The weekly standard., 1869-10-20

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The Charlotte Democrat does not wish the
STANDARD to press the Reputation issue, and
considers that it would be an imprudent act
to do so. We read the advice of the Demo-
crat with amusement. Surely the Democrat
should know that it is not the STANDARD
that is pressing the reputation issue, but
the Democratic" papers. Why, the Sails
bury Examiner, the leading Democratic"
paper of North Carolina, announces that all
the aDemocrats" are in favor of reputation,
and that they demand reputation until they
have got the mountains to roaring-we be-
lieve the Examiner said "roaring"-in fact
we are positive that it did.
Then if the Democrats are crying for
Reputation so loudly as to cause the noun
tains to roar, it would appear even to the
most. casual observer that it must he the
Democrats" who are pressing the Repudi-
alton issue. Doesn't it appear that way to
the Democrat itself2 IN. ........
The Examiner, which, as we have before
remarked, is heleading Democratic" paper
of North Carolina, announces that its mis-
sion is to inculcate Reputation, that the
honest poor men may not be crushe be-
meath the weight of taxes, although as poor
men don't pay taxes, it is difficult to at once
determine the precise, manner in which Re
pudiation will benefit them. The Examiner
says that it; and almost all the rest of the
people, are in favor of Reputation, and even
more, they demand reputation, and are 60
ing to elect all candidates upon that issue.
Therefore the Democrat must see that instead
of the STANDARD forcing the reputation
issue, it has been forced upon the STANDARD,
and that it would be, cowardly in the STAN
DARD to refuse to meet an issue 80 strongly
put forward.
The STANDARD had nothing to do with
the inception Of this business. That was
commenced long before we ever thought of
treating the subject as matter likely
to become an issue. This Reputation bust
ness was commenced by the Democratic
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papers, who have always been uttering
threats of repudiating the public debts, and
who have been gradually educating the
rDemocratic" mind up to the point where it
would be safe to make reputation Demo-
cratic issue. The Democrat must have OBJ
served all this, and have seen that it is the
purpose of the democratic" leaders to
make reputation party issue, and that
they are already preparing for battle upon
that line. We say the Democrat must have
seen all this, because it could not well
have helped doing so, unless it was
asleep, and it is not that kind of paper
Knowing the truth of the case, why does
the Democrat suggest to the STANDARD the
impropriety of pressing the repudiation
ISSUE" when it knows that the issue is being
pressed upon the STANDARD, and that the
STANDARD has nothing to do with the mat
ter of the issue? We are compelled to re-
gard the advice of the Democrat as disin-
genuous and as taunt at our inability to
prevent the making of the issue; and, if our
belief is true, we think the Democrats advice
unkind, uncalled, unmerited, undeserved
and unbecoming to the character for fairness
which it has always possessed
That reputation is one of the issues upon
which coming political contests are to be
fought no sane man can doubt. Therefore
it is but prudent to meet it fairly and square
ly at once that the people may understand
what dishonest and abominable measure
the repudiationists are trying to force upon
the State, and nation; upon this question
there can be no half way measures. 1t must
be all repudiation or all anti-Repudiation.
We are all anti-Repudiation.
How does the Democrat stand upon the
question: