New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-28
AN ENEMY OF FREE TRADE ENGLAND.
FrOU The LSSIs Neycuru

The truth is that the man who now comes for
ward backed by all the might Of the Republican party
candidate for the chief office OF the United states "a
she most pronounced dyocae Of policy antagonistc TO
The interests and the rights OF England To be found IN the
America OF to-day One of contemporaries speaking
% his views on all questions Of foreign policy declares
that they stamped With jim -oism We prefer %
older political nickname, that invented
specially 70 describe men like Mr. Blaine He Is the fore
which, thirty forty years ago, popular among
the American people; but which has been generally
advocates. his dispatches the ClaytOn-Bulwer
Treaty and the Hurlbut mission to Peru clearly prove
the Monroe doctrine and something His idea Is
that European state has any right to exercise
kind u influence over the Inhabitants or the American
continent and that duty the Cabinet at Wash
ingtOn the chic Power Oh that continent 10 offer
rm resistance 10 any attempts ut Interference OF which
foreign Powers "-neanng thereby any Powers having
their chief seat in the Old Ird-may DC guity Up To
certain point such policy this is not only perfectly
Ineligible. hut eminenty wise and sound ANY attempts
die in the affairs Of the people Of theAmerican continent
may be fairly resisted subject Ia one prOvis0 That H.
thai the State guilty OF this ntermedding has not got
certain established rights OF lis which justify ts in
Mr.. Blaine however does not admit this prOviso He
holds thar Great Britain an intruder on the American
continent and that great Canadian Province rightly
belongs to the Republic He laughs to scorn the notion
that Government OF the United states ought to be
bound by old documents IKE The Cayton-Buwer treaty
in which the rights OF this country the other side Of
the Atlantic were formally recognized. His whole Idea
Is that Europe should be kept out o the American cOnt
nent, which he regards the natural heritage we were
going To say Of the American people, but that would
hardly be correct The ORIGINAL people OF america are
most extinct IN the north; aud IN the southern half
doom. The people for whom Mr.. Blaine claims the sole
right Of domination in the Western Hemisphere the
politicians Of the United states and their leaders at
Nashin gtOn.
tits Impossible for Englishmen 10 feel much pleasure
when they politician OF this stamp put forward AZ
candidate for the Presidency Two or three years ago
Nr Blanes views seemed to have been repudiaed by
the American people He has recanted them,
however; and now that h has be adopted "a Pres-
Dental candidate it may fairly be assumed that his opin
ions have also been adopted by the party which has
nominated him. This means. not any danger OF actual
hoStites between England and the United State. tOr
happily that contingency hay be- regarded rs extremely
remote bur she probability OF state OF tension INCUR
auons TIE prospect OF which is by means pleasant.
Nor thtt prospect improved when We consider the
other features 81 Mr.. Biaiuc's nOUlina' tie has
been put forward pointed out saturday, one
of the uarrOwest and most ui-cbeyous platform, ever
invented by political party. The Republicans may
be- said to have mailed their c0ors "a The mlsthea
Protection T. concerned. In the creed which VI
Blame has swallowed a condition OF his nomination.
10 expressly asserted that duties must be levied s
scale amy rea competition between natiN q
ana foreign industry. Blind to tue mi,eTes and mis-
CHIEFS ali radY caused by their PAGAN notions Of political
the party vlrcp Hers who control the dcsies
of the Republican machine % have decreed that the
crudest and extreme doctrines OF Protection shall
hencefOrt guide the policy Of tlelt political organization