Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-17
Price Four Gents.
COMMUNICATIONS.
An old Workingmnn's Opinion.

SoUTH1NGToN, July 15. To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 see by the Democratic papers that that party is determined, if possible, to carry the coming Presidential election, and promises that if power is committed to its hands it will restore this nation to the old Democratic prosperity. And to do this it has stepped down to unite with every element that in the past has been good, bad, and indifferent With all these bodies combined shall expect to see the old prosperity brought to life as I saw 1t years ago when was voter with that party and hurrahing for Democratic prosperity, as I was duped to believe it. but have seen my mistake. In the brightest pe- riods of the old Democratic prosperity was laborlng man, as I am to-day, but I have seen great difference The old Democratic prosperity could not allow laboring man but e to 75 cents per day for hard work If a laboring man owned house in said pros porous times it was generally shanty or hut that might have been carted away with one- horse team. These Democratic shanties might have been seen by the thousands in the great cities of New York and Brooklyn, and in nearly every Northern and Eastern city, and dotted all through the country, ex- cept ln those places where they were fighting and numbering at times for the promotion of free labor. Shall we have in the promised coming Democratic prosperity scenes that we had ln the past prosperity? Shall we see, as we did then, factories closed up and men out of employment every little while because they could not get wise protection by the leading men of the party who always claimed to have such tender regmsd for the poor hon. est laboring man? Shall we see scenes of bloodshed somewhere as we did in Kansas and Nebraska? Shall we see greater reduc- tion of wages, and oppression generally, of the laboring man?
 I am an old Democrat, and would be glad to see Democratic victory in this election if I could see the interests of the workingmen and the prosperity of the country generally promoted by it, but do not desire to return to anything like the old Democratic prosperi- ty,because we have had good deal better for the last twenty years. I talk with some of my old Democratic friends sometimes about our old Democratic prosperity, but they tell me should not talk about these things because they all in the past but I am glad memory will live with the people. But they say they have got just the man now. And oh! he is such great soldier and statesman, who never made speech in Congress or on the platform, or in legislative hall. I am disposed to give MT. Hancock credit for the good he has done, but fear the influence of those he may associate with if he should be our President
 The laboring men were never so prosper ous as they have been during the past twenty years. They have had constant work and good pay. Thoukands multiplied by thou sands of them have in this time erected pleasant little cottage homes on the piece of ground where stood the old Democratic shanty The laboring man. the soldier, and all men have had better pay for their toll since '62 than ever before. And now I propose to stand by that party which has been friendly and bene- ficial to the workingmen and others who by their industry have built up the old waste places and made this great nation. Let the o11 vb0 1iUo5 in, Ina changes of the past look back and beware for the future. Into whose hands will it be wise for us to commit our trust?
 AN OLD ROCKINGHAM.