Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-06
Voorhees, Financial Policy and Harri-
sons ntrasted-SOuthernC Claims
and Hayes's HO-called South
ern POlicy-The Distresses
OF the Poor Workers.

portionment of the State by the act of 1872
and the crime perpetrated In placing a mar
In the Presidential chair not chosen by the
people, he said:
Need | remind you that the next Legislature
will choose United States senator. and thai
the political character of the senate may de-
pend upon that choice. | suppose the sup
port of the Democratic legislative ticket
means Mr.. Voorhees, for senator and the
Republican ticket General Harrison. They
are both gentlemen of ability, but they rep
resent very different political opinions and
purposes. If voting directly for senator how
would your ballot be cast? You are sincere
throw your votes away upon legislative
ticket that you know cannot be elected. Nor
do you wish to hold an uncertain position be-
tween the two parties to be bargained with,
for or how will you vote. Mr.. Voorhees, be-
lieves that the national bank notes should
be retired, and IN lieu thereof there
should be issued by the government
an equal amount of treasury-notes, and tn It
the right to issue paper money as well as
coin is the exclusive prerogatlve OF the gov
eminent He also believes that congress
should provide for the taxation by the States
of United States treasury notes as other
money is taxed. He believes the policy of
General Grants administration and of the
present administration In converting our debt
into foreign debt Is unwlse and lnexpedlent,
and that the true policy of the government
and the best interests of the people would be
subserved by making it a domestic debt by
affording the people the most favorable and
practical opportunities for the investment of
their savings In the funded debt of the United
States. Then the interest would be paid at
home and pass directly into the channels of
our trade and business. He believes also in
the restoration of the silver dollar, with
full legal-tender quality IN the payment
of all debts, both public and pri
vate, and that the coinage thereof
should be made as free and unlimited as that
of gold. | say that Mr.. Voorhees, believes
in these policies, and will support them in
the senate if elected, because they are
strongly seated in the Democratic platform of
this State, and he stands upon that platform.
If General Harrison is elected will he sup
port these measures or any one OF them? |
think the opinion he has heretofore expressed
would require you to answer, no. Referring
to the labor question he said: L cannot pass
from all further reference to our platform
without making special mention OF that
clause which demands appropriate legislation
for the security OF labor In Its wages when
employed by the great corporations of the
country. The security and lien should be
made adequate, and the proceedings for its
enforcement simple, speedy and cheap.
You are to be told that the success of the
Democratic party means payment for slaves
and payment of southern claims, even to the
bankruptcy of the treasury. Can it be neces-
sary to say that the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution forbids much that you are
assured we will do? The constitution IN
hlbits that neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt or obllga-
ton incurred In aid of instruction or re-
bellion against the United States, or any
claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave. Amy man who tells you that an obi
cation can be assumed or paid in violation of
the constitution deals falsely with you. There
both in the north and south, not
within this prohibition, upon which
large sums have already been paid.
Such claims were for property taken or occu-
pied by the army during the war; army sup
plies for the cavalry and artillery, and lands
and houses occupied by the army and not
paid for at the time. Are Democrats more
Republicans? They share equally the bur-
dens of taxation. | make you witnesses
that throughout its history the Democratic
party has been the party of reform, and ex-
ceedingly Jealous of old claims against the
government. Judge the future by the past;
it is a safe rule. Which party has most ia
vored these claims? The administration.
policy? He has none. He and his
administration are incapable of any
policy. What they have done in the south
approve. For years and years the Demo-
cratic party has demanded that the bayonet
should be taken from the breasts of the PEG.
pie of the southern States, and that they be
left where the constitution placed them, In
absolute control of their domestic affairs. |
think you asked me about civil-service re-
form. 1t is a sham; a lie. 1t costs the
country less money than the whisky frauds,
ETC., under Grant did, but is more hypo-
critical and meaner. 1t was given out that
Office hoders'' shou attend to their duties and
let politics alone. The Massachusetts cleo
ton came on. The attorney general, who
was from that State, wrote to the ofice-hold-
ers that they should be Jealous and active to
elect the ticket, and Hayes said yes, that is
what it meant. In closing, he said: appeal
to you to prepare for this contest and that of
1880. What considerations may l urged
Surely l may say that Democratic success
will give assurances of true reform In the
civil service, ultimate reduction in public ex.
penditures, and the adoption of lust and lib
eral policies of currency and finance. But
more than this will be involved In that con-
test. General Grant will prob
ably be the Republican candidate
and his candidacy will signify strong gov
eminent, always prepared to hold the people
in control In the midst Of the present hard
times thousands of men have been thrown
by fear, they have wandered from place to
place seeking work until all the resources are
exhausted and they become tramps. 1t Is
now common to attribute to them all the acts
of violence and public disturbance over the
country. This condition is made the pretext
for demanding a stronger and more arbitra-
ry supervision and control. The general dis
tress In business and consequent want
of employment for labor have disturbed and
excited the entire laboring population, and
that IS also urged reason tor contefrlng
more absolute authority, under the pretext OF
suppressing strikes and labor riots. Grant
and centralized and strong government is
the sentiment of his party. Upon no other
ground could his nomination and election be
urged. Experience brought to his advisers
no reforms in government His second adj
mnistration was worse than the first. To
the faults of the first the sec
ond added all the evils of per-
sonal favoritism, of the extravaganza of
the Indian rings, Of the whisky rings, and OF
dangerous combinations to detraud the gov
eminent in its revenues. There Is no pre-
tense that his elevation is necessary to secure
a wise and honest administration OF the laws.
But in his elevation again we would trample
under foot the mistaken sentiment
of the people against third term.
This movement will not DE very
easily defeated The struggle between free
and the aggresslons OF power has
never been an easy one. General Grant is
fitted to lead the movement and establish the
new order of things. He has the qualities
and training, and is accustomed to arbitrary
and military law. During his en-
tire administration he maintained his party
in many States by the use of the army, and
his disregard of civil authority whenever it
came in the way of party ambition appears
throughout his entire administration.
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