Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-05-08

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secure ~ Democratic Congress.
Saturday Globe.
There has not been since the close Of
the civil war a political situation so full
of promise TO the Democracy, and, con-
sequently, to the plain people Of the
country, as that which exists to-day.
Turn the eye in whatever direotion we
please, and the signs are the same. Every
where the people appear to be alarmed
by Republican exessses, and to be look
ing toward the restoration of the Demo
cratic party to power as their only safety.
Protection, which promised prosperity
to Eil, has brought ruin to all, and prois
only 70 few brazsn monopolists. The
great industries languish, the failure Of
the greatest Of all, agriculture, threaten
ing general collapse. The Mckinley
bill, framed in the interest of the monop-
olies alone, increases the general uneasi-
ness, and protests come, net from one
class, but from all the leading industries.
II satisfies nobody; ii offers relief to no
body;is has no support in public sentiment,
and would not be considered moment in
a Congress which truly represented the
people of the United States. But its
object bsing to reimburse the rich monop-
olists, who laid out their money ia the
purchase OF the Presidency FOR Harrison,
and of majority Of the existing Oo,!-
gress for themselves, it must be passed,
or We must go another year without that
revision of monopoly taxes which, on all
sides, is confessed necessity.
We have hitherto shown in these
columns that the people OF the United
States ere naturally Democratic. They
want government of the people, by the
people, aud for the people. They desire
freedom, not restriction. They seek
liberty in trade and business, as they do
the liberty of peraon, OF conscience, of
speech, and OF the press. They know rs
well as their forefathers did thst rich
splendid, and powerful government nd
miuistered by classes for the benefit OF
classes, must eat out their substitutes and
ultimately enslays the many TO the few,
II they have ever seemed to rountenancs
the policies looking towards such q
government, it was in great exigenoies
like the civil war, when some ovGrwhelm-
ing danger induced them to postpone the
consideration of these questions to NOR
convenient season.
At this beginning of the war Federalism
and Whiggery were dead. Centralizi-
ton and ciass legislation, tariffs, trans.
ferring the earnings OF the people to the
pockets of q favored few, had become 70
odious that no politician dared to lift
his voice in favor of them. There was
no hint at this infamous doctrine in the
earlier platforms of the Republican
party. But the opportunity aft ordsd by
the war was greedily embraced. The
war taxes We're imposed rs temporary ex-
pedients, and It was only gradually that
the country was Injured to tolsration 81
them. Since the war, it may bs said
. there never R8s Ra hour when these
taxes, or the unconstitutional doctrine
! by which their friends attempt to Justify
them, were accepted as fixed nni final by
: a majority of tine people. The war can
hardly be said to have ended, ard cleo
tons, as matter of fact, were not free
until after the reconstruetion period.
Even then they were only partially free,
( and they ere only partially free nov.
They will navsr be- wholly free until tue
power of these great monop1liss, ere
ated and enriched by government. has
, been broken and their ability to buy aud
to intimidate has been terminated.
/ Bat with all tEls in tn. opposing scale,
the first election measurably tres-the first
election in which the whole peOple OF the
, county partie pated, namely that Of
ls16--resulted il the triumphant choice
. OF the Democratic candidates, Tilden aud
i Hendricks Al each election Hinoa, 9
4 preference OF the people for representa-.
: tivss and executives, opposed to the
: monopoly system, has been made mani
fest. The preference has from time to
time, as in 1889 and In 1883, been de-
! fsated by colossal corruptous, but it has
= baan Just as piain as il it had found full
! and legal expression at the polls. The
first X publican President was minority
= President, AND 40 IN the last one. But IL u
:, majority OF the people wars d ,moorg.ic
: "a 1855, and il that majority managed to
= get lis ballots in the boIes and actually
. counted, under all the adverse oroum
stances Of that UNANIMOUSLY corrupt can
J. paign, there is saall cause to wonder al
Z tue popular uprising which il taking
. place now after the experience of the iu
!, terval. MIR. Harrison has been IA oflics q
il little more than q year. Mr. Qlay's Don.
& sress has been il session q little more
$ than four months. The remit is the ex
y ecutivo department prostitutad on every
y sice to the demands OF spclismcn auf
cortuptionist, tariff bill inrronsinp
taxes, depro sing business and strength
!, ening MONOPOLY, and batch OF othei
o prt fiigate and oppressive messures, most
e Of them utterly unconstitutional, ethel
Il passed or awaiting passage.
q U1der these circumstances the wool
st answers New England aud tha middle
II states respond to both il condemnation
y Of the party in power. Iowa follows
is Ohio, and Rhode Island follows Iowa
/. into the Democratic column. The cleo
u tions OF the spring like the elections o.
+ tho fall show not only rising, but
10 rushing tide against the iniquitie5 /,
|. progress 1T Washington, until, at las
!, even tbs Republican newspapers aud tn
n Il publican politicians have ceased I.
IS account for the adverse mljgrties, aliku
Q, in Oil parts OF the country, by attrbutin,
70 them to local causes.
5. The ccuutry ia beyond question Demo
~ cratic. Il has been 30 long while. An,
r il getting mora 10 every day. X we d
N nc, have q majority OF bal. hundted ii
70 the next House Of Representation, VIII
Of complete assurance of q Democratic al
Il m'n4s.ra'ion in 1898 the fault witt be GU
a own. The people are with as, md th
"a most ordinary prudence in prelimtnag
oTgaGizlt ion will do ths rest.
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