Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-03


invading armies were griycn from her from
tiers. and the great Napoleon went forth
eonqucring aud 10 conquer the tyrants OF
Europe. and those contemplate little princes
that had their betters boldirg their bOrses.
And thus freedom and piogross were gwen
10 Europe. n is now marching on, Guided
yet bv the genius Of the grandest OF the
worlds grand men.
Ovn DEMOCRATIC CONGnEssNgS.
Why do you not rcduc. tie tariff On coal
/ WHY not on sugar. RI Democracy means
general laws, II general laws be an ABSOLUTE
Iule for the general good, "a You proclaim;
u Democracy means 40 monopoly, no favor
i'ism, 10 bounty, no Subsidies. no privilege
for class over class t0r rs the negro equality
zcalots say. no distinction on account o. race
or color excepting the Chnese), why DO
you, oh Democrats, you your elves, on
I .dmost everything make marked dis
tncti0ns VARYING IN rate. from % 10 per
cert, from 10 per cent. 10 80 per cent, and
/ 10 the case % sugar and molasscs several
/ hundred per cent, u q cost 10 the labOring
poor OF $50, OOC, 600 Indirect taxes, and many
millions more by the agency Of a sO-cllled
trust company. why DO you not lay n duty
on everything according 10 its value toproye
The sincerity OF your high assumption Of be-
! ing The champions 81 the rights Of man and
J
politicians Keep Nd high duty on coal be-
cause you fear the loss 81 several States TO
/ your party by reducing u, aud you keep up
"A high duty on sugar 10 save Louisiana 10
/ your party. You do these things Tor the
same partisan reasons tdut the radicals Of the
/ Republican party. with Foraker aud Ingalls
/ as clowns 10 The circus, bowl around about
/ the rights 81 the negro, The happic.t and best
/ 10 do llborer. IN The world sni the best con-
4 teutcd q, soon as let und,~turbed ~ the
/ hO1sting humTiiariars that set rim free and
/ l,ft III, Ga people and hts babes 70 s'lrre
without penny. only few ratons here and
/ there for time d, be would walk five miles
/ for a little wormy -four and ranc d bacon.
/ So party success and the spells OF Office
| and not human rights are At the bottom Of
the motives Of all extremists. Yet the
| politicians Of different party names, waited
| by some Sir0ccO OF a day 20 Washington aud
| hen again "a suddenly back into Obscurlty,
clsmor about the rights Of the people and
keep S2jo, 600. 900 of their money locked in the
Treasury with a tobacco tax OF S30, 100000
year, a SUGAR tex $4,000 coo. tax on their
beverage Si0,000.0O0 year, and you Demo-
cra's persislenlly refuse q reduction Of these
taxes while YOU clamOr for free raw
material. You say tobacco and their beye-
rage are luxurIes to the poor. Suppose they
luXurics? You say Injuries We answer
necessities at least we think so. We need
them. We will have them. 1t is our right
10 get them as cheap as possible. Are you
mere politicians to say nay? You don't
think 50. We answer you have no right
10 think about IT, We don't want You To
think for us in such matters, but TO DO our
Will. DO you know The difference between
= whi,c-OalI Ond a spruce pine? We don't
60 10 YOU IN learn morals or religion. God
forbid. "Thcre is a spirit In man and the
inspiration OF God givcih him understand
lnR' Remember, It was the Pharisees who
denounced the Son Of Man as a publican
and wine-blboor. Do our Democratic
politicians know that from the days
Of Jefferson to this hour opposition
10 all sump'uary laws, 10 all excise laws
taxes on tho product, oi labor has been the
chief cornerstone Of the DemOcr)uc party
II YOU tear away the cornerstone your
house will fallO your own heads.
CUEA AND CHEAP SUGAR.
II we bad Cuba we would save to the PEG.
pie this suCartiX Of $4,000, ono year and
throw of the burden OF this sugartrust
company. This IN few years would paw
for Cuba, for the hand OF destiny has marked
Cuba for an integral part Of tho Uulted
States, and il our politicians cannot devise
some means to buy II we, the people, will
take it by force, aud that very soon. Hurry
up the navy. We demand it. CuOa VIII
become an absolute necessity 10 our people !
now that canal is about TO penetrate the 18th.
mus for the worlds commerce. Oh, for our
great dead statesmen Bat we must not rob |
poor old Spain. Iudeed, what is spain but /
a robber and merci!css taskmlsteri Did she |
not get possession Of the West India islands |
by slaughterns toe harmless. amiable abo-
regimes mot IN manly war, il war on |
such people could t. called manly, |
but as murderer and rcmorsclcss /
taskmaster. Is she not to-day, as for /
generations past, Tobhing ard punderlng |
the people Of that island. numbering and i'm. |
prisonlng them il thew dare look aSkance at |
their tVrants, IN a way that would justify |
humnity-not the humanity OF kings and |
mobiles, but the American humaniiy-in |
landing $4,000 flibu,fcrs and breathing their |
chains. Poor old spain; the brother Of the |
Netherlands; the originator and patron Of |
the inqusitiOn; the merCilcSs destroyer OF !
20.00000O Aztcks. l. there no ayenging /
God mo rctributiye Justice? Are G0.0c0,- |
900 people to allow such a nation u hold /
their gateway? Is the march Of civilization /
ana liberty 10 be arrested, lest il may crush |
the tYrant OF the white man and the muir /
dercr OF the yellow?
cite You to these examples that you may /
see that this NOISY theory about "eQuaiiy Is |
liberty" &c, &c, while it may be true IN /
many things. II IS the very acme OF folly. |
ruin, tyranny, and oppression in many other |
things.
REDUCTION or THE TARIFF.
Reduce the tariff seriously, or have 1t LAID |
on all imports according to their value, ard /
twelve months would spread ruin over
America. Foreign goods would come pour.
ing in, and our manufactures rs 10 many
things would he closed and labor tbr9Wn
ont OF employment or put upon reduced /
wages. Factories ana machne-shops now
going no an over the South and West, rs
well as mines now opening. would be aban-
dOned. and after q few years Of cheap things
and little money TO buy them foreign manu-
factories as to many things would monopO.
lie The market The effect on our great
manufacturing centres would be most 50.
riOus. There is nothing more dangerous or
likely TO be more disastrous than sudden
change in the economic laws. aud hence the
laborng 'ystCm and occupation OF people.
OUR CONDITIONS COMPARED WITH THOSE or
ENGLAND.
Laws are wise or foolish according to the
condition Of things. ii YOU could 10y law
guarantee y cents pound for tobacco for
three wears lNt ltIHltle III tue lpDdt'p states
would abandon everything for cultyaung
tobacco, aud at the end OF three years they
would have to expend everything they hal
saved (and most OF them would have
saved nothing to buy food and put their
farms in order for ordinary farming. II
YOU could reduce grain 70 . cents bushcl
for three years, instead OF beneftinc the
consumers they would he unable to buy the
products o. the loom aud the anvil,
and those engaged in these Industries could
not buy the grain, aud at the end OF three
years grain would advance TO very high
price with little money 10 buy It. Rum and
disaster would be the result. Sudden and
y iolent changes are always disastrous
" neither I'm prices or in the occupations OF
he people; and so in everything. There is
no exception.
rHE CONDITION or THE SOUTHERN STATES FOR
YEARS AFTER rue WAR.
But for the remarkable energy OF The
southern people. their moral and religious
worth. their pride, their peculiar products.
.oiton and tobacco, together with the cid OF
,rthorp oor,ftal ,,nty rms hing ,a uDO, fbor,