The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20
MICHIGAN AND SOUTH CAROLINA.


Address % the Michigan Democrats state
Central Committees
To the Democracy Of Michigan: You are
on the threshold q an Important campaign. ?.
succession % reyerses y not without its les
have net defcat without diShonor. You
have stood In your power and might re-
buke TO reckless trespassing upon constitu-
tional rights, and, although always IN the
ot iee efiors maiStsined yourselves as bull
wark against the encr0achments OF the Re-
publican party on all that Is held sacred by
the American people. With courage and
honesty you have commended for principle
and sound government. Against ln.'dlous
triiiing with the organic law 81 tie lands
you have fought for the preservation OF
those principles upon which our Government
Is reared, and only by the wise application
OF which, In the administration OF the laws
the prosperity Of the country can be secured
and the Union perpetuated. But for your
honorable course In the politics OF the coun-
try, the burdensome evils Of State we all
now dcplore would be alarmingly aggra-
waited.
These evils are the results Of the mal-ad-
ministration OF the party In power, and have
industry, annihilating our commerce and
debauching public conscience by confound-
ing ali distinction between right and wrong.
Behold the list Frauds In the Army,
frauds In the Navy; frauds Ia the Interior
Department; frauds In the Treasury; rev.
entie frauds; whisky frauds; Indian frauds;
custom house frauds; civil service frauds;
frauds in the architects Office; frauds in
the Attorney Generals Office; post trader
ship frauds, the disgracefuI array cuImina-
ting In the gigantic fraud Of frauds-the
Electoral fraud Of 1876, which In the judy
80 he a hf0h. handod
rage-a revolutionary attack upon constitu-
tional rights, which will become mischiev-
Gus and fatal precedent unless rebuked by
the people in the coming election Our
Government Is one of the people, for the
people, and by the people, and vet In the
whose favor the popular will was expressed
by 4 majority Of 300, 900 was counted out and
the one not elected was fnaugurated.
BY characteristic cunning the Republic
cans have sought to make the financial
question the main issue. This y an attempt
full record OF thevery and corrupt bargain
ing. But the people understand this and
will not be deceived. In this campaign they
purpose putting the Republican party on
trial under an Indictment for its shameful
abuse Of power and wretched management
OF national affairs.
For the past seventeen wears the Demo-
cratic party has not been in power, and,
consequently, its great principles Of govern
ment have not been applied TO the legisla-
ton Of the country. Hence the grave evils
the country Is laboring under. But the
Democracy can In no way be responsible for
these evils. Consistently and persistently the
Democrats have opposed at every step
the entire Republican policy In matters or
finance, and especially the policy Of contrac-
ton, which has contracted" the property
OF the country, real and personal, nearly out
- Exrur Frrloo nj q n
posed in the last five years has come from
the Democratic side in Congress, and Il i
the conviction Of all fsir-minded men that,
regarding the condition Of the country as
we find II day, full, ample, general, COM
plete and permanent relief can come only
through the triumph OF Democratic princi-
I Piles.
In view OF the present situation OF the coun-
/ try we call upon you to assert your inde-
pendence and determine to make In the
present campaign an heroic effort In the cause
Of sound Democracy and honest govern
ment. Condemn at the ballot box the
frauds that lave been perpetrated and re-
buke the perpetrators. Remember that
Rome fell when the voice OF her people was
smothered by chicanery and corruption.
Remember that by the same causes the fate
of one great Republic may overtakc another.
Remember that the brightest and most pros
porous days Of this Republic were when II
was under Democratic rule. Remember
that the evils and burdens we now labor I'M
der are chargeabe TO the Republican party.
and that however numerous and burden
I some they may be the combined statesman
ship and patriotism of the Democratic par
4; are sufficient to remedy them.
Democrats OF Michigan, we have the Ma
tional House Of Representatives, and we
have the Senate. Our aim should be TO pre-
serve our majority i'm both these branches
Of the Government with the view Of secur-
- Exa hruue6 In IS&l. This we
can accomplish by united and harmonious
action. BE prompted by honest motives, be
guided by the signs OF the times. DO not
tribe with the aims and noble purposes Of
the great party to which you have 50 long
been attached. DO not trifie with the des-
TIMES Of the Union, for the preservation Of
which 50 many valuable lives have been sac
rificed. Be true, be honest, be firm, and act
Il, itedly and tremendously 70 reclaim the
crntry from dishonest and incapable rule.
III mis- campaign let your motto be, Honest
Men, Honest Measures, Honest Government,
and YOUR watchword, "No Conformation OF
Fraud D. WIN. B. MORAN,
Chairman Democratic State Central Com.
mittee.
Address of che Democratic State Commit
tee Of south Carolina.
To he People OF South Caroliaa:
Throughout canvass the Democracy
but one rule Of conduct. The platform
" az 1876, adopted and reafiirmed II
1878, is the supreme law OF the Democratic
party. BY II the highest and lowest arr
hound. No person. or body ofpersons, 9th
er than a state Convention, can change Of
modify It's wise provisions and patriotic de-
clarations Within the lines Of the platform
the Democracy are safe. Outside Of u AMI
beyond Ii, there il no true Democracy n
south Carolina. No issue not made N thu
platform and inconsistent with II can be rails
ed. No issue made in the platform and con
sistent with II can be ignored.
The platform Of the Democratic party Q
South Carolina II at once history and
nronhecv. II Il the record Of what Il past