The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-11-05

S'""'i"hai hheitN they should be
aroused to it; if the people could see
IN their fathers saw, things would he
different He then spoke of the in
crease of plnndrrers, the people being
taxed t" subserve the interests of par
tlc"lar classes. The Injustice applied
TO both the Federal Governments and
the States. He wished it were posi-
"Ie t" have all amphith-a,re construct
Ell to seat all the people of the conn.
try, So that when t he curtain WAS
drawn they could see what was going
on. There would then be snch a reac.
ton as Was never felt or heard of be-
fore, but it night he said tins was all
talk. We can carry the eections.-
How carry lhtm7 While heavy taxes
are being laid on the people, the bal
lot box was corrupted and degraded ::
controlled by m"ney IN the hands of
t''"Se who are not The peoples friends.
a great deal had been said about CH.
shrism. He never was a partisan in
politics. or Il fanatic in religion. The
world was his home, and every honest
man his br Their.
III the language of Burke, the emf
htnt British statesman, when bad men
Combine Tor il corrupt purpose the time
has come when good men should COM
hIhe to resist encrnacliments on the
CONSTITUTION and country. Let, then,
the good, honest and tine men ass0ci
ate III common ranSe to resist all en-
cr"#cIments on constitutional liberty,
tie Knew there were societies called
oranges, bur beyond this he did not
care if they would only take under
their contrnl the State and national
governments and administer and pre-
serve them tor-the interests Of the
people. TO this I've would say amen,
Johnson then h,anched off on the
snlject OF finance, ad, ocatlng gold and
silver us the constitutional currency.
Withdrawing all the national bankputes.
and issuing ion them greenbacks, to he
received i'll payment o, all governmu Mt
dues. He maintained HAT, by this
means, We would return to- specie pay
mrnt>. The idea that there was not
gold and SILVER enough for this purpose
WAS in ahsnIduy; but what was now
the MATTER? The banhs have suspended.
1t used to he that hanks suspended be-
cause they had not the coin to pay, but
at present the banks suspended because
they are deficient of paper money.
Banks, brokers and corporations could
all suspend and there WAS no way to
reach them. There was one portion of
the people that did not suspend, viz:
the taxpa, erS, the producers of the
country. The spectators could sus-
pend with millions. There were two
things rtaiu-death and he pav-
ment of taxes 'aughter]. He was in
favor of a revolutl"n being brought
ahons in public sentiment and instead
of the ballot box being degraded and
corrupted he wanted it elevated and
purified. .....
Abiding to Wall street, he said
Ten millions of dollars pass during The
day from, one hand to another. Capt.
tai is not increased by this, nor was
an! thing added to the products of the
country. Wall street was demorallzed
hy such proceedings. When a nation,
like an individual, sins, the violation
of the law brings punishment, aud it
was time we should return to the old
landmarks. The time had come when
war should be waged agains: monopo-
lies. The scraml,lIng was for money,
land and the treasury. AS a general
thing the people did not seem to- be
alarmed abOnt tn ri presidential term,
and 10y apathy many ii patton has lost
its liberty. Power is passing from the
great mass to Il few.