The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-09-11

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The time is arriving-when the neon,
Of tbis country will De in position, to de-
cioe' irrespective OF other political ques
fions, upon matter nearer to their IN
dlvldual and the natioual welfare tina,
all the rest. The point is whether spe
sae. payment shall be resumed and vol,
and silver coin of the United States b,
substituted ia place Of the present dc
preciated green back and postal curren
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The living issues which divide tb,
two great existing parties are chiefly i
nanclal and econ omical The formel
adherents OF the Republican party. VIII,
Joined and clung to it il order to enable
it to carry ont the special purposes TO!
which it was organized, are now left zee
to consider whether it has a policy il,
regard to these present issues which en-
titles It to their continued support. Par
ties arlS-, from time to time. IN all coua-
tries, for the tu!hiitnent 0: certain mis-
slons. Having succeeded in what they
set out to accomplish, they become
worthless. unless their ability to sruulv
the next prevailing want proves eVu ~
70 their special aptitude for the previous
work. When it becomes evident to tno
masses Of the Republican, party that
their party is untitled. by reason OF its
political traditions and entanSlenlents
and the prrjudices Of is leaders. to Sc
cure the financial peace and the business
prosperity which the nation Low most
requires, they will hegin t. reliuqui>:l
an allegiance NO longer necessary OK hen
orable.
At such a juncture the Democratic
party appe ars, lifting a standard iu-
scribed with the very motto whi,;.
proves that the Republican party is :.
party of the past, and that the Demo-
cratic party Is a party of the presen: a:.I
the future. The mission Of the R>;,.h-
hcan party was to enforce the Ambition
of slavery through the war This j, has
accomplished. The mission of the Dem,
ocratic party is to enforce equal rirhts
for all men and a hard money currency
for the people! This it has not vet ac
complished the great work is still be.
fore it. The Republican party came in
TO power, and flooded the country with
u deprecated paper currency, which
thrust gold and silver rapidly out Of cir
culation, and made them articles of spec
ulative merchandise. The plain and
convincing record, printed elsewhere in
our columns this morning, proves that
the Democratic party, in and out o.: poH-
or, has consistently upheld d metallic
circulating medium, aud fought with its
nigh" against what Mr.. Madison called
that '.ghost Of money!" paper promis"
to pay. The citations made from lurs-
sages. writings, and speeches Of Jetitr-
son, Madison, jackson, Van Burer. Polk,
Benton, Pierce, Buchanan, Silas Wright,
Seymour, and others in the line OF Dem
ocratic statesmen, leave no doubt Of the
faithful persistence with which the great
leaders Of this party have coutenied for
an equitable currency for all classes Of
citizens.
If the people," said Mr. Silas Wright.
support and elect those men who are
in favor of an unSourd currency, they
lnust expect to suffer the evils of depre-
ciated paper The people who sup
ported the Republican pArty-depreci-
ated green backs and all--at time when
they held everything else subordinate
to'tfe suceea4es which that party has
achieved, are called upon to reflect. If
the people now wants sound currency, :
the power to secure it is in their hands !
The cuntrol which the people have over
the mattertis through their respective !
legislatures, State and national. If that
control be- exercised IN favor of sound
currency, there must and will be a sound
currency, because both the Goveru.uent
and the people will it.''
The only party which wills it, and has
willed it from the first, issthe Democrat
ic party. The Rspabliean party has
willed just the a GB; SO that the
people, who hass Stxall through. til. :
war and the moro 1Vestions pertaining
to the war, have hNy to choose wheth- !
er they will vote with the party which :
has actively III hand this present practi- .
cab interest of theirs, or with the party
which has ignored aud trampled upon
it until it stultifes itself by pretending
not to have any regard for it at all. MIR. !
Benton's declaration that, if lie were to !
establish d workingmau party, it should /
be on basis of hard money! hard |
money party against Il paper party"-was :
now for the Democratic party, which ,
the working people, is here ranged ac-
IaVely Ill Lie liStS against tHe WoTSt pa
] per party that the country ever saw.
We fhVite Republicans to candid pc
rusal Of the article which so fully vindi
cates the traditionary fidelity Of the
Democratic party to sound doctrine in
regard TO the currency. Impartial re-
Fiction upon this now vital subject can
not fail to convince those who have here
tdfeFes supported the Republican party,
from an honest belief that it was doing
alKood and necessary work, of their du-
ty 10 abandon it now and support the
Democratic party. Whatever they may
hsye thought the Republican party cali
ed % do has been done. What now
needs TO be done can he done by the
Dsneerstic party, and by the Demo
and clear. Paper promises and Radi-
eaham--spscte paper and Democracy.
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