New-York tribune., 1894-04-27
tLN " LIE SfDDLE.

II history. does not In terms repeat Itself II NJ
Ions, furnishes TO the thoughtful student some
oui,c significant parallels The present poiltl-
cal situation I'm This country presents features
If striking similarity to the conditions when
ovistnl durins the last years Of the asccndhncY
az thn Democratic party prior 10 the culmina-
zion If Democratic policy In the outbreak of
fine Shareholders Rebellion and the attempt Z"
DISRUPT the I'nioI. and destroy the Government
Then. rs now. the strength of the party was In
,hc Southern States The Northern Democrats.
known as "Douchfaccs." yielded to every de
mnnd of the Shareholders for the sake OF the
official spolls which a united party had at It's
disposal. The Solid South needed the aid "nly
of = minority of Northern voters to give II ab-
snlute control. This minority II bought year
after wear with the patronage 1t contcmpinously
flung 10 them hut gave little heed 10 ihrir couli-
sc,s whenever any matter of public policy cam"
nh I'm which The interests of the South or "i
slavcrv were concerned To the protests Of
thcir Northern allies that any proposed meas
mr.. vos unpouuar with their constituents and
WAS liable To damage their own ana the pr'!
rro.,.cts thc Southern leaders paid no atten-
lion. but went straight on 10 the accomplish
mont Of their ultimate purpose, which was To
sIovcrv over the whole country. In the whole
country they wcr" in n minority, but III" slave
owners so used their strength rs II sectional
party that they were enabled To do what thcy
liked with the National Democratic organza-
tion. and through that control the Federal 'Ov-
ornmcnt II was here that the Southern poll
ticians developed what they call the genius Tor
government.
From 1852 tO 1860 they were III the saddle
and doing great deal OF rough riding. The
predecessors of Speaker Crisp AMI Senator llnr-
ris: If Vest and Mills and Bland; OF the Brock
inridgcs and Kilgorcs and the rest OF them were
inst rs determined 10 have their own way and
force slavery into the Territories at all hazards,
no matter what the effect might be on the
Northern wing of the party rs the present
crowd of statesmen with the genius for gov
crnmrnt" are today 10 force IN income tax
upon the country and compel the degradation
of the currency by the free coinage OF silver.
porhaps not quite so b0astful and arrogant now
as when they last tried riding booted anu
snurrcd over the entire North; for the ditching
which followed that enterprise is not yet quite
forgotten The bullying Of to-day has not the
trlculcnt tone and defiant swaggcr OF Wigfall
and Toumbs and AtchiSOn. but l. not less con-
ndcnt and ovcrbearing. Crisp illustrates II In
the House. and Isham q. Harris. of tennessee.
who Of all men in the world ought. consider
ing his war experience. To be- temperate In his
uttcranccs. II not subducd in his manner. daily
exhibits IL in the Senate. These men care M
more for the effect upon their party nj the
North Of the income tax and the free coinage
Of silver than the Southern Democrats in the
Senate and House during the Pierce and Buch-
anan Administrations did for the effect of the
pro-savery legislation which they compelled
their allies to carry through Congress under