The Hickman courier., 1878-07-26
They Nave SfoIs.s the
Democratic Party :

Democratic Party. >
The Grcenhaclers in this bis
trict have stolen or captured the
Democratic party, candidates, lead
ers, and the rank and file OF our
soldiery. The hard times exag-
gerated by the not pursuit of office.
has flooded the country with fnan-
cial theories. that the average
politician obseqniously bows to
because it brings him favor and
Office. These candidates, taking
advantage of the hard times, jump
on this and that theory for relief.
and the people eagerly grab at al
most any promise. A popular
sentiment has been established
which teaches the people TO look to
the United States Government for
relief. that is TO the Government
regulation of money affairs.
The relation and duties Of the
Government in regard TO money
are such as TO give plausibiiity to
such argument.
There is a dangerous error in all
this. The people who permit them
selves to look to the Government
control of money as the source fiom
which they are to be supplied or
enriched, are doomed to disappoint-
ment. The true doctrine is for
each individual to look to himself
for his own prosperity, and to de-
pend upon his own arms, wit and
management. Let the candidate
spin as fine theory as he may,
about the burdens of the people, the
relief that is 10. come from the
Government permitting more mon
ey; but if the sensible man will
stop and think, he must see, if asan
individual he reaps prosperity, it
must be by his own work.
Whether the Government issues
one million or ten millions Of
green back morey, each individual
must do something to earn it before |
he gets it. This is certainly true
1t is certainly to the interest OF
no one TO have the country flooded /
with worthless money. We want
enough to answer the demands Of
trade and no more. But the green /
bacl1er knows 40 stopping place in
his demand for more money. He /
paints magnificent picture of the I
suffering country and the tempting
bait OF millions in everybodys f.
pocket 1t captivates us alive I
like it-and all shout for the
'Government 10 give us more I
money" The candidates seeing
the popular sentimentof thecountry
fall into line and shout give Us more /
money" So it goes, and we cen
fess that il is the popular idea; but
we say il is a false one, and not
Democracy. True, our Democratic ,
leaders are captured by it, and
ignoring all other issues, still swear
they are simon Demeerats-
This is all humbuggery, and not
Democracy. They have got the
name and the parapbarnalia Of
party organization, and that's
all there is OF Democracy
about them. The old Democracy
looks to gold and silver as the
standard Of value, while the
greenbacker rests the value of mon
ey on the FAITH Of the government.
L enbacker may be right but
If 50, he is also right in attempt
ing to execute his plan in NEW
PARTY. The theory is utterly
antagonistic to the old Democratic
theory. There are hundreds of
old and trusted Democratic leaders
with the idea, but that /
dent make it Democracy after the /
old principle. The greenbacker is
right in founding his new party, if
he is honest and don't want 10 live /.
a lie in the Democratic party. The I
Democrats, who believe with them
ought to goNwith them into their
party, ifthey want to be honest.
II is Democracy to tax bonds |
precisly as any other property it is
Democracy to extinguish National |
banks aud substitute greenback /
(sub-treasury warrants,) for their
circulation; but it is not Democracy I
to teach the principle that the
value of money rests upon the +
FAITH.
There is not Democratic poll T
tician, nor Democratic paper, how (
ever anxious they may be to whip I
the Greenbackers back into the /
Democrrtic party, Who can or viii I
to answer this article from
a Democratic standpoint I
Tup friends of Ca1 Osca,. Tn