The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-19


ViGW5 on tho predominating Issuo--
Position Of the Democracy Defined.
CINclNNATI, Ono, Oct. IA. 1879
Senator Thurman has recovered
from his attack Of illness brought on
by campaign work, and yesterday
gave bis views upon the result in
Ohio to reporter Of the .En1uiyer
He said = '''''' =
"I am not in the least discourage
cd by the Ohio elections. + had
hoped for Il better result, but feared
it would be worse This is the first
year the issue has been clearly
defined between the people and tl,e
national banks, and, though ques-
tions OF monetary science arc usual
ly dry themes for discussion, they
have begun to absorb the attention
Of the people this year and thcv
took but h;t!o interest in any other.
Had we faltered on this question
we should have been beaten far
worse. The platform cf thi.s year
strengthened the Ohio Democracy.
greatly. Then if we add to our
vote that of the National party or
Grocnbackcrs the Republicans, or
tho party Of national banks, was in
minority of thousands. Yes tons
Of thousands of votes. "
REPUBLICAN pREvAR1cAr1oN.
Then remember how their candi-
dates and orators lodged and pre-
Varlcatcd. Secretary Sherman came
out here to tell them he Wanted to
keep S3OO,000,000 in grcenbacks in
clrcnlatlon-a declaration that has
brought on him the soverest de-
nunclations Of bank advocates in
the East. Foster said in his beech
that lie wanted all the grccnbacks
now outstanding kept in circula-
ton, and Mckinley and Van ~Norhcs
We're both urged for election be-
cause they were grccnback mon.
Others lodged the question alto
gether just as their platform dodeed
1T. But the national banks couldn't
De deceived, and they and the huns
dred thousands of officcboldcrs SUP
pied the sinews Of war. AS the
result never before in Ohio was
there SO corrupt IA use of money in
an election. don't say that the
national banks in their corporate
capacity furnished money, but their
shareholders and dependents did.
Of course Democrats lost somc
votes by assailing' bmks, Just as
there wcro doscrters from thar rar-
ty when jackson vetoed the bill to
charter the old national banks. But
our losses were moro than COM
ponsatd p.,; by gains from the other
SlTo. l".' w. -.
TIE DEMOCRACY AND THE BANKS.
"Tho antagonism between Democ..
racy and the National Bank system
was inevitable TWAS What Seward
once called the irrepressiblc con-
net 1t is now a square fight DO
tween'them and the people, and
every day 'males it moro plain that
we have the right side Of the ques-
ton. Two thousand banks wialdinr
five hundred millions Of capital and
eight hu,idred millions of deposits,
supported by great political party
IN power, using the immense
patronage of tho government to
retain it's dominion, is a formidable
foe to attack, but the attack will
nevertheless prove successful in tho
end" ...; ..i ''.t" : ~ e
THE NATIONAL PARTY.
.... What M about tho National party 2"
"There are many good men, somo
bad ones and not n few misguided
ones, in their ranks" responded the
Senator. ''The idea that they can
absorb either the Democratic or
Republican party, or even draw
enough from both to become the
dominant party, is fallacious. In
country like this there can bo but
two great parties-one the party. of
privileges tho other tho party of
equal rights. The party of equa.
rights is the Democratic party.
Excluding from comparison, the
slavery of the blacks, that existed
once both North and South, and
was forced on lis by our English
ancestors, I ask, what statute was
ever passed by Democratic Con-