Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-05-25
NO.aS8.
A Democratic Opinion er the De-
mocratfc Manifesto. ~

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Neps is one
of the most earnest. emphatic and embit-
tered Democratic papers in the country,
both in its illustrations and text. Wa
are rather startled to 6nd the following
candid exposition of the late Democratic
manifesto ia its editorial column this
week:
THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL.
MANIFEsTo.-The representatives of the
Democratic party in Congress have issued
IAN Address to the People of the United
States" that can only be characterized as
''shrieky." 1t is not true the United
States has gone to the devil or ia likely to
do so, nor that any mans sacred rights
are abridged by the Government or are
likely to be so. 1t is utter rubbish to
some of the Southern States, and it is
simply stupid to say that power does not
and ought not to exist in the Government
to put them down. If they cannot be
put down, then government is only con-
trivance to shield crime a ridiculous af-
fectation. snare and farce. 1t is laugh
able te institute comparison, and call
heaven and earth to witness it, between
the expenditures of the Government in
1861 and 1870. Why not descant on the
outrageous disproportion between the
pantaloons of the boy of FIVE years and
those of the youth of twenty?
Thnse pueraiiities are unworthy of the
leaders of party that is or may be great.
The Democratic party knows that it is not
unit on the question of free trade, and
that it is divided ON the question If tho
late amendments to the Constitution are
"null and void," and therefore the sneak
ing and cowardly allusions to them--not
strong enough for one portion Of the party
and too strong for the other portion
should not have been made at all.
The references to fraud in collection Of
the revenue. to the swindling Gland grabs"
and the cliqueism of robbery of the ex-
isting Administration, src legitimate and
just. And in these consist all the force
there is in this vapid document Why
was not the Administration arraigned,
and the party responsible for the Admin
istration, for its unconstitutional acts md
its usurpations in the West Indies2 Fer
its base indifference to the course of free
dom in Cuba2 For it's nepotism and dis
regard of the intelligence OF the land, in
filling the Offices of the Government, with
obscure adveuturers and nincompoops2---
For its wfetehed management of the In
dian affairs, and the frauds and fslonies
connected with them?
AS an indictment Of the Republican
party. the address is All abject failure. Il
gives neither the text ON which Democrat.
ic speakers can spout, nor the keynote on
Which the party can pitch its battle cries,
With due prescicnce, discretion. aud
the promulgatioii of broad. fresh and dis.
tinct issues, Joined with a judicious nom-
inatiou of candidates. the success of the
Democratic party in the next national
election would be certain. It must, how
ever, also throw over and completely dis
card dead issues and clean itself of the fa..
tai faint of sympathy and concurrence
with Tsmmany. 1t is the dread of hav-
ing Tammany men and Tammany tactics
introduced into our national affairs that
keeps thousands Of disaffected men In the
Republican ranks. The hideous political
immortality and personal unsuitable rspa-
city of the vulgar set of men that controls
the city of New York. and through it tho
State, and who aspire to rule the nation.
alarm all rejecting citizens and "make
them pause" The Tammany ulcer must
be cauterized, for. if left to SPREAD the
reelection of General Grant, notwith-
standing all his sins of omission and COM
mission, his faults and his follies, will be-
an assured result. '.-f va.