The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-13
EAE FORFY.FKFFH AND FORTY
Sixth CONGRESS-.

Within few weeks the Forty fifth Con-
gress will assemble for its last session, and
there Is no little interest being manifested
as to the policy that will be pursued. EvI
IDENTIFY there need be no anxiety or misgiv-
ing upon that subject, so far as the demo
cratic party is concerned. It's policy hiss
been clearly set forth and will not be chang
cd. The public welfare will be the chief
concern. The same disposition to correct
abuses, TO cut down expenses, to enforce
economy and 'retrenchment, will be as
prominent as az any time since the
democratic party obtained control OF
the house. Radical rascality will continue
TO be exposed; radical scoundrels will be
gibbeted before the people; the infamous
crimes of radical conspirators will be cata-
logued and classified that the people and the
world may know by what damnIng methods
Hayes is in power. There will be no change
in the financial policy of the house. An
effort will be made to make greenbacks q
full legal tender, and the law compelling
John Sherman to reissue them as fast as they
are redeemed will not be abro-
gated. The demand of the money
power to destroy greenbacks, and
thereby contract the currency, will not
be granted, and If the volume of the cur
rency can not be increased it will not be re-
duced. We notice that the Shylock organs
are demanding the demonstration of the sill
yer dollar again, urging as a reason for the
demand that the recent elections indicate
this change of policy. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The political cam
psign of 1873, in so far as it resulted in CIV
ing the radicals a few victories over demo-
Gratis, has no real significance with regard to
the policy pursued by the democratic
party. In no case in the states
where democrats ought to have triumphed
do results show the superior strength of the
radical party. On the contrary, in every in
stance, and we challenge the record. the
radical party has lost strength, and their
triumphs are attributable to the absence of
unity on the part of their opponents, and in
states where radical majoriHes have been
overwhelming, as in Iowa, they have been
reduced to such beggarly quantity that
patriots have right to believe their dis
appearance in the near future. But it will
be observed, in this connection, that In the
Fcrty-sixth Congress the democratic par
ty will have control of both houses
a fact that must convince the most super
fetal thinker that the people are not in favor
OF radical theories of government, and that
any change OF policy on the part of the
democratic party will be fraught with
danger to its supremacy. When it is re-
membered that the radical party, with all
of its wealth of villainy, with its
huge corruption fund, and with
its hundred thousand government employees
could not wrench the control of congress
from the grasp of the democratic party, tine
fact ought to be accepted as demonstrating
beyond doubt that the people have deter
mined to rid the country of the curse of rad
icalisn, and that they expect the democratic
party to remain true to the exalted trust
they haYe committed to its hands.