The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13

IpNshod no bpst work al IL existence
the dof'a, Of tho Republican
party. That alone, possessed
all-suficiont integrity for The
continuous organization Of the
party under that name, but that hAv
Ing OoAn accomplished, II must now
look at tho changed condition Of the
country aud roOrgan,2o It's pD Icy 80 o.
~ meet public demand, When this Is
duu0 there will bo no ue0d OF eNhOr'S-
ton u tho party fsslty, nor of deicuA,
Tor it, violation,
The destlnios of thla country nro on
| q gigantic scale, and tho gdm,nistra-
ton OF its affairs must DO OF au order
10 moet those destinies, or tho party Ia
p1Nrr viii very properly tall into dis'
JvDr and defeat.
This was the hlstory or tho Ropuhli-
eau party, for with all the great facts
nt Ia hands, OF emancipation, ~ tho
best financial system of the world, aud
establishing tue present protective
tar,h, 10 Ihop, with all this great ma
loy.1s 10 work With, kept its name, but
Eel iuio being u mere organization tor
the distribution of public spells and
office; failing 10 see in these great
facts tue raw material To be worked
up for more advanced conditions, IL
hGltod in the midst OF its work for the
ibdulEence of this paltry purpose.
WhatuOr tnose facts are acceptable
10 tas Democratic party and the South
or not, they arc already accomplished
events, are mere u stay, and ara now
10 loo 30 arranged as 10 send the FORT.
uHes Of the country on 10 higher
standard OF prosperity, instead OF
| piostraJlng them as NJ present, Tho
| philosophy OF all political organizes
| lions is either to eShau stion, or 20 such
| changes in principles, measures, md
margins Designed for advaucing socie.
" ana meeting tho eXigencies t.at
nay have already boon Great9d.
| IL need not be said why the Rgpub.
lean party dropped out OF power
sufficient 10 say that for whaiever
| cause 10 loft y great quantity o. pOlit'-
ca, debris, OF tho most imposing CHAR.
| aG,eE; 60 AL of which tho Democratic
party has fallen heir, and ii must 9th
or formulate IL into working order rs u
progressive system of prosperity, or ia
| its lura drop out OF existence Just ag the
| Republican party did. IL may hero 10
asserted taRG tho Republican party
could have kept in power forever, with
al its SINS, If It had properly worked
up ana knit together the splendid ma,
teri5l 10 had in hand. Tho Democratic
party il itself now on trial before tho
/
what iJ will do with tho opportunity.
! Mere loyalty to Mr.. Cleyelsnd's a1-
miuistratiou Will not Ill the require
ment--that is an aftermath of its fu-
| ture history, and will suggest itself
when MIR. Cleveland has identified
| himself with the progressive stops re.
| ierred to. At present there ig
nothing to be loyal TO further
than his official changes
| Yet he must not be precipitaJely con.
drmued.
Tho majority Of the press and of the
public mon are given TO Masking
! South" but one swallow does not
| bring sumtaer, nor does hero and
! there = rather tlOurishtng town, or
! few sporadic factories and railroads,
built Of foreign capital, indicate lie
rscup0rated prosperity o. the peO-
| pla-vary far from it-nor VIII there
| over be, until the deranged conditions
! have spoken of arc adjusted and
! formulated into q working, prOgre.s-
Two system. Questions of such maGni-
tude ara rot settled by the mere arbl-
/ lrary scratch OF p6p, nor in accord
GnCe with mere party whim or se9tiDuEl
/ preiadiccs, but on great, pure business
/ principles.
There is g certain positive autonomy
OF working order, and rs positive u
uniiication of interests ii every sepa.
rate government, which can not b3
violated by ono party without great
damage to all. The wealth that was
i'll slavery was very large part Of the
wealth OF the whole people, though di-
rectly belonging to the South. 1t was
| in this wise That it was the wealth OF
the whole country: That il was
tbrA.1nh fhiq wealth that tsn1fhnpn
agriculture was great customer 10
| tue manufactures OF tho North, which
| business relationship has boon almost
entirely destroyed, and hence the
present business depression; all other
assigned causes are moro b8gatelle.
For seyeral years after the war tho
| North did not feel this loss OF wealth
| and Southern trade, on account of the
vast volume of currency left by the
war, which belonging there cX-
clusiyoly land without being redeem
aOle in conn made every maa q GUS
toner to tho industry of the other,
and resulted in such progress and
prosperity as the people mad mover be-
| fore enjoyed, which of itself Is an un-
| impeechable retutatiou OF tho capital
| ists' assertion that a people cannot
prosper under a redund ant currency
when not redeemable in specie.
But the payment Of the public debt,
together with tho continuous cOncen-
traction OF money, stocks, eto., IN
few hands, has placed the currency
out Of ordinary roach, and tho ousi-
ness of the North is now almost IS de-
pressed as that OF the South. These
conditions are here to stay until the
lust and obvious remedy Is applied.
| do not pretend 20 say that conceE-
tratod capital will not under all cir
cunstances, to it's fullest capaclty,pni-
tiGularIy in the South, as the more an
occupied field, be Invested: bus / mean
that in the face of this there viii be u
continuous decrease Of popular pros
peyity al the South, and the North rs
well-even with the annual appear
ance of some recuperation during the
harvesting of the crops, with 3 con-
tjnued decreasing scale of prices
in some sense favorable to tho few,
but al all times ruinous to the many.
But even manufactures, while
owned by the wealthy, say they can
not sustain themselves against Flu
ropean competition without protec-
ton. Yet il Is not 10 be eAQees5G .Lht
the many will Jsy theloas'Tos for 500.
few unless tho revenues arising ~
be 80 applied as to bring back an in,
creased prosperity to the people. Here
then, comes in tho point upon which
turns the whole question of popular
prosperity. Let the revenues of q
protective tariff be devoted to
replacing the lost wealth that was
in slave
The national banking system can
carry any PROBABLE public debt-the
larger the better-as That is its under
lying principle.
These questions cannot nor need
not % elaborated here, but enough has
b2en said to give out the idea. A
grander opportunity for the dc
VeLoment of both national and
individual prosperity was never pre-
sented to any administration; the ma
terials are abundant, and flying at
loose ends; will the Democratic party