The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-11-02
TO THE VOTERS or THE
SIXTH DISTRICT.
ADDRESS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
SUMMrr, Miss, Oct. 23l, 1882.

SUMMIT, MISS, Oct. 23i, 1882
On the IN Of November next the vo
ers Of the State will be culled upon to
leclde between the two contending
'arties, the Democratic party and Tia,
itepubican party--io end rise the past
history nnd the falnre promises one o.
tue other. rhat we mty deside intelli-
srutly, it is the dnty Of every man TO
pause in his everyday business transac
lions aud consider the questions, ma
loual, Stale and local, presented in the
canvass, anu sustain that party which
~ tue calm and unbiased Judgment
made from their past history and future
1romises--will best advance the inter-
sts OF our country. The future we
cannot read; the past is matter OF
history, aud from this we can mike our
calculations, as astronomers. with
the earth ns basis,
calculate the distance, grandeur
and immensity Of the sun, the mOou
tnd the stars with certainly that is
wonderful.
The Republican party in the past has
leeu the organ of the gigantic mon1poq
,cbemes of the mpned powers of the
aud. aud every scheme that has iucreas.
q the burden Of the government at the
xpense Of the people and 70 the
ggrandizement Of favored few, has
found its BIRTH, tuielage and final
accomplishment IN the Republican,
parry. The great debt that the nation
to-day owes, was contracted in
the late war, aud willie the
soldiers who fought the battles Of
ue country. aud rlsked their lives, we're
all OFT in grenbacks at discount Of
rom teu 80 twenty five per ccllt.-aud
he money of the country was furnished
~ 4 mouled syndicate ut the same dis
~unt; and bonds were issued for these
'ums, payable in coin, with interest on
the same from date
tins making to them clear profit of the
itfereuce between greeuhncks and coli.
Not satisfied with this. they demOneti
led silver, wiich at the time constituted
tt least one-half the coin money Of tie
and, and took away from it the charac
er Of belug one OF the standards OF
value, aud TINS by taking away one hail
# tile quantity OF mouey-that of silver
nhaueed the Purchasing power Of the
ither goio--Olnubie what it had
oeen; and thus by few acts Of Il Repuh
iiuan administration enhmced the value
# the money in the hands Of the mono
lists double what IT. should have heeu--
made the bonded debt of the goververn-
neut payable IN gold, aud exempted u
from taxation. 10 this day one who
wnsa millun Of dollars Invested ~
United States bonds pays SIMPLY poll
tlx, while the horse, a few cows and
ihe little farm Of the widow aud children
If the. .soldner who lost his life in the
service Of his conn ry,pays taxes accord
ng to the value Of the property She
jwus.
You may take up the tariff question
aud trace it through the legislative halls.
aud yoa viii iud tiat the history Of tue
Repubiican party leads to tue same
conclusion. l'bis is merely mentioned
to show tie interest 10 which the Rspub
san party is pledgeG; and illustration
atser illustration might be given, and
the whole history OF that party might be-
taken aud every act, and measure sure-
iy p int TO The same objectand ebd,as the
mnguetic needle to the pole that the
Republican purity is for the monopolist
against tle people.
The Democratic party, on the other
hand, is pledged 10 the opposite OF the.
history Of the Republican party It is
true il has not hid astmncA history for
the last twenty years in National affairs;
but while it was partially 10 power it
remonetized silver, aoainst the combined
money power and the Republican party;
aud to-day is furnishing the country
with sufficient to transact the busi.
ness, anG make the commercially
s''the even teuor Of its way" free from
the cramp and stringeDcy OF the market
alter silver had been demonelized. and
the Democratic party is pledged in tie
aggregate, aud in its individual members,
to oppose the nnjnst Legislation in tue
nterest Of the favored few against the
people. II is pledged to the enforce
ment Of the prime object of every gov
ernment, to make every citizen bear
equally it's burden, according 20 the
valuation Of isproperty, no matter in
what way invested.
The Congress to be elected this year
will inaugurate the President
elected in 1884 We are told
.tiat in days gone b "
in the purer days Of the Re-
pubhc--it would not have been a matter
Of much Importance who performed that
dnty, for the behest oftbe people wonlJ
be obeyed, whatever might be the pre-
.dilections 81 the persons carrying il into
eject. but IN later Days have been taught
by the Republican parry that there is a
'reat d.sti IN knowing how IL count, and
for whom TO count Only a few years
ago we nad au Electoral Commission
composed Of fifteen persons, ten Of whom
were taken from the two branches Of
Congress, aud the other Eve from the
Supreme Bench Of the United States. II
is well remembered they stood accord
ing to the political party 10 which they
helonged sight Republicans TO seven
Democrats. Tie Republican showed
their skill iu the count, IN having the
commission to stand just So A marked
slngulariiy is, that The Gye members of