The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-05

who hold no Office, but earn their daily bread
by honest industry. This the same discrfm-
mating public will no doubt fully understand,
as they will also that it is because of their
own industry and economy and Gods bountf
full harvests that the country is comparatively
prosperous, and not because OF anything done
by these Federal offieeholders. The country
is comparatively prosperous, not because Of
them, but in spite OF them
THE CONTEST
is, in fact, between the people endesyoring to
gain the political power which rightfully be-
longs to them and to restore the pure, sim pie,
economical Constitutional Government of our
fathers on the one side, and 100000 Federal
oficeholders and their hackers, pampered
with place and power, and determined TO re-
tain them at all hazards, on the other. Hence
the constant assumption OF new and danger
Gus powers by the General Government
under the Republican party; the effort to
build up what they call a strong Government;
the interference with home rule and with the
administration of justice in the courts Of the
several States; the interference with the
elections through the medium Of paid parti-
san offieehoiders interested in keeping their
party in power, and caring more for that than
Harness in elections; in fact, the constant
encroachments which have been made by
that party upon the clearly-reserved rights of
the people and the States will, if not
checked, subvert the liberties OF the people
and the Government of limited powers
created by the fathers, and end in a great
consolidated concentrated Government,
strong, indeed, for evil and the overthrow of
republican institutions The wise men who
framed our Constitution knew the evils of a
strong Government and the long continuance
of political power in the same hands. They
knew there was tendency in this direction
in all Governments, and consequent danger
in republican institutions from that cause,
and took pains to guard against it. The ma
chinery of a strong centralized General Gov
eminent can be used to perpetuate the same
set of men in power from term to term until
it ceases to be d Republic, or such only in
name, and the tendency of the party now in
power is in that direction, as shown in Vari-
GUS ways. Besides, the willingness recently
manifested by large number of that party to
elect President for an unlimited number of
terms is 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.
THE RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL
GOVERNMENT.
But in resisting the encroachments of the
General Government upon the reserved rights
of the people and the States, l wish to be dis
timely understood as favoring the proper ex-
ercise by the General Government of the
powers rightfully belonging to it under the
Constitution. Encroachments upon the Con-
stitutional rights of the General Government
powers, must be carefully avoided. The
Union of the States under the Constitution
must be maintained, and it is well known that
this has always been the position of both the
candidates on the Democratic Presidential
ticket 1t is acquieSced in everywhere now,
and finally and forever settled as one of the
results of the war 1t is certain beyond all
question that the legitimate results of the
war for The Union will not be overthrow or
impaired should the Democratic ticket be
elected. In that event proper protection will
be given in every legitimate way to every citi-
zen, native or adopted, in every section of the
Republic in the enjoyment of all the rights
guaranteed by the Constitution and its
amendments.
FINANCIAL-THE INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS
INTERESTS.
A sound currency of honest money, of a
value and purchasing power corresponding
substantially with the standard recognized by
the commercial word, and consisting of gold
and silver, and paper convertible into coin,
will be maintained.
The labor and manufacturing, commercial
and business in erests of the country VIII be
favored and encouraged in every legitimate
way. The toiling Of our own people will be
protected from the destructive competition
of the Chinese, and to that end their immi-
grafton to our shores will be properly re-
stricted. The public credit will be scrupu-
lousy maintained and strengthened by rigid
economy in public expenditures and the lib
critics of the people and the property of the
people will be protected by Government of
law and order administered strictly in the in
terests of all the people. and not of corpora
tons and privileged classes.
CONCLUSION.
do not doubt the discriminating justice
of the people and their capacity for intelli-
gent self-government, and, therefore, do not
doubt the successor the Democratic ticket
Its success would bury beyond resurrection
the sectional iealOusies and hatred which
have so long been the chief stock in ira le of
pestiferous demagogues, and in no other way
can this be SO eiectually accomplished. 1t
would restore harmony and good feeling be-
tween all the sections and make us in fact,
well as in name, one people. The only
rivalry then would be in the race for the de-
velopment Of material prosperity, the eleva-
ton of labor, the enlargement of human
rights, the promotion of education morality,
religion, liberty, order, and all that would
tend to make US the foremost Nation of the
earth in the grand march of human progress.
am, with great respect, very truly yours,
WILLIAM III. ENGLISH.