Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-06

intends to reborn abuses. II cannot
succeed by taking up the abandoned /
policies OF the party 10 power, Ia
cannot succeed BY weak premises 10 |
do nothing. The RepahllaAns have
been IN power nearly Z Qaaflef Of 4
century. Fresh. vigorous, honest.
true to the people when they came
into power, they have become in the
course Of their long. almost undis
puted tenure, the allies 81 m0nopolisls
ofall kinasS mcApahlt ct ref1fmibe
the abuses which have in the course
OF years gathered about the govern-
ment; latent for these many years
only on devices 10 maintain themselves
IN power. There is scarcely one Of
tho few and very moderate reiorus
which have been made 10 the las, ten
years which was not imposed on the
Republicans by Democratic agitation
before the country, or BY Democratic
leaders in Congress- The restoration
Of self government in the Southern
States was granted on the imperative
demand Of the people in lSJ6 The
civil service reform was grudgingly
voted on the pertinaciOusand ceAsc-
less agitation OF Senator Pendleton.
The reluading atthgee per cent was
the direct result Of Democratic de-
msnds aud urgency 10 the House,
The extremely moderate and inetiec
tive decrease Of taxation was the fruit
Of Democratic "clAmoF." ra tt
| The Democratic party, ifit is ever
to succeed, must make itself the party
Of reform, the party OF the people, the
party oforderly liberty. the enemy Of
needless restrictions. Is any ono so
blind as to imagine that reforms, very
much needed reforms, can be produced
without changer Well, Mr.. Carlisle's
election to the SpeAkefsmp means
change, because it means reform Of
abuses. II it shall turn out 20 m IAN
Anything else, il after this effort to
make 8 Democratic party thst Organi
tatien shoid hext year fall back into
| the hands Of tho old fogies that would
be theend Of the pArty.
But We take the eRrlies. opportu
nity towarn the Democratic stump
speakers who moan 70 take part in
the canvass next year that they must
! begin to learn a new lesson. That
which the party did on SATURDAY
night has got to be defended next year
Oh every stump in the land. The men
who are afraid OF Democratic princi
ples .asy.as we'll make up their minds
to stay at home. The election Of Mr..
| c,rlisle means, il it means anything,
that the Democratic party viii appeal
70 the people next year for tariff and
tax reform, for the repeal OF obsolete
and injurious laws, which needlessly
hamper the eaergies aud abridgo the
liberties Of Americans, for relief
from the oppression Of monspo
lies; for reform Of abuses. But ID
carry an election against the efmbined
ioreesof powerful monopolies and long
established aud firmly fixed abuses re.
quires that the people be freely, fully
aud fearlessly Instructed. II is moi
100 early now TO begin this in every
county and township in the country
Nhs, such agitation can do is abund
antly shown in the greatly reduce,
Republican vote of IoWa-formerl,
the banner" Republican State
where a handful Of real Democrats
With a single fearless and able Journal
have ineessahtly instructed the peopl
10 sound finance and economy until q
the last election they very nearly car
fied che State.
The Democratic party can neye
succeed by regarding the tariff some
: thing they had down in a PennsylyA
! MIA village once, but which they 20
e over The people who regard tn
0 tariff as a kind Of measles wen
z uudeT" last Saturday, and the peopl
E who regard it as tax, and therefor
: 70 be made as light as possible, becaus
! it is a burden borne by the people ar
now on top" Bat they need not ex
J, pect to remain there without effort
and, about ell things, without con
slant and intelligent agitation and dii
e cussion.