The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-27


and this when, at last after infinite trial, every
legal tender dollar in your pocket has become
practically us good rs gold. Now II is proposed
10 uuioot our Whole financial system wien us
worst evils have been Ovprpasspd TO overthrow
banks. and 10 set shifting Congressional MAORI
ucs. chucus"s, ana coalitions ~ tho WORK ot
printing paper promises. or fiat money us
much and as often us they please. SUCH action
would unscttlc values. would initiate and dcbnSe
the currrncv would cheat labor ~ its Just wages.
would breed corruption and gambling spocula-
ton, would baill" all calculations OF bus ness.
and make trade worse than a ralllc-a rafila in
which honest industry. not shrcwd capital.
would bq the heaviest. sorricst sufferer,
II would defeat the very object in view, and
put back business recovery. II would alarm
the holders and handlers Of money Just u; the
and certainty which will induce capital 10 come
forth and set labor ut work. II wonld be like
man. recovering from long sickness. throwing
himself back into u relapse.
The Republican party is against 1t. and ono Of
lts missions il 70 manage to final success and
relief the ugly financial legacy OF war-whirh
1t did not make-a war in which every Republ-
can in every, State and on every spot was on his
cOuntry's side.
When every obligation has been sacredly per
formed. when every promise To- pay money has
been made and kept ms good as coin. when
every burden which can he lifted from labor
has Disappeared, when honest, lasting prosper
ity has been rooted too deep to be torn up by
folly or faction, then, and not till then. will the
financial mission Of the Republican party be
ended II Is not yet like an army whose term
OF enlistment has expired"
Look oyor the country, East West. and South.
and sec tho position Of the Democratic party.
lts last national Convention demanded the re-
peal Of the act to resume specie payments next
January. Then the assertion was that our pa
per could not 50 soon I've brought to par
Now when gold and paper have come together
months beforehand. senators Thurman and
I"ndcton ia ONO senator Voorhees, and Gov.
Hendricks in Indiana. Gen. Johnston In Nir-
gina. tho Western and Southern leaders NJ the
Democracy generally. and Democratic Conven-
tons even in New England call aloud for huge
schemes ut more paper money.
-, In the West. the Democratic party has become
The pqrty Of initiation, In New Jersey and
uonists are progressing. In Maine n large Dor
ton Of the Democracy voted the avowed expnn-
sion ticket. aud tho Democratic press eXults
Massachusetts outdocs herself. and Gen. But.
Ter advances rs Cwsar. with tho Democracy at
Neither in Congress nor in tho country. will
or can our opponents stem the rising tide of in
The Democratic pnrty has many patriotic
men of good sense. and even to them we may
as matters stand they are ready to see the Re
publican party disbanded or mustered out Just
when the "a i. calm all boats alike
SHOW mssicr-hip in floating
Let us see whether the Republican ship can
outride the fury of q, storm not more angry
than II may Toe brief. lamdrtiuc said: " place
my bark on the highest prumontory Of the
beach, and wait for the rising Of the tide to
Let the Republican party be now and always
the champion Of right and couragc-ncycr the
victim " error and fear.
Credit currency. and business are not tho
only elements in the election this your
'homes To take money from the Treasury In
staggering totals for claims and grievances md
projects. which no man can number. are being
hat he'd and nursed and perfected against the
time when they can compel attention. When
Will that time be- When full sway in Congress
IL given To tho party. and the sentiment which
now rules solid South "a South made
solid. not hy honest IMPURITIES and free honest
Nnllhs. hut 10y mlh"ritl"- douinat ng through
crimes against God and man. That solid South
again. A. oi old. sends ny a MAJORITY of all
~" Demo 'ratlc votes III Congress. II rules
the Democratic caucus. and must decide the
panty action whenever II insists. In the House
of Rcpr"sr natives there are forty committees
and already the Chairmen Of twcnty-throe ul
them are cN-Confedr rates from the South
After next March the South will control the
committees of the Senate also. You need not
b" reminded that committees are all powerful
In Legislation moro than ever now. because Of
makes iull and open discussion, especially in
| the iogse, impossibic You need not To h' RE-
minded. either. that one-thrd Of all national
revenue ,and ,.Npendtu lures comes from the
State ot New York. ask whether those who
ury have not need. before drift much fur
thor g. inquire. Watchman. what OF the
Tam for conciliation and reconciliation and
| concord and peace a around: hut my belief is
that The men md tho communities who stool
10y the flag and prayed Tor it and fought for 1t.
tho-" who drHurhed IL" lanl with blood and
! covered Il with mourning dchi and taxes |
| believe. too. that those who Struyc To save tho
country are a. Safe Legislators and chu.rWcu Of
! Committees rs thns" WHO struVt 10 destroy u.
/ Magnaninity. gencros and forgiveness I'M
paralrl'i ln human annals. have l"en tAr pui-
/ icy Of tn" nation toward those who sought It's
! overthrow THIS u grand. majestic. Christian
| hui il may Dee Carried too far.
II j. not wise Tor the North, nor for the South
| itself. o. hand the Government over bodily to
| those who wer" lately IN arms against II. and
who in many instances now hold seats in Con
gross gained hy suilng elections. by terrorism
! and hluUi@ued II il Lut wise or Just thus to
! tempt human naturr. IL is not safe for the
| h4hitatlous of tho North or ~ the South
| when u-stilrnc,, sniites southern homes let
! the North pour out, rs she now does money
| and sympathy never holding back n farthin..
! because II Is southern not Northern woe This
US be Just 10 all. not only 10 ourselves. but To-
| those. whether black or white. 10 whose pro-
! lection "" are bound 10y ties which would not
| he forgotten by an Algerine pirate or Barbary
corsair.
! Look AT counties IN which Republicans. ba X
| and whit" are ina great maJoritl"s AMI IN which
| voting places have been reduced IN number til
| those nearest each other are sometimes twenty
! five miles apart. making It impossible for the
| poor 10 reach the ballot box. Look NJ Demo
cratic counties where the voting places have
been increased To thirty. with an area not
greater than Republican counties in which. by
the same at Of gislatlon, the following places
! have been reduced TO nine.
In tho county in which Charleston S. c. is
there is Republican MAJORITY Of 5000; yet al
an election not long ago Tor meWh"rs Of the
Legislature. no republican candidates wero
! nominated-no Republican votes were cast
| The fart tells lis own story.
Look al Miss ssippi. with great and con-
tossed Republican majority, ruled by Demo
| Gratis. the Republican organizations COMPELLED
! to dishand and tho hast Republican newspaper
given up. Assassination strikes down blame
less men and helpless womrn-famllics perish
| 10y violence; no one is punished, aud the
officials who connye NJ murder are reelected
| and rewarded for being accOmpices in she'd
! ding innocent blood. The tragic death Of one
maiden reused pagan Rome 10 vengeance: but
Americans are very patient when the blood of
the Chisulms and others sickons humanity and
ustico lays no hand on such lrightful butchrry
! The officials OF the United States are shot down
| and imprisoned for performing their duty. aud
| tho whole power Of the nation Is openly dciird
In the Guli States malOrltics are pOwercss
| and PROSTATE. their committees extinct and
they are tranped undor foot by tho men they
faced in battle, As in slave days. the colorel
| people are counted 10 swell the numurr OF
| southern Representatives IN Congress. hut foI
| any other purpose they hardly appear now In
| the political account,
Turn from this picture 10 tho three FREQ
amendments OF the Constitution. There they
| stand, and they declare that such WRONGS shall
nrvcrhc. Yetthis Is the great rcpublic-.hc men
thus degraded ard drspoied are its citizens
they stood ~ It and fought for it, and are per
secuted Tor liz shkr-nnd this ls the last quartz 1
| of the nineteenth century