Huntsville gazette., 1891-08-08
THE BuzzARD PARTY.
PurY oses and Objects Of the Disaster
Loving Democrats.

The same forces that during the war
season drove tens of thousands of
democrats out of the party of their ia
theirs are at work to-day, and though
the enforced exodus may not be so
great in 1892 as from 1861 to 1865, it yet
must be considerable. The thing that
democratic leaders never learn is that
the people, whether classed politically
as democratic or republican. are Amer
lean. The democratic leaders always
belittle America and exalt foreign
countries, and always, when there is a
diplomatic dispute or commercial
rivalry between this republic and a for
eign nation. are loud in their protests
that either the right or the might of the
question, or the might and the right of
it, arc against us.
Mr.. Blaine has brought the Behring
sea controversy to an hOnOrabi conclu-
sion. Eut during the whole progress
The democratic press and the democrat
ic leaders were writing end talking as
England would have them talk. They
said that our claim to sole jurisdiction
over the seal fisheries in Behring sea
was not good in law, and that the in
efficiency of our navy would prevent
us from making it good in fact. All
that Lord Salisbury and Sir Julian
Pauncefote said on behalf of Britain
had the mark of wisdom in their eyes;
all that President Harrison and Secre-
tary Blaine said on behalf of the
United States was derided by the dem
ocratic press as bad law or bad logic.
And when American diplomacy was
successful the democratic leaders had
no word of congratulation to offer,
though the democratic people were
proud OF our nations triumph.
AS in diplomacy, SO in commerce.
The tin plate tariff has been in effect
but a few days, and the democratic
press. almost unanimously is boasting
that it can never result in the estab-
lishment of American tin plate works,
is rejoicing in hope that the British
monopolists of the trade will increase
the price of tin plate to American con-
sulners, and is predicting a speedy &C
complishment of its hopes. 1t is true
that five American tin plate factories
already are at work, that twenty three
more are contemplated But that the
American tin plate industry has not
been fully developed in the ten days
that have elapsed since it was afforded
protection is matter of great rejoic-
ing to the democratic leaders. The
democratic people will be pleased if
American tinware is made as cheaply as
English The democratic leaders dread
such an event. They dread every event
that makes the nation prosperous and
independent.
AS in diplomacy and commerce, so in
agriculture. A year ago the democratic
leaders were as happy as buzzards in
was selling too low, farmers were de-
pressed and inclined to take the gloom
lest view of the future. The demo-
cratic buzzards swooped upon them.
They croaked to them of higher prices
on account of the tariff for what they
would have to buy, and of lower prices
ION account of the tariff for what they
would have to sell; they fearfully ex-
aggerated the number and the money
value of farm mortgages, aud they were
happy in exact proportion as they sue
ceeded in making the farmer miserable.
IT is otherwise to day. The tariff, ex-
cept as regards tin plate, has been in
operation for some months. Sugar that
was worth one dollar per ten pounds
now is worth one dollar per twenty
pounds; shoes, clothing, farm imple-
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that the farmer buys, are lower, or
certainly not higher ION account of the
tariff and the grain that the farmer
sells is worth far more than it was
year ago. The truth about farm mort
cages also has come to be known, and
it is that farms are less incumbered by
mortgages than town property is, and
that farm mortgages are being paid off
quite as rapidly as city mortgages are.
The result of these things is that agri
culture no longer seems moribund. 1t is
active and healthy and it's followers are
happy Consequently the democrats
are miserable. The buzzards have been
disappointed in their search for a
corpse. They sit upon the fence and
croak: at won't last long; it's only a
temporary recovery"
AS in diplomacy, in commerce, in
agriculture, so in national finance. A
year or two ago the democratic leaders
were denouncing the ills of a treasury
surplus. ''Why is not this money put
into circulation and the revenue re-
duced?" they asked. The Mckinley
bill was passed, and by it tariff duties
to the yearly value Of from sixty mil
lion to seventy million dollars were
wiped out. The treasury surplus was
put into circulation. Part of it was
refunded to states that had paid 1.-THE
direct tax" in war times. Part of it was
used for the construction of a war
navy Part of it was used to provide
pensions for disabled soldiers or for
the widows &nd orphans of dead sol
diers: part of it was used in liquidation
of the public debt. And now the dem
ocratic leaders denounce the evils of q
lack of surplus why was not the
money kept in the treasury as a pro-
vision against foreign war or other like
contingency" is now their cry.
Tn tho war time the democratic ma rtv