The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07
WHY A NEW PARTY ,


WHY A NEW PARITY
There can be no doubt that large ma
jority Of the people Of the United States
are at this time opposed to the Radical par
ty, the Radical misrule, and the reelection
OF President Grant. In fact, there never
has been a time since the civil war was over,
II there could have been fair expression Of
the real people, that there would not have
been found adecided prepOnderance against
Radicalism, with all its pernicious teachings
and doings. But the voice Of the people
has been suppressed by the bayonet, and
the grossest fraud has presided over the bal
lot box. To redeem the country and re-
store an honest government, nothing, then,
is needed but union of all the elements
opposed to Radicalism, and a free ex-
preston Of the peoples will at the COM
ing elections in the several States and at
the Presidential election in 1876. How can
that union be most easily effectedl That is the
importaHt question. It must be admitted
at once that much the largest portion of
the opposition to the Radical party is made
up OF Democrats, and that they combine
more zeal and energy, more bitter feeling
and a more Incorporating hostility to
Radicalism than can be found in any other
portion Of the opposition. And these are
the qualities that make any party efficient,
that give it life and strength and ultimate
victory. Again, the Democratic party is
already organized IN every State of the
Union, and there will be no time lost and
no trouble incurred in perfecting a new or
ganization. All can go Immediately at
work. Why notg Where is the need of
any new party? What is to hinder all
good honest people from rallying around
the Democratic. standard? The name
is first rate one none better-it- is
dear to the hearts of admiring millions,
and native and foreign born alike love the
very sound of the word What is there,
we confidently ask, that any class of people
may desire to have incorporated in the plats
form of any new party, that has any good
in it, that is not to be found in the plat
forms of the old Democratic partyl Are
you opposed to centralism2 State rights and
local government have ever been the foun-
dation OF the noble structure of Democratic
principles. Do you want strict construc-
ton of the powers, granted by the'States to
the general government, as contained in
the Constitution of the United States9
That was cardinal doctrine of the Demo
cratic party, from its beginning, is now and
always must be. Are you for economy
in the public expenditures That was
always Democratic you will find
it laid down in every Democratic
platform from the days of Jefferson and
Jackson to the present time. 1t is main
plank. Would you have honesty in all
officials and in all the administration of
public affairs9 That is exactly what De-
mocracy has always taught and insisted on.
Do you demand equal and exact justice to
all men and all classes2 That is the:very
essence of Democracy. Are you opposed
to partial protection policy, and high
tariff to benefit one portion of the people
at the expense of the other2 The Demo
cratic party has always been opposed to this,
and to any tariff, except for revenue. Do
you want currency equivalent to specie,
and stop put to gambling in stocks and
bonds and deprecated bank paper7 The
Democratic party is with you there,
and has always been from the days
Of old Hickory jackson. Do you
demand general reforml So does the Dem
ocratic party, and you will never get it out
side Of that party. We might go on, but
we stop here to repeat, that there is nothing
really good and desirable in any new organ
ization which the Democratic party does
not now embrace and contains in its repeated
platforms of principles. When the Liberal
Republicans, so-called, who could no longer
stand the corrupt rule Of the Radical party,
met at Cincinnati last year, they made up
their platform of principles from the old
Democratic creed, forthey could find moth
ing new and solid to stand on outside of it.
The Democratic party, from its origin, has
embraced everything good and necessary for
self-govemment in genuine republic.
Then why call for new party9 None is
needed or wanted by the honest masses of
the country. The Democratic party is all
sufficient and in the end it viii prove all
powerful and victorious