Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-02
TIE PR JsPECT.


once Reed:
1.-THE PR sPEcT.
"We do not wish to be considered dis
organizer, or anything Of the kind; but we
have noticed with great pain, that The cas-
tern 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.. Pendleten
ard others, and endorsed BY nearly all The
western state conventions. We are not at
all surprised at this attempt, but have been
looking for il e. er since the time and place
of holding the democratic national con-
ventIen was determined upon.
"Wewish we could say to our democrat
ic friends, and TO the laboriug and produc-
Ing classes generally, that there is bright
prospect just ahead for US, but we cannot
conscientiously make such an announce
mcnt.
'After reading portions of Governor Sey-
mour's speech at Albany, n. Y, made a
few days ago, and seeing extracts like the
following from the Argus, we must say
that we have but little hrpe ef success in
the coming contest The Args is trying
to avoid the real lire issues hose that
are uppermost in the minds of tie people,
and especially the people of the mort h w s-
tern states, namely the finance question,
Tie question Of equal and Just taxation,
and of constitutional government. Here
is The paragraph we allude 10:
-. II looks 10 ,ts as If there uos Jut
one Qusstion-i, rietO Of ,chich all
problems OF finance, of taxation, of
constitutional construction sink into
insigRifcoacc--the question Of the
sristence Of representative gorern-
nent, and Of the supremacs of iap
orer brute force"
"There is no use trying to disguise the
fact that the bond question is, to a
great extent, a sectional question, and Ii is
emphatically contest between the inter-
es.s Of the rich and interests Of the poor
the bondholders and the laborcrs Of the
country.
"We hope we may be wrong in cur ideas
but We can see nothing to even make us
doubt that our fears are well founded.
with bond holders plank in our ma
tional platform, overwhelming defeat
stares US in the face as a party, for there is
not one of tire northwestern states that
C9ulu Ot Couutcl Oh " AL CcitdiHll lOE tDt
democracy, chained To such dead weight.
The masses of the democratic party
will not be satisfied with the convention
passing these living issues idle by. They
demand and wiU hare a plain declara
ton Of the convention on these points
They want no mere Chicago platform:
NOT two-fsccd candidates for them W.
fear and believe that the national demo
cratic convention was called to be held n
New York in theinferests of bond. holding
democrats generally They may succeed
in controlling the convention but they can
| not couirel the votes of the honest laborins
men who have too much good sense ant
manly pride left them, to support them IL
their idleness and corruptisn.
ave 60 for the greatest good to IN,
greatest nurnber, equal and exact justice Il
all; just taxation, and o Representative
| government
I'VE had hoped that the Democrat
party would come out ''fair and square
upon the bond question, because we be
lieye II Is the right time, and III did NO
give Us victory now, II would place th
party on the record as the friend OF tn
iaborers and producers Of the country
That issue must yet triumph, or 10
are doomed to scrftlom for all time q
come"