The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-26

the industrial classes against the needless accu-
mutations and extravagant expenditures by the
government. Who are tie authors Of this mon
strous imposition upon the country's toers and
/ producersl Again the answer comes with mar
veOus monopoly that the republican congress
/ and republican President are responsible. Dur
ing the last congress, when the Senate House and
presidency were all controlled by the republic
ans, they not only expended the Sl00O00,O0O OF
accumulated surplus, but, in scornful defiance
of the peoples demands for economy and lower
taxes, they loaded us down with still more
grievous burdens Of increased tariff taxation.
STRIKING ATTITUDE OF THE TWO PARTIEs-A
STRANGE SPECTACLE IN GEORGIA
It Will be seen therefore, that in this long list
Of grievances, every one of them is chargeable
directly and solely 10 the Republican party, IN
I every instance without one exception, the
/ Republican party is the author Of each and
every wrong Of which we complain.
On tn other hand, the constant, avowed and
/ only available opponent Of that party III all
these years was the persistent, resOlute and
idomitable organized democracy Of the union.
( This is The simple, unvarn shed, unanswerable
| truth. Yet we witness the painful and astound
ing spectacle in Georgia of a few would-be
| leaders seeking to mislead our people by the
I unworthy and untruthful declaration that we
have no more TO hope for from the democracy
! than from the hostile Republican party. Such
| a declaration is so absurdly untrue that our
honest people will not long be deceived by it.
ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE.
! I will now discuss the proposition 10 elect
| United States senators by popular vote. Be
| cause it requires an amendment to the consti-
/ tuition to accomplish it, and is therefore re-
mote, and because there is no immediate bene-
fit or damage TO the people, either in its adop-
tion OF rejection, so far as our present welfare
/ is concerned, it is immaterial whether we be
for it or against 1t.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
| Nor do propose to discuss at length the de-
mand for government ownership of railroads.
because it is wholly impracticabe, and even if
| 1t could be accomplished II would not bring the
| relief sought II would involve the appoint
ment, by central authority, of thousands OF
agents, and it would result at last in general
! disaster, Surely the experience OF Georglans
! in the management by the state OF
one short line of railroad ought to be sufficient
warning against the policy of government
! ownership of all the railroads. Even when
managed by our best and ablest executives be-
fore the war, the state road rarely paid, was
| frequently in debt. and yet transportation over
1t was more expensive to the people than it is
now. AnCbafter the war, when that same road
| was managed by the Republican party, 1t in
volved the state in debt and ran down to the
very verge of wreck and ruin. The only sem
/ sible solution of the great problem of trans
pOrtation is IN ''the most rigid, honest and just
state and national governmental control and
| supervision"
EosExcUsE FOR DISCRETION NOW,
! In the light of the serious and undisputed
| facts enumerated in this letter, appeal to the
| dispassionate, sober Judgment of our people for
! one sensible reason or excuse for abandoning
/ the Democratic party and trusting our hopes
and fortunes and liberties to untried, I'M
| trained and heterogeneous third party.
Does any one answer that the Democratic
party does not grant the needed relief to the
people? Upon what facts does he base such an
opinion? The Democratic party has not had
control OF the government for one session or
one day in the last thirty years;
and in those thirty years of republican
| rule, every evil of which you complain has
| taken root and become embodied in our laws
| as the avowed and permanent policy OF repub-
| lean administration.
THE FLAG OF RIGHTEOUS REVOLT.
! During all that long period the united democ-
racy has carried the flag of revolt against the
| republican policies, arraigning its leaders, de-
nounclng its extravaganza, it's corruptions and
| its neutrality-suspicious. and fighting it in
states and nation, until majority of the states
! and an overwhelming majority Of the people
/ have enlisted ind er the democratic banner of
reform. What possible excuse. therefore, for
/ deserving our flag now when glorious victory
seems within our grasp and when democratic
victory means defeat to the authors Of all the
| wrongs of ~hich the people complain.
! STILL MORE VITAL REASONS FOR REMAINING
UNITED.
| But commanding as are the considerations
! above set forth, there are still more momentous
| reasons for standing unitedlY and firmly in the
| ranks OF the democracy which Is the true party
| of the people.
| First and paramount among these reasons is
| the fact that desertion by democrats now rem
ders more profitable the continued supremacy
| OF repubicanism In the government, the per
petuation OF their hurtfu policies and the in
definite postponement OF the day of relief
THE POLITICAL HYDRA; THE FORCE Bill
With the republican ranks united and demo
! Gratis divided, we may lose control OF the next
| House OF Representatives., as we'll as Of the
| presidency. and thus render possible the pas
sage of thefhydra headedforce bill. with its end
| less train OF evils the horrors of which no Ian
| Runge can eKRgRerate. In the great and mem-
ora6le baltic against the force bin and for the
rights and liberties OF our people, there was
/ difficulty in locating our enemies on the one
side and our friends on the other. There we're
! some brave and magnanimous spirits among
! the republicans who appreciated the enormty
| OF that iniquitous force bill and who revolted
against the party which sought to intiict the
measureless wrong upon the southern people.
But the vast majority of the Republican party
wrote for, spoke for, or labored for the passage
| of that bill
Where did the national democracy stand In
! that fearful crisis? There was not a solitary
| democrat IN any state, city, town or country
district in this whole union who deserted us in
| our extremity or who failed to oppose this
| threatened destruction of the prosperity,
tranquility, peace and liberty of the southern
people. How then can any southern man,
who loves his country get his own consent to
desert our domestic brethren after such an ex-
| hibition Of fidelity TO principle and such de-
votion to our essential rightsi
The southern people are not ingrates. They
have never been charged with ingratitu1e,
| and do not believe that they will subject
| themselves to criticism now by DESERVING the
! friends who did not desert us, either in the
force bill fight or during the reconstruction
| reign of terror.
THE ROAD TO RELIEF AND THE ROAD TO RUIN.
| There is no short or royal road to financial re-
lief, but there is a very short and rough one TO
! political and industrial ruin.
Relief can only come through ultimate and
complete triumph over the party,
which for thirty years, has inflicted
upon the country, as l have said above,
| all the evils OF which our farmers
and the masses of the people complain. This
single and only road to governmental relief
although a long one, can and will lead us to sue
| cess if we press forward with sngleness of aim
and compact ranks
But we shall certainly fail and invite defeat
and bring to our people still greater financial
| and political woes if we now give hsed TO those
| who counsel division in our ranks and seek to
prejudice our people against the only party
which has any prospect of triumph over our
! enemies.
THE SOUTHERN MANS RESPONSIBILITY.
The southern man who seeks now to lead us
away from the democratic fold assumes a truly
| fearful responsibility. We may not all agree as
to the special methods of relief. But we do
relief Some favor free coinage
age; some iond losns some a subtreasury plan
some the lending of money by the general gov
eminent TO the states and by states to individ
uals; some the restoration of banks of issue IN
the states; some the purchase of United States
bonds ~ treasury notes issued in payment, ard
some the purchase with greenbackS of a much
larger amount of silver bullion. All these plans