Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-08-07

! hold no office. That perpetuating The
power of chronic Federal ofice-holder'
four years longer will not benefit tho
millions of men and women who hold
no office, but earn their daily bread by
honest industry, is what the same dis
corning public will no doubt fully TN.
derstand, as they will also that it is
because of their own industry and econ
omy, and Gods bountiful harvests, that
the country is comparatively prosperous,
and not because of anything done by
those Federal office holders. The coun-
try is comparatively prosperous not
because of them, but i'll spite of them.
This contest is in fact between the
people, endeavoring to regain the politi-
cal power which rightfully belongs to
them, and to restore the pure, simple,
economical
| CONSUIUllONALb DNEkNMENT
of our fathers on one side, and hun
| dred thousand federal officeholders and
their hackers, pampered with place and
power, and determined to retain them at
all hazards, on the other; hence, the
constant assumption of new aud danger
Gus powers by the general government
under the rule of the Republican party.
The efforts to build up what they call
a strong government: the interference
with home rule a1d with the admins.
tration Of justice in the courts Of the
several States the interference with
elections though the medium Of paid
partisan federal office holders interested
in keeping their party III power, and
caring more for that than for fairness
in elections, in fact, the constant en-
croachments which have been made by
that party on the clearly reserved rights
of the people aud States will, if not
checked, subvert the liberties of the
people and the government of limited
powers created by our fathers, and end
in great consolidated central govern
ment, strong, indeed, for evil and the
overthrown republican institutions.
The wise men who formed our con-
stitution knew the evils Of . strong
governments and long continuance of
political power in the same hands. They
knew there was tendency in this d.
rection in all governments, and the
consequent danger to republican insti.
buttons from that cause. aud took pains
to guard against it.
The machinery of a strong centralized
general government can be used - per-
petute the same set of men in power
from term to term, until it.
CEASES TO BE A REPUBLIC
or is such only in name and in tendency
of the party now in power in that di.
rection, as is shown in varions ways,
besides tho willingness recently mani
tested by large number Of that party
to elect president at unlimited num-
Der of terms, % quite apparent and
must satisfy thinking people that the
time has come when it will be safest
and best for that party to be retired.
But, iii resisting the oncroachments of
the general government upon the reserv-
ed rights of the people and States, l
wish to be distinctly understood as
favoring proper exercise by the sener'
al government of the powers rightfully
belonging to it under the constitution.
Encroachment upon the constitutional
rights Of the general government or in
reference with the proper exercise Of
it's powers, must be carefully avoided.
The union Of States under the const-
tuition must be maintained, and it is
we'll known that this has always been
the positions of both candidates on the
Democratic presidential ticket. 1t is
acquiesced in every where now, and
finally and forever settled rs one of the
results of the war. 90
1t is certain, beyond all question, that
the legitimate results Of the war for the
Union will not be oyerthrown or i'm
paired, should the Democratic ticket be
5elected. In that event, proper protec-
ton viii be given in every legitimate
way to every citizen, native or adopted,
in every section Of the republic, in the
enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed
by the constitution and its amend
ments. "a
A sound currency of honest money, Of
the value and purchasing power cores
ponding substantially with the standard
recognized by the commercial world, and
consisting of gold and silver, and paper
convertible into coin, will bemaintained