The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08

TIE B,st-s-,sses west vI-.rs,.. Replies
20 che Er.N.t~r.

To The EDiToR OF THE SUS-Sr: Mr.. Hev
1T IL fine scholar and an orator. Some 81,
| years ago was invited to attend the annual
banquet Of the Southern Society in New York
| when Mr.. Hewitt. then Mayor entered ths
festive hall he was greeted with loud applause
He was evidently iavorite. Ihad formed an
impression that he was a scholarly didaetic
man. with classical education and fluent rhet-
ofic. but had not conceived the opinion that
he was 40 orator. He responded TO the hrsi
| toast and soon found mJ preconceived opin-
ion at fault discovered. before he proceeded
far. that he was q speaker of transeendent slo-
| duenee. He nattered the South to the top OF
his bent and carried his audience with him In
manifestation OF tumultuous applause. From
this address IL would appear that Southern
| statesmen and representatives had no more
sppreciative friend than Abram s. Hewitt.
The trouble about Mr.. Hewitt. however. 10 .
constitutional inability to be true to any party.
any section. or any interest save his own. As
the chosen leader and supposed accredited
mouthpiece OF the President elect. he deceived.
IL he did not betrav Mr.. Tilden by committing
| the latter to the Electoral Commission OF 1870
Having turned Democrat in order to gain =
| seat in Congress, he pretended to have be-
come convert to Democratic principles
He was an extensive iron manufacturer Of
the East. He was an original. old-iashioned
Henry Clay protectionist His conversion and
change Of views we're not concealed nor denied
By him. but. on the contrary. were frankly id.
mitted. Said he. in the House OF Representa-
tives on April 30. 1884: Il have changed my
views I have changed my views because 1
I am Democrat who believes that the welfare
OF the people 10 to be considered before the
welfare OF any single interest or man"
But although Mr.. Hewitt had changed his
views. he had not aud could not change that
habit OF thought which had incorporated itself
TO foster and protect man ufacturers was still
his leading idea In the framing Of a revenue
S s9f h is end nd hH Dd .eR .hsn D5s
tsrial" Upon this subject he became an en-; n;
used q ~ half Century before Il favor q the
threadbars ~ Republican orators. that what
9 ds nSsd secure hi. shey %n. foresS al
benefit OF custom duties and seli their
While at tho same time every @.nni H d
article which they consume ed was to be pro-
tected bI specific duty Lest there should be
some mtsanprehension about this. 1 will here
Moreover the experience OF oil commercial
ties afford the only safeguard against frauds
in the revenue. as we'll from smuggling as
blind adherence to ad vaiofem 10 our existing
tariff has only served to throw the importing
s.pas a. Souse. from %nd this sH p su.
mess l would begin with the raw materi.ls-
peatns that phrase n Let %s tell tSsm hat
they have a constituency behind them that
wants raw material: lust as much as l do.
want Of raw mate rial.. And know what
fhass defined il. and I VIII d.dPs Il .ssiS:
raw material those articles to which. no
process Of manufactnre has been applied"
ton this sounds. Compare them: - '
there is diminution in the ability OF
in The proportion Of our diminished consump"
that viii Be- com Psn..,ed s. shs substitution
Again: II the experience Of all other coun-
tries be not utterly fallacious. II the promises
~ illusory by the competition when will be
elected by your parental care. prices will be
%
Clay q on Protection to H, Home Indgstry HSgse
1t will thus be seen that while M. Hewitt |
was theoretically or professedly, a tariff re-
Henry Clay rrotectionist., VINO believed that
the parsntai care" Of the Federal Govern |
lures. and that to this end raw material should
he admitted free. |
II Is ios this reason that Hewitt denopnces
and his political aspirations, no throws aside |
the mask and sayageiT arraigns and denounces |
tutine an overwhelming maiority-which de-
sires tarin for revenue only without specific |
producers and unsIiile laborers OF the Union. |
In regard to the pending 81 and bill. II Is per- |
ion to the Bland bill Of is7s il or posed. then
he stood In rank with the Republicans las he |
apa II the to n
led on TO victory BY the present Secretary OF |
the Treasury. whose seat at the banquet |
then his present criticism Of Southern Repre- |
se9tatiyes places him In the ridiculous atti- |
constitutional currency. 10 1878. what in 1884 |
he describes as vacuum"
the past and draws an odious com parison be. |
tween them and the present southern Repre-
that when these same stAtsspen-Demoe rsts.
Calhoun. Hunter. kc.. were In control OF af- |
them and supporting their sdysrssfiss' Hi:
sNnIogy therefore comes with bad grace.
he Was Their foe: When Worthsss IL is iIssi;;
rendered TO their memories
:, But we are not left to conjecture as to Mr..
when in Congress. On the LIST of April. 1884
a test vote WAS taken between two com petitivo
bullion and tho other advocated BY Hand TO
coin and reissue them as legal silver dollars
is.t vote Hewitt poisd with The " a.pSSeas
minority lull while the Democrats il3H
NOtou almost bOlIuly Win manu-. Hewitt |
consortinG and aflLiatng with Reed Bouteiie
Con. Hiscock and Horr: Will with Hand stood
the rank OF the Democratic Representatives.
under such leaders as John q, Carlisle now
Of the TIsAsSSry H. A Hsr6sTt.
Wilson. Chairman OF the Committee on Mays
and MEANS, Springer. Turner. Mise, and the
rest, Hewitt then was; as he Is now. tarrying in
the halfway house OF hepubiicHnism-A Dem
ocrAt only In name His cause ofO offence az Ainst
Congressman Is that the Democrats
mountain cannot be induced TO come over to
the Dsmi- Republican Prophst-Abram Stevens
Hewitt. Your obedient servant