The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-01-19

t1Hey now liS III tut SeAato t01 Ne
action Whether they will be allowed
to lie stranded there rltil the tide Of
pablo opinion which is Arising through
out the couptry floats them on. or
whether they will be passed at oues
is yet uncertain. but when these
measures ore passed the battle j. not
ended. A greater mrasure, looking
to the leng future. must be voted TOR
in still! more desperate strugsl" N
popular elections, and in balls uf Ton
gress That measure is the establish :
mcut Of the policy that the paper afo".
cy of the people shall be madu o'y by
the peoples government. aud that i
shalI not bu limited BY law to any
four, 6ye or six hub3ted III milIiOns, but
it shall bc just 50 much us the lrgiri.
mate business wants # the people re.
quire. The battle upon that PROPOSE.
ton will be long and strained, but this
| American people, Intelligent as they
are, with their free schools, which are
making every volera reader aud .
thinker, will not very long Giiow the
money. power, which has opposed them
80 loug, To retain THAR grip upon their
throats They will insist upon sys-
..m thu, will justly and fairly dis
tribute the wealth produced by the
labor Of the people. To have the pow.
er ofcontractiug the volume OF the
currency to tho capitalists will
be to allow them to sell the iudustrini
classes of the country at their pleasure.
aud to bid up aud foster al aFistOcFacy
Of ycalth which will fattcu upon tue
Iaber o! others. Thu. the American
people will not submit to. thank
fortune that the history Of the Demo-
cratic putty siuce tho war-aye. before
the war, in the days Of Jefferson and
Jackson, leads US to believe that tue
great National purity will stand true to
the Democratic fai:h. ps declared BY
the Democracy Of Ohio for years past
aud that under our proud and mag.
nifcent organization tho 'riumph' OF
the people will be won SIsheu' a
compromise they Hill-nevcr win by
asking what Wall street wants. and
what the West and South want. and
splitting the difference. The people
are thoroughly aroused upon this
question and our gFea. purity. to be
their representative III working out this
reform, must Gust aside oil notious Of
compromising between the money power
aud the people, it must declare itself
tho champion Of the people, and let, it
necessary. Now Jersey. New York and
New England gu. Why, in the ias.
strus gle III the House Of Representa-
ti,es we had :!S Democratic votes in
the States that | haze named. twenty
four Of which we're cast against the
people, aud alI the rest Of the Demu'
cratic votes. from Pennsylvania sweep
,pg sUu,hward to tU Texas sud wrs;
ward to the Rocky Mountains, wltn
the exception Of six only, decIared Tor
the rights Of the people.
That shows where tho heart aud
body Of the Democratic party are II
is the party OF the people +; its geuIu''
its spirit. its name, declares it the
champion OF the people We must
not submit to to the theories OF poll.
tlclaus. that We mu,t compromise be
tween the capitalists aud the masses,
between thr righ' aud tue TTong. 1t
is that whIrh has raised the storm Of
iuilgaaiiuu that IS now sweeping the
.aal g.aina he policy Of the Republi'
AZ panty. l hope aud / beIive, fel
,uw .citizcus, that the Democratic purity
Il Ohio will remain true in this fight
1 hope its representatives in the Sea-
ate und in tue House will at all times
stand by the position taken by the
Democratic party Of Ohio lFthey do,
and il We maintain that lead which We
took iu 1867, aud which we have
kept ever since in battling for the pco.
pie. against the schemes Of the money
power, wo ehalI gain great victory in
1880. | thauk, you, geutlcmen of the
Legislature aud fellow citizens for your
klud attention. aud the members who
have houored ue with their support
for Lhu: mark Of confidence 10 my f.
leli'y to that party which with my
mind aud hear. / str:ye so earnestly to
,appoTt
H., UNA ,nlJ IN rru,nin nftnr school.