The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-27

SlAtcel years vi unuIhpulcu NC
publican CONTROL than during the
last sixteen years Of Democratic
rule, then the Republican party
is the one for you TO support. But
on the other haad, if in looking
back You find those old days Of
Democratic administration were
more prosperous, happy and
peaceful, you can but vote TO re.
instate the old state of affairs"
This sounds very well and to a
stranger TO American politics
would appear 10 he very plausa,
bic indeed, but unfortunately for
the Governor and his argument
the people of this country and OF
the South in particular, know the
cause of the difference in the val
ne of property, tine depression OF
spirits, and the lack Of business
activity, We have had a war such
as earth never saw before and we
arc in the country that was sub
Iject to its ravages, the debt il
made is upon us in our impov.
erished state, and men and wo-
men realize that it is those who
rashly and wickedly sought to de-
stroy our common country and
thus brought about this war, who
are responsible for the difference
between tho old times and the
new, if there is such q difference.
Mr.. Harris was one of the noted
and influential leaders in the acts
that so nearly destroyed all we
hold dear-he was disloyal TO his
Countrywide death of the Har-
mons and others says he was cruel
and vindictive, and he says che has
nothing to apologize or"--he putall his
energies into action on the wrong
side, and by his acts earned a
world wide reputation as a traitor
not only to the country at large,
but to the citizens of his own
State who differed with him in
public sentiments, and we sub.
nit that when we look back to
the old times and think Of them
as being better than those Of the
present, we can say to Ex-Gov.
Harris, "you, yourself, had a larg-
er share than most men in max
ing this difference by using the
influence Of 2 great mind to pre-
cipitate the war on our country"
Yet, with all his record he is draw
ing comparisons between the two
terms of years mentioned and is
a great performer" Democracy
must be hard run.
We call the attention Of our
old Wing readers to one phase of
the Governors talk-He delights
10 dwell on the "good old times
of Democratic and Wing control
when he knows that the Demo
cratic party fought the Wings first
and last and are tho same party
now as ever, while Of the Wings
nothing is left except their princi-
pies, and they are advocated and
carried out by the Republican
party, and have proved their
worth to the country all through
the years they have been prac-
ticed. Democracy hates these
principles as much as ever.
Mr.. Harris takes up the "hard
times" subject and handles it in a
manner purely Democratic, and
of course makes out that the Re
publican party is the cause of the
present stringency inmoney mat
tiers and says low prices can be
traced to the same source. We
wanted to ask the Governor why
he did not go further and say we
are.also to blame for "hard tines
in England lin Germany,in Russia,
in Austria, Spain, Italy, China,
the Indies, Japan &c, &c. The
Republican party is just as much
to be charged with the universal
commercial stagnation as with
trouble, and it has no
in either. The reason wheat
brings only one dollar is that the
of the old world are large
ly supplied from what has been
there, while we in tie Uni
ted States have raised more than
ever before by millions Of bush,
els. The market is full, and we
always remember that the
prices Of all the commodities are regula-
ed by the demand for them. Corn is
|ow because we have raised it in