The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-01-18


E.E. billiard. EDITOR.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT
sCOTLAND NECK, N. c., AS SECOND- CLASS
NAIL NATTER.
The eyes Of the country are ON the
Democrats in Congress-. And es.
specially is that portion Of the coun-
try, that 50 swelled the Democratic
vote as to almost drive the Republi-
can party from power, watching the
Democratic Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress. The Republi-
can party is not relying on it's own
merit or worth for a new lease of
power in 1884, 1t upon the mistakes
and plumbers they are hoping the
Democrats may make in Congress.
And every effort, strategy. and de-
vice will be resorted to by the Re-
publican leaders to intice, mislead.
and induce the leading Democrats
to walk in dangerous paths. and
stumble and fall, that by their fall
they may be retained in power.
They have been setting nets and
digging pitfalls from the first day
the present session of Congress met
to catch unsophisticated and foolish
Democrats. And we fear they have
piled their avocation with some sue
cess.
We cannot induce ourselves to be
lieve that either party was sincere
and desperately in earnest in the
Civil Service humbug, nor can w
get it into our hearts that either
party intends % do anything
this session, to relieve the burden!
90 patiently borne by thu
people. The Democrats canno
hope to do anything in this lin
with majority in both houses
against them. And any step in tina
direction is worse than folly; for an!
measure that could get the supper
of the Republican side would be
delusion and q snare. Edmonds
Hoar, Sherman and Hawley ar
loud in their professions o
patriotism and virtue, anf
seem to lead in all things good
and it really looks as though they
had taken charge of the Democratic
wing ofthe Senate by mutual consent
It strikes US rather strangely tina
any we'll informed Democratic lead
er, or Democratic paper should EN-
dorse or in anyway approve any &C
done, or move made by Republi
can committee or Republican com
mission. without thorough investi
cation and complete research int
the whole matter. Yet many of on
Congressman and MANY Democratic
papers on first sight. pronounce tn
Tariff Tariff fraud) Commission /
partial success, and their repor
and bill an advance in the direction
of reduction of taxes.
There is almost violent presump
ton that anything done by Re
publican Commission, is done in tn,
interests of classes. monopolies, ant
corporations. and against the people
in favor of keeping them In darkness
and in the ruts of poverty. Ant
Senator Beck's superficial scrutin!
into this Tariff Commission repor
has established the correctness ant
soundness of this pr umption. In
stead of reducing the \ iff to a rev
enue basis, they have made it pro
hib,tory on a great many articles, tn
direct result of which would be t,
put millions of dollars more into tn
pockets of the American producers O
these particular articles, land keep tn
same amount out of the Unitet
States Treasury.
We do not presume to prophecy
but we do not expect anything of
genuine and perm anent nature b,
this Congress in the shape of correct
ing the abuses of the Civil Service
or reducing the taxes and removin,
the burdens from the shoulders o
the people, now pressing the toilln
millions down int" ruin and poverty
valley. We feel right sure that al
this ado about Civil Service an,
Tariff reform is a feint or fan
movement by the Republicans t
mislead the Democrats in Congress
and put them in a false light befor
the country, and to deceive the pee
pie.
We have said and still say tha
nothing good can come out of tn
Republican party, as a party.
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