62O THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



A low tariff party depending on the votes of the people 

 of a high tariff State for success. 'Tis a grand old party! 

 It is like the man who was so tall he never knew when his 

 feet were cold. The Democratic party is so big that one end 

 of it does' nt know what principles the other end of it is 

 advocating. At the risk of being charged very unappre- 

 ciative, we are compelled to say that we do not endorse 

 the Mills tariff bill; it is a mixture of high tariff, tariff for 

 revenue only, and free trade. We confess, however, that 

 it is consistent with the record of the Democratic party. 

 A party that, in 1856, declares itself in favor of free trade; 

 in 1872 admits that "there is irreconcilable difference of 

 opinion with regard to respective systems of protection and 

 free trade" among them; in 1876 and 1880 favors a "tariff 

 for revenue onty," and in 1884 and 1888 favors a protective 

 tariff, or anything else to carry doubtful States, might be 

 expected to give forth such a deformity as the Mills bill. 



While pledging their sacred honor to " revise the 

 tariff laws in a spirit of fairness to all, ' ' placing the high- 

 est duties on those goods commonly known as luxuries, it 

 puts a duty of 45 per cent, on manufactured woolen 

 clothing, that the laboring man has to buy, and retains a 

 duty of 30 per cent, only on fine imported carpets which 

 adorn the homes of the rich. It retains a duty of $17 a 

 ton on bars and billets of steel, and places wool, hemp, 

 flax, flax straw and vegetables of all kinds on the free list. , 

 It is protection for the rich and free trade for the poor. 

 Take the article of wool for illustration. While the bill 

 protects the manufacturer of woollen clothing, to the 

 extent of 45 per cent. , it strikes off the present duty of 

 10 cents per pound on clothing wool. The result is, that 

 the manufacturer is not only protected in the sale of his 

 goods, but is thus enabled to purchase his wool cheaper 

 than heretofore; while the farmer is compelled to compete 

 with the convict labor of Australia in his wool, without 



