The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-03
Democratic Doctrine.

UeMOCTdIiC UOCITlu6s
EDITORS BULLETIN Il wish to
notice some of the erroneous ideas
held by many at this time. In the
first place / will say: That white
supremacy In the South ia of more
i'm portance for the welfare of the
South than the coinage or tariff re :
form or both together. While the
expeasion of money and tariff re-
duction are desirable, they are of
small moment compared with the
continued supremacy of the Demo-
cratic party in the South. The men
who are prescribing free coinage Of
silver aud tariff reform as a penacea
for poverty are quack doctors. And
the men who are relying upon this
prescription to make them rich, are
comparable to children sucking their
thumbs, The Southern people must
be patient, and not sacrifice the
rights they now have in an effort
to get 1.-THE whole hog or none." 1t
is quite evident, if the Republican
party Is successful in 1892, the
South will be manacled more than
Ireland now is. Let no Democrat
be decoycd by false promises. The
man who promises to make you
rich by legislation, is pestiierons
demagogue. All Legislation of that
nature is wrong, such as class legis-
latiOn of every kind. True Demo-
Gratis are opposed to all sucn legis-
lation, but insist that every man
shall be tree to work out his own
destiny by al honest means. This
government was not formed to
make money for its people, but to
protect its people in all honest eff
forts to make money for themselves.
There are perversions in the gov
eminent that need to be corrected.
and will he corrected when the
Democratic party assumes full con-
troll of the government.
/ will now show that the free
coinage of silver and tariff reform
will not make the people rich. Un-
der the Sherman administration Of
the United States Treasury the
money in culation fell to less
than SIS per capita. But since then
under the Band bill and other laws
authorizing the issuance of gold and
silver certificates upon the deposit
of gold and silver, the circulation oil
money has increased to about S25
per capita. | got this estimate from
Senator Carlisle. His summary oil
the money at this time authorized
by the government is about one
billion five hundred million. Ac
cOrding to this estimate the money
has increased so per cent. while tbs
population did not increase 25 per
cent. Notwithstanding this increase
of the money poverty seems to be
as prevalent now as it was ten years
ago. If the money was doubled it
would not benefit a certain class OF
our people. The man who has
something to sell that is rable,
can get money for it at any time.
The price of cotton is not governed
by the amount OF money in this
country, bat by the foreign demand.
The tariff tax is estimated TO be
about 81 per capita so it is self
evident that If the tariff was abol-
ished and the amount raised by the
tariff distributed among the people
it would not make them rich,
Poor Richard in his almanac SAID:
Industry and trugality is the way
to Wealth. 1t certainly Is the hon.
est way. Speculation is The law OF
this country. Men are impatient
To get independent. Many commit
the folly of the woman, who, In her
haste TO get rich, killed the hen that
laid the golden egg, by risklng
their all in a fruitless speculation.
l hope the Democrats of the South
will hold fast TO what they have,
and not sacrifice it In an effort to
obtain free coinage of silver and
tariff reform. No Democrat need
yield his principles, but the environ
ments or Southern Democrats de-
mand expediency. "Be We as wise
as serpents but as harm ess as
doves" There are some who claim
to be more righteous than the author
of this quotation Of scripture. am
stlckler tor principles, hence |
oppose all laws that tax one set OF
men for the benefit of another set
of men. l have been fighting class
legislation i'll the Democratic party
and as Gen. Grant said, 81 Intend
to fight it out on that line if it take:
all summer" j. M. MORRIS.
Grand Junction, April l, 1891.