The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-29
American Politics.

lAlils, aug o. INC iftfWd fNFOnean
edition publishes today the following:
In an interview which appeared in last
Tuesdays Hcr0id Judge Van Brunt, OF
the supreme court, characterized certain
remarks on American politics made by
Chaunccy VI. Dcpcw in previous inter-
view rs nonsense. Yesterday morning
the Hcuid representative called on Mr.
Depcw, who recently returned from Ham
burg, with view TO hearing the other
side lie heard il.
$50 Judge Van Brunt has been pitching
into YOU, Mr.. Dcpew?"
"Ohl that's all right. II wouldn't do 10
have us all thinking the same way, would
it,
"But how about his arguments?'
Arguments did you say?' answered
Mr.. Dcpcw, with q misChicyous laugh
"Why, surely You don't expect Judge
Van Brunt TO indulge in arguments? At
least | could not discover any, and / read
the article carefully.
"Now, look here" continued the
speaker, smiling bcnignantly and running
his fingers down the column containing
the Van Brunt interview, there is his
first point, where he says that many Re.
publican leaders in 1884 were in favor Of
reducing our protective taxes 20 per cent
That is an assertion for which | should
| like 30 have proofs. Certainly, We find
no fault with the Democrats for wishing
/ 20 reduce the surplus, but We do object
very decidedly 10 tho means they have
/ selected for ~ doing. We consider their
/ plan about as sensible ~ the inlalliblc cure
/ Tor corns, which consists in ampuiating
a "a
/ see the country hobbling about on stumps.
"li Mr.. Cleveland, in his message, had
proposed reducing the duties on certain
carefully chosen articles for the simple
purpose 81 doing away with the surplus,
/ We Republicans would have been left
without an issue; but Mr.. Cleveland did
nothing OF tho kind. llo declared him.
| self In favor ui an mdiscriminaie rduc-
! ton OF the tariff thus cutting into the
| very body OF our industrial prosperity.
! lie defined protection ~ a robbery OF tie
many ior the benefit Of the few. and in
| general showed that his sympathics lie
| strongly in the direction Of free trade"
"And yet" said the reporter, that IA
precisely what the Democrats deny, Is Il
! not?'
DENY Il? OF course they DO: but the
| fact remains all the same. Cleveland
bold stand casts dismay among his fol
| lowers
"By this unexpected act they saw the
| cup Of victory drained from their lips, aud
/ the President was informed very plainly
! that II he persisted in hs free trade tend.
cncics lac might as we'll throw up the
/ sponge The result is that TOT Two months
past Mr.. Cleveland has been sitting up
nights and tearing his hairs out one 10y
one in vain attempt a. cDncOct a letter
| OF acceptance In which shall bc rcconcilcd
the things which lac really believes and
the things which his party says lac 10.
iicvos
"All this would be most amusing worc
IL not ~ terribly serious. Think Of the
incalculablo importance OF the interests nj
stake. They calmly propose with stroke
OF the pen to rcorginizc or rather disnfgin-
| izc our great industries In iron, wool aud
other vital products. Take iron alone aud
| think what IL means ] know something
about steel rails. | know that oven with
our present duty foreign steel companies
can Afford 90 put their rails on our market
NJ the ratio charged by Mr.. Carnegie.
! why Is this1 Simply because iron work
| crs IN England aud uurnany earn W
cents aud so ccnta day install OF 50 OF
morr which the riltsbug mon receive.
what, then, Is tic result OF lowering
our tariff Simply 10 lower our working
mems wages or drive them into other
fields OF labor, thus closing the ioundrcs,
stcyl.Wofks and iron mines al over the
! country. That means hundFts Of thou.
anls oi men tarown out OF employment
and millions OF capital rendered unproduc.
tive. IL that slight natter Aud have
cited only a single Instance.
Out, ays Mr.. Cleveland, 'lct the few
suffer II the many are benefited Who. |
ask, would be Benefited Certainly not
the farmers about iitisburg. who, no long
or finding market inr their products ia
that city, which Is killed when IL iron In.
forests die, arr forced 10 transport their
produce to distant ccntcrs at most serious
Btcriiccs. This Is but a concrete illusira'
ton Of q general truth.
NO, sit, free trade principles will mover
de- In the United states We want 90 ~
tain commercial ~ we'll ns political indie
pcndcncc. We DO not want 10 bo left NJ
the mercy Of foreign combinations and
trusts, particularly Ia Wow Of the present
troubled state Ut Europe. We 10 not
want our lahOting clafscs 60 sink TO The
level ot their continental bro,hcr We
do not want to abandon the prestige in
manufactures which a wise protection pol
Icy has a'sA "a.
In shgk 10 not want ifco Trade
either ~ Asguiscd, aud four mouths
nom Judge Van Bruni AM