The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-04
PUBLIC OPINION.


: issued for greenbacks only, and as fast
rs received the greenbacks should be
burned. This would be replacing sham
money with real money-and the rea
money would be good for customs du
, ties and interest and principal OF the
, public debt. This would make suf-
ticient demand for it. Then the national
bank notes could be made rcdeemable
in silver dollars instead OF greenbacks
and there you are-specie payments are
restored the country has returned to
solid money Cincinnati Commercial
! Ind)
, Where the caucus system does mis-
chief, is In the matter of platforms. TO
afford opportunities for the making OF
platforms was no part Of its original
programme. In short. its benefits are
the effects OF its legitimate, and it's dis
advantages OF it's illegitimate employ
ment. A body of party strikers, sitting
and wrangIing in committee room as
sumo to prescribe by the votes Of their
majority, what n thousand, u million, or
live millions of people must believe
must, when not half comprehendcd it
has been hastily adopted by the conven-
ton. accept as articles of faith - Wash
lngton Gazette tDem.)
There is u work of destruction rs well
as OF construction, demanded by the
|
fabric Of u centralized dsspotsm, which
has been built up by the Republican
party, and fortified by bayonets. II is
to destroy the widespread corruptions
or the day. II is to break down all forms
and precedents which throw their shield
around the etfete and decaying relics of
the past, to breathe into all depart
ments or government the spirit or n
moro glorious era, and to crush with
unrelenting hostility every barrier to
orderly progress Albany Argus(Dem)
The Democracy of Warren county, in
convention, expressed a preference for
Samuel j. Tilden as President and Jas.
O. Broadhead as Vice President. There
is a peculiar significance in Tilden's in
dorsement by a convention or Missouri
Democrats, for, outside OF any personal
predictions in the matter. it indicates
a remarkable change in the sentiment
Of the party concerning the currency
question. Louis Times Dem)
The questions which formerly divided
the old Wing and Democratic parties in
ante bellum days have all been disposed
Of, and are no longer vital. The ques-
tions between Republicans and Demo
Gratis in later times were mainly settled
by the termination of the war, and the
changes introduced into the Constitu-
ton to meet the altered condition Of the
people What divides them now? The
manner in which the Republican party
has administered the trust which the
people contided to it during a period of
exceptional conditions, and which it has
managed to retain by employing the
most vicious means, and by bringing
int action the most potent. but baleful,
party enginery Of corruption in public
office. -ISt. Louis Republican (Dem)
SO long as Bristow remains in a Cam
eron Cabinet, with the Administration
organ throwing round its threats at
halfway friends and weak-kneed con
ciliatorS," there is no use in asSoclatlng
his name with reform movement or
any other. An opponent OF corrupt
administration does not usually remain
in it as not only a consenting but an ac-
tive member. The man to lead the
forces of reform at time like this must
possess enough energy and courage to
at least announce himself in opposition
to the corrupt dynasty which it is
sought to overthrow. In short, 1t is
needless to talk Bristow when there is a
reform champion like Tilden..t Boston
Post Dem.)
The World says the recommendation
OF Governor Tilden by the New York
Democracy as Presidential candidate
was not 50 much a personal preference
as 1.-THE demand Of the American people
Sfor a new order OF men and for new
| methods in the administration of our
national affairs And il intimates that
Senator Bayard, or any other of the
same character, will equally answer this
demand. This Is the spirit which should
animate the Democracy of the whole
country. 1t is foolish, as well as wrong,
to work ourselves up to the conviction
that our personal favorite is the only
one among the candidates before the
country who will satisfy the require
ments of the times. Fortunately the
Democracy is rich in men Of ability and
| integrity, whose nomination and elec-
ton would give assurance of a new order
Of things in our National Administra-
ton. The personal friends and ad-
mirers Of one Of these candidates should
not allow themselves to become the
enemies and detractors of the others
| The convention should first consider
the personal character and fitness of
the several candidates, then their rela-
| tive strength before the country, and
\ select the one who, all things consider
| ed, will rally about him the greatest
! number of the honest and earnest re-
formers Of the country. Dayton CO..
Democrat (Dem)
Tilden and Lamar will be the Demo
cratic ticket next fall, il the voice OF the
| Louisiana Democracy prevail at st.
Louis. 1t would be hard to make bet
ter one-[ Meridian Gazette (Dcm.l
Without waiting for the action Of the
st. Louis Convention, it is very clear to
us that il the Democratic party means
to win in the approaching national con-
test, it must put forth the name OF
Samuel J. Tilden as its standard bearer.
| We think it will be conceded by every
close observer of what may be termed
the political horoscope, that Mr.. Tilden
stands far in advance of all others in
popular feeling, cleanliness and regu-
larity,-I Jersey City Herald CDem.)
Every lover of 'the weed" is, OF course, inter-