The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-26
THE PROSPECT.

We do not wish to be considered a dis
organizer, or anything of the kind but
we have noticed with great pain, that the
eastern democratic press, in the interest
of bond-holders generally. and democratic
bondholders particularly, is preparing, or
trying to prepare, the minds of the demo-
cratic masses for the dropping of the bond
question, as presented by Mr.. Pendleton
and others, and endorsed by nearly all the
western state conventions. We are not at
all surprised at this attempt, but have
b cen looking for it ever since the time and
place of holding the democratic national
convention was determined upon.
We wisl. we could say to our democrat
ic friends, and to the laboring and produc
ing classes generally that there is a bright
prospect just ahead for US, bus we cannot
conscieptiously make such au announce
ment.
After reading portions Of Governor
Seymour's speech at Albany, n. Y, made
few days ago, aud seeing extracts like
the following from the Argus, We must say
that We have but little hope of success in
the coming contest The Argus is trying
to avoid the real lire issucs-those that are
uppermost in TIE minds Of the PEOPLE, and
especially the people Of the north western
states, namely the finance question, the
question of equal and just taxation, and Of
constitutional government Here is the
paragr aph We alluic to:
at looks to US as if there was but one
ouestion--in view cf which all problems of
finance, Of taxation, Of constitutions!
construction sink into insigniiii-
cance-the question Of the existence Of
representative government, and Of the su-
premacy Of law ovc- brute force"
There is no use trying TO disguise the
fact that the bond question is, to grea:
extent, sectional question, and it is EN-.
lhatieally contest between the interests
of the rich and interests of the poor-the
bondholde rs and the laborers Of the couu-
try.
We hope We MAJ be wrong in our ideas
but we can see nothing to even make us
doubt that our fears are well founded.
With bond-holder's plank in our ma
tional platform, overwhelming defeat stares
Us in the face as a party, for there is no.
one of the northwestern states that could
be counted on with certainty for the de-
moeracy, chained to such dead weight
The masses of the democratic party
will not be satisfied with the convention
passing these living issues idly by. They
demand and 'ciU hare plain declaration
OF the contention on these points. They
want no more Chicago platforms nor two
faced candidates for them We fear and
believe that the national democratic con-
ventlon was called to be at New York in
the interests Of bond-holding democrats
generally. They nay succeed in control
ing the convention but they cannot control
the votes of the honest laboripg men who
have too much good sense and manly pride
left them, to support them in their idleness
and corruption.
We 60 for the greatest good to the
greatest number, equal and exact justice to
all just taxation, and representative
government.
We had hoped that the democratic party
would come out fair and square" upon
the bond question, because We believe 1t
is the right time and it did not give us
victory now, it would place the party on
the record as the friend of the. laborcrs and
producerso Of the country. That isssr mas
get triumph, or zoe are doomed to se.f;lonl
fur all time TO come.