The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-07


The close OF The political drama Of
four wears 4. suggestive OF reflections
.het impart lessons.
In The first place the principal char
nefer whose conduct has been so much
extolel tor honesty and courage finds
himself rs well forgotten IN an hour and
thoroughly neglected as il he had never
been on the great arena and the same is
the case OF the membfs OF bis Cabinet
who have enacted The minor parts.
Mr. Cleveland declined 20 stand
on the reviewing platform with his sue
csssor because be had seen Nj Arthur
20 through thc painful ordeal Of icing
at one moment plunged into oblivion
even while he was still in sight, and like
aman Of good feeling remembering that
j. was distressing 10 both he wished to
spare VI Harrison "a trial as well As him
self.
So much for the men. but what Of the
principles they reptesenieu'
The new administration represents =
positive contradiction Of the last. and
proclaims protective tariff as the key
stone Of IFS policy, and many people
hold that it wa. that policy that elected
Harrison but on the other hand il is
noticeable that in placing the Demo
cratic party on a tariff reform platform
Mr. Cleveland made gains in all the
great manufacturing sections, and car
ried the TWO manufacturing States
New Jersey and Connecticut
In the great agricultural districts Of
the West We firmly believe that those
sections would have gone with the Dem
ocrats because protection is not in the
line of their faith, but for the clever use
the Republicans made of the Southern
question In that section the rebel
brigaiieis portrait was inscribed
ON every Republican flag, aud burning
words o. hate were put into his mouth
by every local bowler Messrs Carlisle. OF
Kentucky. as Speaker Of the House Mr.
Mill. of Texae. as chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee and Breckenridge
aud others as prominent speaker. served
the same purpose.
If We eliminate from the result the fact
that New York was carried for Harrison
by cunning stroke in Kings county
executed by Boss Quay, We come down
10 the fact that the Democratic party in
the North. always growing in local
strength. has weakened In Congress, and
in the Presidential wear simply be
cause certain Southern leaders
have made Golden Calf OF their own
selfish ambition and forced the Southern
people 10 bow down and worship it,
while the Northern Democracy that led
rs out of the wilderness after the war il
a. ruihlessly sacrificed TO this idol OF
personal greed
This is not alone the opinion Of the
TDEs-it Is simply that We mean 10 be
bold enough To advance and maintain a
fact that r an evil and propose the rem
edy. We venture to declare that any
sensible and patriotic man in the
south who Will coolly analyle the
case will make the same diagnosis and
prescribe the same remedy The remedy
Is TO recognize the fact Of war and con
quest and Jet our friends al the North
lead the WAY TO reconciliation which is
peace and prosperity and the way to do
il is'to lea Messrs Carlisle i Co take
back seats after their failure
When Mn Carlisle name comes be
fore the people of this State for national
recognition We shall have something 10
say about bis tyrannical reiusallo recog'
nize any member 70 briag up the to-
bacrO tax Question