The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-15
MIsREPRKsFN NATION AND SECTION
AL HATE.

Mr.. Blaine was expected on his arrival
from bis European tally-ho tour with
Carnegie, the millionaire protectionist
and champion wage cutter of the United
States and Scotland, to- strike the key
note Of the Republican party in the
present campaign. For this his grOvel
ing satellites from the Republican L. S.
Senate down, anxiously watched and
waited, while the great defeated himself,
knowing what was expected of him, no
doubt carefully and deliberately prepared
himself for weeks and months before be
left the soil of Europe for this bright
land of the free monopolst, and loved
home of the brave gatherer of tribute
from the toiling masses.
II Blaine did what was expected of
him, and did sound the Radical campaign
key note In his speech upon his arrival at
New York, he showed that the issues up
on which the Republicans propose to con-
duct the presidential contest are misrepre-
sentation and sectional hate. One single
sentence of his speech proves this beyond
dispute. for in it he pronounced the Mills
bill "frec trade" measure. and charac-
terized II as :" a fatal step at the bidding
of a Congress and a President who are
governed by that element that sought to
destroy this nation"
Here. in the first place, Mr.. Blaine vii
fully misrepresents. He Wgsi know the
sbsurdity of prQnaunciSfg the Mills bill a
free trade mes wle He must know that
q bill which provides for an average
tariff on imports of 40 per cent. cannot
possibly be free trade measure or any
thing approximating thereto. He also
knows-because he had not then been re-
tired to private lfe-that in 1882, when
the average tariff tax was As per cent, the
tariff commission, an avowed protection
ist body, after thoroughly investigating
the matter, reported in favor of an aver
age tariff reduction of 25 per cent, and
considered then that they had left a
tariff amply protective to suit the most
ultra. He also knows that Mr. Arthur, the
last Of the Republican Presidents, favored
the adoption Of the views of this commits
slon, and had recommended tariff reform
In HE message to Congress. Yet although
we'll knowing all these things, and per-
fectly aware that while still the avowed
friend of protection his own party favored
q tariff reduction of 25 per cent, he has
the hardness and shamelessness to de-
clare tariff bill which only makes a re-
duction OF per cent. 'free trade" mes
sure. Could even Blsine's effrontery go
furtherg
In the second place. when Mr.. Blaine
denounces the Mills bill as step taken
"at the bidding of Congress and Presi-
dent who are governed by the element
which sought to destroy this nation" he
appeals directly TO sectional hate and pre-
fudice. This was only TO be expected, since
next to bis passion for wealthy monopolists
and protected milionaires Blaine excels
- South hater. The only point neces.
sary to be made In this connection is
this: Az Blaine Is to be the real President
In case OF Hsrrison's election, while the
grandson OF his grandfather will be
merely hgurehead, every Southern man
Who votes the Republican ticket in No.
vsuhsr fawnineiy kisses the hand up
raised to smite him, and deliberately
cesss ballot for the humiliation OF him.
se'f, his family and the South.