The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-08

tender for the payment oil debts except gold
and silver. We affirm tho obligation uf ptblic
lic money ought TO be kept III the trsasnfyfof
the United States, free from control or use by
speeaiaturs OF favored bankers.
We rejoice with the country In that larHe
and renewed prosperity TINT attends the
but we depreeate that Republican policy
which, having destroyed oslr ship-buildinR,
placed the carrying trade Of the products vf
our coll ln the control uf foreign Hays md al-
most banished our aeg from the ssaB, Imper-
tiled the pursuit OF the fisheries among our
hardy population. and has rewarded Great
Britain with spells she never cUulu have COM
anered and abandoned the trident Of the Sens
to her hands.
Duty to Democratic principles. 10 the fel~
lowship of tho Democracy 81 the Union, and
our own faith In the integrity and capacity
Of Democratic men to administer the btAte
and national governments IN the Interest uf
that the candidates Uf this convention should
represent Democratic principles as tD the
conduct OF both national and State afraIrss
that well-meaning men may give thsfr votes
the way.
We regard the civil damage bill passed by
the Republican Legislature as A violation of
the constitution OF the United States. InpHir-
Ing the supremacy OF The laWB made in piIr-
suanes thereof, aud as on encouragement of
perjury aud matchmaking III this stnte. and
we record our protest against tfe statutes
that strikes at one blow against the Lords
support ct the Christian altar; the prescrip-
and the free will OF liberty, and eompels the
landlord to be- a politician over hjs tennntH
and sub -lessaes, and makes the free Tenants OF
Massachusetts, slaves to the landlords: that
rob their houses OF the privacy Of family
houses, as q crime agatnst the civilization.
liberty and religion, inflicted by the Kepuhli~
can party Of this State ON ita ABUSED people,
and which that narty now deliberately pro-
noss s Rapssa5e 4, ng aaMsson M rsnsg
moderation or the sin of drunkenness II in
volved In the detestation which every honest
man ought to feel ut The cortempttous dis
that brenks out in this land.
The presidential election In 1876 and the
subsequent election OF Democratic NM
iority In each house In Congress demonstrates
the ascendency of DemUeratic principles
among the people tn the States Ut this Uufpn.
We remind every Democrat that BY uniting
heart nnd hands IN support of regular Or
ganiznttpn, this triumph CT these principles
aud candidates In 1850 will be assured, and
we affirm that Democrats who separate from
the regular Organization In order 70 proinots
tho election Ut elther of the Republican eafafil-
dates for Governor are pursuing d course uf
evil example to the regular organization uf
Democrats throughout the Union and aIe
itnpsrling thn Vital interests Of thH DENTS
cratic brotherhood Ut the Union.
We eall upon every true and tried DefrlO~
GRAFT of Massachusetts TO search bis heart for
hts faith nnd stand up And be counted in the
organization with those who avDw eternal eIl-
nifty to that rule. of monopoly, corruption
and oppression, with revolutionary tetIden~
cias, to seat Il President by fraud ind subHtI-
tute deEpotfsm for Institutional government,
which the Republican party promotes
Resotued That Ia the nominee of this CON
vention for Governor, Hon. John Quincy
Adams, we recognize the statesman, whose