The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-03

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Mr.. Tslden's Position.
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ss nanc nc sss Ticket, unless the party
sSouid declare for free trade which twill mos do
We trust that General PRYOR may prove
% Be true prophet in this instance. The
nomination Of Mr.. TrLDEN upon such
platlorm as General PRYOR refers to would
insure the success Of the Democratic
Rszty.
Buf will wise counsels prevail In the
Democratic National Conventiony Are
mot the friends OF ga tariff foI revenue
oulyn determined that the Convention
shall declare for their fayorite measure!
No doubt wArTERsoS, MoRRisoS, HuRp'
and good many Others, who prefer de-
feat on platform Of their own choosing
u success on platform such as that
recommended by and adopted in North
CAROLINA, Virginia, West Virginia. New
.Jersey. Pennsylvania, and Ohio, will IN
s;st upon repeating In Chicago In 1884 the
A,under Of Cincinnati In 1880. Why bave
ne added North Carolina to our list! we
answer because the Democrats OF North
Carolina in 1888 adopted the following
resolution:
cue demand such revision Of the tariff as VII,
produce revenue suicien' LOT a,'cb tpc,dental
nrofecfion as will give 70 domestic manuIac.uSss "
fair competition with those OF foreign pioou'-
fioa.~
II strikes us that q State which iaVors
"sucb incidental protection as viii give 10
domestic manufactures fair competltion
with those OF foreign production y can oe
relied upon to occupy conservative posi-
ton In the Chicago Convention.
But isn't Mr.. TnDEN Revenue Re
formerY Yes; but so are all the Demo
Gratis in Virginia. As Colonel TON WHITE
HEAD has said, the Virginia Democrats are
not simply Tariff Reiormers but Revenue
Reiormers, and the first revenue measure
thew want to get hold OF is the law levying
Internal taxes. This they wish to repeal
once for all and first OF all. we
arc not unwilling to trust Mr. TTLDEs
upon his record. He recently wrote
a long and able letter to the Iroquois
Climb. OF Chicago, setting forth his views OF
public policy; but nowhere in 1t does he
mention tariff for revenue only as one OF
ts,e measures which it is incumbent upon
the national Democracy to attempt this year
to place upon the statute-book OF the iand.
We conclude, therefore. that he Is not in
accord with the Democrats OF the WAITER
SON stripe, and that General PRYOR Is right
in what he says by implication in regard to
Mr. TnDEN's views on this question.
TRe following spiteiul article from the
Washington Post Of yesterday is pretty
reliable evidence that Mr.. TILDEN has no
kind words for horizontal tariff or its
advocates. That paper says:
A CIvAR TIELp.-The Democratic voters OF
fhe limited States are entitled TO know tiat sam,
,neI J. TiIdeu is not an aspirent Tor presiuenuh
6orors az their hands. Hewill not be csndidate
before NE Chicago Convention, and ne VIII NOT
Accent its nomination under any circumstances.
the Convention will meet 20 deliberate ana 20
select the strongest man: Whether 'nis may y
Bayard, Cleveland, Field, Morrison. McDonaId'
or Carlisle Is for the Convention TO oetermn INT
HI II must be the Conyeetions w0rk. lne
Democratic parry Is great IN It's leaders, but none
OF them is great enough to dictate the parSs
choice. ..,.or,,
nation he could have had II freely ana wltnout
question: But he has not desired IL, ana ne tune
has come for Democrats to understand tna, ne VIII
not take 1t. The field Is clear. Who shall IL Der
That sort OF talk Is characteristic OF the
Watersonians; but 1t damages their cause
IN the estimation Of all true Democrats.
And since the Democrats OF the entire iand
seem to have made up their minds to elect
Mr.. TaEDEN upon any platform that ne
may choose to mount, we need not say
more upon that point. A grand campaign
will mark the year 1884 il the sage OF Grey
stone shall lead the forces OF the invincible
Democracy.