The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08


See the speech of Judge Flandrau, an
old-line, hard-shen Democrat, heartily
that very State Convention.
Smith. But why have any thing to
do with the Democrats at all!
Jones. Why, my dear fellow, do you
want peoples movement that shall ex-
clude part of the people! Will you
call upon all the people to rally to de-
fend their rights, and then station a pc.
liceman at the door to keep out the
Democrats! 1fyou do that you might
just as well stick to the old Republican
party.
Smith. Bnt will not the New Move
ment nominate Democrats principally?
Jones. do not think so. But sup
pose it does. The object of the people
is not to elect certain men of particular
political antecedents to Office, but to
correct the great abuses
of the day; and it is Of
course Of little Importance
who the men are to do this work, pro-
vided they do it, and do it thoroughly.
If the Republicans 60 into the New
Movement in great numbers and pre-
sent proper candidates. they will not
be ignored; they cannot be. Neither
should any man be prescribed because
he has been a Democrat. All these
matters should be dropped. The only
questions asked should be, LIST, Is your
candidate true friend to the people !;
I'd. Is he honest and Sd, Is he capable.
As to what he thought ten or twenty
years ago, upon dea! and buried issues,
we care nothing.
Smith. But why do the Democrats
90 into this new movement
Jones. The answer is plain it is
preaching good old Democratic doc
trines, cheap transportation. honesty,
economy, and revenue tariff. The
party of jefferson and jackson was, for
years, the party of the common people
as against the capitalists of the country
and the old silk-stocking Wing party.
Read the history of Jackson's fight
with the High-Tariff men and the Ma
tional Banks, and you will think you
are in the midst of our
own time. The same forces
were at work then to over.
throw Republican institutions that we
are contending with now. That great
man, Jackson, broke the back of cor
ruption and moneyed aristocracy for
thirty years. They have revived in
our time and we have to fight the great
battle over again. Shall we refuse the
aid of the followers of Jackson! Can
we win without them?
Smith. But then look. at the course
of the Democracy upon the Slavery
question. 80
Jones. Well, what was it They
simply adhered to the compromises Of
of the Constitution, which recognized
Slavery as legal institution provided
for the return of fugitive slaves; and
even permitted slaves to be imported
into the United States from Africa for
twenty years. You and l think they
were wrong; not in the light of our
written Constitution, but in the light
of that unwritten law which God has
implanted in the human heart. They
followed the letter of the Constitution
we followed the spirit Of the Declare.
ton of Independence. They set up the
barrier of governmental covenant in
the face of a moral revolution, and
their weak fabric was swept away in
the mighty tide. Men divided in that
great contest according to their
mental constitution some took the
legal and others the emotional side.
We triumphed we carried our point;
we won glory and power; let us not
Insult the men who, for fifteen years,
without Office or reward, or the. hope of
Office or reward, have steadfastly and
patiently, amid reiterated defeats anu
overwhelming abuse. chung to their
sense of duty and their love Of rght.
We may pronounce them mistaken ;
we must at least admit that they were
honest.
But all these issues are dead and
gone. The last National Democratic
Convention clearly recognized and sub
mitted to the new order of things; and
our last State Convention pledged its
members to maintain the rights Of the
negroes Of the South.
Smith. But Why are we tod on
every hand that If we 60 into the Anti
Monopoly party we are turning Dem
ocrats!
Jones. That is the device of Aur
enemies. If We do not unite al
the elements of opposition we cannd
succeed; and of course the Republican
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