The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-11
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upon accepted facts. The npmbesr, Of people
small But m who be ought q
Ths ssS state u he L pabs ssa
There 10 the financial question, Isuggested~
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION
is not O subject that the people can take homo
with them and talk about of an evening That
Tho boys viii not harrah about it. The orators
cannot lash h. the or e END groT RED in the face
dedicate burning stanzas to it. It involves too.
much political economy, too many figures and
admits of too little spreadeagleism. You cam
creed formulated in statistics. You must re-
duce your doctrine to sentence that can be in-
scrlbed upon atranspareney or become d house,
be s .ae there then any great question that can
the growth of one. But 1t will not be developed
into az issue , by any Of the men now prominent
that hey Isprout and grow among the people.
and finally. when they get ripe. somebody
particular question to which refer is called or
may be roughly described as
CAPITAL VERSUS LABOR.
But that Ia indefinite and indistinct as n for
You may cali i it QUESTION IT Of ssrfdom s that viii
take the place Of the slavery ISSUE Wealth and
labor are terms that have been growing in sig
| last few years. But they have not yet come to
be representatives Of defined castles. They are
descriptive Of sharp DISTINCTIONS. and then they
will have a. meaning, to the understanding
Of the, multitude ,Which they have not
there will be q collision between the two
| as forces moving In opposite directions. and
soeey he sa prod m Of T6s
history OF mankind teaches us that wealth and
power are like grain. They grow, are gathered
| trated, you see-only to be soWn again broad
cast for another harvest"
these forces develop with sufficient defnitnness
Of antagonism to produce political issue2"
May be In two years. but probably not under
LABOR TICKET In THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL EIEfs-
but it will not carry any States. It will make
big holes in the. party votes, however. and that
pub!icans will carry thirty. States flr Grant or
the Democrats thirty for their candidate at the
i bs m gssbb as fbsn Yoa
will have to work out tbs equations at the bal
lot box to find the value OF K"
| Have you any doubt about
| THE SOUTH
going soidly Democratic in 1902
AS at present. no. That is, the real South
But you can't tell wnat Maryland. Kentucky
large negro votes will stay Democratic, because %
that is the sure method of local self rule; the
only certain protection for the body OF the peo-
ernment. The Democracy in the Cotton States
stand in the same relation to the negro as tha
man did t. the bear wi which he bad by the tail:
he couldn't let go. The people Of the South, or
ganized in the Democratic party, can manages
the negro. But they don't know whether they
they won't take any chances The Consequences
divide that section and give the South the bal
But we have wandered long way from
Hayes and the prevailing chaos
clearer the prospect
DO you think Hayes will renew his attack ON
THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE
and try againto dislodge Conkling' - garrison r
Probably; but you can't tell. The Post, in
indicating that he viii. But Senator Cameron.
to reconcile himself with his party. Other Re-
publican Senators who have talked with him
tell me the same thing"
conversations Hayes had held with these DEM
ocrats at different times, and was q careful df-
gest OF their several Impressions" explained.
Quite likely. Hayes would doubtless talk in
that d rection to Democrats, q d in the other
! direction to the RepuD can Senators like CAM
eron. But the nearest he ever, comes to any.
thing is to talk In the direction Of it. When Q Z
Hickory would have said: by the eternal. I
"We-that is he and bis Cabinet-may consider
the propri ty Of adopting this or that policy, or
Of proceeding, with this Or that tendency, -
your face and then act without saying any
t thing. OF course. Hayes has to act sometime
SAVIOR BY bling. diluted with too much dish
watery policy
Il think, concluded my old friend that the
history of Hayes administration will be as
vague as his title to the Presidency is voidI"
: There is nothin to be said by way OF COM
ment upon the views above jotted down. They
are valuable In that they show how even the
vnteraDs OF politics are out Of their reckoning.
We are all in the same b Jat. The ship has been
seized by mu neers, and now the latter have
, struck up q new mutiny against their ring
leader. 1t is well that there happens to be-
plenty Of sea-room. A. G. B.