New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-26
TIE Ellie TRADE BOLE.

II does not please the Dependents to have the
free trade aims of their little mutiny exposed.
They resent the exposure with great heat, anu
nick ont with anxious care the few individuals
whose opposition to Mr.. Blaine has other
motives, insisting that these represent the real
character of the movement. This is false The
Free Traders dishonesty pretend that they OBJ
iect to Mr.. Blaine when, in fact they are hostile
to the protective policy of the Rcpuoilcah party
Then, to cloak one falschOod with another'
they pretend that the larger proportion OF the
boilers are not Free Traders The naked truth Is
that nine-tenths of the men who have yet APP
npared as opponents of Mr. Blaine are either
free-trade doctrinaircs, importers and their
hired men, or editors, lawyers and bankers
whose private affairs make them virtually the
agents of foreign interests.
Mr.. George " iliam Curtis confessed the truth
when he wrote to D. A. ktzmiller, OF Gettys-
burg. "The Independents are Ant-ProtectIon-
lists. and whoever we elect must be for revenue
REFORM One Of his employers, a member Of
the finn of Harper & Brothers, confessed the
truth when he stated, long before the conven-
ton. that HajpcrS' Weekly would support no
candidate who was not opposed 10 protection.
Mr. Bcccher confessed the truth IN his declara-
ton at frce-trade meeting, long before the
convention that the Free Traders would make
that issue the controlling one in the next cleo
ton. Mr.. Sumner of New-lIaycn, and Mr..
Atkinson. of Boston, and many Others have
confessed the Truth by acting with the Demo
cratic party at one or more elections already.
The importers and foreign agents III tins cIty
and Boston. whose expressions OF OPINION by
the score have been Published, almost without
execution have confessed that their opposition
70 the tariff was the great point. The Ner- York
Times and The EremEg Post are the two pro-
fcsscdly Republican journals which have been
helping Mr.. Morrison and his faction, ever
since the session of Congress began, to the eX-
tent of their limited ability, aud publicly promis-
ing him that a great uprising OF frec-trade he
publicans would turn over the Government to
his party if ii would only commit itself uuc-
quvocally to free trade.
What all these people have been promising
for long time, they are now trying to do. But
they find the frcc-trade sentiment too small to
control n single State. Consequently some re-
sort to falsehoods about the business, and pre-
tend that their conspiracy has nothing to do
with the tariff The trouble is that intelligent
voters have been watching their performances
for months The falsehood is too palpable.
Even at this hour, the cOnspirators bctray
their purpose, in declaring that they will vote
for certain free trade Democrats. however I'M
worthy they may be otherwise, and will not
vote for others far more worthy who happen to
be Protecti0nsts. They Will vote for Governor
Cleveland, though he has prostiluted his ONCE
e. H., ia. ~, in
city from punishment for plundering. They
will vote for Senator Bayard, though he was
with the South when the existence of the Ma
ton was at stake They also mention Mcdonald
as a candidate for whom they will vote, though
his personal conduct is such that his own party
sbrinks from him. Why Because lac is a Free
Trader. The life and soul and substance OF
this conspiracy is free trade. Like other snakes,
it deceves, but will get tr0ddcn under foot
when the working people 20 to the polls.