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Editorial
September 5, 1888
Wheeling Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Critique of the Republican Party's abandonment of moral principles and temperance traditions in the current campaign to preserve the protective tariff, even at the cost of removing whisky taxes.
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REPUBLICAN "MORALITY"
Republicans who remember the superb energy of their party in the days when it really had moral ideas cannot but feel amazement and discouragement at its present state. In this campaign morals appear to have been delicately abandoned in order to maintain the war tariff. In years past men were appealed to in every canvass to support the Republican ticket because the party was the party of temperance, now, it announces in cold blood that rather than sacrifice any part of the protective system it would lift all taxes from whisky. Not only morality but the party's traditions are thus defied.
Republicans who remember the superb energy of their party in the days when it really had moral ideas cannot but feel amazement and discouragement at its present state. In this campaign morals appear to have been delicately abandoned in order to maintain the war tariff. In years past men were appealed to in every canvass to support the Republican ticket because the party was the party of temperance, now, it announces in cold blood that rather than sacrifice any part of the protective system it would lift all taxes from whisky. Not only morality but the party's traditions are thus defied.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Temperance
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Republican Morality
Temperance
Protective Tariff
Whisky Taxes
Party Traditions
What entities or persons were involved?
Republican Party
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Republican Party's Abandonment Of Morality For Tariff Protection
Stance / Tone
Amazement And Discouragement At Moral Abandonment
Key Figures
Republican Party
Key Arguments
Republicans Feel Amazement At Party's Current State Lacking Moral Ideas
Morals Abandoned To Maintain War Tariff In This Campaign
Party Historically Supported As Party Of Temperance
Now Willing To Lift All Taxes From Whisky To Protect Tariff System
Defies Both Morality And Party Traditions