The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-14
Let us Not Divide.
The Petersburg inder-Appeat OF yes'ci
day says


4. rhe Warrington Post asks what me VIRGINS
nemorratjc state Convention VIII 90 nss wcek ~
between Morrison on one sds ana ~ ~ VIM sI'
inia arc on record during the past two wears npon
the subject OF rcvenue-once through the s9nrea
ss,sx and once through the state Committee. Tht
hh,o tariff plank. nth n resolution demandlng
repeal o. rys, Loees sSend LEI
cracy in virginia: Inc Soh'eht"" e"V"" ~
well enough acne"
The folly OF preaching the doctrine thai
none arc Democrats who opposed the NOR
RrsoN bill was well exempified few days
ago in several Democratic meetings whose
proceedings are reported in the Alexan-
dyia Gazette OF Monday. One oil THESE
meetings--that held at Mount vernon
passed the following resolution:
p.so,,,s That the Democrats Of Mount YER
non dis rict VIII support no candidate; lof dhV
once, who is not an uec0mprCE 'tSthg aus0o|'c Vi
tariff rcforIa aud u reduction OF war taxes
We trus, that the gentlemen who passed
that resolution do not mean what they say.
II they really intend to prescribe every
Democrat who does not agree with them
as 10 the merits Of the MORRISON tariff,
they will be saved from ignominious defeat
IN Virginia only by the prudence OF
the Democratic State Convention. For
Il goes without saying that the man
who declares that be will make
the tariff the sole issue so far as his vote is
concerned does all that he can to break up
the Democratic party. II an anti-protec-
ton Democrat is iustitiable in supporting
none bat anti-protection candidates, then
nrotec,ion Democrats can be justified for
voting for none hut protection candi-
dates. II these Mount Vernon Demo-
Gratis mean what they say, 1t would
be their bounden duty-nay, they have
pledged themseves-to vote the RepuD-
lean ticket next fall in case the Re-
pubhcan National Convention declares for
tariff reform and the Democratic National
Convention declares for even Incidental
protection. In other words, there is in
the opinion OF these Mount Vernon Demo-
Gratis no other question before the public
that Is so important as the tariff question.
They would vote for the three New York
Frcc-Traders who were elected delegates
at large TO the Republican National Con-
yention rather than for RANDALL, or
EATON, or HOPKINS, or CONVERSE, or
GEORGE d. WISE, or any other person
among the millions of Democrats who are
unwilling to go into the approaching presi-
dental contest on a platform demand
ing ga tariff for revenue only"
Now, we do not believe that these Mount
Re int IN " hat
they preach. They have seen only one side
OF the question. They take no paper
which has tried to cnlighten them upon
the subject. They really suppose that the
Democrats could elect a Free Trader Pres
iden. of the United States. They do not
know that many OF the best Demo
crats in the land-the truest, firm
est, most unhinching friends OF the
southern people would rather see the
present tariff continued in operation fol
twenty years longer than to divide theil
party into tariff and anti-tarif Democrats
and so insure the election Of another Re
publican President OF the United States
We beg our Mount Vernon friends tC
ponder the following article from the New
YORK Sun:
The New York Times, the Erening Post, thu
Boston Herald. and the Springfield Republican
ali pat Morrison Iovir gly on the back for his free
trade efforts, and they all demand the nomination
Of Edmnnds, positive proiectonist. for Presi'
dent, and all Will support the Republican nominee
who is certain 10 be prOtectiOnlst
The Chicago Tribune affectionately Endorses the
Morrison movement toward free trade and Is en-
thnsiastic for the nomination of Blame, ranG
protectiOnist, for President and viii support any
Republican prOiectiOnist against any Democratic
free-trad der or revenue reformer.
Henry Ward Beecher and any number OF Other
Republican New England theorists applaud the
Morrison free-trade movement at frce-trade feast:
and in public interviews, and they VIII all bt
ready 10 take the stump against any Democratic
revenue reformer and In favor OF any republican
Kasson led the Republican free-trade move
ment In Iowa for years, and went so far as 10 de-
clare protection to be simply robbery, but when .
presidential battle looms up he leads the assault
against Democratic free trade or even reve rue re-
form, and defends protection as cardinal article
of Republican faith.
There are plenty of Republican free traders and
half the Republicans are revenue reiormers, but
they will not vote for Republican protectionisl
for President, for Republican prOtectionlsts FOL
Congress, and they viii all be eloquent IN denounc
ing Democracy for the free trade agitation that Ii
disturbing the business OF the country. Ihese les
sons are worthy of Democratic study.
We add that the Atlanta Constitution
the New Orleans Times Democrat, the New
Orleans Picayune, the Memphis Avalanche
the Nashville american, the Louisville
Post, the New York World, the Charlotte
IN. CO. Observer, ard hundreds OF othe
Democratic papers, are opposed to plat
form declaring for tariff for revenue only
and we leave our Mount Vernon friends t
their own reflections.