The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-19
The Policy and Principles Of
Democracy.

the arinor of the administration, has
assumed an attitude in its logic, at
once serious and ridiculous; with it's
trenchant lance poised at the grave
subjects and divided opinions of our
conduct of government, it pierces in
its tilt but thin air.
In tho scheme for checking the
Democratic reaction AZ laid down by
that journal, its points Of attack and
defence are 80 vulnerable rs to leave
tho "doughty knight at the mercy
Of it's a,lyersaries. Its argument are
oil assamptive, and the hope Of sue
cess to the Administration party,
a. it dcduces, lies in the precarious
superstition that the Democratic par.
~, by reason Of its former position
upon certain points in the conduct
of government, are bound to commit
certain acts which will destroy its
prestige.
For instance, it says in substance ;
| that the great and fundamental prin-
| ciple Of the Democracy il that this
is \ "community Of States" = Soon
; feIer@cy Of s",ereigns;" which We
admit to he 40 true ~ to designate
that, as the CORNER STONE If the
Democratic structure, and Ne agree
fully with that Journal in tho belief
that with the abandonment Of that
doctrine, the party itself would be
disbanded; just IA We know that the
attempt to reform the Republican,
party within itself, t" purge it Of its
Buffers, Grants aud Williams, its
Blain's and Mortons, would be the
distinction of that organization. But
the error lies in the Tribune Surprising
that when We return to the order Of
this government, to estates Rights
its fundamental principle also; il
necessarily involves tho "pecnniary
recognition Of the rebellion" Here
| is where the greatest of its assump.
tive logic comes in, and We conceive
tho argument to weak for comment,
almost. ..
Great stress, however, seems laid
upon the ''pecuniary outlay" the peo.
pie will be involved in, in the event
of the decentralization party's as.
Stunning control of tho Government,
and We discern in tho gist Of the ar.
ticle before US, tue sum and substance
Of the idea Of political government
held a. orthodox by the Radical Re-
publican party, it is not party that
would intend, or even intended to
justly benefit in the line of Govern
ment the people governed, beyond
the simple belief that all patriotism
power and principles were gauged by
the sum of dollars and cents; the
opened-mouthsd and never to I've sat.
iated Golfers of ito party favorites,
are to be the recipients Of these &C.
crmed benefits, without regard to pub.
lie good.
The studied effort in it's argument
to prove that the Democracy, in its
mission Of reinstating the doctrine Of
State sovereignty, must reimburse
the States and individuals Of the
South for losses sustained during the
late war, is conclusive evidence Of
one Of two things, that the Rcpubli.
can leaders are attempting to drag US
back to the political battle fields Of
1863 and '72, or that to them all mat.
ters of principle in government is
sunk In the miserable and groyelling
quagmiro of mammon. No Southern
man, or statesman, has in his widest
moments ever dreamed of such a
thing, and the entire Southern people
are a unit upon the subject Of indem-
nifty. The idea Of revenge against
a section Of the union, as practiced
by our Northern brethren upon rs,
to our and their ruin, will not be in.
dulged in to such an extent a. to bite
off our noses to spite the remainder
Of our visage. We are at loss to &C.
count for tho authority tho Tribune
would use to sustaiu it's hypothesis,
for We have yet to seo a Democratic
paper in tho Union that is not direct
" opposed to 'reactionary legislation
or even discus sion. The war and its
claims have long been settled by rs,
aud the feelings engendered by that
strife have not been kept alive, we
are proud to say, by Democrats, but