The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-08-23

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reply to the subsidy seekers and
their attorneys, and TO protest
against the action of Representa-
tives who were robbing the people
TO enrich favored classes; but soon
saw that they were not equal TO the
great issues l thought they intend.
ed to grapple with, and / do not now
know how organized public senti-
ment can be brought 90 bear upon
all those evils except by strict adj
herencc to the principles, the policy,
and the organization Of the Demo.
cratic party. independents are
powerless, they would find none Of
their sort in Washington TO consult
with. Everybody and everything
there is on one side or the other
He who is not Democrat, who re-
fuses to act with US, be bound by
our caucus action and stand shout
der to shoulder with the men who
seek to promote great principles
and lines of policy, is regarded as
unfit to be trusted with any of the
plans and purposes OF the party.
THE RECORD AND PURPOSE oF THE
DEMOCRACY.
The Democracy have reason 20 DO
proud of their party record, through
all the weary years Of misrule
through which we have passed since
the war. Their representatives have
voted steadily against all acts Of op
preston and wrong We resisted
by vote and speech the system OF
reconstruction and plumber which
for years desolaued the South We
have all those States now standing
by as, with the devotion OF men
who know that we are worthy OF
their confidence. We opposed, with
absolute unanimity, all the acts
which the bonholders and the bank.
ers fastened upon the country, and
we're a unit in our opposition 20 the
gold Resumption Act. We have re
sisted consolidation and oentrallza-
ton OF power. We have subordi-
mated the military TO the civil au-
thority, and even stopped supplies
to the army at the risk Of a strike,
rather than have the ballot box
prostitutcd by the bayonet. We
have been found on the side Of labor
against the combinations of capital,
and are determined by the grace Of
God and the help of the people 10
restore peace and prosperity to a
down-trodden and oppressed coun-
try.
We propose no radical changes;
we simply undo what the Radicals
have done, and let the people Of the
country have "A chance TO keep what
they make, and not take IL from them
to give TO those who have no right
TO it. We will have, as / said, no
easy task in the future. All the
combinations Of wealth will seek 10
hold on TO their i'll gotten gains and
try TO prevent the reforms we pro-
pose. European bondholders will
contribute their share Of the funds
necessary 20 subsidize the press and
control Legislatures, by corruption,
IL need be. An who fear exposure
and dread an investigation OF the
doIngs of the various departments
for the last 40 years. will Join them,
but il we are true TO ourselves aud
our principles, we will march 10 the
assured victory.
In a country like this, boundless
almost in extent with every variety
of soil and climate, blessed by prov
idence with bounteous harvests, we
only need 10 secure equal rights 20
all men and give exclusive priv
leges 60 none, TO make all prosperous
and happy. We are to-day com
bination and corporation ridden
people The recent railroad troubles
are but the Legitimate fruits of long
years Of bad legislation, misrulo and
oppression. They are too recent,
and the excitement is still too great
for it TO be proper for me TO show In
detail the causes which led, and will
always lead, 10 such disturbances.
It is hard for men who are willing
TO work 20 be forced 70 beg for
bread, while their employers are by
every device enriching themselves
by starving the operatives. Desper-
ate men think they cannot wait the
slow process OF the law or the bal
lot box. which is their only true
remedy. We will maintain the law
and assert its supremacy by furnish
ing all the means 20 the State and
Federal Governments 60 suppress
riots and breaches Of the peace, no
matter on what preteXt, or how ter
rible the necessit y or the grievance
may be which led TO the outbreaks.
We will remove the causes. Nor will
we follow the precedents and policy
Of the Radicals by degrading the
State Government and contralizing
all power in the Federal authorities.
One Of the most dangerous symp-
toms Of the recent outbreak was the
evident contempt for State authori-
Is, the painful imbecility Of some o.
the State Governments. aud the pro
found respect for and fear Of FEEDER
al Intervention. The clamor is even
now going up from the Radical
press for an increase OF the army,
FOR more power, even for paternal
government, assimilated 20 the mon
archical governments Of Europe, IN
order % deal with these things
The Cincinnati Commercial, here
toforc one Of the staunchest Of re-