The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-05-08
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TN THE, YEAR 1872 GEN. GRANTS
l. successor is. to be chosen; the Forty.
third Congress to be elected
| The peoples votes, white and Black,
North and sonth. win thus decide the flu.
ture destiny of the Republic, select its ra-
lers, prescribe their course.
e How to influence the peoples votes p
By the newspaper--for it includes every
other agency. 1t makes known events and
facts-among all influences the chief. 1t
assemblies the vaster outside audiences
which cannot gather to the, State House,
the pulpit, or the stnmp. 1t is the con
slant interpreter of men's.affairs. and of
error. OF truth is the daily seed-sower.. aa
Next November is our political harvest
I time. AS we sow we shall reap. 's"4
The Misunderstanding will be fruitful
to the extent that its circulation is widely
pushed by those who approve its aim.
The World wiH aim to represent aAAtiifl
comLine the labors and votes Of. gvaI
/ l. All these who find best insurance ,,of
the peoples prosperity, peace, and pro
gress in a government administered on the
principles and in the pure PRACTICE of JET.
ferson aud Jackson, and who descry the
fonnt and origin of the present c0rrap-
tons. extravaganza, misgOvernment, snb-
version of public liberties, and insecurity
of private rights in orr rulers lawless
usurpation of itterdIcted aud tndeleg;tte9
that to-day marches
deliberately on to the subjugation of pop
u!ar rule and the possession of tlictatOrial
power--fOr by acts of Congress General
Grant may even now destroy the freedom
Of State elections. invade the States at his
pleasure, and declare martial law of his
own mere will. a. .gsnu2 a. sni-
II. All those who would maintain the
honor of republics, and would preserve
public credit by pnnctnal payment of pub
lie debts. i,,,al,4.,- -, NJ a.. No.. ..
III. All those who wonld cut down TO
fewer'arid fit objects all appropriations of
the peoples moi,ey {to-day nidreythau tfutt-
BILE. nearly treble, the appropriations of a
Democratic Congress eleven Years ago,
not counting annuities to- Indians, pen
sions to soldiers, and interest OH delft J
and who would oblige all spending of the
pe0lpe's money got by taxes to lie With
honesty and thrift; likewise all those who
would spare a little the peoples landed
estate for the landless millions hereafter
and stop its sqnandering Gominions in a
day upon those who already own too
mnch.
Il ". All those who would reduce the
nHmbe1pf commodities t0xed by our tariff
from thousands to a few dozens, and so
empty our Custom Houses of half their of.
fcials, rid the statute books of half their
"dieus SHARES for honesty or brides to
frand, and untetter scores of our native
industries A'i' "tt g"' .'f' ~ sH'i5''4
-eY.3 All tllnse who would lower the rates
also of our tariff taxes to the point of most
easily yielding the largest revenue-who
would abandon the protectionist system, of
reducing the public revenue whilst iin-
creasing the extortionate profits of u few
at the expense of all other Industries.
vi. All those who would abolish every
unlawful tax, like that on inAmes; every
unjust tax like that which giSes bAnks tue
peoples profits Oh a national currency;
every unequal and indeterminate tax, like
that levied most cruelty upon the poor
the tax Of our irredeemable paper money.