The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-04-29
The Democratic address.

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The Democratic Address.
The Democratic Congressman
have issued an address to their
party. It accuses the Republican
party with much generality, but it
avoids committing the Democracy
to any principles or policy. We
have no doubt that after that Gun
pleasantness" in heaven, when the
confederates were beaten and cast
out, they could have issued just
such an address against the heav-
enly host. But they did not. Sa.
tan and his chiefs were not so silly
as to suppose that any accusation
they could bring against the party
that had banished them to the bot
tomless pit would affect public
opinion. So they did not raise an
outcry of accusation, but set them
selves to work to contrive to regain
by strategy what they had lost by
force.
The Democratic Congressmeu
are silly enough to suppose that
their vague accusations against the
Republican party will move some
body. Else why did they fulmi-
nate it2 Il will affect neither
Democrat nor Republican, nor is
there anything in it to guide the
Democratic mind toward the next
campaign. It is as empty a pro-
clamatiOn a. was ever issued
against the comet.
They state the vast sum of mon
ey the war cost. 1t is the cost of
Democratic rebellion. 1t is a per-
petual testimony to the Democratic
times. Over thirty millions of it
is for pensions to soldiers, widows,
orphans, MANNED and bereft by the
murders of the Democratic rebel
lion. Let them keep before our
eyes the consequences of their own
crimes. .ss.g.....,
But they misuse words in their
comparisons. These are Demo.
cratic times. The debt Of $4,000
100000 is Democratic. The inter.
est of over 100000, 900 is Demo
cratic. The pensions are Demo-
cratic. The expanded military and
naval establishments by the war
are Democratic. The extra civil
establishment required to collect
revenue to pay these war expanded
expenses is Democratic. Only a
fraction of the governmental war
expenses is Republican. ~
/ They say Congress has done
nothing to reduce taxation. As
the Democratic members have dis
tinguished themselves even in the
denunciations Of the journals of
their own party, for their incapaci-
ty to originate or aid any rational
system Of reducing taxation. They
demonstrated that what they want
ed was not to reform taxation, but
to deprive the government wholly
OF revenue to keep the public
faith. 8oaa9 81. ia frx sd,
They denounce the Legislation
against the Ku klux. but have not
word to say against these organ
izod mn RI orarc tho.nco.o tho;. ;lI
opinion Of the law is the same that
is proverbial to those who are con-
,iemned by it. The land rings
with the murder of unoffending
men by the party friends of these
members; yet they only arraign
the law enacted to punish them.
Is Democracy synonymous with
Ku-klux ? True, they denounce
generally the idea that the Demo
cratic party can have sympathy
with disorders or violence, but
they show the character OF this by
denying that there are any disord>.
ere or violence in the South.
Lacking the integrity to make q
plain recognition of the disordered
and dangerous state Of tho South,
they recognize it indirectly by
general exhortation to maintain
peace and order, and protect the
rights Of every citizen, and by pre-
scribing friendship and affection as
the best means to restore peace to
the South.
But the Democratic mind docs
not hold peace and friendship com
patible with Republican rule. 1t
does not mean that its Southern
contederates should abide by the
law under, a Republican adminis-
tration. What it means is war
to carry the Southern elections,
and a Democratic administration
to embrace the red handed That
il its notion Of restoring Demo.
cratic tranquility.
This address is too feeble. It's
accusations Of Republican rule
amount to nothing. 1t is as il the
criminal classes should upbraid the
government for the cost Of pro-
tecting society. 1tofYers no policy
or principle that can inspire the
party to q new contest. And it
can have no influence, even il it
has the design, to restrain the out
RACES in the South which are now
proclaiming to the country the
dangers Of Democratic rule.-C;n.
cinxaH Gazette.