The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-10-14
The SPIRIT or DEMOCRACY.
TUESDAY. OCTOBER IA. 1884.
r Pennsylvania Independents and the
Tariff.
New York Herald


Tue Blaine cry about The tariff re-
ceises 9 crushing reply from the anti
Blaine Republicans OF Pennsylvania
whose address jns; issued is one of the
strongest documents produced in The
canvass. This address, signed by 9
long Ist of the most eminent and re.
spectacle Republicans Of a state in which
boshrparties, held to protection, says:
With respect to the tariff, we 10 nc
way recognize that protection is at stake
in the present canvass, in the sense In
which the Republican managers would
have rs believe. Many of the members
OF Tits association are pronounced pro-
tectionists, whose interests are largely
dependent as they believe, on the con-
tinded prdsperi'Y of the manufactures
fostered bv the tariff, aud they can rec
ogniz no danger to these interests from
the success of the candi late OF party
which in the, last session of Congress
only sho ved in its Efforts at tariff revil-
ion its own hopeless division on the sub
ject, and was forced at Chicago to sdop,
an expressi N of policy so nearly akia
toi,hat Of its rival
And then they add this trenchant blow
at the Blaine attempt to demagogue with
the. tariff:
We, in Philadelphia, no longer ago
than last February, had an example OF
the skill with which the tariff can be IN
fairly used by self-seeking politicians TO
frighten the people to their support, and
We do not propose so soon again to be
deceived In the same manner
As the friends oi civil service reform
they declare that Mr.. Blaine cannot and
Governor Cleveland can I've trusted. As
regards the Blaine foreign policy they
saw:
mot the least Of the mateiial interests
involved in the canvass are those which
would be at 3 e mercy OF the foreign
policy of the Executive II it should fall
into the hands OF Mr.. Blaine. During
the few months in which. tnree years ago,
be occupied the Department of State,
EedeEeloped a militant incapacity which
is full Of pregnant warnings for the fu-
ture. We need only refer TO his neglect
tosindicate the rights OF American cli-
xens Imprisoned abroad without trial,
while iDviing a rebuff from England by
his bIunders over the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty to his uncalled for interference
with Mex CO about The Guatmala boun
dcty, resulting in another and even more
decided rebuff and to his converting bis
high Office into claim sgency for ad-
venturers in his guano policy wi b un-
happy Peru. With an intelIect 30 un-
balanced at the head Of AFFAIRS the coun-
Try could never feel secure that it might
not st any moment fnd itself involved
IN complications rendering war virtually
unavoidable, and all industrial and mer-
cantile interests would suffer incaIculabyl
from this prolonged and continued un-
certaint,.
Finally. they declare Mr.. Blaine unfi'
forithe Presidency because he is specu,
la,ing politician, "a huckster OF official
influence"
This vigorous protest aesinst Mr..
Blaine comes from lifelong Republicans
IN Pernsy ylvaria, and it comes on the
heels OF the great Boston meeting Of
auti-Blaine Republicans, held last Wed
nesdsv, and Is followed nv an organiza
ton OF anti Blame Republicans in Brook
lyn, composed OF the best members Of
the old Repuh icsn party there.
The anti Blaine r publicans are NOV