New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-25
TIFF FUTURE or TIE REPI'BI1CAy pApTy.

y INV EultOr OF L ne Tribune
Sir: VIII you permit an Original Republican. who
has voted straight ticket at every National election
since 1856. to offer Il brief summary Of The political
situation for The consideration Of nv brother Reub
licans Here is my diagnosis
tn" Government is about 10 pass into the hands Of
an uhhoiy alliance. The solid South the Tamnany
Tiger and the Free Silver Fanatics are on TOP Dl,
gusc il as men may, this Is the Trinity of Tough,
Which has put the National Democratic party into
power. These three great rcmorscoss Interests know
whit Hey want. and have pulled free wool over the
eye u the people. II not tho much malIgncd
Mckinley bill, which did IT, though that was an
effective lever. Every sane man knows that tariff
taxes cannot be reduced, becaus" we are collecting
barely enough revenue to meet the appropriations
made By tho last Democratic Congress. II Is simply
question whether We shall tax the importation OF
,hinGs VIC con and ought TO make or the tlhncs We
cannot and ought no, 10 make: whether we shall put
The dacs as at c-cnt on European silks ana lacc, on
lin and WOOL and pig IRON or pat them on tea and
coffee and sugar. and other tropical products now
admitted free. for which nature has fitted our Mcyi
and Central American and South American
neigibCis. II Is Reciprocity ana Protection or Il
tarif fOs revenue only.
Emt " tarit reform is only prctcxt a false cry.
u polt, ian's catch word The real question lies far
deeper. 1t i n old * The Federal Union II Is
Webster against Calhoun. II Is this" Are we a
nation or a cOnfedcracy ~
The Rrplblican defeat does not date from ;hs
November election from the passage OF the Nc
Kinley bill. Ii was accomplished when the bargain
YVES struck in The United States Senate, between the
southern Democracy ana the Republicans OF the
Rockies TO defeat the Federal Elections BILL 4 qud-
proqur fer Free silver aud deprecated collar The
mistake OF the Republican leader, ia cOmpic.
bending tie emergency and seAinS The opportunity
They should at once have made Free Suffrage their
lcadln. ISSUE with honest dollar and moderate
protection subsidiaries. \ sold south In alliance
"a * rllSll
any antagonist. IL can be defeated only by solid
dollar and cent basis. Roger WocOtt Wcll said at
the Republican banquet in Boston" There is virtue
In "A schedule our Platform recognized our duty
We demand the ballot for every citizen o. The United
States" Eut our leader cvnded the issue They
chose high protection and the Mckinley bin instead.
The consequence i defeat.
We have come ~ the parting of the ways. Either
the pIriS Of The Jn.0n must submit 10 nuIlifcatiOH,
ard abandon it, negro allies u their fate. and
Quefad, In the high protection grave clothes Of de
funct Wiggery, or II must redeem The past by in
scrblng Free suffrage on Its banner. We NUT be
true TO our platform I'VE demand the ballo, for
every citizen OF the United States (ail persons born
n.tuaiized In the United States and subject the
jurisdiction thereoTr shall 80 down like the Old
Fedelpi prty-a milestone In the poiitcI ocean. !
States who read and write. irrespective OF
In Republican Wyoming. In this sign conquer.
There Is political salvation but In Liberty ans
Union. now and forever. one and inseparahle.7
HENRY Il. BLACKWELL.
Boston, Mass. Nov. II, 1892.