The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-02-13
THE PLAIN TRUTH.
POSITIONS OF THE DEMOCRACY Y oN5THE
3TARIFF EXTRAORDINARILY FREE 81
70 TRADE PLATFoRAl WOULD DO .Im

| nn7 si.fe New York worla.o dom v19
We have laid before our readers
the history of the past in relation tC
the tariff question. 2 Let Us now looE
at the actuality of the present. s.p
In the past, as we have shown
the extreme proteetionlsts were ac-
customed to denounce the support
ers of a revenue tariff withlinciden-
tai protection as free traders. The
same policy is still pursued. An
evening contemporary, the Com
merctat Advertiser, referring to our
tariff review, holds up the "Demo-
cratic revenue reform tariffs Of
1888 and 1916 as models of the pol
icy such free traders as "the Carlisle
Morrison people would adopt to-
day, and attributes to the tariff OF
1888 the disastrous panic ofl1 837.''
But the tariff of 1888 was prepar-
ed, advocated and secured by Hen
ry Clay, the apostle of protection,
and the tariff of 1916 was passed
only by a Whig vote Hi..e2 sat'a. 9
Z 1t is as true to say that the panic
of 1887, brought on by the destruc-
tive spirit of insane speculation fos-
tered by the United States Bank,
was the work of~the Henry Clay
revenue tariff of 1888 as it would be
to attribute the cholora of 1892 to
the protective tariff of that year. 60
Yet the pretense that the Democ
racy Of to day fayors free trade or is
opposed to a tariff with Incidental
protection has no better foundation
than these mendacious misrepresen
tations of the past. ~ 10. SUI '--.'. .,''5
New York State, by whose cleo
toral vote it is conceded the Presi-
Dental election will almost certain
ly be decided, is strongly in favor
Of incidental protection. Her lead
ing Democrats, Tilden, Seymour,
Keenan,, Hewitt, Cleveland, Cox,
Cooper, Hutchings, al stand firmly
on that principle. A platform up
holding free trade, or even framed
through carelessness to create sus-
picion of free trade leaning, would
lose the Democracy the State Of
New York by vote as decisive as
that by which it was carried for
Cleveland in 1881. On a Demo
cratic free, trade platform, even
New York City would probably be
Republican. .'N.. y -''--..'
Ohio has spoken decidedly for in
cidental protection, On a platform
of a evenue tariff SO arranged as to
protect home industry and labor
without fostering monopoly the
Democrats have won an unprece-
dented victory there and may win
another. Anything like a free trade
platform Would lose the State by
10000 majority. ~ -. !. ~, "
In New Jersey the Democratic
State Legislature has just adopted a
declaration pledging the party to a
revenue platform limited to the nee
essary expenses of the Government,
and SO adjusted as to give protec-
ton, and encouragement to home
protection, industry and labor, with
out producing or fostering monopo-
Iy..1 On. a. Democratic free trade
platform New Jersey would be as
hopelessly Republican as Pennsyl-
yania. qt s..ss ,.cz ,f..f
Indiana onra platform such as
carried Ohio last October would be
most likely 10 give her vote TO the
Democratic President, On a free
trade itsue the Republican majority
would be overwhelming - ...,.f.s
In, 1880 Indiana was admittedly
carried by purchase. But Reppbli-
can bribery and corruption were ,fa-
oilitated by the injudicieus omissions
in a platform which, for the sake o.
breyity, allowed room Tor, Republic
can Misrepresentation and false
hood ,se s7e4ms4 orr tnaf.,eYa
In 1880. a Pennsylvania, ,Protec
ZIONIST was nominated by the De
mocraey for President, He, was de,
feated by money used to buy votes
But they were -all-the more easily
purchased because of the opportu
| nifty to- distort the meaning of the
platform. .G9f5h Ilet.lgmo' d99d asa
Wesdo not doubt that the true
meaning and true principles of the
party will be spoken in plain Ian
guagein the Democratic Presiden
tial platform of this year, and tha
common sense will guide the actor
bof The Democratic branch Of Con
gress. Il iEvensif there should be in
ldividaal errors, it will be stelt ant
Ieonceded that New York and Ohio
are more important States to study
than Texas and Kentucky, who's
Democratic position in the rear o
'bthe battle isiunqusstioned.n e Gel5d
l9nThe Democracy of the United
States stands as firmly and sincere
lyi now for incidental uprotectlol
throughlreFenue duties on import
as itstood under jackson and un
der Buchanan But it must maxi
| Che fact known in plain olanguag'
not susceptible of distortion or mis-
i apprehension 3Hom 9mos 1Oi avgd !
4lisE Every man of common sens
knows that on Democratic splat
form, not outspoken in favor of ;
1 1revenue taaiff, with reasonable pro
| lection for home Industries and la
1 bor,, doubtful States would cease t
| be doubtful and some Democrats
| States would cease to be Democratic
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lserWs hope Baron Tennyson, vii
! give out. his ode to the memory Q