American citizen., 1880-08-07

| themselves their satellites four year
| longer in Office. Perpctuating the power q
chronic Federal officeholders four yearslonge
will not benefit the millions of men and womeI
| who hold no Office, but earn their daily breat
| by honest industry. This the same discrim
| mating public will no doubt fully understand
as they will also that it is because of thei
| own industry aud economy and Gods bounti
| full harvests that the country is comparatively
by these Federal officeholders. The countr,
| is comparatively prosperous, not because Of
them, but in spite OF them.
| THE CONTEST
| is in fact, between the people endeavoring tt
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 LOG, 900 Fedora
ofnceholders and their hackers, pampereC
with place and power, and determined d 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 tc
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 officehoiders interested in keeping Their
party in power, and caring more for that than
fairness in elections; in fact, the constant
eneroachments which have been made by
that party upon the clearfy-reserved rights OF
the people and the States will, il not
checked, subvert the liberties of the people
created by the fathers, and end in q great
consolidated, concentrated Governme ent,
strong, indeed, for evil and the overthrow OF
republican institutions. The wise men who
framed our Constitution knew the OWLS of a
strong Government and the long continuance
of political power in the same hands. They
knew there was a tendency in this direction
in all Governments, and consequent d.cxer
in republican institutions from that 1use,
and took pains to guard against it. The ma
chinery of 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 n Republic, 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 10 quite apparent, and must satisfy
thinking people that the time has come when
1t will be safest and best for that party to be
retired.
TIE RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL
GOVERNMENT.
But in resisting the encrOachments of tho
General Government upon the reserved rights
of the people and the States, l wish to be dis
timely understood as favorfng the proper ex-
ercise by the General Government of the
powers rightfuly belonging to 1t under the
Constitution. Encroachments upon the Con-
stitutional rights of the General Government
or interference with the proper exercise of its
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 ca the Democratic Presidential
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 viii not be overthrown or
impaired should the Democratic ticket be
elected. In that event proper protection will
be given in every legitimate way to every ci.f-
zen, native or adopted, in every section of the
Republic in the enjoyment OF all the rights
nm aufa aad hu fhn cff fnfin md tie
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 CONNIE ercial world, and consisting of gold
and silver, and paper convertible into coin,
will be maintaine
The labor and manufacturing, commercial
and business in erests of the country Will be
favored and encouraged in every legitimate
protected from the destructive competition
of the Chiaese, and to that end their immi-
grafton to our shores will be properly re-
stTicted. The public credit wifi be scrupu-
lOusly 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
tions and priviiege classes.
CONCLUSION.
/ do not doubt the discriminating Justice
of the people and their capacity for intelli-
gent selfgovcrnment, and, therefore, do not
doubt the success of the Democratic ticket.
Its success would bury beyond resurrection
the sectional jealousies and hatred which
have so long been the chief stock in trafe of
pestiferOus demagogues, and in no other way
can this be SO effectually accomplished. 1t
would restore harmony and good feeling be-
tween all the sections, and make us in Tact,
as we'll as in name, one people. The only
rivalry then would be In the race for the de-
velopment of material prosperity, the eleva-
tion 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 fl. ENGLISH.