Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-04-16
NOW THE DEMOCRACY KEEP THEIR
PLEDGES.


I. Is we'll known that from the irst
Of the greenbaek currency tho
party has maintained that
the law authorizing its Issue was un-
constitutional, and that paper money
could net constitutionally be made a
legal tender. Indeed this Is about the
only prominent principle to which that
party has adhered with anything Ike
consistency or tsnacity. One by one
1. has dropped its opposition to the
cardinal principles OF the Republican
party as they have either been ensrait-
ed upon the Constitution or assumed
force by legislative enactment, until
In Its last accepted platform adopted
by Republicans at Cincinnatil 1t &C.
cepted freely and with assumed good
faith, all the prominent results
achieved by Republican supremacy.
In doing this 1t also pledged itself 10
common with the Republican party to
a speedy resumption OF specie pay
msnts. Its members Of Congress,
both In Senate and House, were elected
In common with Republican legls-
lators upon this VOL known doctrine.
The Democratic party has been until
this present Congress n warm and con-
sistent opponent Of the ~gresnback sys-
TEN and an advocate Of specie cir
culation. In throwing this aside the
party gives up the last remnant len II
OF ~Jacksonlan doctrine. Democrats
who advocate expansion, who vote Tor
and attempt to force the Issuance oil a
further amount Of paper, which M TO a
late date they have decried as uttered
In opposition both to the Interest oil
this nation and It's fundamental law,
have 10 business TO talk about DEM
ocratic principle or consistency, for
they violate both uf In existencel In
voting TOR imitation. Yet we lind that,
both In the Senate and the House, each
OF which has In tho past few days
passed a bill providing for the further
issue Of these unconstitutional greeil-
backs" the prop~ortionats number oil
Democrats In favor Of and supporting
the bills, Is greater than that OF the
Republicans. Enough Democrats
voted for this measure Of imitation In
each body to have consigned 1t to a
most disastrous defeat had they acted
upon their oft.repeated prctestations
In favor OF specie resumption.
The imitation bill will be called Re-
publican legislation because in,roduc-
ell aud supported By Republicans, yet
IL Il In no sense more so than was The
salary grab. Both parties arc re'pon-
siblc for Its passage-the Democrat as
much as Republicans-for II sincere
aud consistent, they could have de-
fcated such legislation at every step,
through both the House and the Sem
alto. While we distinctly state that In
authorizing a further issue OF Govern
ment currency. it, Republican sup
portcrs In both Houses have stultiii,d
themselves and the party they repre-
sent. we propose that not alone shall
they bear the condemnation Of this
most hurtful measure. Tho plain fact
10 that this imitation business, like mat.
tiers OF the tariff, Is not strictly partl-
IAN legislation. Upon the tariff ques-
ton both parties are divided. Free
traders and protGcilonlsts abound In
both organizations; Pennsylvania
Democrats and Republicans are both
high tariff men. Those OF both par
ties from TIE Mississippi Valley are
ardently In favor OF free trade. As we
have said hefore. this financial ques-
tioa bids fair to become a National
Issue OF far greater import than cheap
transportation or the tariff. As 1t
stand to-day the majority in Congress
of both parties are not only incon'ist-
ent, but "a we believe, arc lesislatins
against the best Interests Of the Ma
ton. The grounds OF disscnslon are
broad enough for a division OF the
people, and unless the schemes OF
these lnilsilonl.ts-which carried cut,
will di,honor the Government aud
eventually bring thsreupoa financial
ruin-are o checked, we expect TO
see them made test questions In the
next National campaign.