariff for revenue only is
the sound Democratic doctrine.
There can be no compromising upon a great
principle. Those who propose it are simply
beside themselves. 1t ia protection Versus
revenue. a . This thisving tariff is
The gage Of battle thrown own TO the
country by the Republicans. Let
the politicians palter at their peril. The
one issue for 1884 lie that thieving tariff" The
New York Times, Republican as it is, gives a
reluctant half spprovalto the tariff as modi-
fed, but not reformed. Itsays: "Itcertainly is
not as good as it ought TO be, but it is not as
bad as we were afraid it would be. .
We belive that the country is to be congratu-
lated on the net result. Many I'M
iust and oppressive features are still left
> = On the one hand, the work
of reform will be, and ought TO be,
a slow one, but, on the other,
it was inevitable and it will go
on. . . Nothing is more certain In
p~olitics than that a more liberal policy IN
regard 10 foreign trade will, in the long run,
prevail. If the Republican party
ignores those requirements, or too rashly
,eeks 10 anticipate them, it will invite defeat
and failure. The New York Tribune ~rejoices
it says: "Ou the whole, its passage is a
cauee for general congratulatiou.
The record Of this short session is, indeed,
fuller of good works than many a longer
one has been. Il is, furthermore, q record
of Republican achievements. . Re-
publican unity and energy have won the
victory. 1t is the Republicans whom the
business. and industrial interests OF the
country must thank for an escape from nine
months of uncertainty, followed by possible
free. trade legislation when the Democratic
Congress meets next December" The Gin
ciuuati Commercial, like other Republican
papers, sees that the new measure is insufh
Gent. 1t says: "Copgress in its closing hour
- LII ravfo1n0 the tariff
and thereby did . good work, for while
pleases but few, il is better than nothing
. . . The leaders OF the Democrats
marty in Congress did all they could to pre-
vent the passage of the bill. This was TO b
e1pected, = . y There will still be
surplus of $780, OO, 900 or thereabouts TO b.
ann,ied TO the national debt. This
enough. 1t is more than there Is any neces
s;tv for. . = . The industrial interest
need not worry about what the Democratic
party is likely 10 do about the tariff. l
will not do anything. 1t will talk, and ma.
undertake TO play the tinker, but it will d
nothing. = . . 1t is not to be expecte'
,hsttbe doctrine of prohibition will prevail
The country is getting farther away froI
this every year, as it is from the opposit
doctrine OF a tariff for revenue only" Tn
Nashville Banner thinks "the attempt
make it a party question has been an abs
lutte failure. 1t can never safely {
successfully be made a party issr
again in national politics.
The lengthy, and in many respec
able discussion has resulted in no new pril
ciples, or the new application OF old primo
plea to the question. " With a pnI
: lie debt hanging over us, and a necessity II
revenue to carry on the affairs OF thegoverl
ment, this mode OF raising money cannot
materially changed for many years to com
. The law as it passed is not whs
in our opinion, the country required" II
New York Herald dedicstes a bare hfte'
lines 10 the subject Of the tariff, but it spea
10 the point. "We do not see that the I
vision of the tariff thus accomplished is o.
upon which there is good reason to congri
ulate the country. 1t satisfies no one vi
took a part in it, and cannot fail, by its utt
inconsistency, to enrsge every one who has
heart a tariff theory of any kind. The I
yision' is Of value in only ono respect
confirms the wisdom Of the peoI
who, in November last, decided III
a great number Of congressman 10
unfit for de seats they occupied" Not one
the Republican papers has a compliment
a congratulation to offer to Congress on
mouse their mountain labors have brous
forth, not one Of them can discuss the me
ure as q p~raiseworihy achievement on
part of Congress, and as an adequate a
acceptable response TO the demands oil
people. It is probable, however, when
next presidential struggle arrives, our rel
ers will find the Republican press at ial
holding up this very measure SIS the pi
and essence Of human wisdom in the way
legislation.
wIGGINs's STORM ON FRIDAY.
The New York World, after investigat
Abe point, announces as its conclusion
ihe Canadian Virgins, who predicts as to
rive on Friday next, March 9th, one OF
most terrific snd calamitous storms that e
Ia.hed the seas or devastated the earth,
not such a fool as he writes, nor such a !