Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-01-04
AN ISSUE.

A ~ 1873 II.
Some prominent Democrats and r pub
iicans have given the opinion that the tai
IF is TO be the issue in the next Pc ideI
tiai campaign. That it will be one Of IT,,
issues we admit, but that 1t will be til.
party issue we deny.
The supreme issue of this campaign is
to be, and IS now, whether this couuir,
shall have national ,vernnent or sc
tional govern m mt. Whether all parts oi
the nation shall be interest. d in the al
Illustration Of its affairs, or whether O!a
section of it shall be d-national z4d, de
cltizeniZrd. America Cannot btcnuie
whole, healthy, vigorous unit in the eyts
Of the world as long as she presents Il
tn. world one sided nation lrpr-s-nte,
at all its courts by men selected from on
section of the ma ion, a nation that eli
above the SO b parallel. Tie supreme
issue is 10 n0tiDndlize The nation aud maxi
all its people AMERICANS. A nation wants
no caudal appendagts whether the APP
pendage lay in the West, Or tie Suul b, oi
the East.
Another issue is to make an hon est an6
economical govern mt Mt, hich shall 10
TAX the people hey, nd thtir palitl CO Il,
keep surplus in the Treasury ready /.
re sauandered on ptUvocati Ii OR opportu-
nifty. Havi: g made nation, We want al
honest and frugal government to admins
ter its affairs. These two are the supreme
issues oi 1854.
In view of these issues the tariff cannot
become supreme as party issue. thougi
IL will be- AL all-peIvnd'ng one Throughout
,he country. There will be-, as there alt
now, r publican flee-traders al d Kepub-
iican prot. ctionlsts luhhil z for CuiigIes,
throug hout the county, and there NIL b,
Democratic prolectiOhieis ard Democratic
tree-traders. Neither parry Can Ut gull,
Of The folly of reading out men who d,tfel
III tie iaiIff, i'll tie tulule ally n.orr thoi
they | ave in the aSf. All Democrats
whether tfey are like Con vtIse, / Ohlu.
for incidental protection, or like Hurd. "a
Ohio, for free trade. will b. a unit on til,
u rene ISSUES OF the day Which We hav'
stated. In Virginia tht u mocral'c men :
;,er fro n The 81, 6 h, 7,h. s n ono 8 Ii Dis
rlc S, which +. present The bulk uf I lie MIL
ral-bearlng aid manufacture districts
4 the State. will b. for lucid 5ntal pfotec-
lion. While the N ttto..al Demucratic
party will have incidental protection II
It's platfuI for 1854 you VIII tind no free
trade Democrat b,lirg. just as the
Republican party of tod ~, which puts
protection in It's LIatlurm, inds the em :
,ient tree-traders in that party still lrue t.
he partj flag.
The Virginia Dtmccra 2, at their last
State CoLvel.tit IL, iuInlsEtd the solution
Of the taItt questiol in The abolition oi
5he Internal Revel ue tax. lis solution it
oeirg, We ilust. Only temporarily ignored
In the organz ston of the House ol Rep
rosentatlves. but it will lot sleep. 1t har
4 practical, business, cann,on-sense lie
IN it that will Lot be jgtoIed.
Both protectunist and fIee-trader will
ask if it Will K t be higher view TO iotk
It the good of the Whole county aud
adopt hich plat is / ST Ter it. C,italh-
ly il would BIZ b. ST. aud will be at on,e
adopted when scme divine intelligence
settles which will be best. AS long IS II e
highest of human intelle cts that he world
AS produced dlames rIct)ly d,ffer on this
question. it is very fficulL FIR a httle
C n resSiona' district 10 adjust itself to
he lntellf Ct ual vibration. We must loub
1t ii me fist. II e Valley holds most OF
tie mineral Weail h Of Virginia. AS long
IS wheat covered The miner us free trade
was the thing for US Now that the min
erals are pushing up through the wheat
We want Incidental prnte ction and We
want to be ore Of the incidents. B
protection will produce ov-rproduciiun?
Of course it will; it DOES it today, a, d
nrlngs on depressons Of trade which
thanks to in migration ard the r"pid
growth of the Country are but temporary.
Bat after awhile A America will begin 10
ill thickly up and settle down into ii per-
manent p' licy. That policy will be free
trade. We will not only want, but de-
mand of The world that, We shalt have
more markets FIR cur produc 8. Ju
,lnw America is beginHing business in All
mt nf the way part Of tie 81, br, aud in n
sm all way. She trtmblts 1T he ord
competition. In THE cstmirc century she
will be a frs class manufaci uting nation
and instead of running fir, m iivalrv she
will move into line with it. She w,l open
4 free trade ship ntXt door to John Blu
& Co.. aid push the old firm hard. Tariff
- business; business like water will ad
inst itself to The right lavel in due time.
Crude leg iSlati0n sometime hurts bust
ness but business will never hut legisla-
ton.
America is an experiment-the largest
country. the treest c. untry now on EARN.
You can't apply European tests To her;
all yon Can do Is to patiently work out the
probe 10 While it is being worked out
the Democracy will see that the people
are kept free, whether it BIZ in Gel troll Ut
the government or in the opp sition.
NONE BUT Il STRAIGHT PATH
The Democratic party has up to date
sho IN rema: liable good sense in lis US.
of the victory it won in November. It.
has greatly encourage d its friends and
greatly DISAPPOINTED lis enemies. Its enc
mics counted un the coming to the front
of an interruptions element in the Dem
ocratic ranks that would, By plausible and
Ingenious methods. secur- some support
to the.theery that the pledge at Lynch.
burg tn ca ry out the Rlddloberger settle
ment, was a bond that might be paid by
SIMPLY not disturbing the bll-technically
the pledge was tn be kept and in Spirit it