The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-24
LET Us HAVE PEACE.

THE TRUE COURSE OF THE DEMoCRAcY-HAR-
AoNY NECEssITY-THE SECTIONS MUST
CoNCEDR TO EACH oTHER-THE sENTINRL's
COURSE RECOMMENDED TO OTHER JOUR-
NAILS.
To the Editor OF the Sentinel:
SIR: There is nothing clearer than the
fact that If the democracy expect to be sue
cessful next year, harmony must be re-
stored between the Eastern and Western
wings of the party. A policy must be
adopted that will meet the approval of
both, and the platform of the national con-
vention must be made to harmonic with
the policy. The democracy of the East
can not elect president without the assist
ance of their brethren in Ohio, Indiana and
other states, who are in favor of increasing
the volume of the currency. Nor can the
democracy of these states elect a president
without the aid of the hard INC ney democrats
of New York, California and other stafes
who are in favor of contracting the cur
rency, until paper money will he
at par with gold. There are
issues OF grave importance besides the
currency question, and on many of these
the democracy are unanimous, and on others
nearly so. They are unanimously opposed
to the bribery and corruption that have
grown up under the present administration;
they are in favor of adopting q course that
will reduce the expenditures of the govern
ment to reasonable sum, by cutting down
the army, navy, civil and miscellaneous ap-
preparation bills; they are in favor of LESSER
ing the burden OF national, state and county
taxation; they are opposed to the interior
ence of the general government In the do
nestle affairs of the Southern states under
the guise OF reconstruction; they are OPP
posed to further land grants in aid OF rail-
road corporations. They are almost unani-
mously in favor of large reduction OF the
tariff; opposed to the building of canals
through the Allegheny mountains and
levees along the Mississippi river by the
general government; opposed to any
interference with the affairs of Cuba or any
other foreign country. The democracy can
certainly find basis enough here for
POLICY AND A PLATFORM
upon which to conduct the campaign of
next year to a successful termination, if
they can only harmonic upon a financial
plank. On this point it is clearly evident
that each wing of the party must concede
something. The hard-money men and the
soft money men must each make some sac
rifce and meet on common ground. This
is absolutely necessary for success. It is the
sine qua non. 1t is folly to suppose that the
democracy of the West will consent to
stand upon contraction hard-money plat
form, or that the democracy of the East will
stand upon an initiation soft money platform
lO lnslSI upon 6lIu6r, WHICH Inc r6puDllcanS
are zeslously praying for, would be to
break up the national convention
and result in two nominees and
two platforms, as in 1860, aud would let our
opponents to step in between US and carry
off the prize. 1t may not be amiss here TO
express the sincere regret of a great many
democrats who have the success of their
party at heart at the course OF the New York
World and other Eastern newspapers in
their structures upon the greenback demo-
crazy of the West, and also at the course of
the Cincinnati Enquirer and other Western
newspapers toward the democrats of the
East. The cessation of these acrimonious
assaults must be brought about, or we never
can harmonize. We want the support and
influence of all those papers, and we want
the influence of and support of Allen, Kerr,
Pendleton and Bsysrd next year, and we
must have them or the defeat of the demo-
crscy is inevitable. The first step TO-.
ward harmony and good feeling is
for the New York World, the Cincinnati
Enquirer and other newspapers that might
be named, to follow the conservative course
of the Sentinel and avoid those assaults
upon each other and upon the prominent
democrats of their respective sections. Let
them turn their attention toward the dis
covery of some financial ground upon
W hich we can stand. j. A. C..
LAwRENCEBURG, Nov. IL, 1875.