The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-09-11

peoples money. As the case now stands the
money power is centralized to great extent
in the national banks. Dr. De La Matyr,
if we understand the Journal, proposes to
take this power away from the banks and re-
store it to the people, and this is what the
Journal is pleased to style as dangerous. 1t is
somewhat surprising that the Journal can
not discuss any question before the people
without lying. Evidently the devil is in the
concern. AS evidence of this it says:
Mr.. De La Matyr and the democrats who sup
port him are violently opposed to the national
banking system, one OF their main arguments
money power. Yet they propose to place this
very money power, without any restraint or
eral government.
Now when the Journal charges that the
democratic party propose to issue green
backs without any restraint or regulation
whatever" it deliberately utters what it
knows to be untrue, and, as consequence,
its declarations are of no value whatever.
The money power of the government is
where it was lodged by the constitution, in
the custody of congress, and congress is the
servant of the people. The people make and
unmake congress. The people sometimes
make mistakes as they did when they
placed the radical party in
power, which saddled the national
bank curse upon the country,
but the people have way of correcting their
mistakes, as is evidenced by their lusty de-
termination to drive the radical party from
power, retire national bank bills and in
their stead give the country a better and a
cheaper currency, with prudent regulations
and restraints. Upon this subject Dr. De La
Martyrs head is leyel. The democratic party
is in favor of centralizing the money power
just where it belongs, in the hands of the
people instead of the national banks. As
for the interest question we have shown
in these columns that the rates of
interest in the various states have wide
range, and the question of a uniform vote
has been frequently discussed. 1t is some
thing of the nature of uniform bankrupt
law, the advantages of which the Journal is
in position to discuss feelingly. Uniform
rates of transportation from the interior to
the seaboard cities has also occupied the at
tention of business men and statesmen. In
fact there is q number of questions of this
character that from time to time are brought
to the front and discussed without creating
special alarm. They are upon questions
to be decided upon their merits, which
the people in due time will settle
without disturbing the great principles of
government advocated by the democratic
party. 1t Is quite possible upon the ques-
ton of the rights of property that DR.. De La
Matyr is opposed to government officials
stealing themselves rich out of the revenues
of the government as has been practiced by
the radical party since it obtained power,
and it is quite as probable that he is opposed
to the radical policy of legislating fortunes
into the possession of Shylocks whereby the
people are impoverished. Under radical
rule this thing was done TO an extent that
amazes the world. If we understand the
purpose of DR.. De La Maytr he is In favor of
centralizing power in the hands of the
people, and the proof is accommodating daily
that the people indorse his theory.