The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-15
NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY. APRIL Is, 1870.
the old parties are. to some extent at least,
Bctuated by personal motives to maintain
what might be called


But they can't do 1t. The thing is In the |
book of fate, written indelibly and there are |
but few more leaves TO be turned before the |
Iateful page must be reached and read. The |
fight now. going on over the election laws is, |
in concerned, y hollow feint. They have no
hope of being able to preserve those laws and
no earthly expectation OF ever getting any
money TO enforce them with If they should
succeed In keeping them upon the statute
hooks. But at the longest this discussion can
last but little time. and when 1t is over Mes
sie,lrs the Politicians will have to face the
music whether or no As | lntinated there
are plenty Of Office hungry y p9neeraala 7 % hacks
In spite OF them. They fear that
A COALITION or DEMOCRATS AND GREEN
BAGKE ERs
would compel division Of the spolls Of snt-
cess do these old hacks, and Of course that ls
what they don't want because they think the
divide would lessen their own share. But
they will have 10 come to 1t oil the same.
Michigan has led Off.
MICHIGAN
Ia the Radical Gibraltar Of the Northwest. 1t
ID even stronger In It's Radieallsm than Iowa,
for there have been three parties In Iowa tot
long time, and the Radicals. though sue
cesding by. pluralities., have been 10 ths
minority. But In Michigan they have had
the majority all the way from $4,000 TO 81, 900
ever since ta56, and the result Of the coalition
of the Democrats and areenbaekers there is
a reduction Of the Radical majority to less
than 1000 And this fot a trial trip when the
machinery was new and worked with many q
Jar and much friction. But the outcome has
encouraged the eoaltlonists In both camps.
and there s little doubt that the Democratic
and Ireenbaek conventions In
ONO
which are called te meet at Columbus on the
saIue day will cpalesee Oh the ticket II not on
" ~. ,r,ft{ tI.r
fact that John Sherman has detailed some OF
his most trusty henehmen to, go Into the
Greenbaek party and fight against coalition.
But the logic of events Is stronger than the
schemes ri politicians and neither the pro-
tests of office hungry Democratic hacks nor
the skill duggery of John Sherlnan's hired
spies will avail to block the wheels OF the
slow moving Juggernaut car Of destiny. 49,,
The first gun here has been loaded and Will
be fired early next week. The cartridge is q
resolution embodylng
A PLATFORM
on which tho arepnbaekers agree 10 unite
with the Democrats and Is as follows.
Resotped. That the aims and objects Of the
Democracy uf The United States. ~ Tar "a we,
chosen by them as members OF ths present
House OF Representatives. are entitled to. be
netdnrad ns tho true eKnnnants of those aims
aud objects are directed with . stnelsness Of
purpose to. the restoration Of constitutional
liberty, and with 1t the restoration 1T peace.
and breadth Of the land Thsy allure tho re
pewa Of sectional strife: They seeopt all the
| They are utterly opposed to the revival IN this
country Or any part thereof Of African slavery
| or any other kind OF slavery or Involuntary
| seryifnfe except Ms q punishment II crime.
| They stand pledged to maintain the union Of he
States under the constitution with all Its . xtst-
| Ing amendments aa they shall he espoundsd by
| ths supreme court Of the United states. They
are agains, all unconstitutional OF, revolution,
ary methods, They are ttor law and order and
the protection Of lie, liberty and property,
| For The redress Of all grievances. they look
alone TO the peaceful insrums Dtality OF the con
stitutIou. First. the law making power second
The law espoundlng power; third. tha lay lazy
esecutiug power and Ilney The he ultimate nha
far "e fair Ir and Just count While they are %,
posed TO large standing army. as were the
hsapns hs K the arr army S auieienty large to rspel In
vasion, defend our extensive frontier. as well
as all necessary inte.i2r I9rts so ana gaft,sons
tie violence or instruction In any OF the slatea
and in aid OF civil officers as posse co"itaf,ts
IN the execution Of legal process iG pursnan.e
Of Congress OF 1875 and 1901. gnt they are
utterly npposed 70 the use Of the military forces
the United ses In r enntra1nGg e Of u an'
They are for tho malntenance of the, puhllt
credit inviolate. but are utterly Opposed to the
Ct tho bbonG1 ,sar asD u'ss ens
They are for retrenchment Of expenditures
lesaening the burdens OF taxation and o thor
ough reform IN the present unequal ana nnlns
method OF raising revenue. They arc for plac
Ing the coinage. Of gold aud silver up.on tht
same footing. without restriction or linn ithtiot
upon the amount Of either. They are for re
vtving the angulsh Ing and perishing indus
tries Of the country by m increase OF the vol
uma of currency founded on sound bas
autficlent to meet the urgent demands OF trad
in every department 81 labor and business.
OF course this resolution being In the hand
writing of Aleck Stephens, with an hddendun
In the chirography Of Weaver, Of Iowa, vii
be
TONED DOWN SOMEWHAT IN CAUCUS,
It will undoubtedly be divided In hbO,l
three separate propositions. each stated wit
greater brevity and cearness than appears II
the above But It's sense will be adopted by tn
caucus and when that is DONE the peopl
Of this country and
THE MONEY POWER
will at last be face to face. Keep up your wa
on the fraudulent debt OF Louisiana. 70
J will have plenty of company before long. =
A. G. B.