The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-10-21

And we expect it to come back of its
own accord, justI suppose, for gran
deur of" being abundant" 1t might so
come, but never until the currency be-
comes by expansion so abundant and
cheap as to be given away to get rid oft
Ne reproduce to-day in our columns
an article from the Nashville American
worthy of being we'll considered at this
iuncture.s 1t is upon the defeat Of the
Democratic party in Ohio. 1t does not
attribute the result entirely to the money
| influence OF mighty monopolIes, or to
the fact that the Ohio platform was re-
sistance to, and Reinforcement Of the
privileges classes created by the war,
and subsequent war legislation. But
largely to the fndefniteness oFthe propo
sitions announced in their platform. 1t
was charged by the republicans that it
was an infation Ilotform, and the demo-
Gratis of Ohio in condecting the canvass,
has give n too much color to the truth of
the charge, by permitting the views of
cratic advocates of the party to be given
a prominence they were net entitled to.
| We quote as follows:
I'VE are clearly taught that the dem
oeratic partg, when it demands support
must come before. the people with def
mite, practical issues. without shadow
of that yagueness whieb has, all through
the canvass, obscured tn methods pro-
posed By the Ohio Democrats in dealing
with the eurl ency. The republicans
have had the advaatage in being able to
point out. the path trey intep ded to tray tray
Ell, and the point they intended TO reach
while it has been almost impossible to
tell whether the democracy favored the
convertible bonds of Kelley, or by what
means they aimed to give relief and issue
money, by what system they proposed
to substitute greenbaeks for national
bank notes, or by what system of bank
ing they would introduce among the
people the money sufficient for the wants
of trade, or how they would avoid the
Danger OF lDhatlon-
There is another lesson, however, of
moro import than this.
The currency is but means to an
end. A State whose industries are dis
ordered, whose trade basis is unsound,
and whose production is Suffering from
the change from too high key to a
lower, from an inflated state Of prGduc
tfon to a safer basis, wiIlnot enjoy pros
perity with any currency, and it will be
very sure not to possess sound cur
, rencg.
Hence, important as is the currency
question. and deserving as it does the
profoundest study-of the statesman, it Is
nevertheless, a secondary question, sub
ordinate to those great principles aut
issues upon which depend our future
prosperity, our happiness, and the very
existence of our government. So long a;
States are held mere satrapies Tor che
use of ignorant, unprineipled adVentuF
; ers, pinned down by the bayonet as vic
Tins to be preyed upon by the merciless
and Unsuitable minions of power, tram
pied and loaded with new chains when
f ever they cry ont in their agony, or stag
ger to their feet with the energy of des
+. pair. so long as arbitrary power deride
= the law, laughs at the constitution, ant
! rudely oyersteps every barrier ofOr gani
2 Law, to Cypress States and subject CON
q munitiss to wholesale pillage, so long a
8 ignorance is upheld by the, bayonet t
: rule oger 10 telligence, so long as labor i
q entieed from the fields, leaving them t
g whiteu with ungathered crops - tn
g wealth Of the nation, so long there ca
{ be no prosperity, no stability, and. 5
= long the strong and healthy viii be SAL
8 ped of their strength, by section dii
# eased and enfeebIed, but=by no fault c
) its own. No section, no State can pro;
c per, while one member is eateebled b
h long oppression, fostering and stifeue
by letters, constructing linz bs that wer
y strong for labor and eager for tue wor
IF of adding to national wealth. ad prosper
n ity.
st While a great banking monopoly e.
s. lists, receiving the profits of almost doubl
'e the capital it possesses, wringins in
in mense profits from the government, frlr
y rich, from poor, from all, there can be Z
q prosperity.
is 80 long as corruption and peeulatiC
e, shall exist in every branch of the 90
he ernment, so long rs steamship ard IA
Is way lines subsidise the government {
id be subsidize in turn, so loDg as leeis
n tors and yice-presi dents combine to for
be great companies TO defraud the :goyer
BIT ment, so long as there is reckless e
Z trayaganee and profigate expenditure,