The Russellville Democrat., 1888-09-06

10 upset state legislatures. to turn out governors aud 10 reverse the pop ular viii. No assessments for party purposes have been levied or per mitted upon the public officials. Al Of these, and many other of the ac- cust0med means Of applying force or procuring money to corrupt the voter hare been neglected by the democratic party and administration, and simply fair appeal is made to the virtue and intelligence Of 8 peo- pie set free 10 determine which pol cy they wish to prevail in public af- fairs.
 But great ss have been the con- tesis Of the past, The two great par ties are joined upon greater one to day. Whether the tsxing power shall be used 10 contract the cIreu- lating medium bv collecting vast sums Of it beyond the needs of the government only to keep 1t out of the channels of trade and locked up in the public vaults or to force the administration to deposit it with national banks, and whether the tax ing power shall De used for the most odious ani oppressive of all forms oi class legislation-t -the building up of the fortunes o( tue propTieiors Of some industries at tue cost Of their laborers and a. the cost of other in dustries and Of the great body of the people--whether these things shall contiaus 10 Da, the people are called upon to decide. This is t5e mighty citadel which we at last are called upon to storm. Here the barons of more than feudal system have gath cred their greatest force. The out works have all been carried; and the president with rare devotion and civ lc courage, has sounded the charge and called upon us for this final and signal task.
 The call is none too early for the good of the country and for the mass es of democracy. But the same tao tics by which many good people were made to believe that the democracy could not be safely trusted with the presidency, are now employed b make them believe that economy and tow and constitutional taxation will ruin the country. They point to the wretched condition of the masses Of France, Germany and Italy, and as a means Of preventing such things here, they urge us to perseyere in the same policy which prevails there and which has produced this condi ton there and which is so rap idly reducing us to the same in- dustrial state. Oar policy is even worse, and more like, in it's multiplied evils, that which preceded the French revolution. when the people, not be ing politically free as we are, flew to arms. Here the people have no ills that they do not vote upon them selves. The time has come for union and earnest counsel that all people of like suffering may work together for good. In this and in other ways our opponents seek to confuse the issue and divide the peo- pie. In the confusion of public thought prejudlces are worked up and upon every hand false proph- cts come ont with new names and false doctrines. The true remedy IS for us to stand together and get back to the equal laws urged by Jefferson and Jackson and for which the democratic party IS earnestly struggling.
 Having borne some part in thls great contest, am deeply impressed with its extent and importance. l realize how helpless I shall be with out the earnest support Of the peo- pie.
 shall continue to give them all the strength l possess, and ask that they show to the country the strength of theIr own devotion to the grand old faith of the fathers of dem ocracy by gathering around the party standard with increased en- thuslasn and zeal. Your Obedient Servant, c. R. BRECKENRIDGE.