The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-12

Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, made
n sneecb before the Manufacturers Ciub
&c pb;ladelphia Saturday night, and the
nature of the harangue may be gathered
fro, the fact that is was full Of illusions
10 Chase. Webster, Lincoln and Har-
rison. that il denounced the Democratic
marty as ''the slave of the Confederacy
and Of the South" that 1t was flied
with talk about old soldiers, and that IL
alluded TO Mr.. Cleveland, in the abso-
iutelv nonsensical words Of the late New
York Sun. as the Stuffed Prophet
Now was there ever such lot OF
MERLE rot" ever gotten together! IL
would be charitable on reading 1t, to e1-
cuse its drivei on the ground that Sher-
man is either in his dotage, or that he
has gone mad on the subject of THE
Rebellion" Even when he touched on
the subject of the possible unconstitution-
alitv of the Mckinley tariff he could not
restrain his mania for waving the bloody
banner of Radicalism. for he asserted
that the idea of questioning the constltu-
tionality of the Mckinley tariff was as
bold as "the Rebellion itself, and should
be fought as strongly as THE Rebellion
was fought. What in the name OF Rea-
son has 'the Rebellion 10 do with the
constitutionality of law passed by any
Congress. but especially by such n Con-
gress as the billion-dollar one! Perhaps,
ii a sherman
should be excused from talking so since
the average Republican speaker would be
completely at sea if that euphonious
word Rebellion" with its resonant TX
and its catchy double !, should be blotted
out of the English vocabulary.
But in all seriousness. this style OF
speech shows the desperation OF the lie
publican party. The Democracy comes
before the people on the live practical
issue Of Reform of tariff, which an
nually lays heavy burdens upon the many
for the benefit of the few, and prom
ises TO relieve them from this burden OF
Radicalism; it also comes before them de-
nouncing the Force bill that threatens to
subvert the liberties of the whole country,
and promises to preserve their right TO
vote according to their will, and not ac-
cording 10 the mandate of Radical 81
traps with Federal bayonets at their
bqcks. These things the Republicans do
not dare discuss but to drown the voice
of the Democracy they shout "Rebellon'
and to divert the minds Of the people
from the nobility of the character or
Grover Cleveland, the latchet of whose
shoes they are unworthy to unloose,
they resort to personal abuse and ungen-
tlemanly epithets.
Fortunately the waving Of the bloody
banner is now to great extent relic OF
the past suited only to such old moss
back BOurbons as John Sherman. The
people have, by robbery and heavy tax
alton, become callous to such heavy tax
less practice, and are now more con-
cerned about their food and raiment, and
the tribute they have to pay a few IA
vored sons Of RadicaliSm. than they are
about war which ended before the
large majority of them were born. while
they appreciate too well the blessings of
such an administration as they know
Grover Cleveland will give them TO heed
such vulgar and foolish epithets as
Stuffed Prophet" They demand relief
and have learned to know not only what
Democracy really means, but that it is
time for all such incendiary speakers as
John Sherman, who live only in the past
and revel only in sectional hate to be re-
tired permanently into the background.