Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-01-30


The New York Tribune Is inclined to be
'ssarkastical," as Artemus used to say, ,abou!
the platform of the Indiana Democracy. 1t
discourses thus -
The fundamental theory on which the
Democratic party is run Is that whenever
and wherever the fools can all be united
against the men of sense, the Democratic,
ticket can be carried. The Indiana Demo-
Gratis have therefore just met, and, except
the purchase Of Walrussia by Mr.. Seward,if
there is any piece of political tom-foolery
which they have forgotten to indorse, Il
must have been from want of paper on
which to write 1t, or of perseverance in
"doing the spelling" They want the Re-
construction acts repealed before they have
been tried, SO that the Presidents failure
may again he repeated.
They want the National Banking system,
always the best, and now the only banking
system in the country, abolished, in order
that the greenbacks, or forced loan, which,
as war measure, they denounced, may be
doubled in time OF peace.
They want the United States bonds to be
taxed, though all courts have at all times
held such taxation to be unconstitutional,
and though 1t has been a thousand times
shown that no part of the tax, If levied, will
be paid by the bondholder, but that every
dollar of it will be paid by the present tax
payers. They deny that the Southern States
ever could get out of the Union, and assert
their inalienable right to go out of the Union
when they wished; thank Andrew johnson
that they are already in the Union, and de-
nounce Congress for still keeping them out
of the Union. They believe that SO much f
of the National Debt as was not expressly
agreed to be paid should, like Micawbers
notes of hand, be renewed by promises, and
that these promises, to the amount of $780,
900, 900, should be regarded as valid pay
ment of 81, 500, 100000 of the debt.
This they call paying the debt in green
backs. Like Micawber, when he had given
his " note of hand" they will, when the debt
is converted into promises, breathe freer,and
thank God the debt is paid. They are op-
posed to tariff which only produces the
trifling pittance of $40, 100000 per annum,
and want one adopted i" for revenue only"
They want the Democratic party, whose
rebellion cost US half a million lives and five
thousand millions of dollars, placed In pow
er for the sake of economy. They deny the
right of Andrew johnson or any other
branch of the Federal Government TO say
who should vote in the Rebel States, though
the State governments having been destroyed
by their own rebellion, If the Federal Gov
ernment does not say who shall vote, there
can be no voting, and without voting there
can be no reconstruction. And this they
call "speedy restoration.
They want free liquor, and slave labor,
which would place them in as happy plight
as the Irishman who landed in this country
OH Winters day, and found the dogs LET
loose and the stones froze fast
They curse the war for the Union, and
everything else that can't vote, including the
| negro, but bless the soldiers who iUere the
a0dr, by way of invitation to them to vote
the Democratic ticket. They recognize in
Andrew Johnson the Sun in Heaven, in the
Republican party very dark cloud, and in
the South prize squash, suffering for lack
of sunshine.
| They recognize in George Washington an
individual who might have been something
of man If he had not lived so near the
epoch of Gen. Hancock.
They congratulate their sister Democracy
Of Ohio upon having given birth to that
wonderful infant, the Hon. Geo. H. Pendle-
ton, and trust that mother and child are do
ing well.
Had the Indiana Democracy incorporated
in their platform clause condemning
schoolmasters and newspapers, it would
have been perfect.