Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-11-28


,ks>e ola>-c. are rolling in vealih and have
broken up the foundations of .oci=l nscrali-
u by it, profi.sie use. vhile thousands
upon thousands Of homes; people canncs
supply the SNAKES; necessities Of existence
bv their labor. the streets are lined with
crippled soldiers who endured hard-hip-
and shared in the peril. Of var, begging
their bread. Such are the fruits and the
manifestations Of Radiealism. The editor
who shared in the triumphs Of his passy
by appeal, to the sympathy of the people
for the down-,rodden negro" nov shares
in the prosperity which has accrued to the
revolutionary leaders. and he has no sym
pa,hy to waste Ola the starving whites
all his efforts are directed to coming the
sweat and blood of the toiling millions into
gold for the bond-holder, that the "crcdit
of the Government maintained" and the
fruits of the war" may not be lest to the
loyal"
lloratio Seymour-who Throughout the
war devoted his entire income to relieving
the wants and providing for the necessities
of the families of soldiers and never invest
cd one of his grecnbacks in gold interest
paying bonds nor courted popularity by
blazoning his name among the contributors
to the " Sanitary Fund"-has been con-
stantly held up topublic exccration for the
past five years for addressing the same
class of men who are represented by the
Post as 10 clamorous for work as g friends" I"
At that time, destitution and distress per-
vaded the laboring classes, and to add to
their distress large numbers Of captured
slaves, or " contrabands," were sent there
and employed to the exclusion of white
men, which was in effect taking the bread
from the mouths of the white women and
children and giving it to tho negro. In
this condition of things apparently with
no other purpose than to provoke outbreak
and use it as a pretext for embarrassing a
Democratic Government and furnishing a
Democratic people, the draft was attempt
ed to be enforced, in districts which had
furnished more than their quota Of volun-
teers, in most arbitrary and partial manner.
Poor men, who were unable to pay the
three hundred dollars communication, were
alone forced to serve, while every active
Republican drawn-including Theodore
Tilton and son of Mayor Opdykc-was
exempted; the only pet lamb of the poor
man was uniformly taken for the sacrifice,
while the focks of the rich were exempted.
Driven to frenzy by suffering and such
manifest wrongs, the simplc-mindcd sons
of toll sought redress or revenge US all such
people do under like provocation, and the
negroes were made the objects Of their
vengeance, because they were belived to be
the primary cause Of the wrongs under
which tho people were suffering. The
same suffering and wrong which produced
the riot in New York, would have pro.
duccd a revolution in any monarchy in
Europe. That policy Of government,
which makes manifestly unjust discrimin-
ations in favor Of capital against labor;
which subjects the industry of the country
to all the exertions, and confers upon the
wealth Of the country all the exemptions;
which derives its sole revenues from the
products instead Of the property Of the peo-
pie; which establishes one currency for the
rich and another for the poor, requiring
the taxpayer to receive the pay for his a.
Dor and products in . deprecated paper
currency and pay the untaxed Govern
ernment creditor in gold; the inevitable
tendency Of which Is to make the rich
richer and the Pocr poorer, drawing every
day wider class distinction between the
rich and the poor; the time must cone.
sooner or later when numbers viii revols
and overthrow power. The public pesre
can never BE- maintained in popslar govern
nent On any system which recosnis~d chr
distinctions and inequality % rights.
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