The daily gazette., 1878-10-15
FIFTH EDITION.
SENATOR THURMAN.

THE OHIO STATESMAN ON THE RESULT
IN oHio-NoT IN THE LBAsT DIscoUR-
| AGED--vIEws ON THE EPRBDoMINATING
| IssuE-PosITIoN OF THE DEMoC RACY
| DEFINED.
| CINCINNATI, Oct. IA, 1873
Senator Thurman has recovered from
his attack of illness brought on BY cam
paign work, and yesterday gave his
, views upon the result n Ohio to a repor-
ter of the Enquirer. He SAID:
81 am not In the least discouraged by
the Ohio elections. l had hoped for a
better result, but feared 1t would be
worse. This Is the first year the issue
has been clearly defined betw cen the peo-
| pie and the national banks, and, though
| questions of monetary science are usually
dry themes for discussion, they have be-
gun to absorb the attention of the people
| this year and they took but little interest
in any other. Had we faltered on this
question we should have been beaten
| far worse. The platform of this year
strengthened the Ohio democracy great
ly. Then If We add to our vote that of
the national party or greeni aekers the
republicans, or the party of the national
banks, was in minority of thousands.
Yes tens OF thousa nds of votes.
REPUBLICAN PRKvARIcATIoN.
Then remember how their candidates
and orators lodged and prevaricated.
Secretary Sherman came out here to tell
them he wanted to keep $500, ,000, 900 in
greenbacks in crculation-a declaration
that has brought on him the severest
denuncatiors of bank advocates in the
East. Foster said in his speech that he
wanted all the greenbacks now outstand-
lhs pit in circulation, and Mckinley
atd Van Worries were both urged for
election because they were greenback
men. Others lodged the question alto
gether just As their platform lodged it.
But the national banks couldn't be de-
ceived, and they and the hundred thou
sand oiiiceholders supplied tho sinews Of
war, As the result never before in Ohio
was there so corrupta use of money in an
election. | don't say that the national
banks in their corporate capcity furnish
ed money, hut their shareholders and de-
pendents did. OF course democrats lost
some vot-s by a-saiiing banks, Just as
there were deserters from that party
when Jackson vetoed the bill to charter
the old national banks. But our losses
were more than compensated by gains
from the other side.
THE DEMOCRACY AND THE BANKS.
'lhe antagonism between democracy
and the National Bank system was inevi
table. 1t was what Seward once called
the irrepresslble conflict. 1t is now a
square fight between them and the peo.
pie, and every day makes It more plain
that we have the right side of the ques-
tion. Two thousand banks welding five
hundred millions of capital and eight
hundred millions of deposits, supported
by great political party in power, using
the immense patronage of the govern
ment TO retain It's dom Mon, is a formi-
dable foe TO attack, but the attack will
nevertheless prove successful in the end
THE NATIONAL PARTY.
what about the national party" was
asked.
There are many good men, some bad
ones aud not 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 coun-
try like this there can be but two great
parties-one the party of privileges the
other theparty of equal rights The party
OF equal nights is the democratic party.
ENcludlngtrom comparison the slavery
of the blacks, that existed one both North
and South and was forced on US by our
English ancestors, | ask. What statue
was ever passed by democratic Con-
gress conferring special privileges demo- :
Gratis? On the other hand every public
debt law, every banking law, every tar
II law, has conferred immense privileges
on our opponents. The democratic par
ty Is the parry of free insitu ions, and is
indestrnctible so long as they exist. If it
ceased to exist liberty itself would cease
to exist. and the contest would between
dehpotlsm and Communism. 1t is against
both There is no reason why democrats
should join the nationals. No third party
can afford relief from existing troubles
now, and in the end democracy will
gather TO its fold all who are opposed to
radical legisiion, now so ruinou.ly felt,
and put an end to radical rule.