Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-14
THE NEUTRAL PARTY.
James Ruanell Lovell
- the New Refern.
He says Thses = Raw Nsseesal Fer
eseas stasssnea An Arsuna us-
He Psys . Ttibase 10 L'peslu.

NV loAxs Apeu IA large and
diDeieRussAs1 aasAeeins wAs preosns il
eeeinvay hail tonight 10 hear a &C.
0reos By James Rnsssll Lowell % ~fhs
!ndspsndsns 10 Pclisies," dslivssed un-
o. sne aaspieee Of ~ Hsw York Rs-
form Cub. Mr.. Lowell vas insroduotd
hy Aoeuu p. Seokss- He said In pars ID
epeakinR Of "Ths lnaspendent b Pali.
10: ut b my intention to treat this
suhisee in IL general rather than IL
special application. II eos voald know
~ dr9ersnos between . statesman and
. po,tttelAn ~ hin so0uase Heske's
vteUs of The Anesican sroublea With
that of DE-. johnson. Never did svo
nsn secv more clearly the quality Of
trua eeAteoWanaAip than eenaloes Fee.
ssodse and Trunball when shey dared
TO 90 tucepsndenfly OF their party IL
The impeachmsut e,se against Pfesi-
dent johnson. They saved - from
The cesspinR paralysis vaicA 10
eraoully heoumhina the crksns pot
itae OF FnHes. In o0R early
days - pfodueed stA4ee0ea. noe en-
doved via Bufks's esnius bet eo0vas
aole % him In breadth Of viev and pes-
nApe his supeeioss u practical saeaeisy.
oeiievs there % % much Rsv material
Of seateemauship among % - ever. II
We parties vii not look after thsir own
oraana2e there mas1 Be Sons oue Uho
vsii do Il for them. This duty can only
be done BY men divorced from the in
tereses Of the party. IndepenAsnss
have undertaken ID, and with Gods
oelp vii carry u through. A moral por-
pooe muitipltes ~ BY ten - u mslsiplied
the early Aboiitiopists. They emanei
pateo The negro and mean
70 enaneipass the respsctable
0oise men. sm struck
With Tie fact that while We produce
Afeat espeAlns and political managers, |
there seems 10 be Q pause 10 the pro-
QUESTION Of issdera In stasssnanshtp. / |
am thansfal 70 hays been . oontempo.
rasy OF one amoH6 the Rrsatest, whom
postestty vii recognise - The visoet |
timee. Abraham Lincolu.
Aee 70 tie party 10 the nrst thing 10 b |
aae g the country ths Lest. Both paR- |
eies have eeeu equally guilty. both |
nAvs eyaoed ehe ltviua Quesstons Of the
oay. Parties beng necessary, eAsrs
must b politicians 10 fepseeeat then. |
As<s0 ues00t0 - = 0400B01 U00y U8AXV /
euoooh 20 modsrats between both and |
70 make both more cautious Of their |
choice Of eandidates II ve have not |
got ell that ~ hoped Of from the peoe.
ont adninistrAaioo, vs hsvs got moro
than 10 expected. We have compelled |
. discussion of tbs question and have |
20 much faith iu the good sense OF the
American peopls - 10 feel sure that dis |
cassion means victory"
"Cso great questions have bsen |
opened anew By the president which |
really rescive themselves into ooe. that |
Of ths war tsri6. Issy Of the var tariff |
becsase it is q mere elsctioassf- |
ing device 3, clll 10 question |
Of free trade or protetto q |
pure and simpls. The advocates Of pro- |
tectiou have been unwise In shifSine |
the ground Of debate. They have sss |
many people 10 asking whether robbinR
Peter TO psy Paul is . method equally |
economical for both pAftiea The ten
dency Of excessive protection which |
thoughtful men dread most 10 thAt u
stimulates unhealthy homo eompsti-
tiop. leading to overvroduotion and dis
astefs, which are tainted offspring. !
oannot take cheerful view Of the fu.
ture Of New England when her leading
industries shall be gradually drawn 70
the south, - they will be By the cheap
ne0o Of labor"