The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-10-05
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encing, has ever failed to be follow
ed by a political revolution in this
country. The result of an appeal
to the economic aspects of the cam
paigns of 1910 and 1860 was such
as is likely to happen TO the De
mocracy this year, because the pres
ent material condition of the coun-
try is more prostrated than it was
in either of those epochs and be-
cause the responsibility for the
existing condition of affairs is more
directly traeeable to the political
party in power than it was sixteen
or thirty-six years ago. The past
few years have been exceedingly
prolific in every branch of natural
increase to our national wealth.
Our harvests have been abundant,
our mines have yielded bonanzas of
hidden treasure, no unusual calam-
ity has been visited upon us, and
the Republican party is without any
excuse whereby to account for the
prevailing condition of things. No
influence could have brought it
about except the most fragrant gov
ernmentaI maladministration, and
for all that which has occurred for
sixteen years in the general govern
ment and in most of the States the
Republican party which held undis-
puted power, is to be held response
BILE. This is the most significant
aspect of the campaign, it is the
issue upon which it is to be fought,
it is the vantage ground upon which
the Democracy will win it.
Every community in the country
bears its testimony to the prevailing
depression, and ali such testimony
is a powerful argument in favor of
a general political change. The
idle workman, the capitalist whose
investments are crumbling before
his eyes, the weary tramp upon the
dusty highway seeking in vain for
labor, are the most potent stump
orators in the land. And wherever
they appear their presence puts the
Republican party upon the defen-
sive. A writer in the New York
Independent, lightly sketching the
state of things in Massachusetts
unconsciously presents a more vivid
picture of the necessity for admin
istrative change than we have seen
in the words of any political orator
The writer says:
"All through the sweet june
weather, they came trooping up-i
tattered, grimy, desperate, sad, but
never a bad procession. Such mer
we're never seen before in our self
respecting Massachusetts, country
roads on errands such as these
Grave, grim men with steady lips
and the solid eyebrow that betoken'
the good workingman. Gentle
kindly men, with the soft blue ey'
and sudden smile that bespeaE
home-loving natures. They stanC
before me, deterrent, hat in hand
but stern, with a fierce, represseC
kind of self-respect.
"Most of them seem glad to tall
a little; very glad to rest. They 81
upon the doorstep patiently, quicl
to see the first sign of failing hospi
tality in their hostess, and general,
ready to "move on" before their en-
tertainment has begun to wear.
her. They tell their stories by lit
tie and little, in the dull, undramati
tones of unvarnished history.
s'No work. No work. No work
The mill has shut down. The sho
is closed. The company has failed
The railroad is in trouble. Neve
was like this before. Never though
to come to such a pass. Away
earned enough. Was a steady mar
Came of respectable folks. Neve
: thought to see the hour he'd be tai
r ing dinner from anybody's hand
this way. Never saw such times a
these in all his life. They can't las
much longer. If they do, the ma
don't live as can say what will b
the end of it."
5 1t is a sad, sad story. But "
hear it from every quarter, and th
= refrain is always the same as that {
e the story just told. "They can
= last much longer-if they do, I'll
t man don't live as can say what wi
J, be the end of it." Men who new,
h knew what it is to beg are compelle
/ to go upon the highway, hat
= hand, and in the midst of pleni
n and abundance, the great army
d tramps is being daily sweIled. Sue
a a state of affairs is the natural ou
Il growth of conditions as fixed as Il
: laws of nature, and no change CT
y be expected until different como
e tions prevail. The causes viii,
e produced it are, as Mr.. Tilden say
o that for "eleven years government
y consumption has taken a larg
p portion of the national esrnin
d than the whole people can possih
save, even in prosperous times, I
d all new investments"
e. The remedy which can save US
% suggested by the words of the saI
: distinguished gentleman:
~ There is no royal road for
le government more than for an IN
p Yidual or a corporation. What y
d. / want to do is to cut down your {
N penses and live within your incon
: / would give al the legerdemain
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