New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-06
THE DISLOYAL POLICY.

THE UISLU1dL POBICI'
Decrease of debt less cash in the Treasury
S1l.586.559 for the month Of March. Ihls
announcement from Washington needs the ex-
planation given in the minority report on the
Tariff bill, published Tuesday. Twenty-Five
years have elapsed since the full amount OF war
taxation ceased to be necessary. Half of thai
time Republicans have controlled legislation
and half of that time Democrats. In eleven
wears. during which the Republicans controlled
they reduced taxation 1862 ,504.563. But in
the eleven years during which the Democrats
controlled they have reduced taxation only
S6,368,935.
OF course, there Is surplus revenue, and a
troublesome one, for the revenue under I'M
changed tariff and tax laws naturally grows
with the growth of population and wealth. The
gain in population is about per cent yearly.
The revenue last year was about 1911, OO00OO;
at 8 per cent the natural increase under exist
ing laws would be about $11 100000. Thus
Democratic incapacity Democratic mulish re-
fusal to reduce taxes except by methods which
help foreign and PROSTATE American industry
and the consequent failure to reduce taxes IN
eleven years Of Democratic control, involve
surplus revenue of about eleven tunes
S11 100000, or S12O,O00,O00 yearly. That
is the "condition" which the President pro-
nounces a menace to our prosperity. 1t is the
direct fruit of intrusting the power for eleven
years to an incompetent and disloyal party.
Let no one think tho word " disloyap out Of
place There is loyalty in the matter of tar
in; loyalty to the needs of industry to the Ma
tional development, to interests OF our own
country rather than the interests of foreigners
TO the fundamental necessities of self-gov-
erning people. He who strives to degrade
| American labor be his motives or binding
prejudices what they may, does in fact strive
| to degrade American citizenship, to make the
voting sovereigns of this country unfit for their
trust and duty. That is at the very bottom a
disloyal policy, and it is naturally the policy of
the only disloyal party yet known on American
soil.
There is more behind. The Republican
party, with true patriotism, strove to pay the
Nations debt Created by Democratic disloy-
alty) as fast as public welfare permitted. When
any surplus appeared, it was at once applied,
as any honest but indebted business man would
apply q surplus of cash on hand, to the re-
moyal of debt. Loyalty again demands this
| National burdens tend to degrade labor and
citizenship, and to embarrass the Nation in pos
sible emergencies OF the future. Starting with
revenue Of S52O,0OO,O0O under war taxes,
which natural growth in eleven years might
have raised $12O,oO0,000, that party cut of of
| the S64O, 900. 900 no less than 1862, 100000
in eleven years, cut down ordinary expenses
and interest to about s237, 100000, and so
left about s4OoOO.O00 yearly to be ap-
plied 10 debt payment. This and any excess
arising it used promptly in paying debts and
tightening the burdens Of the future Demo-
cratic INCOMPETENCE and disloyalty not only
fail to reduce taxation, but fail to apply the
accommodating surplus to reduction OF debt, lend
it out instead to banks or allow it to accumulate
in idleness. and call it condition" which
makes necessary the abandonment of loyal
policy with regard to foreign composition.
This is the situation to which disloyal and
incompetent party for eleven years controlling
legislation and for thTeo years the Executive
department, has brought the Nation. The
Bond Purchase bill, stripped of all its fhmsy
DISCUSSES, is only tricky attempt to cast upon
Congress the responsibility for Executive non
performance of plain duty under existing laws
The Mills bill is simply an attempt to betray
American industries, TO degrade American la
Dor and American citizenship, for the enrich
ment Of importers and foreign agents. from
whom there are expected in return the money
and power to secure Mr.. Clevelands re-elec-
ton, and the retention Of Democratic ma
jonty in Congress, through the vote OF this
city, Jersey City, New-Haven and bridgeport
with the entire South made "solid" by diSioy-
atty and fraud.
When disloyalty in another form opened lire
on Fort Sumter citizens who loved their coun-
try threw aside all minor differences, and
united In putting down the Rebellion. The
form Of disoyalty which strikes at the indus
tries Of the Nation aud tho dignity Of citizen
ship must be met by another union Of all who
love their country. The Democrat of 1861
who wished 10 be q patriot found 1t necessary
TO Join hands with Republicans, to vote fol
Republican measures and Republican tickets
and thus TO put down and punish the disloyal-
ty which controlled his party. Every man
who loves his country in 1888 is driven to
union once moro for its defence. Minor differ
elees about methods the patriot will DOW put