The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-31

Sleveland AAd his cuckoo congress. The
causes OF this feeling OF disgust and dis
trust have been graphically expressed by
Henry Charles lea, Esq, OF Philadelphia,
in recent article in llarper's Weekly.
Mr.. lee, who was supporter of I'resi-
dent Cleveland during his first admins
tration, says, referring to che election of
1892:
Eold Fraud.
"The canvass of that year on the part of
the Democracy was the boldest and most
successful fraud since the somewhat
similar one OF 1874 Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated on platform framed 10 rem
der his nomination impossible, and he ac-
cepted it in letter which was a model
of adroit evasiyeness. His managers were
thus enabled 20 solicit popular support on
pledges suited TO any given section" 80
II was pyrrhic Victory, and the sue
cess Of an ADMINISTRATION so brought into
power would be reversal OF the moral
law. When the time came 60 redeem the
assortment OF mutually destructive
pledges made for Mr. Cleveland by his
licutenants. there inevitably ensued the
disintegraiion and decentralization which
are rendering Congress IN object of con-
tempt, and which are only kept under
fitful control by prostitution of patron
age more cynical than has hitherto dis
graced the nation. No great party in our
history was ever before placed in posi-
tion so humiiating rs was the Democracy
when in order to carry out the silver pol
icy Of its platform it was Obliged 60 call
upon its cheated and defeated opponents
60 overcome the ma jority of It's own mem
bers; nor is II today able 90 control the
antics OF Mr.. Bland with that majority at
his back. or 10 prevent its helpless aud
nervcess Secretary Of the Treasury from
toying with the illusive prospect of fifty
i've millions of fiat money TO be based on
the swindle Of the so-called seigniorage
IL is small wonder that the land which
two years since was SO prosperous is now
paralyzed with fear OF the possibilities
which lie before us at the hands OF the
motley mob gathered in the halls OF Con-
sress. Nor, in considering the effect OF
this upon the popular mind can we omit
the bitter humiliation arising from the
fact that we are delivered over TO the ten
der mcrcies OF the South. To one whose
memories of the civil war are still fresh it
would seem impossible that the van
quished South should already, 10y means
of the Democratic party, have become
dominant In the Union, into which il was
coerced The South is thus enabled
60 look with patience on the spectacle OF
the suffering industries OF the North-the
silent f0rges the closed mills. the hun
dreds OF thousands of starving men aud
women converted from industrious opera
tives 10 dependents on charity. To one
who deplOres this desolation IL adds "A
sense OF shame 10 reflect that the vast and
complex structure Of Northern ciyiliza-
tion was placed In the House Of Repre-.
rentatiycs ~ the mercy Of little knot of
Southern country lawyers. aud that in
the senate Missouri. Arkansas and Texas
furnish the men who counsel together on
the destinics Of Massachusetts, New York
and Pennsylvania = To meet an ap-
preaching deficit Of s7OOO00OO tariff is
framed deliberately estimated 20 reduce
the revenues sis. 00o np0 more. aud 20 fill this
yswning abyss resort ia bad ~ the most
uninft and deio1fei ~ war taNes the tax
on incotnes- Moreover as though 60 .ad
vertise the predetermined purpose Of this.
the tax is 30 devised as to throw the bur.
den mainly 0n tbe industrious communi-
ties Of the North
Octtysburg Avenged.
When the South eau accomplish leRis
lation 20 purely sectional, Gettysburg and
Five Forks are avenged.
III is useless for those who voted for
Nr tlsyelssa " tie fsag belief thFt 10