The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-09-24
The Dangers Ahead of Us.


reversed and even the fundamental
principles of government revolution
lied. This year it came into power
again and found everything new
and hence it's old principles and
tenets Inappropriate to the times
and it is now in process of adjust
ing itself to the changed conditions.
Necessarily there are various opin-
ions and these have been reduced
until they are narrowed to two fac
tions-represented on the tariff is
sue by Randall and Morrison, in
civil service by mugwumpery and
spoils, in state affairs by sky-blue-
ism and reputation, generally by
bourbonism and liberalism. There
is an irrepressible conflict between
these two forms of democracy for
the mastery. In fact, a new party
is in making, or rather, the old
democracy is being half-soled. The
discussion of these questions is
therefore of prime Importance and
the result is not alone for to-day.
We are making a party-we are
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the government.
Now let us think of this Blair
bill with these ideas before US. The
fight over it is fight between the
tariff factions. The Morrison school
attack everything that will delay
free trade. Everything that is pro-
posed that remotely affects their
purposes they characterize as a
scheme of the protectionists, when
the fact is they are scheming
themselves, and this argument is an
adroit scheme to cover their own
purposes. Senator jackson routed
and put to flight the constitution
sticklers. The argument that there
can be no surplus as long as the gov
eminent eve anything is absurd be-
cause the government owes nothing
that is due. The Capitalization ar
gument is only thrown in for good
count and to divert attention.
There is absolutely nothing in it.
1t is not proposed, but distinctly
disavowed, that the government
shall have any control Of the schools,
but even if it had, it would in no
| wise contribute to Capitalization
beyond the power of the people to
control. The people made the gov
eminent, have sustained and perpet- |
uated it, and to say that they are
not able to maintain their rights |
against usurpers and preserve the
integrity of the government is an
insult to their intelligence. There
is no danger in Capitalization. The
people have sense enough to man
age their government.
We are forced to conclude then
that the real secret of the opposi-
ton is the desire to inaugurate free
trade. No use in covering it up and
attempting to hide the purpose I'M
der a counter charge of scheming.
The democratic worm is crawling
out of its shell. The party is to be
committed to free trade or inciden-
tai protection. Which shall it be?
Are we prepared to say that our
government shall launch out upon
this uncertain sea and blow up the
harbors and burn down the light
houses and scuttle the life-boats of
incidental protection?
Will it not be wise for the south
to adopt the same incidental pro-
lection tactics that made the north
rich when her industries were young?
Ours are young now and the same
tactics may make the south rich
and a0iH.
Do we want to keep wages down?
Is 1t true that the real object of the
leading free trade advocates Is to
keep wages down and the people
poor so they may be the better able
to,hold on to.power and to property?
There are stupendous interests in
volved just here. 1t is the millions
of poor people against the hundreds
of rich. Go to England and else
where where free trade prevails and
see the great laboriug masses held
in absolute subsection because wages
are so low that there is not a shad
Ow of chance for a laborer to lay by 6
a cent. He must always rem ain I
aborer. Hundreds of women work '
ng in iron and coal, bare to the c
waist, toiling from day to day in a
desperation tor bread with aever a
shadow of a chance for an extra +
rust for a rainy day-this is a t
leart- touching argument against it. f
While democracy is hesitating to Il
say which side she will take, the il
business interests of the country t.
,tagger. The very suspicion that n
he may adopt free trade has scorch- c
ID commerce like q sirOccO. What n
f she should do the actual thing it. a
elf! 1t would involve a terrific t
ornado of financial woes. The u
financial depression of to-day had IL
10 other cause than the fear that a
would do what the Wat 81
erson faction threatened to do. 1
We are recovering only to the ex- Il
emit that the public is gaining con- Il
idence in the president not to do o
What the Watterson faction threat a
ned. To do it is fatal destruction o.
f commerce and unexampled ruina- L
ion. Even to threaten it cost US e.
Millions. I'll
Democrats, we must not conn NIT W
he party to this destroying heresy! d
We warn the people to watch the fe
eaders CO
This meets the opposers to the u
;lair bill upon their own ground. al
Free trade" is a honeyed phrase. rs
t sounds as if goods were to be oil
auled around free and groceries W
ere gratis, and men bank upon the HI
ignorance of the people in allowing IN
lemselves hood winked and led tn
Ito this deception trap. Let the dl
eople think. One part of the W
,heme is to keep the people in lg-
ORANGE so they may not know 81
leir rights and interests. See how To
was let out by Judge Ward, who on
Oddly held that the people ought gu
, be left in ignorance so they would sc
ot get above working for their bet
.re IVo ora oUara that fharn are