The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-07
TWO THEORIES.

oa n 1osse cOmifnt,is. shall be repealed, and
tho Fraudulent President not only approves
the recommendation OF his Secretary, but
asks Congress to Increase the appropriation
for the Department OF Justice for defraying
the expenses Of prosecuting Southern Demo-
Gratis.
Here, then we have an audacious and com
prehenslve scheme for the Capitalization OF
the government and the establishment OF an
oligarchy In the interest of the money power
of the East. The "policy" Of thsAdministra-
ton, In short, Ia to use the army to enforce
obnoxious and unconstitutional laws, and to
obtain appropriations Of money from Con
gress to prosecute, or rather prosecute citi-
zens OF tho South and West who may vote
or use their influence in elections against the
money power. This policy of Capitalization
has superseded the famous Southern policy"
of the President. 1t Is the policy by which
the Republicans propose to overthrow the
constitution OF the fathers and permanently
establish the supremacy OF the banks
and the great moneyed rings and cor,
pSrations Of the country over the people.
In the success Of this policy the East Is
deeply Interested, and hence we see the de-
,rlining power of the Democratic party Ia that
fectioD, and the increase Of Its strength In
the South and the States Of the Mississippi
Valley, whose interests are adverse to the
"money power"
The utterances Of the Commercial COnven-
ton which sat in this city during the past
few days are in marked and striking contrast
with the uttsrances Of the Fraudulent Presi-
dent, his de fncto Secretary Of War, and his
supporters In Congress. These eminent
leaders and representatives Of the Republican
party opened the present session OF Con-
gress a session succeeding q season Of
calamity In the South and De period OF com
mercal prostration throughout the Union
a demand for money to overthrow the consti-
tuition to invade the sovereignty OF the States.
and destroy the power and Independence
of their judiciary and with q recommen-
dation for legislation which will empower the
President to subordinate the civil to the mill.
tary arm of the government. These sugges-
tions and recommendations were instantly
taken up by the Republican leaders in the
Senate and House, and urged with virulence
which would be disgusting did it not promise
so much Of strife and consequent evil to the
country. The people Of d large portion Of
the Union were denounced and maligned, and
speeches made designed to stir up those bit
ter, yindictiye and relentless passions whose
pestiferous fruits have ever been civil war or
the destruction Of civil liberty
Very different were the recommendations,
suggestions and utterances heard In the Com
mercial Convention which has just adjourned
In this city. In that body there were number
Of able, learned, patriotic and accomplished
men. The speeches made there, when print
ed In full and circulated, will be Of great value
to tho people. The proceedings and utter
ances were all in the interest Of peace Nay,
more-the interests OF peace are sometimes
served to the detriment Of the interests
Of humanty-they were in the interest OF
the prosperity, advancement and power OF
the American republic, and especially in the
interests of the twenty millions Of people who
inhabit the valley Of the Mississippi.
The President recommended the use OF the
army, which Is sustained at cost OF 100000
900 per annum, to override the rights and In
dependence OF the States. He recommended
also that many thousands Of dollars be ap-
propriated to prosecute Southern citizens for
opposing the Republican party and over
throwing Radicalism, 'free-niggerism," car
pet-baggery and scallawagism in their States,
and maintaining the Christian civilization
Of the nineteenth century On the other
hand the convention declared that Congress
should appropriate money to improve the
navigation Of the Mississippi river, and to
construct levees Oh its banks which
~ Of fnrtil c
lands. Il recommended also that Con
gress should aid the construction Of rail-
road to the Pacific on the thirty-second par
allel, and thus emancipate the commerce Of
the Union from the oppressive, arbitrary and
INSCRIPTIONS monopoly of the Union Pacific
created by government aid. Other recon-
mendatiOns of similar character were made
The session Of the convention was short
and the President message was brief But the
proceedings of the first contain much which Is
in the interest OF the country and the recOncil
iation of the sections. while the latter contains
much which is designed to excite sectiona
bitterness and disturb the peace and harmony
Of the people.
OF course the representatives OF the money
power In Congress and the subsidized organs
OF the monopolies and the banks will approve
the wisdom and craftsmanship OF the fraudu
lent Presidents utterances, and denounce as
unconstitutional and pernicious the schemes
| commended to Congress by our convention
But let the true nature OF the two series o
propositions be understood by the coun
try. The agents OF the Union Pacific, thu
representatives OF the money power ant
the managers and beneticiaries OF all tn,
rings organized under Grant to rob the
people, will denounce as jobs, and as un
constitutional, all those great and beneficen
| schemes which were discussed and recon
mended by the convention. But the very mel
who thus denounced these projects will b.
found In and out of Congress, and in the press
pleading with all their ability and bowling
with all their power for appropriations o
money to sustain an army to overaw'
the States and TO institute, through
partisan courts, mereiless and whole