The Alliance is necessary not
oniy to puniy politics and ele
vate parties, but also to keep
them pure, and force them at
all times to respect the rights
and needs of the people. Al
ready politicians in all parties
fear the Alliance, and the mo
nopolies fear the Alliance more
nan they do any or all parties
combined. -No, the Alliance
is not a party machine, but it
is a terror to all party ma
chines, and to all corrnptors of
government.
The Adrctes or Delay.
We observe a curious and sig
nificant concordance in the ar
guments of those who object to
an extra session of Congress for
purposes of tariff reform. With
out exception, the Democratic
leaders and newspapers that op
pose the immediate inauguration
of the work insists upon the ne
cessity for .deliberation. They
submit with great solemnity and
force that the revision of the
tariff laws is an undertaking
of prodigious moment: that it
should be approached with al
most prayerful caution ; that the
gravest consequences depend
upon the intelligence, the wis
dom, and the unselfish patriot
ism of those who have the mat
ter in charge. They laboriously
remind us that the enterprise is
one which cannot be achieved in
haste, and they dwell with elo
quence upon the danger of crude
and undigested measures.
And yet, it seems to us that
these arguments, put forward to
discourage an early assumption
of the labors oftariff reform are,
in reality, the very strongest pos
sible arguments in its favor.
