The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-06-11
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Augusta Chronicle and constitutionalist.
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candidates whe will in
earnate general reforms such as
Pennsylvania and Kentucky can
clasp hands with. 1t is certain that
not SO very long ago Mr.. Watterson
said, in effect, that "the Ohio plat
form did clearly, distinctly and ad-
demand a reform Of the
war tariff" He said also that, hess
tile as he might be to Mr. Randall
for the Speskership, he was perfect
ly willing to advocate him as a
Presidential candidate on that plat
form. The sudden chsnge that APP
pears to have come over Mr.. Wat
terson and his faction is rather re-
1t is also calculated to
plunge the party into irretrievabIe
ruin, if the Chicago Convention be
dominated by him as his following.
The Ohio platform, as to the tariff,
is the same as that recently adopt
ed by Virginia, and is as follows.
That we favor tariff for revenue,
limited to the necessities of a govern
ment economically administered, and
So adjusted in it's application az to
prevent unequal burdens, encourage
productive interests at hsme, and af-
ford just compensation to labor, but
not create or foster monopolies.
Cannot the Democracy of Georgia,
If they are to make an issue at all
en- the tariff, stand upon the sturdy
resolution Of the party which carr
ried Ohis and has been relied upon
for similar benefits in ether States
necessary to secure a triumph in
November? we cannot 20 before
the country refusing to protect homo
labor, against the competition of the
foreigner, with any show of success.
With that issue alone, in case of a
Democratic leaning to free trade,
the Republicans would rout and
probably disrupt us. Such disas-
ter is certain if extreme politicians
like Watterssn, Blackburn, Hurd
and Morrison, to say nothing of Car
Isle, should control the convention.
They have announced that their ul>
innate object was free trade, and
they have alsO promulgated belief
that such men as Samuel ]. Randall,
William McAdoo, d. r. Page, NJ. A.
Foran, John r.. Glasceck, William
Eaton, J. V. i. Findly, George D..
Wise, Edward Wemple and John J.
Finerty are TRAITORS and ought to
be drummed out Of the party. For
twenty-five years Mr.. Randall has
been one of the most conspicuous
and useful OF Democrats, and one
that Southern men ought to be
ashamed to abuse. Can such mar
plot as Mr.. Blackburn read that
great champion out of the party
with impunity? Edward Wemple,
of New York, must alse be read out,
although he reversed a Republican
majority of 5000 in his district. If
Jshn ]. Finerty is to be read cut by
the so called reformers, he will car
Nv many Illinois Democrats with
him. The same is true of McAdoo,
of New Jersey. Paige and Foran,
of Ohio, who rolled back the tide of
defeat in their districts, must they
also be read out? 1t will be a
gloomy day when that threat shall
be capable of accomplishment. And
so of many ethors, like Carleton
Hunt, Of Louisiana, and Snyder, of
West Virginia. 1t is safe to say
that if the ill-omened Blackburn
were able to carry out his threat,
the Republicans could nominate
Keifer, or Rsbeson, and send us
back to another Rip Van Wrinkle
sleep of twenty years.
1t is of Importance, therefore, that
Georgia should send uninstructed
delegates to the convention at Chi
cage, wise, just, conservative, patri-
cite men, who will act for the Gem
mon good Of tho whole country and
not be bound rigidly to course that
will dlstemper the party, divide its
counsels, paralyze its ranks and sub
ject us to overthrow at the polls,
and possible reconstruction-a dan
ger that is much more to be feared
than any persons think, and one, toe,
that cur sagacious brother of the
Greenville NelCS clearly perceiyes
and outlines. In our Washington cor
dependence, weeks ago, we foreshad-
owed this very thing, and exposed
how it could be accomplished by un>
legislation. To avoid the
calamity, to retain the House of
Representatives and to carry the
Presidency we must adopt tho Ohio
platform If we do not, there will
be no chance of carrying California,
Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, Colorado, Nevada, New
New Jersey, Indiana,
or New York. Are Georgia Demo
Gratis prepared to follow the lead OF
men who propose to read out of the
party Representatives from those
States where we must have eiecter
al votes or else submit to an over
throw that not only menace the
South with another reign of terror,
but threatens society as well as lib
erty? We ask these questions in
all sincerity and without passion.
The South can command the peace
at Chicago, and do wonders to win
an old-fashion Democratic victory.
We shall see how this will be. Gesr~
gia should show to the convention
and to the werld that now, mere
than ever. is she wise, just and med>
crate.
Give it a Lift.
Tue hot summer has the effect TO pros
trate and Deliberate nearly every one,
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