Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-08-29

weak; in the interest Of the few
and against the many.
/ AS the legitimate fault OF its
maladministration, it has paral-
yzed all our industrial pursuits; il
has destroyed the value of cur
property; it has deprived labor Of
employment and reward; it has
Impoverished and bankrupted the
country; it has denied the poor
an opportunity to earn bread; it
has filled the land with unrest,
discomfort and agitation, the un-
mistakable precursors of revolu.
tionary resistance to oppression,
injustice ana wrong.
For these crimes against hu-
manity and good government, we
Idenounce the Radical Republi-
can party as unworthy the trust
and confidence of an intelligent
and patriotic people. As the rep
resentative of the Democratic par
ty, we congratulate the people
that our party has at last won a
victory from the Radical Repub
lican party and its allies, monop
oily and the money power.
Through the labors and policies
of the Democratic party, domestic
governments, republican in spirit
as we'll as in form, have been res
tered to the Southern States, and
these States have been replaced
in the Federal circle with func
tions and rights co equal with the
other members of the Union. For
the accomplishment Of this great
work his political organization
deserves the gratitude Of the South
and the respectful consideration
of the whole republic; the graft
tude of the former is due because
| it was the direct recipient of the
blessings Of restored political and
! civil liberty; the respectful consid
Grafton Of the national republic is
due because by the success OF
Democratic policies in this regard,
the sword was eliminated from
Its internal administration, cen.
tralizalion arrested, aud the an
cient forms and methods of - .ne
Federal system re established.
We pledge the people that our
| grand old party will never lower
its banner nor take a step back
ward, until the prosperity of the
whole people shall be held to be
the supreme law of political ad-
ministration. In the name of the
Democracy we denounce an In
terest.bearing public debt Q pub
lie curse; we denounce protection
a public robbery; we denounce
monopolies as hateful, and des.
tructive to public liberty, and de-
mand that they be put away
from among the people. We de-
mand the restoration Of the Fed
eraI Government to its cOnstitu
tional limits, and o return OF It's
administration to its original econ
omy, simplicity and impartiality
We demand that the military
shall be subordinate to the civil
authority in fact as we'll as IN.
theory; the repeal of the laws
which have destroyed our COM
merce; the repeal of the dccla-
ration that the currency bonds
of the Government shall be
paid in coin, and the payment
in treasury notes Of SO much Of
said bonds as may be found due
after deducting the difference
between the value of the gold
paid and the currency due there
on according to the contract;
the unconditional repeal of the
resumption act; that the odious
national banking act be repealed
and greenbacks be substituted
for the circulation of the ma
tional banks; that treasury notes
be made receivable for all Gov
ernment dues; that no more in
terest bearing bonds be issued;
that all loans required by the
Government be raised by the
issuance of non-interest bear
ing treasury notes; that the
coinage of silver be made un-
limited, and while it is the
cheaper metal that it be paid to.
the public creditor exclusively
upon all bonds justly payable
in coin; that the value of all
foreign silver coins be regula-