The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-16

her obligations of tnis character for the con-
various forms, have been ample TO reduce the
volume OF our present currency in an amount
tnat would leave the remainder equal to its
proper equivalent in go aud silver.
The Iobberies which, under the present ad-
ministratton, have been either permitted or
amount to redeem enough of these promises TO
pay 10 make what would be left part and par
eel OF sound and he alLoy currency.
All these things which should have been
done, have been left undone. and the evils of
a. currency rem Of e%nsta s t,y iuctuaiiDg va ne
relations OF the country in unsettlng ali
things and producing uncertainty, doubt, and
Priss and actiVty %itn el al s fts the
Democratic party is not responsible for these
things The bitter quits and the lessons NV
isned and convinced all me n NOR b and south,
east and west, Republi an and Democrat, that
this government can never be- substituted ~
TO man" is the mission of the Republic; that,
hereafter, we all, whether Democrat or Repub-
lican, black or white, have common intert st
and common destiny, and that together we
Esve also taught us the additionsi lesson.
that when the men of one party
b. come unmindtul of their obligations
to the republic. we will neither abandon the
buI simp resort to the peaceable revolution
OF republics by putting one party cut of power
and another party in. Thus parties will be
agencies In the hands of the people, for pro-
noting its welfare. AS 10 platforms | have
put ntile tai n In their efficiency. II is the
platforms that must give us the confidence OF
security. 1t is to heir cha acter we must look
Tor the assurance tnat the government will be
safe in their hands, and that the laws will b
wisely and faithfully q iministered. good
platform with bad man is q fraud and a de-
ce1t. A good man, with private character of
sterling integrity and a good public head,
needs no platform. Washington needed no
| platform of principlss TO commend his ad-
nlSfrQfi0n
We all the guarantee the American people
\ requir. d. So OF Jefferson. SD of Jackson, and
the politicsl rartis admit The necessity Of and
| demand reform N. The 4 publcans at Cincinnati
| DO asted loudly OF Iher desire for reform, but
refused 10 nominate the most pronounced
| practical reformer In their party. The Demo-
| Gratis at st. Louis clearly demonstrated the
merits of reform, proclaimed their unalterabe
| adherence TO tins as a cardinal principle, and
proved their faith by their works, Tor they
nomin ated the most able and outspoken pI ac-
tlcSl reformer in heir party. They published
their platform 10 the world and placing upon
Ii heir nominee, they said this is what we
mean
THE MAN Is THE EXPONENT OF THE PLAT
FORM
and both are the embodiment of public opin-
ion. Refofm is the theory, and Tilden and
| Hendricks with their character for statesman
ship and their public history are the guaran-
tee that reform will not only be the policy
ton. Had the Republicans nominated Bris-
tow he would have been irresistibly and tri-
/ um phsnil elected. Tney did not do II. The
Democrats nominated their BriStow in the
person of Samuel ,. TIlden, and he will be as
| irTesistiby and as trium phantly elected. 1t is
right that he should oe, al ho ugh one year ago
| no one thought of =. j. Tilden as president of
the United States, ior pub 1c Sc ,timent
| Indicated the man for the crisis, and
the politicians wisely responded TO
| nd atad hu
| public sentiment, and had the conventions
been composed o equally wi e aud faithful
| representatives, both I'll den and Bristow
! would have been nominated. In that event,
| with The success of either, the country would
have had gooi ADM nistration. But as both
| parties old not heed the admOnttiOnS of popu-
| lar sentiment, the advantages will be deci-
dedly with tn one which does so recognize the
aur hority of pub ic opinion. When national
pride, the public sense of justice, 4Jriotism
and since re deei ire for wholesome legislation,
have long been on ragged, there is and will be
a fearful earnestness on the part n the people
that will not be restrained Dy the authority
however powerful or p RECT Its organization
The present demand Tor reform and change il
earnest, determined aud powerful, and who
will withstand it? The puny arm OF party
may be raised against 1T, but 1T will be raised
| in vain only to ia helpless and paraIy zed 10
| | side. Party lives only by the Will OF popu-
lar sufferance, 1t IS its creation, but when the
creation attempts 10 overthrow tue creator, the
| latter will TAX like a ripe grape in the hanc
Of giant and its life-blOod will only seem TO
show what II once was. Let the party be but
a faithful representation ofNae public senti-
| ment, and the party will be perpetual the
power IL eplesenIs; il faithless, IL will only
be another illustration the fruits Of diso-
bedience, ana the righteous ret,ioution that
doing. Party is but an incident TO something
| that is its principal; an instrumental ity to be
There is that in the hislory of both political
| parties which can neither be commended Oh
defended. Events within the last two decades
| or twenty years, have wors ed rau ical changes
| In the one for the better, and In the Otner
| have developed chars cterist cs which mater
!, tally modify the claims II urges for popular
favor. 1he great doctrine OF states rights, as
! enunc ted the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions of 'eS and '99 has been materially y
modified by the civil war and its results The
local institutions of the South originated these
} peculiar views on this subject that were
SO fruitful of controversy and con.
fict But the great conflict has removed
those local causes and forever settled tht Ques
ton OF supremacy between the STATE and ma
and inth. in accepting the situation rec 2
nize in the nation suprt macy that is ara
mount to every olner authority, aud In th'
| meslic and municipal character. Each one i
superior in It's own sphere.
THE STATE Is A LOCAL AND LIMITED JURIs
DICrIoN.
The nation embraces thirty-e eight Of thes
sovereignties, and the intelligence, power ant
virtue that protect, preserve and condemn al
OF them, constitute supremacy that wa
never correctly estimated until 1t was In
: voked to remove the cause or cause. tina
threatened TO wreck the republic, and to en-
tomb amid its ruins the last vestiges of popu
J lar Ii oerty and rights. Whatever lingering
and surVlSe the lessons 81 the ias
q | few years, will, hereafter. be powerless 70
, evil. The authora,ive voice Of the naiion ha
: settled the question by decision
4 | that is res ected and acquiesced in by tn
3 thinking men OF all tecLOns. Botn OF tn
great parties have accepted and adopted tn
fnAI IL ma aud w ha M
: may recall with reverence and regret tn
+. memory Of the past, the other will not be per
I; mitted to carry TO a dangerous extreme an,
q inclination, on the part OF those in charge o
: I the federal government, to unnecessarily In
: | termeddle with the domestic affairs of tn
, | several tates. On this gi OUnd the parties az
: | aauals. both necessarily holding toe sam