The Republican journal., 1873-08-07

My DEAR SIR: have Your letter ut
| April %. | should have answ cred it soon
er and have no sufficient apology for not
doing 50. Permit me to say that the re-
ply | here make to it is not for public;t-
ton, but personal to yourself and to
those ut whose suggestion YOU have writ
| ten.
| believe the historical Democratic or
ganzation is spoiled laundering con
stantly during the last ten years. and
shattered by many defeats it surrendered
finally at the last Presidential election. 1t
cannot recall that surrender, or the con
LESSONS then made, and it has no longer
strength enough for victory. In this e1-
tremity it will be wise to lay aside the old
organization and enter into a new one.
ihc new organization should accept
the results of the war, as was done ut Bal
timorc. and it should accept them i'll all
| good faith, and SO rs to command the con
hdcnce of the people and III order I"
command the confidence of the people the
new organization should be something
different from n recast OF the old one.
I here should be no eNcluSiyeness about
it, nor should it be merely democratic. Il
should be made up of present Democrats
| of former Democrats, and of ali RepuDil-
cams who are offended by the policy and
tendencies of the present Administration
| Ihr new organization should he the
| Joint worh of Democrats and Republicans,
and both shuuld be equally AT home III 1t
| neither the guest oI the other ou ask
| what should be it, name II 1t the
Liberal Democracy That will mean the
free, ulI,cliish 90, trnment OF the people
And now rs to its doctrines or prlncl-
/ piles on ask in this connection how
the question of negro suffrage should he
treated HAT question IL II" longer be-
fore Us Negro suffrage is the bloody
con,;nmmaton OF a great war, and nothing
short of war can undo II III our day III
my opinion, it will endure in this Govern
mpnt Il, long lS general suffrage. com
prthcnd the objections to il, and think I
| wa granted too soon to that part OF ouf
population Recently cniauclpAted All
should make some preparation tur TINS day
| We deny suffrage to the foreigner Tor time,
and We have schools ion all on the theory
that All should be prepared for ii. But II
i, granted and it cannot be recalled. Nor
du / think il Wise in such Government
a> this. tu keep permanently :" largr
part of our people IN an inferior, degraded
condition. Slavery was always Il danger
10 hold this population, NOW tree III Il
degraded condition, would he Il greater
danger. and ALWAYS trouble Us. Say We have
adopted i. doubtful policy. Ii i, done.
accept it, and on all such questions ad-
mittcd to be of doubtful rNpcdlency
shall for the remainder of my life, if per
chance must err, strive at least to be tnl-
Grant, generous and humane. And, after
alt. rely tor GOOD voting as much upon
the heart rs upon the hcai
concur III what else You suggest. The
new organization should oppose ali forms
OF monopoly This is to" plain /" need
argument. Monopolirs are IN outrage and
an oti,rn>r against the people.
The new organization should oppose
generalization. and it shoult advocate
home government in all local affairs, and
to the utmost extent that IL practlcablr.
You cannot keep people iree sturdy ami
Intelligent without home government. 1t
is home government that trains w, teaches
srlt-reliancc and develops manllneS,. lake
it away, and the freeman disappears. Cen
tralize power at Washington. and we are
transferred to outside management. No
longer governing ourselves, W" must be
governed Depending upon Washington,
we lose our selt-depcndcnre and the tree
citizen soon degenrrate4 into u mere sub
jrct. whose whole duty is to obey law and
whose only desire is to be amused in idle
ness
You refer me also to the question ot
free trade The new organization should
make it one of its cardinal doctrines
lflIrr should be no c4uuN"rtIl"n of uu"pir
meaning about this \ prnhibitoIN tariti
is i'm plain contradiction to the rharActrl
of ou- Government We are all equal ln
nights privileges and immmtiea, lht'"
should he no discrimination, no iaN"flll~lH,
NO parialitirs. personal or financial. Ana
;,> a commercial policy, a prohlbltorS taI
if j. behind the age, almost a harbarlSlH'
ana belongs to the times when nation"
were, walled and commerce without
wings
/ believe | have substantially anwrrrd
your letter.
The new organization may properly an
taounize the party now administering our
affairs at almost every point W hile this
j. 40. il should not undertake to do every
tllina At once. on push reforms without some
rrvar, for Immediate consequences has
urs that shock by their ahruptneer arr not
always inst and fair We shoute never
forget sound principles, and we should
moN,. toward them constantly, surely anu
steadily. but sometimes gradhailN. d"h
believe in daily revolutions, or III sud
den and violent irraDFrmrnl of public
affairs.
let me suggest a doctrine 10 which Nnu
have not referred mean the doctrine OF
strict construction of the Constitution
Have YOU considered " hat certain pre-
N,ntiyr of mi~HuNcrmncnt may be found
in The faithful application OF this doctrine :
! believe such :n application OF 1t would
r0riprI almost every public evil ol which
w, complain. 1t i. worth Your while It"
t,..r its reach and efficacy And hat q
-pIrurtd doctrine for such u g"Nrnlnrm
=, ours How it rAalts the individual and
~1lbollinatr~ the government II may
tctt,r the government NOW and itI~h, but
never the citizen. Ne always remains
upprrmo~t and master
i an, a Democrat but >hould be glad
IL see the Democracy move out oi IT'S "lh
0rVauiZation into 4 new one. lou VIII
: mo-, .upcerd unless they do. II may be
they " i'll yrtil'c and prefer to tlrrI where
they arp tDr lh,' balance OF the century !
and until they e4N iN the meaning "l me
Resolutions Oi 'ys. Il 80, suppose -hail
tarl\ with them. Af,eF all, Ike Them
/ and the uld political Homestead confess
il is somewhat dilapiiatrd lhFF% are no
banners upon its wall, ana Ent"iio"s
~hOutingS are no longer i'''" ""'i1
il is a home still and shall not leave II
until il j. pulled down
j, NrlN ypstrcttullv, W : GE"rNht'h
4 liAKMII Ai,)ut ten wears Ag" tray p
| .llinn tinker naniea h,sllnHt"h, Wen Ah"" II
| thr.n,ghom this ana ilseatalnl> counties
i mystrriou,iy disappeared, ana Tears were
entertained that be had been inHihrred
Kut in a short time he was discovered 10
| h.. living the life of 4 hermit on lonely
. island in MooSehcad Lake His dwelling
1 house bcttted the fortunes OF a rrtlrra
tinker, being in summer large dry goods
box. In winter Diogenes-likr he rnr"nced
: himself in IA hogshead. lie lived on 'h'
frugal fare which dame Mature prov 'u;, IT,
in that revion and appeared happy iiis
, clothing bin during the ten years "i m,
? voluntary r>ile did not amount TO u il'e g
! InlIars, Jais original garments were IN
, few wears entirely gone and replaced hs