The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-10-31

UrrER AND NEITHER MLLsroNEs. Hon
ID. Wyatt Aiken recently delivered an address
before the Nincty-SX Literary Club, in which
he took occasion to express his opinions on pV!-
itics and finance, the drift or which is we'll cx-
pressed in the following concluding pIragra phs:
But upon all great questions vital to this sec.
ton of our Union, the Democratic party Is 10y
no means Il unit. III; hard-mOney DrmUcra, oi
the North with his vaults well Incl with Gov
ernmcnt bonds opposes the settlement Of the
National debt and demands that ii il is scttlUl,
his bonds, principal aud interest, shall be paid
in gold The Sorihcrn Democrat, who has IN
vested his wealth in manufactures, combatS the
idea of free trade or of even reducing the tariff
on manufactured articles. The Democrat in the
North, who is receiving annually n handsome
income from his investments in the national
banks, scouts the idea Of repeating the law Cs-
tablishing national banks. The Louisiana Dem
oc, at, with his entire investments in sugar
plantation and its arpurcnanccs, advocates "A
protective tariff upon Cuban OF other West lnda
sugar. Yes, my friends, the South Carolina
Democrat, who has his money invested in II kao-
lin factory or rice plantation, asks the govern
mcnt for prVtCCiiOu trOm the inferior clays Of
hurcpc and the cheap rice OF India and China.
And Democrats everywhere, who accumu!at,
wealth by discOuntiug the paper OF unfortunate
debtors, can see NJ justice III !cvy ing tax upon
incomes. And yet our only friends throughUuL
the North arc Democrats, whether they be hard
money or soft money, protective tariil or free
trade bUmdhVldcr CT day laOOrcrs 50 that you
see We Vf the South are to-day, and have been
since the war, between the upper and neither
milestone, politically. How long such will CON
tinue to be the case no one can tell.
With the National Republican party VIC can
never for one moment think of aililiating. Be
side the purpose Of continuing the cs;rangcm cut
between the North and the South, their only
aim seems to be to establish powerful, central
ized consolidated, Federal Government, subvcr-
sive of everything like our Confederation OF
States. With them this is not Union Of cuc-
quail States, but Nation, with over at all times
and under all circumstances transcCniinS the
powers of the States. They have reversed the
10Th amendment OF the Constitution whiCh re-
serves to the States all power not delegated to
the United States. They arc aud | fear alwaS
will be hostile to us aud inimical 10 what wc be
licvc to DC free government.
That the National Democratic party will ever
be n unit again upon the great economic ana
vital questions to which have alluded, is to nay
mind very problcmalcal. Eastern Democrat,
are generally hard money, commercial men,
Western Democrats are chiefly agricultural, sol.
money men, and arc involved in heavy nduUt-
CdnesS to the East. Thus far they and We live
under similar circumstances. Our troubles ave
identical and our wants are not diSsimilar. NrI-
thcr the South nor the West apart control
this government, but united they would br rrc
sistiblc. But il united what principle p,!ir:
would be the bond Of the union: IT is not for
me to forecast the future, but the Sigus Of the
times suggest to my mind, that the currency
question is the. one great aud intricate problem
which we have practically to solve III the near
future. Tie South must assume Il position upon
this question, aud let us trust that it may Lc
one that she will be able to maintaiu 80 that she
and those who think rs she VIII, whether they
be from the East or West, may nc able 10y their
united efforts TO rchubtatc entire country,
and restore to us that prosperity and content
mcnt which will make Us that harry people
whose God is the Lord.