Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-17
II. 1883.
Lot Us Agree to Disagree.

some OF our CNcuanGtS are NV WHINE Y"
Let us derive all the comfort We can from the
st. Louis platform las our neighbor OF the
Stale has declared It's willingness that we
should. bu, persist in sticking pms into us
day after day. Here is one OF those pins;
No delivcrance ever came from the EXecu-
tive az the nation that so squarely and en-
rbatically demanded the protection OF labor
rs the recent message Of President CleVe'
land. Philadelphia Times
what itH Glass say !-Rictmond DIS
yGtch.
Well. we sav that the Democratic platform
md Clcvcl1nds message both afford ample
protection to the industries OF the country,
and thai the high war-tarif men who claim
more taxes than revenue tariff will furnish
are simply robbiug the great mssses oil the
people for the special benefit aud emolument
'oi the LYnchbw1 Advance.
That first remark is just what we say; and
We nave quoted literally from the Presidents
last message b sustain our contention. But
we have never seen any OF those extracts in
The Adrauce. We 10 not claim "more taxes
than revenue tariff will furnish" but at
The same time We do not beiieye that the
manufacturing companies Of this country are
"robbing" anybody. We DO not believe
# We NAV use such an uluslrstiOn-that the
Tredegar Works, or the Old Dominion Nall
Works, or the Richmond Locomotive Works,
O. Halls, or TMBoTT's, or any other such
Establishment. nor the manufacturers
Of tobacco (whO couldn't hold out
week il the tariff were taken of
manufactured tobacco and the internal
. .l.,...., Eav " OO
rot believe that any Of these establishments
or any similar ones IN any part Of the United
States are "robOing" anybody; nor that
Mr.. BARNUM, or Mr.. RANDALL, or Mr.. COR
NAS, or Governor BRowN, or any other lead
ing Democrat. IS in favor OF "robbing"
anybody. The late ROBERT Z. BLANKES-
eaIr, 81 the Old Dominion Works, told US
once that his new steel plant would never
have been seen IN Richmond but for the
protective tariff.
Hhiichtqd's Democrat Colonel Tom him
self, we guess has the following, which has
the only original idea on the tariff question
that We have seen for thirty years. The
Alexandra G1ze'te recently said:
"The general impression about the amend
mcn's 90 the Mills bill is that the character
az ehe bill has been changed by them, and
tia inFcld Of being q national measure, ex-
pressit Of a cardinal principle OF Democrs-
cy, IL has become q bin OF expedients and OF
fpecia.tcS, in which vain attempt IL made
O. protect the local interests OF different
States"
WhteicqFs Democrat, the organ OF the
farmers, comments a. follows:
"Tbe tariff which The Gazette would advise
would he a nice thing on paper. 1t would
be a principle. might be cardinal but
only that and nothing more. IL would not
secure revenue. but oppre's, tax, aud bur
den every class but two~-the worthless one
Eubsisting without producing anything, aBd
supported bv taxation OF others by State
laws, or the other, the millionaire capitalist,
On-produciug, living on the necessities OF
labor and trade. These two classes alone
would thrive upon atariff S0leiyf for revenue
without protection. Neither OF these toll
nor spin, and tariff for revenue never
touches them. Abstract principles must
always he adjusted TO the conditions and
necessities Of those TO be benefited or
effected. A tax Of any kind, tariff or other
wise, must be made flexible, so as 10 apply
equally as far rs possible 10 the different To-
calities aud different classes. Must Demo-
crat in the Ninth district leave the party be-
cause he opposes free coal, iren ore, and
lumbery Or one In the Second leave 1t be.
cause ySu give the protection incident to
revenue 10 the Democrats OF the Ninthf All
taxation TO be acceptable must be laid aud
collected under q system Of compromises,
give and take, adjust wisely and practically
rs fpr as possible TO all classes and all loca-
tons, snd this is Democratic now, and was
Whig and Democratic by the declaration OF
CLAW and Polk in 1874"
Pat that into your pipe and smoke II.
These differences OF opinion In the Demo-
cratic party being thus known, why not
take Mr.. BARBOuR's advlcei He said TO the
Virginia Democratic Association Ia Wash
iugton the other night that be didn't care
much for platforms anyhow. He voted for
the men. His remark reminds us OF one
thst HENRY WARD BEEcHER made when
asked whether be believed IN allopathy,
Homeopathy, physiopsthy, &c. He replied
that he didn't believe in any "pathy." but
in DIR. So-snd.so. The Nelson Examiner
expressed Mr.. BARBoUg's idea before he did.
II said several days ago:
1--WE beg honest Democratic voters not to
worry themselves into lunatic ssylums by
trying 70 interpret the PLATFORM As Toots
saws, 'Ips OF no consequence We have
two 1Tst-rate candidates honorable, upright,
Straightforward men, who are safely 10 be
trusted 10 reform, as far ~ their authority
and influence eau extend, governmental
souses Of all kinds, not only In the tarid, but
in other directions quite a. important. Let
the bat,le-cry DO Cleveland, Thurman, and
Tax-Ieiorm ,"
And WILLIAM A. ANDERSON, Esq, OF
Rockbridge, being interviewed by q Nelrs
reporter, said:
"But Democrats cannot afford 10 divide
on This question. They ought all to be will
ing TO accep, the platform OF the party, aud
the wiss and patriotic declarations IL makes
a. an article Of their faith upon this question.
Certainly accept IL and stand upon II In good
faith, aud am willing 10 stand or fall by II.
lam In fayer not only OF tariff reform. but
OF internalreyeBue reform, and as 4 step 10
that direction approve OF the efforts now be-
Ing made by the Democrats in Congress TO
revise aud reduce tarif taxation and 10 repeal
the interHal-rcvenue tax on tobacco"
"Close up, Democratic soldiers"