The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-12
THE ISSUE MADE up.

The election of Carlisle as Speaker oil
the next House Of Representatives viii
seal the fate of the coming Presidential
canvass. Whatever tho doctrinaires may
think In regard to Free Trade, the Ameri
can people are in favor of Protection
High wages can only be maintained by {
high tariff, and Americas workingmer
know 1t. The choice Of Carlisle commits
the Democratic party to Free Trade dec
trines, and consequently the people wht
believe 10 their prosperity will turn away
from the Democracy and its doctrines.
As matter of course 1t will be conten
deG that the Democracy is not Free
Trade party, but only in favor efreveuue
reform. This disguise Is too thin and
will deceive nobody. Revenue, If IL
means anything means a tariff for rev.
enue only, and tariff for revenue only
will be regarded by the whole country as
direct blow at protection for American
industry.
1t will thus be seen that the issue be-
tween the two parties has been made
up.
As a consequence of Carlisles election
! the only real question before tho people
In the next campaign will be that Of tho
tariff, and this, 1t must be admitted, is
certain to be decided against the Demo
cratic party.
In this country Free Trade is impossi
for the simple reason that America is
world by itself The people of the United
States do not want TO buy where they can
buy cheapest, but on the contrary they
are determined to make what they need.
With their resources they see the folly of
eontenting themselves with agriculture
To- al tarn
be manufactured. They are not d people
to higgle over q cent more or less, and as
rule Americans are willing to pay
cent more when they are sure that it will
help to buy general prosperity. Ii is be-
cause they have been willing to pay this
additional cent that manufactures have
been promoted In this country, and woe
be to the party which attempts blow at
the prosperity of American workshops.
With the Democratic party the doc
trine of Free Trade is partly an inherited
tradition and partly theory of very
young men who jump at conclusions with
out regard to the necessities of their sur
rouDdiugs. Mr.. Carlisle and men OF his
stamp arc Free Traders because the DEM
ocratic party was Free Trade ''befo' The
war Young men like Mr.. Wattetsor
and Mr.. Belmont are Free Traders be-
cause undigested reading has made them
think 1t philosophical. These men and
men like them were determined TO force
the old issue upon the Democracy without
regard to the necessities Of a now era, and
IN the nomination of Carlisle to the Speak
ership they have done IL SO cffectually
that tho defeat Of tho Democratic candi-
date for prseidaut IN 1891 Is already n
foregonc conclusion.
People wondered when they were told
that Tilden was coy about the Presden-
tial nomination-they could not believe
that he was in earnest in declining to be
candidate. But even Tilden cannot be
expected to empty his "bar'f' merely for
the privilege of being beaten. With tho
issue made up as it has been success Is i'm
possible, aud 1t Is not unlikely that the
willy old politician was waiting to zee II
the fools in the Democratic party would
make up the issue OF the compaign ia q
way to preclude the possibility of success
They have done 1t, and as q consequence
the next Democratic National Convention
will confer an empty honor upon some
body. --Neac York Truth.