Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-08-09
THE FARMERS AND THE PARTY.

among the party newspapers. A few
months ago the Administration press
were anxious to impress upon the far
mers that, whatever else they might
do, they must never go into politics.
Tho farmers have not seen fit to follow
this disinterested advice. Now the
same newspapers insist that, if the far
mers are determined to go into politics,
the Republican party is the only safe
politics for them. The Republican
party, it has suddenly been discovered,
is sort of patent medicine which has
peculiar virture for treating the anti
monopoly complaint, as we'll as all the
other public diseasos-except possibly
salary grabs. Like one of Mr.. Helm
bold's dccoctions, it only needs liberal
advertising to work miraculous cures
in all the ailments from which the body
polite now suffers, or ever shall be
likely to suffer. The average "puR
of this celebrated panacea may be we'll
illustrated by the following from the
St. Louis Globe, which leaves the
marks of having been written under
the patriotic associations Of the Fourth
of July:
The retirement of the Republican
party is impossible, a historic necessl-
ty will compel this nation, in it's self
preservation, TO see that its vast powers
and interests are coniled 10 none but
Republican hands until there are no
other than Republican hands seeking
them. The progress Of events will
letter this truth in pillars of fire on the
skies, and every political movement
standing in the way of Republican, as
tendency will continue to be swept
aside 1t is, therefore, both needless
and suicidal for the agricultural classes
TO pursue their aims in hostility to the
| Republican party, which Is IN essential
sympathy with them.
| From this it would appear that the
Republican party is very much in the
condition of Tenuysen's brook, AMI
lat, while farmers may como and far
mers may go, ace 20 on forever. We
are asked to believe tina the party
which proposes to run Gen. Grant for
a third term is sort of perennial po,
ltcal institution, in which every.
thing in this country has its beginning
aud its end. 1t is "a historic necessl-
IT," and, as i. the mere fact were not
startling enough, 1t has been lettcred
an pillars of fire % the skies" Those
who hope to attain mansion in those
ethereal realms, then, must go this
route. Il is the only road which goes
through without change of cars. If the
farmers expect to be saved, they must
patronize this concern.
The fact is, that the farmers rccog-
nize an issue of more importance to
them and to the country than the light
oyer the dead corpse of slavery AS a
class, they acted with the Republican
party while it was engaged in working
out the destiny for which it was created.
Now that the destiny has been fulfilled,
it will be difficult matter to persuade
the farmers that the party is more OF
/, a necessity to them than the straight
, forward attainment of their rights.
They can recognize nothing in the
party as it stands except an organlza-
ton for ret inning one set OF ofice>holdcrs
in power, with whom they have no
more sympathy per Sc than they would
have with another set. 1t is a very
cheerful view of the situation for Re-
publican politicians to regard their
party as permanent abiaing>place; but
nobody else has any particular interest
IN it. The farmers OF the Northwest
will scarcely care to vote the Republi-
can ticket for the purpose of maintain
ing Kellogg in power in Louisiana when
corn is only worth 20 cents bushel,
IF they vote for Coy. Carpener in Iowa.
| it will be on account OF some other in.
centive than the abstract good of the
party, or any faith in Office holders OF
the Rankin description. Salary-grabb
: ing is not likely to attract increased