Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-09

lection as well as In name, and therefore
they deprecste all iOaT issues, all sec.
tiOndl questions, and they accept, and
intend 10 carry out Ia good faith, all the
amendments to the constitution. The
true issues OF the approaching canvass:
Administration reform, reduction In
the expenditures Of government,
honesty in public officials, and
return to the economies and prac-
tices Of the better days # the republic.
We must not permit o1r attention to
be drawn from these questions by any
mere side issues. An honest, pure, eco
nomical government Is what we need,
and mist have, II the people desire
prosperity in private life CT reputation
In public affairs. In regard to the cues
ticn of currency, it Is only necessary TO
say that the Democratic adj
ministrstlon will return to sound
currency by the most prudent means,
so as not to disturb the business
interests CT the country. They Will
adopt no wild, visionary schemes, but
Will act prudentIy and cautiously upon
this delicate and important question.
In the language Of Governor Tilden, In
his message to the New York legisla-
tUre, January 4, 1875: 1.-THE treasury mss
only, by gradual and prudent measures,
10 provide for the payment OF such pOr-
ton OF the outstanding treasury notes
as the public, not wishing to retain for
use, will return upon it for redemption.
The sum required in coin, il the prepare.
tons be wisely conducted 80 as to secure
public confidence, will be what is neces.
sary to replace the fractional currency
and to supply such Individuals as prefer
coin to paper for their little stores of
money; and also what is necessary to
constitute central reservoir of reserves
against the fluctuations of international
balances and for the banks" Similar
sentiments were expressed in his mes
sage OF January 5, 1875.
The exact time Of actual resumption,
the process, the specific measures, the
discreet reparstiOns-these are business
questions to be dealt with, in view of
the state of trade and of credit opera.
tons in our own country, the course Of
foreign commerce and the condition of
the exchanges with other nations, the
currents Of the precious metals, and the
stocks from which supply would 1iow
witohut undue disturbance Of the mar
kets OF other countries. These are mat
ters of detail, to be studied on the facts
dDu uSuI SSs lucy UclOlS W ShC uOuu d1A
of practical administrative statesman
ship.n
From these messages it appears he is
not in favor of dispensing with what is
called greenback currency, but in IA
vor of making it equal to gold.
Parties are to be tried by the re"
suits of their policy, and when test
ed by this standard what becomes Of
the Republican party. Silent factories,
closed workshops, deserted fields, thou
sands Of men and women thrown out Of
employment are their fruits. We must
reverse this picture. II we desire to see
our factories, now closed, again vocal
with the music o. the spindle and Of
the loom; our fields, now comparatively
deserted, again teeming with abun-
dance; our industries, now paralyzed,
again full of life and activity, and the
sun of prosperity again shining upon
our great, but now stricken land, We
must csll upon all men everywhere in
these United States to rally to the
standard of the statesmen Of New York
and Indiana, Samuel J. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks. We need q
change; a change from corruption to
honesty, from extravaganza to econo.
my, from hard times to good times, from
adversely to prosperity, from gloom to
hope, from Grant to Tilden.