The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-08-26
Dlseord, Division, Defeat.


The radical party is most anx-
ious to hide its crimes and out
RACES from the public mind by try
ine to excite divisions in the dem
ocratic party on the subject of the
currency. This radical party has
given the people a deprecated
bank paper currency, fuctuating
from twelve to twenty per cent.
below par. All the troubles in the
business Of the country were pro
duced by the radical party, led by
Sherman, Boutwell,, and the bond
holders. Yet this party now seeks
to divide the democratic party on
the very subject which the radical
party only is responsible for.
We ask attention to this fact that
Mr.. Stevenson, in his Library Hall,
Louisville, speech took high ground,
and said thai the controversy about adj
ministrative reforms and governmental
policy sinks into comparative insignif-
canoe by the side of the MAJOR problem
of preserving constitutional Federal
Government a more important pO-
liticll observation could scarcely fall
from any tongue or pen for the con-
sideration of any audience in all this
broad land.
There is but one consideration that
allows MS to look with any patience
upon the prominence democratic con-
vgntions have given to the collateral
questions of tariff, currency, and bank
ing; aud that lis, there must be step
ping stones to help the public mind Of
the Noatl away from Che preiudices en-
gendered by the war and radical policy.
The public Indignation against whole
sale corruption in public affairs is
just fame, and Investigations are excel
lent preliminary exercises but there Is
no real help in these short remedies.
The disease hos its root in the PERM
cious ,dea that the uniou between the
States is u nation. The administration
of tie Federal Government, upon this
idea, has been carried forward until the
whole course Of political life has been
tainted. Every single extravagance.
corruption or measure, or scheme, OF
fraud, OF which the people complain, Is
traceuble direct to the excess Of power
and money lodged at Washington, in
the reasonable attempt to consolidate
I'LL the States into g one indivisible ma
ton. z
Our great purpose is to prevent
the democratic party from being
divided by this trick of the radical
party.
The crimes, outrages, usurpa-
tions, the force bill" Louisiana
infamy, the bandittisheridan at
tempt to overthrow the State gov
ernments, the Williams outrage
mill, all these demand the open
condemnation Of the people. The
democratic party must do this.
The radical party knows and feels
this is the retribution coming.
Now, to prevent the democracy
from being divided, and thus de-
feated in the State elections, and
lose the Presidency by this artful
trick Of the radicals, injecting a
temporary question into the party
councils, and dividing them when
otherwise the democracy will carry
the country and settle the money
question in due time, is the solemn
duty Of every earnest lover Of con-
stitutional government. We hope
the good sense and patriotism and
faith Of the people in the princi-
pies Of the democracy will secure
this result. Don't let the demo-
cratic party commit suicide now.
This is the correct view to take
Of this question at this iuncture.
Put oil the responsibility on the
radical party, where it belongs,
and unite the democracy for con-
stitutional government and the re-
dress Of the crimes committed by
the radicals.
We find the following notice IN
another Kentucky democratic pa
pbr
senator Stevenson made q very clever
and logical speech at Library Hall in
this city last week Our attention has
tallen upon Che following extract, which
relates to Che currency question, and
entirely meets our approval My
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