New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27
ard was never anything else than

an outspokep abolitionist all his llft
These facts were once disputed and To
Democracy of Ohio could not have bee
convicted to the satisfaction OF Soutt
ern Democrat. This alliance OF tn
Southern 6re-eater with the free-solle
was never discussed nor distruste
until the defeat of Mr.. Van Buren,
but the avenging Morse has by tn
| synchronous speech of the telegraph, s.
published the shameful combination tina
| it is now patent to the whole world. In
national Democrats have been compelled
tby this untoward exposure to dlsavo'
! and denounce the trick just perpetratet
by the Democracy of Ohio. They advo
cate imitation. They favor protection .!
paving half the duties in currency. The.
would gain popularity by making the cur
rency SO redundant that the Logs an(
whisky of Ohio would command. nomi
nally. war prices.
This sudden reputation Of Democratic
principles and traditions has alarmed the
national Democracy. Whether it is jus
| indignation for party treachery. or vexa
ton for an untimely exposure. we can MOI
| saw. but will introduce some testimony by
! which the reader can judge for himself.
The New York 1FOrId denounces the de-
parture. 1t charges that the Democracy
| h.n i,,ta fn Z hS
Republican policy Of finance. Their plat
| form is alleged to be an Endorsement Of
the policy of Grant. ut is not worth
WHILE" says the World. to discuss fiscal
policy founded upon such ignorance and
fabricated with such absurd incoherence.' V
It concludes a severe censure Of this dere'
LECTION thus:
And withersoever the Democrats of Ohio
or Indiana may wander. misled by the
hooting of blind guides and the silence and
cowardice Of guides who are not olind.
nevertheless and notwithstanding. the
Democrats of New York, like the Demo-
Gratis Of Illinois, and the Democrats OF most
of the other States of the Union, will travel
in one direction and one direction only.
whoever goes with them or whoever refuses
to go with them. And this is their guide
post.
The World then publishes its own plat
form. which, it will pardon us for saying,
is as indefinite and non-committal as any,
thing alleged against its brethren Of Ohio:
l. Gold and silver the only legal tender;
no currency inconvertibie with coin.
=. Steady steps toward specie payments;
no step backward.
The New Orleans Bulletin (Democratic)
is equally outspoken in its censure. It
calls the Ohio platform an "ill-timed de-
parture." That is. we may suppose, a
premature exposure. The Bulletin says:
We have been looking with some anxiety
for the utterance of the Democrats of Ohio
upon the question OF the currency, and now
that it is given, we do not hesitate to ex.
press our disappointment.
1t is very inOppOrtune for the Democrats
Of Ohio, in canvass which has SO very
much to do with the greater canvass of
next year. to announce and adopt a theory
and system OF banking and currency, while
return to that condition in which there
shall! be no connection whatever between
banks and the government is the aim and
hope OF the masses of the party at large.
1. is rather to be inferred from the Bull
letin article that the error Of the Ohio
party consists in its having made any
avowal at all. 1t is said:
The purpose of the Democratic party is
to restole metallic currency as soon as it
can be done without giving jar to the bust.
hess Of the country.
Why could not the Ohio wing have been
content TO take all the chances. Uuder
this prudent doctrine it might have in
Hated like a balloon. or collapsed into
specie. But to say openly what it in.
tended. this was the criminal blunder.
We do not believe the inconsistency of
the two divisions Of Democracy will affect
the national vote. II they carry the State
OF Ohio they will be welcome to the gold,
and the old game of absolution and OBJ.
!ivion will be played over again.