The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-09-28

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nomination than five dollars. gm+
as that seems to he impracticabla
at this time, say as we must have
paper money as a circulating ma
dunn, in the maine of all that is i,,st
and sacred let us have some show,
or security for its redemption.
You will see that our platform i
III favor OF making greenbacks !
legal tender for all indebtefness
national, state or otherwise. when
it can he done according to law
] Is not that sufficient? Can .,,,.
| honest party ask more? And +
they do, it seems to me if would
come with bad grace from anv
honest, law-abiding communitr
They pirate largely about the cor
ruption of the two old parties I
ask what corruption? The demo.
cratic party has not been in power
for eighteen years; and they make
no complaint OF its corruption he.
fore the war. Why, then. cbarae
corruption OH the democratic partys
Ii is true the democrats had n ma
jOrity i'll the lower house in Con
gress at its last session, and it does
seem to me that they passed every
reform measure that ANY reason
able man could have expected. and
if they failed to become laws twas
the fault of the Radical Senate and
the Radical President. They repre-
fset the government urging ON
bankruptcy, and the people suffer
ing ttu the necess;llieS OF life. and
we know it is too true, but who has
brought this W usg 1T seems TO
me that every honest man in Amer
lea must admit that the radical
party is responsible for it.
Aud how let me ask who stands
ut the head. and who are the ret
ters up OF this immaculate green
back party, who arrogate to them
selves all the financial wisdom and
political integrity OF the landg
Beast Butler, the spoon tibet.
and women illsulter, Wendell Phil
lips, one of the bitterest enemies
the South ever had, and odd Pome-
roy, who stands Il head and Shou
derS over any man III the CIllted
States as a disorganizer, a man
who worked harder and perhaps
did more to divide and defeat the
democratic party at the last preSl
Dental election than any mali liz
ing. Can You trust such men!
Will You work in the harness &ith
such men in fine lead? 4 trust not.
Those men see the handwriting
ON the wall They know theirad
ical parity is doomed to AL inglo-
rious defeat in 1851, unless they
can divide and distract MS. They
know they can not meet the gill-
laut old democracy face 10 taceln
IA fair open fight: hence tlleirresort
to trickery. fraud and deception
VIII we permit ourselves to he
their dupes9 Let MS remelnherfhe
warning Voice of the father Of his
country III his farewell address,
limited we stand, divided We
tall.r
They say that or last Leglsf'-
ture was democratic, and that tie
did not do as much in the interest,"
of retrenchment and reform as tltS
ought. Perhaps they did net;b'lt
official figures show that they r.
,Guced the tax ON the people 81 Tue
State about three hundred tholl,
sand dollars at their last session
think that was doing pretty wen
for one Year. Let us Try them
again. :.
Then, in conclusion. feliow'clll
zens, let me selltreat You 70 f'lN
around our old democratic banner
let us stand united, shoulder y
shoulder, on the noble platform y, =,
our State, and fight for fheor'
time4honored principlesof the aen'
ocratic party, and my word ioI !
victory will he sure to perch Y I'0p
our banner, and postellty VIII l'is Vs.
their patriotic fathers for lIs sn
them from the embraces ana aonl
ination of one of the most coffup'
unmincipled and thiesiing lpafa sr
that ever disgraced this iof ny
other State.
Remember that men and lliu,ss
may rise and fall, but prlnclples W
eternal, and will live forever. IA
If gour democratic principles lo'uu'