, 1873-07-25

farmers, In common with tho othor pooplc Of
thiH country. arc suffering? IL tho railroad
ab''ae tho only ab,so Of Which tho farmcrp COM
plain = Tho Republican party viii re1nain vlr-
tually what It is now, with tho; single exception
TINT 1t will add to It's party platforms p1nnk Do
.nouncing railroads in general tormH, md oyon
this plank ia 1ikoly to bo treated iu much lilo
harno mnnnor as TINT which favored Civil
Service Reform and honoat Adminlstra-
tion. The; "aamo men would still DO
In control OF party movements md
tho public placos. It would still bo tho pnrtY
that provided tho enormous land-grants which
constituted tho worry cornerstone on which tho
principal railroad abuses Of tho day llavo boon
erected. Tho Hamo party that cnBinoorod tho
Credit hlobilior frauds would bo Interested with
tho defeat Of tint very species Of railroad exsor-
tion Of which It first sot tho most glnring OK
amu,o, Public afraira would ronlain undor tho
control Of tho samo mon who are responsible for
tho SALARY grabs, Fort Smelling Hwindlos, Union
Pacific transactions, town and county
bond subsidies, high thrift o1tortiona, and
tho various other species Of corruption which
havo boon developed within tho past
four yoars undor tho wing Of the nopubli-
can party. Admitting, thon, t1tat party organ-
ization 30 thoroughly identified with knavery,
IN spite Of tho general honesty and good In
tonttonB Of tho maHs Of Its membors, would sue
cenBfully carry out tho wishoa OF tho farmers in
Ao 41,tu
evory impartial man aB exceedingly irnprobnble),
can the farmers hopo to Escape other abuses at
their hands that require to bo dealt with quito
as snmmarly as railroad abuses7
Tho allegation TINT q now Anti-Afonopo]y
party would turn to the advantage Of mcn who
had formerly boon Democrats is go Irrelevant,
puorile, md ridiculous that II scarcely
merits SERIOUS answer. In tho first place, It is
not necessarily truo. Tho successful formation
of new party necessarily includes recruiting
among tho ranks Of all existing parties. The
farmers who arc opposed to monopoly arc cor
tainly not confined to Democratic farmers, clse
they would not be M object Of terror to the pol
iticians. Tho probability is that most Of them
arc Republicans, and, If they so into now par-
ty, It will bo bocauao tho party with which thcy
have been aeting is in part responsible for their
proaont grievances. Tho formation OF tho
Republican purity did not turn exclusively to
tho advantage Of tho Wing pnrty or American
party, both Of. which 1T may be aaid
to have aupplantod. It secured tho co-opera-
ton. Of tho better class OF Democrats. Tho
farmers Of tho Northwest have beon more gen.
emily Republicans than Democrats, and, II they
form m Anti~&onopoly party, It iB more llioly
to otfor its advantages to mon who had formerly
boon Republicans than to those who had formerly
beon Douocrats. But, suppose tllonew party shall
ofTor facilities to mon w1o have heretofore boon
Democrats, whero is tho harm to tile purposes
will start out with definite objocts in view. II
1t nhal DO successful in elocting its mon, they
will not dare, whether they have formerly boon
Democrats or Republicans, to break faith with
tho men or principles they ahall represont.' a.
distinct and separate political organization
would bo opposed to the Democratic party aB
much as to tho Republican party, and all those
who should net with it would DO Obliged to break
oil from their formor political attachments, just
as those who Joined tho Republican party broke
OF from the Democratic, Wing, or American
parties.
It is thus obvious that tho reason
ing. with which Republican politicians oppose tho
formation Of an anti-monopoly party ii utterly
faleoious It la q nero make-a},ift The trua