The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-05-03
Lively and Pointed Letter from q
Madison County GrecnbRcker.
To the Editor of the Comet:

L. Having been life long Democrat, an
d an occasional reader of The COMET, sa
% in its issue of April 10Th, an article undC
II the head of ''The Great Undercurrent,
% which inspired me with desire to ask th
k writer thereof, or any other member c
the Democratic party few questions an
: request few iavors, for the satisfaction Q
= many Democrats similarly situated as my
Q self. The reasoning, in common witt
other Democratic writer's, seems to b
, sound, truthful, and we'll directed upoi
the financial affairs of the country; and the
great and growing undercurrent of dissatis
faction seems to be we'll understood; ant
the schemers, aiders and abettors in til,
person of bondholders, bullion baggers
bankers, millionaires, and capitalists gen
orally are cautioned as to the inevitable re,
suit, if the present policy is persevered in.
But for reform and redress of those terrible
and oppressive grievances, under which the
masses are groaning, we are referred to the
so-called Democratic party. Now, wish
to know how any more can be expected of
the present Democratic party, upon the
subject of financial relief and reform, than
of the Republican party, when the leaders
of that party are themselves bullion bag
gers, bondholders and millionaires, and in
every way completely identified with the
same class on the opposite side upon this
great and all absorbing question of finance.
And why is it, if that party is to be relied
upon in this particular, that the party, as
such, has not and will not even make
promise calculated to change. the financial
status of the country. True, they are quite
blatant about civil service reform; and,
true, they have made some outside show in
that direction, in order to throw dust in the
peoples eyes. But for my life, I cannot
see what good it is doing the people, or ma
tion at large, to have the civil service cut
SO low in many instances that competent
gentlemen cannot afford to serve their
country, in order to support an army of
cormorant vampires, regularly organized to
suck the very life>blood of the nation,
through the very agencies established for
the protection and preservation of the bent
interests of the people. 1t is also true that
the Democratic Congress showed some op-
position to the demonetizatian of silver,
after having quietly gone to sleep, and let
o Republican Congress pass the measure
without ever giving tho people warning.
And the Democratic Congress made some
talk about repeating the odious Resumption !
Act, but failed even to pass it through the |
Lower House. And they played beauti- |
full part in aiding the seven to eight COM
mission to cheat the people out of their
choice for President
But as my object is to gain information
and not to bring accusations, I will make
no more references. Please tell us wherein
the present Democratic party differs from
the Republican party upon the great and
vital subject of finance-which every think
ing, reading man well knows, is now the
vital issue; and neither party need try to
evade it, or ignore it. And wherein that
party actually gives stronger and more res
liable assurances of relief to the suffering
masses, than does the Republican party.
The Republican party is equally blatant
rs to civil service reform, within proper
limits, and the only difference that I can
zee upon the great financial question, is
hat, the Republican party, boldly and hon.
,stly, fathers the enormous monstrosity,
While the Democratic party, acts as
God father and connives at all the grima-
YES and grim grinning of the baby. We
would also like to be informed when, where
md how the Democratic party, ever made
IN effort against the converting of our cur
ency into gold into gold, interest bearing !
,onds, thereby contracting our circulating ]
Medium down to almost nothing; and
hrinking, Of the value of all kinds Of c
property, that the money lords might buy
t up at their own figures Show MS where !
he Democratic party, has over placed its L
veto upon those unconstitu- t
ional and unlawful bonds or offered any : :
ractical plan, whatever, to relieve the ma \
ion of this enormous drain. of interest in I
old, Show us where the Democratic par u
y is making any steady determined oppo- y
ition to the great national banking swindle n
nd endeavoring to place the money cre- I
ting power, where the constitution places '
, as'construed by jefferson, jackson, and =
theirs in the days of pure Democracy. {,
.llow me to say to all my life long asso- "
iates of the Democratic party, (and am i i
l my fifty seventh year, that the old JEFF d
srsonian Democracy was party of, and 81
Or the people, the masses, the greatest @
ood to the greatest number, and up to the "
ar, was party of pure and patriotic prin- a,
piles; changing as circumstances changed Il
le wants and necessities of the people, u
nd up to this time we had no bonded debt; II II
1ntracted in fraud, and based upon law Ia
Igher than the constitution. But now we p
ave this monster with all of its ooncomi-
mt evils, supported, cultivated and nursed, n,
' a host Of cormotant vampires whose b.
1rocious appetite for money, is unequaled d'
the civilized world. And are you going q,
tell me, that the old simon>pure De- y
ocrncy is going to stand idly by and al> hr
W, and even help, the vampires TO suck u
e very life blood out Of the nationH
ever, never, the cormorants may divide; al
e better to effect their Notorious purpose, ST