The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-05-24
Harrison aud The Tariff.

the Bloomington Bulletin Of several days
ago, in which Mr., Oberly replies to the
point made by a correspondent, that the
Democratic party, when assembled at
Peoria next month, should declare for
tariff for revenue only and nominate only
men who would be in full accord with |
every plank in the platform:
With our Revenue Democrat correspond
ent we agree in all bis positions, excepting
the last, and in this position we beg leave
to state that he is under the circumstances
unreasonable, We believe we can prove
this statement which We have been compel
led (under the circumstances to make.
To make this proof we assert that what
our Revenue Democrat advises, would re-
quire too sudden and too radical change
IN Democratic party methods. For many
years-at least a quarter of a century-we
have teen in the habit of making the plat
form and the candidate disagree, and it is
not, we take it, reasonable suggestion
that We should now, suddenly, when we
have fully determined to stand by the time
holoTei practice of the party in this re-
gard, make the Peoria platform and its can
| didate haTmonize-that we should there de-
clare for the Morrison doctrine and not
put Randall candidate on the platform.
In the light of the past history of the
Democratic party, the advice to harmonic
the platform and candidate becomes laugh
ably ridiculous, and will of course be dlsre-
garded with Democratic scorn.
Follow us:
In 1864 our hosts went up to Chicago
breathing devotion to the union, and there
they adopted a platform that declared the
war had, up to that time, not been success
ful in restoring the union, and that peaceful
methods should therefore be At once resort
cd to. On this platform General Mcclellan
was placed, and we all cheered for both
the platform and the soldier who had been
placed upon it. Then the soldier candi-
date kicked the platform from under him.
Well-we were defeated.
In 1868 the Democrats of the West went
wild over Pendleton and greenbacks. They
declared, with almost a unanimous voice,
that the $50 bonds were payable in green
backs, and that greenbacks were full
legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
vate, including the bonded debt and the in
terest thereon. With the cry of Pendleton
and greenbaCks we went to New York, and
there we adopted Pendleton platform and
placed Mr.. Seymour, hard money man,
who desired the United States bonds paid
in coin. He kicked the platform from un-
der his feet. Well-we were defeated.
In 1872 we declared our dislike of the
Republican party and of the men who, by
sectional agitation, had preCipitated the
war between the states; and, going up to
Baltimore, we nominated Greeley. Well
we were defeated.
In 1876 We declared correctly on all the
issues of the day, and on our platform we
placed a man who was in sympathy with
all its declaratons--a Democrat of the
Democrats-Samuel J. Tilden. Well-we
triumphed at the polls. We elected our
candidate; but-no matter: "Tme at last
sets all things even
In 1880 we declared for tariff for reve
nue. only, and placed on the platform a
Pennsylvania man, who, at the suggestion
of the men who lately defeated the Morri-
son bill, Messrs. Randall, Barnum and
others, kicked the platform from under
his uncertain feet. Well-we were defeat
ed
And now we are asked to declare for a
revenue tariff at Peoria and nominate a rev.
enue tariff man for Governor. Excuse us.
This is asking too much We have deter
mined to do otherwise. We propose TO
| break the convention into thousand frag-
ments or else have Morrison platform
bat we also propose to read out of the party
to retire to the rear as bad Democrats, all
who will not cry aloud "Hurrah for the
Illinois ally of Randall in the defeat of the
Morrison bill!' We are not going to have
any heightened men of principle standing
in our way. We propose to arrange mat
tiers so that when a Randall Democrat
comes along and says: ~ cannot vote with
you because you have declared that tariff
| sLnull be laid only for the nurnnse of OBJ