, 1877-10-18

are unanimous On which unaumlty can
Ps b. forced u by fae .,s;w Of Tie party eaueus:
hare declared tsbat tho net of t5;5 ought 10.
be repealed, hut little inquiry shows TINT
many Of the Eastern md Southern Demo.
Gratis arc strongly In favor Of letting tho law
tfonlsts Is due to their familiarity will, business
and monetary in.ercats, and tho Soutlcrners
know that az the price Of the staple Of their acc-
tlon is fixed In gold in tho Liverpool market,
specie payments cannot hurt their constituents.
The House Will, in oil probability. pass a bill to
REPEAL the Resumption law. and Ii will ret tho
Tttcs ot majority of the Democrats. but 1t will
MT bc listtnettvcIy Democratic measure.
wish i would assume that character, and that
party issue could thus be rafscd: but it ta 100
much to expect that nll tho Republican soft
money zcal0ts hare been converted by the logic
"t sssts: IT, i the spneeans 81 thc loso VII
paper dsilats will Ike OF exactly the same
value one year from next January. Enough Of
them VIII 20 49, ! 1etleyc, to defeat the passage
70 sustain = veto y. but q. long a, neither
party - SOLID on orc side Or the other Of tue re-
sumption question. It cannot be regarded a. q
clear political issue.
want to make II legal t! pay public anil private
debts In a metal worth less than the Erecnuscks
art chiefly Democrats, hut nrc by no means all
Democrats. IN this question tho lines arc
ton, and are eqalis far from s1' running parallel
With party divisions. There arc plenty of
Democrats whp Gee absnrdity anu dttbonesty
IN the Try oi the Dollar Of tho Fathers.
Probably thrce.fourths OF tho democrats
ore op1nsc'l to the principle OF protection, but
they will not dare 10 MAXI j revenue tariff bill
party measurc, because the other fourth
Would stand up re8olutely for their convictions.
To aseail tho protective principle which under
lies our tariff syAtenl would be to lose Ohio,
necticut, and New ttrsey, and to throw
sr Away the prospect Of .gnin!ng Pennsylvania.
to unite on this line.
VIII they try to reduce the regular armyl
No; becausc q number OF Democratic members
think It is none too large for the needs Of the
C!tllatI. that It ought to be a good deal ]nsucr
than 1t Is. VIII they mike a point of
cutting down Government expenses still fur
thcri 70; because they expect. to come In
liberal appropriations to tpcnd: Win they favor
subsidies! There thsy are spltt into two nearly
equal factions. Wall they attack the banksi
Most u tlcn, Will, but there arc Democratic
and other Democratic believers In 4 bank ctir-
rencs. who wtll defend the present systesn. VIII
thsy ay assall the president's tttlc' Such Of tho
fraud " and "a 1surpattou," hut tho
most Influential leaders do not want to
raise thls ISSUE. an'i will choke off tho
:lan'or. A resolution declaring President
Hayes not constltutionaly In atllce woul,i get
!ess than aity vutes In Democratic ca,lcus.
What. then, do the Democrats ~ q party Ineaii
to dot THIS Is the question tho Reuub.fcnus
ask. The De,nucrats snay reply: ' What 4re
principles than VIC hayc.' But the Republicans
cam suy this: ''lt Is not for Us Il, prut,t,su
measures md theories. We wilt lcfcns our
rccorl. iuu say you arc the dominant party
Government. 1t ID your business to nut forth
fnlne pulicY. Yours is the Affirmative side iii
thu discussion. You t,aru the iluur. Now, what
do yol Affirm ~ Evidently the Democrats don't
knVw what to affirm. E.V.6.