New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-01
GIN THE Saddle AGAIN"

"JN TIE SADDLE AGAIN.
Mr.. Carlisle and the Democratic organs seem
70 be ANNOYED because the precise nature OF his
organization of House committees has been
observed. This would lead to the belief that
he cypcctcd to seat the South i'll the saddle
without anybody knowing it. 1t has always
been a misfortune for the Democratic party
that the people persist in seeing more than thcy
are expected to see. When the graybacks put
on blue uniforms, the people detected the trans
formation. When the regulators were care
fully kept below matches, still the piratical craft
deceived no one. Masks hide nothing, even
with an expert like Mr.. Randall toput them
on. How can it be expected that frank ana
blunt man like Mr.. Carlisle, by few fine
phrases of conservatism and moderation, can
blind people to what he means to do
Mr.. Carlisle has no right to complain. lie
has not been blamed for putting the South INTO
the saddle. The country sees that he could not
have organized the House, as Democratic
House, in any other way. If he chose Demo
Gratis and men of experience to take leading
places in the important committees and thhS
to control legislation i'll the House. he was
obliged to take Southern men mainly More
over, he would have been faithlcSs to his own
convictions, and to the convictions Of those who
elected him. if he had not selected such men as
he has Taced in charge of important COM
mttccs He and his supporters triumphcd i'll
caucus because they believed that protection
ought to be cut out of the tariff. 1t would have
been a wrong to himself and to them if man
of other views than those which Mr. Morrison
represents had been chosen to frame a tariff
! Mr.. Carlisle showed by his votes in Congress
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pernicious and dangerous. His supporters are
those whose hostility has been expressed con-
tinually for years. Mr.. Bucllner represents
| them, because he declares in recent interviews
that the National banking system must co.
! and that Government issues Of paper money
should take the place of bank notes. The men
who elected Mr.. Carlisle also voted, after re-
sumption had taken place, that it ought to be
| prevented and they have consistently favored
| the cheapest kind of 4 dollar Obtainablc. Prop
| erly and naturally, Mr.. Bland is selected to
direct coinage matters, for he was the father OF
/ the unlimited silver bill.
! The country does not blame Mr.. Carlisle for
| giving expression and force to his ideas. The
majority of the people are hostile to these ideas,
| and therefore to him, however. lie Is not OPP
! posed because he lives in Southern State, but
! because he is completely saturated with ideas
! and purposes which are essentially Southern,
and are hostile to the industries and the COM
| merce of the North. We can respect his con-
! victiOns, as being sincere, even while we hght
against them, provided he does not destroy con-
! fdence in his sincerity by persistent efforts to
deceive people as to his purposes ana beliefs.
! OF late he and his friends have been behaving
! as if they were ashamed OF the convictions upon
which they have acted, and intend still to act
/ There has been something very like system
attic effort to blind the people with pretty
| speeches, while preparing a raid against North
! ern industries. For chat kind of behavior there
/ is apt to be general contempt. Mr.. Carlisle
! would do better TO acknowledge like man that
| he wants as Speaker the things for which he
and his associates have voted as members
Thea, if he does not succeed, he can at least re-
tain sclf-respect, and the respect Of others.
1t is the misfortune of the South that its plain
people have very little voice in its political
action The same intolerant and deSpOuc
| mastery which denies freedom of suffrage to
! co}ored Republicans even at the cost of many
murders and thcfts and forgcries il necessary,
/ also enables few men in each district and
| State to bulldOzc the great majority OF white
voters These people are not hostile to the
principle of protection to home industry, but
! they are bullied into voting for men who are.
! The plain people of the South want sound banks
and honest money, but they are driven to vote
/ for polticans who want wildcat State banks,
/ with their own tools in Executive Offices and
/ Legislatures to dispense the charters and define
the powers. The trouble now, as before the
war, is that public opinion at the South is not
free; the votes of the people are not freely cast
/ nor honestly returned. Otherwise the South "
/ would not be solid. In reality, whatever Is for
/ the permanent interests of the North Is also for
/ the good of the South. There would be
/ plenty of people to see and to act upon this
truth, if the Democratic party would cease to
/ make the South solid with frauds or shOt-guns.
/ Until there is freedom Of opinion and OF
| politica, action at the South, Northern men who
| have any regard for their own interes5 or the
interests of the country do not wi" 70 see the
/ South IN the saddle again"