Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-07-31
Perishable Principles.
IChicago Inter-Ocean.

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The Democratic platform opens with a
slight slip of the pen, the easy correction
of which brings it into ceremony with the
fact which no doubt its trainers intended
to express, viz, that "as the Nation grows
older the old fundamental principles of the
Democracy perish and new issues are born
of time and progress, which, after being
duly opposed for ten or twelve years by
the Democracy, are approved by the united
voice of the people, and thereupon remain
and will ever remain among the securities
for the continuance of good government.
Among the issues which have so per-
ished, the Democratic party making each
in turn fundamental and going into mourn
ing at its defeat, are:
1850 to 1861. That slavery is as good
as free labor, and should have the same
right of extension into the Territories.
1855 to 1861. Progressive free trade
to be enforced on all nations by the COM
bined moral power of England and America
1S6O-61) The Union has no right to
prevent the secession of State, and war
to restore the Union with seeded State
is unconstitutional.
1891 The war should be conducted
WluuOuU iSSuluS huy lViSCu AooAo \SASSh
backs, without invading the sacred soil OF
a sovereign State, and without emancipat-
ing slaYe.
71S63.) The war should be intrusted
wholly to generals who get beaten In their
compaigns, and administrations which COM
plain of them are guilty of the treason OF
crying "On to Richmond"
(1S64) The war is failure, the rebel
lion is success, and there should be Wig
orous prosecution of peace by negotiation
and treaty with the Confederacy.
1861 The rebel State governments
must return into the Union as they went
out, without reconstruction.
(1S66.) Emancipated blacks must have
no civil or political rights.
(1S67.) The proposed thirteenth, four
teenth, and fifteenth amendments, giving
political rights to the colOred race, are
mOnstrOus and fragrant acts of treason and
of revolution.
(1S6S.) The National debt should only
be paid, principal and interest, in promises
to pay. Thurman, PendletOn and Hen.
ricks.)
(1s69 to 1922 To prohibit a rebel from
voting, because OF crime, or to permit g
DldCk HAL W NOtc WlIuOut lCSdAu W Soioi
are alike unconstitutional
(1s72 to 1S76.) Resumption of specie
payments is impossible, but to delay it il
unconstitutional.
1s76 to 1s7O). 1t is the protection o.
our industries that has caused all our ca
lamities.
$3.50 to 1884, To restore financial pros
perity we must divide our markets with
foreigners and pay the duties ourselves
Nothing can have so baleful an influence
over our prosperity as to divide the pay,
ment of our taxes with foreigers and keeI
our markets for our own producers.
(1884) Perceiving that revenue reform
and free trade are green apples full of collie
we favor the ripe fruits" Of protection un
til after election.
This is fair presentment of fifteen sue
cessive issues upen each of which the Dem
ocratic party has taken the moss backed
rock-ribbed, hold-back side, and upon each
of which it has been beaten. The history
of the United States for twenty-five year
consists in the career OF unvarying detea
the Democratic party has passed through
on these issues.