Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-04-19

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! We were oppressed by a monetary con
traction, iilai was Ia many respects even
~ ruincus as the war. Values were de-
strOyed, property was unsalcable, and
+ debit wev Increasing. Under his sys-
tenn it tool. many times more property
a. pay debt uian d dii 90 make it,
Money disappeared aud busine>. became
more int0leTublc than disease. Many or
our people had 10 give mp AeiT homes
and let those vino had favored this state
Of AFFAIR.", get them al their OWN price
/ Ii was though. Southern Democrats bad
better throw overheard this issue and
c0ncode the money question TO the bond
holders, who had ouadrupled the value
Of their bonds ly destroying ihe value
Of our properly We must 20 North
again and nominate q Nar Democrat
who WAS known % agree ui,h lie Re
publicaas GA ibc money Question We
took Mr. Illicn and lci The money qGcs-
ton 90 with the war question. We
elected Mr I'ildcn, bar; b. proved to be
more welded 10 his bonds lhau to the
Presidency and, Tor feaT 4 iljgiiDg the
value Of hi. bonds, be- lei the Presidency
60 first having toll us that If be even
became President he would neither 81
low Southern claims nor turn out Re
publican Office holders 10 put in Demo
crats-he would make no sweeping
changes.
Next we thought We had better take
the man who had decided the turning
day, the pivotal point OF The wal, and
had emptied more shot into Southern
! flesh than any one else. So we took Mr..
Hancock, only to flnd that while for the
/ first time we had voled solid South in
the Electoral College, we were confront
ed by a solid North, New Jersey only
excepted and that only By a vastly re-
duoed majority. Thus Il wca,d appear
that these leaders Of last fifteen wears
have been anything bnt Interchangeable in
Meir Democracy. II would seem that
II change be treason, they are traitors Of
the stalwar; sort.
Now lei us look a little q; their policy
for, while the principles Of Democracy
are eternal It's policy ought TO change
sometimes, and we shall zee that its re-
cent policy has been very unfortunate
These Bourbons concluded last year to
dig mp the impossible dogma Of Free
Trade, and ride that for season. So
they went 10 Cincinnati and declared
againstaproiectiveta;iF. Prior 10 the war
there were three staples. which were re-
lied on for money. The Gulf States
had cotton. The North was anti-slavery
and, as they could not produce cotton,
they adopted Manufactures. The central
belt Of States adopted the Siase trade.
The war passed. The Gulf States had
still their staps-ceiton. The Northern
States had still their staple anufac-
tunes. The Middle States, including
Va, n. c., Tenn. and Ky, had lost
the slave business, and were without any
staple. They could 10; adopt cotton
There was nothing left-lor them to DO
but to adopt manufactures. Could they
sdopt that: They wera without money.
The war had swallowed everything ex-
cept minerals. These they had IN un-
told amount. They were too deep for
the reach Of armies, and too indestructi-
bic FOR the torch. As we had 10 adopt
the Northern staple, good sense dictated
we must adopt the Northern policy !
touching manufactures. The North had |
grown rich under u protective tarir-
Virginia And Tcnuessee could now grow
rich under IL. But the Bourbon leaders 1
declared against g.. sit necessary 20 I
designate ihis ~ b.gnlerf lsitnec- /
essary to shy that many Democrats so
see il and tia; hey mean 20 drop o tariff F.!
policy that was only applicable to The /
slave breeding era and adopt one tha, l. .
applicable 10 free labor cray Ye, here
& a change and, o0un,rymen. what q 1
change Yet every Democrat who "a
vors q, t. %, once Republican, 20 f.r rs
the tariff concerned. lie g. part Dem
ocrat and part Republican In other
words hc is IN politics independent. lie I
has a right 10 hc independent, and he
means 90 Dc independent, rather than Jet
Hill and Brown and Hampton dictate
his policy TO conform 10 the interests Of
the cotton States. This Is simply the
position Of Malone. lleis independent.
lie goes into caucus and conference with
neither party. llailing from the Cen
trsl State Of Virginia he holds the bal
ancc Of power between lho Cotton States
and The Northern States. Fortunate Is
Il for Us ho is independent. lie has no
right TO Sbdicale his loyalty to the peo-
pie Of Virginia and tot ignore them as the
SQUIRE Of his instructions By going into
caucus with the Senators from other
States and receiving his instructions
from them. Such % course would &C.
knowledge these Senators from other
States 20 be HE constituents. That
toud b treason TO DIE people
So ~ to thc state debt. Shall De- r.
more The Readjuacr Of Virginia, who
elected him. hy allowing seaa,of from I
other States who Ores ntaiirsci 'hcir
own debts and thsa turned rnHlaf. % 4
dictate, a, thc end Of lhe ahIp, q com.e
that would Mn REIMBURSEMENT iu yag