The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-04-12
THE lFI NANcIAL PLATFoRM

of greenbacks which they now keep
on hard. And thus for ten years tt
come, the thing is to retain its pre-
sent shape!
And this is the great financial
measure that a Democratic House o.
Representative have been able te
bring forth after months of agoniz
ing laborI
And this is the. destruction OF the
odious National banking system, that
the toiling millions so greatly desire
And this is the repeal of the Re.
sumption Act which IS to Geek the
tide Of ruin that is sweeping over
every financial and industrial inter
est in the country
| And this is furnishing the coun-
try currency sufficient TO meet the
demands of trade
/ The truth is. this is mere effort
10 make Democratic President in
1876. 1t is not intended to be q re-
lief measure to the masses.
Relief from the witheriHg. blight
ing influence of the present financial
! policy was not-could not have been
had in view in the preparation of
this measure. No, no 1t is i'm
portant that there be harmony in
the ranks of the party--otherwise
the party will be defeated in 1876 !;
and this it is the great duty of the
hour to prevent. BondocraCy cant
endure milk The South and West
will not be satisfied with cider.
/ Therefore let us make it milk and
1 cider. This mixture will be milk to
/ the toiling millions and cider to
Bondocracy.
| AS the matter now stands we will be
compelled to do one of three things:
1. Take cider straight, (as the Republic
can party offers it). 2. Take cider very
slightly diluted with milk, las the DEM
ocratic House offers it), or 3. Procure
our beverage from some other source.
If we mast haoe legislation that will
give relief to the country, and employ
ment to the suffering thousands, from
what party have we now any hope of
getting it? A Democratic House has no
man or set of men in it brave enough to
break ranks and offer it. The Republi-
can party glory in refusing to give it.
We stand, for the present, powerless
and hopeless and helpless. We must, at
least for two years to come, continue to
hew wood and draw water for the bond
holder. Bound hand and foot with par
ty shackles, we must stand stock still,
and see every enterprise languish and
die; see the price of everything produc-
ed or producible go down, down, until
production Except for bare snbsistence)
ceases. And ALTO preserve the chance
of making a milk and cider Democratic
President in 1876.
Mr.. Editor, if the party shackles that
1 wear bind me to course like this, and
for ten years to come, and $50 far as the
measure referred to reveals) perhaps for
all time, 1 prefer to shake them off. Call
it third partisan. or what else you please,
I care nothing for that. The country is
suffering under system of financial leg
islation, which is drifting every interest,
except the bonded interest, to ruin, at
break-neci speed. Party number one is
striving to put on more steam, ana drive
at even greater rate of speed. Party
number two dare not offer to put on the
brakes or check up the speed, for fear
of failing to elect President in 1876.
Meantime The crisis approaches. The
end is not far of. The time for the.
masses to act will very soon have passed.
Conventions and nominations will soon
be in order. 1t is fair to presume that
Republican nominees viii be expected
to stand by the National Banking-ea
resumption-policy of that party.
1t is equally fair to presume that Dem
ocratic nominees will, for the sake of
harmony in the party, be expected to
stand on a platform whose financial
plank will be the substance of the meas
urc referred to. And when, the nemina-
tions are made and the parties arrayed,
armed with their Platforms one or the
other will be victorious. And what diff
ference does it make to the masses which
it is? The success of either, on such
platforms, will be the success of the
bondhoiders, and the defeat of every
other interest. Let MS look this matter
squarely in the face, and try to compre-
hend ITS features. t9iG
There is persistent, determined ef-
fort on the part of the security holding
moncyed men of this country to control
legislation in their interest. This, when
they know perfectly well that such
course is running ereyy other interest. To
compass their purpose, see how readily
they tore loose from party ties last year,
and brought all their influence and vast
power to bear in Ohio and Pennsylvania
No use to disguise the fact; that very
same influence has paralyzed the Demo-
cratic majority in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes at Washington, snd caused
this session to be fritteIcd away, with |
the results all in their favor. That same |
influence will control the nominations
of both parties this summer; SO that at
last they will have bsth ends of the
string in their own hands.
Let things pass off in this manner, and |
the elections in November bring this re-
suit, and nothing but great and bloody !
viii eyer free the people of |
this country from their slavery 70 the |
power
Now, reader, stop and take calm sur
ve,y of the field What class OF persons |
in this country have added to their ma
terial wealth in the last few yearsG The |
lands and loose property of the farmer |
viii not sell for more than half the gold |
dollars to day that they would six years
egi,. Apd this is not local; it is SO every
where Exactly the same may be said |
of the mercantile interests. Merchants