Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-15
7,Bg DIFFERENCE.
Fonr wonIn. -. Juno Q. 80

To the Editor OF the Gazette.
In your Issue OF the 18th. In an oditoria
headed "Be True to the Democracy" You spea
OF the grand cid party OF Jefereon and o
jackson" and also Of the "fGll .lunged, empty
headed cranks Of Greenbackism."
WIN THE GAZETTE please answer the follow
ing
What IL the difference, II any, between JET
fersonian Democracy and Greenbackism; also
what Is the difference In JefeTsonian Democ'
racy and modern Democracy Also, what Thu
difference in modern Democracy and Repubi
canitmr
have always voted with the Democratic par
IT, have no other motive in asking the above
than to elicit Information. Respectfully
INQUIRER.
There Is all the difference in the worlt
between Jeffersonsn Democracy ant
Greenbackism To state every point Of
difference would take volume. There
may be some things in common between
the two, for it would be extremely difll-
cult to formulate any two sets Of politi.
cal principles that would not agree on
some points but the essential principles
of Democracy and Greenbacksm are as
diverse as nigh, and day.
II is impossible to define exactly the
code of the Greenback party They have
met in national convention several times
and adopted platforms which vary so
mach that one IS lost in doubt as to what
they really do believe In, and probably
the followers Of that party are In the
same predicament. The last convention,
held in Indianapolis, which nomi-
mated Ben Butler for president,
devoted itself chiefly to denuncation OF
everything that didn't acknowledge
Greenbackism, The distinctive trait of
the Gfeenbackers is their advocacy of an
unlimited issue Of irredeemable national
legal-tender notes. Beyond this they do
not seem TO have any peculiar character
istic, but borrow their principles from
the Democrats and Republicans alike
culling sweets from every flower, if one
may be pardoned for using poesy toward
a Greenbacker. There are, indeed, few
things in their last platform that we do
not find in the Democratic or Republi-
can platforms. One of these is declar-
alton in favor OF woman suffrage, anoth-
er in favor of prohibition
Jeffersonian Democracy is well under
stood 1t stands for a Reconstruction
OF the constitution, Tor the rights
of the states against the encroach.
ments OF federal power, for economy
in public cffairs, tariff for revenue lin
tied to the necessities OF the government,
honestly administered, and an honest
currency, based on gold and silver, This
is Jeffersonian Democracy, aud the prin
ciples are too old and well established to
be misunders .ood.
As to principle, there is no difference
between Jeffersonian Democracy and
modern Democracy. Principles never
change. But there is a difference be-
tween the policies of the Democratic
party OF to day and the policies of JEFF
lerson and Jackson. Time has wrought
many and wonderful changes since the
days when Jefferson and Jackson laid
down the rules that governed the country
The subordinate policies of parties must
accommodate themselves to the change
of condition. The Democrats enforced
this view by proclaiming, as preamble
to their last national platform,
that "rhe Democratic party OF the
Union, through it's representatives
in national convention assembled,
recognizes that, as the nation grows
older, new Issues are born OF time and
progress and old issues perish, but the
fundamental principles of Democracy,
approved by the united voice of the peo-
pie, remain and will ever remain as the
best and only security for the continuance
of free government"
We do not think that Enquirer" is
candid IN asking "what is the difference
between modern Democracy and Repub-
licanism." The Republican party, the
tae legitimate successor to the old
Federal party, Is constructed upon an
aristocratc idea that the many should &C.
knowledge the supremacy of the few. 1t
believes in strong centralized govern
ment in which the rights of the states
are reduced to minimum, and those
political organizations made mere prov
inces. 1t believes in taxing millions OF
consumers by means of high revenue
tariff, to enrich a few producers, 1t be-
lleVes in a "li1eraln policy of pub.
lie expenditure, which exacts mil
lions OF dollars in useless taxes
from the people and distributes
them in extravaganza. These are a
few of the principles of the Repub
lican party, and by comparing them with
the statement of Democratic principles
anybody can see where the two parties
differ.
Democratic Committee Meeting,
Fosr WORTH, TEN, June IL, 1855.
rhc Democrats executive committee OF Tar
rant county will meet at the court house in Tho