The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-22

q II the Democracy Ready Again.
IL the campaign against protection over
The attempt to crush the protective
N principle out Of the American system.
TO abolish 1t utterly in theory as in
4 practice. has been carried on with un-
checked fury since President CLEVELAND
4 threw into the waste basket the platform
/ upon which he had been elected. and enthu-
siastically took up the study Of the free
trads text book subsequently Incorporated
4 In his memorable message.
These has not been single conspicuous
leader In the CLEVELAND movement. man
4 or newspaper. who has not denounced pro-
lection as doctrine Of political and moral
1 atrocity. and an inadmissible principle of the
now Democracy The more ostentatious
4 the enmity shown against Protection
4 Democrats the better for those worship
4 ping at the shrine Of Mugwumpery. Az
| ter the extraordinary fractional explosion
\ OF 1887 every Democrat who opposed his
party's conversion to free trade was
denounced with q bitterness that might
characterize the rage Of bedlam: and
among them the statesman assailed
with The fercest violence. and his po-
litical destruction sought with the most
rasping and vindictive animosity. was
the greatest party champion Of all. the
leader who under Mr.. TnDEN's inspiration
had been presented In the National Conven-
ton Of 1880 by the New York Democrats as
their candidate for President, and who
four years afterward had carried the cleo
ton for CLEVELAND. SAAuELJ. RANDALL.
From the original CLEVELAND essay to tho
moment Of ROGER M1ILs's cry for "free
trade" and Governor CAMPBRhL's later
declaration, Elect me. and you will
strike q death blow at protection" the
multiplication campaign thus blatantly
conducted In the name Of Democracy. had
no less protesting or more earnest assistant
than our esteemed contemporary. the Rich
nond State.
Our Southern contemporaries present
view Is that Of disbelief In the high pro-
tective policy Of the United States under
our present conditions" No one believes
now in the high tariff tax" "A Democrat
cannot cling to the doctrine OF high tariff
and be consistent" The State relaxes still
further. even into "reminiscences. 1.-THE Dem
ocratic party" it continues. twas not al
Democrats In this part Of the country were
VxOIoCbAOu16Ios OAMOHA y. nANOAAA Wt6
the ideal leader of very large percentage
Of the. Democracy Of the manufacturing
cities" But. as II gathering together
again its harsher feelings, time had come
for an advance" and the departure was
taken. And 1e)2 will be fought on the
tariff" though whether the bottom Of the
canvass will be as in 1883 hostility to pro-
lection Intentionally or Internationally
frank and unqualified. or tolerance and ap-
proval Of some particular degree Of proteo-
ton. 1t is not stated.
II the result Is to differ radically from that
Of 1883. the free traders will have to be sent
10 the rear. and as sternly suppressed as tho
Richmond State has heroically dealt for
the moment with the destructive Inn
pulses which had been animating It
for the last four years. The men
who lead the Democracy to disaster
cannot lead 1t to victory. Success Is not at
tainabls through arguments that must be
accompanied with explanation. apology. or
retraction. The statesman capable of
heading reunited Democracy never low.
cred the party standard beneath the banner
OF free trade. nor smote any Democrat who
resented q Mugwump fanatics despotio
order to abandon and deny. the economic
principle which has ruled in the United
States since the beginning and has been
every other Democratic President.
And II there ever was time for Demo-
Gratis to come to the front 1t is when tho
air still rumbles with the Force bill and
carries the scent Of the Billion Congress.