The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-21
PExDi.ETON,

disapproval on the part of the people of
that State of the position taken by Mr..
PENpLEroN ON the question of our ma
tional finances; and the radical papers
are profuse in their advice to the De-
moeraey to drop the PENDLEro' AN
platform and JON them in their praise
of the present administration of fnan-
eial affairs
I'm unity of sentiment on this subject
apparently would please there parties.
That such is the case is not at all singu-
lar on the part of the radical press, and
their gratuitous advice is quite nat
ural
We would ask the professe / Demo
cratic journals. taking this view, on
what points they desire the Democracy
TO differ from the radical party, and on
what principles they propose to contest
the next presidential campaign.
The question of negro-sufrage seems
to be pretty well settled, and even on
that issue these same Democratic jour-
nails seem to be in accord with the rad
ical policy.
The tariff question alone will hardly
suffice for presidential campaign.
Reconstruction is dead issue, and
SO also are all the questions of the war.
Has the Democratic party mission.
or are its labors closed and do these
staunch guardians of the interests of
our party believe political millennium
has arrived, and that the '.lion and the
lamb shall now lie down together?
Some of our eastern friends are re-
markably polite, and by their ti,,esse
and strategy have led the Democratic
legions TO battle and uniform defeat since
1860 And now they seem quite well
satisfied with the general situation.
Their chief objection to the admins
tration Is shat GRANT spends his time
at watering-F iaees, takes too many pres
ents, and By as speculAtions in the gold
room disco n ,de5 tileL local specula-
tors.
While the EASTERN sky is SO serene and
everything there so lovely, cloud hang'
over the less fortunate West. Western
Democrats, and even some who do not
profess the faith, are not SO happy.
Wheat is re,y low, money Is very
scarce, interest very high, taxes are very
burdensome, the necessities of life-ex.
cept what are produced in the West
are very dear, labor is growing cheaper
and business languishes.
We are under cloud and We want re
lief Wewant more money and leS'
taxation. If there is prosperity in the
land we want our share.
We do not believe the Issues r.iseC
by Mr.. PENDLETOS are dead with hi
defeat of last week We be ieve the,
Ire and will triumph. Through then
the people will obtain relief, and onl,
through them. Their success may no
BE agreeable to monepolies, manufactu
rers, bondholders spectators, aristocrat
and officeholders, but with their success
the people will be made glad.
The people do not believe that gov
eminent bonds should be paid in gold
they do not believe the government
should pay the national banks twent
millions of dollars annually; they do no
believe there is currency enough in cir
eulation to supply their wants, and the
do not believe they should be taxed t
pay double rate Of interest On the ma
tional indebtedness, nor do they believ
that the rich should, because Of thei
riches, be exempt from their fair shar
of the burdens of the government
Phis may all seem strange to GU
friends who have written the obituary {
Mr. PESDLEToS and his principles an
who bid US mourn away our grief,
and then be comforted with the new eJ
which they find so pleasant.
Strange though this may be. it i, ne
less true
Either the eat must do us Justice
seetionali>tn will generate We will M
tamely be given over to further bondag
and protested Democratic journalis
who imagine they can deliver the Den
ocratie party into the tolls of radicalisn
and firmly bind the laborer to the glide
car Of the capitalist, are somewhat owe
confident
If that which will give the peop
their rights, anu tend 10 supply the
wants is PENDLEToSIAN, then PENDL,
ToNIAHIsH is not dead, but a livin
stalwart youth, the giant of the land.
IT may be consolation to the d