The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-08-20
COMMUNICATED,
The Era Of Demagogues.

EDITOR ENQUIRER HEN the
last degree of absurdity is reached,
and the fullness of nonsense is
spent in the game, he who is not
willfully blind, may gather wis
dom from the attitude of parties,
and either tremble or smile as the
view suits his political vision.
That the former movement is the
forerunner of the age of dema-
goguos, as the Editor of the Cleye-
land Herald so frankly asserts, il
quite al amusing opinion (if it is
worthy of so respectable q name
and shows his lofty contempt Of
fclass of men on whom he is depend
ent for that he eats.
If he had said that past legisla-
ton had fattenened corporations
and bondholders at the expense Of
the producing class, and justified
the farmer in striking for his rights,
he might have had the quieting re-
Election of telling the truth, and be
found on the winning side. The
farmers movement is q dispense,
ton infinitely above the contempla.
ton Of this woods-breed politicians
and prophets, who have but one
eye, and e nothing with that but
the Radical party, and that contin.
ued. If the farmer movement was
playing into the hands of such self
made prophets, as the editor of the
Herald, to rivet and siren CITIZEN the
chains which now hold the domin.
ant party in power, the Radical
press would lend it's praise in the
widest fits of delight.
But the radical OK is gored by
the farmers bull, hence the era of
demagogues in the prophetic vision
of the Cleveland editor. When
Congressman get one hundred bush
els of corn per day, and the son Of
toll who produces it gets nothing,
but an imperative invitation to kiss
the hand that smites him, any man
out Of bedlam can see the era OF
demagogues in the present condi-
ton of the country. When our
President gets one hundred and
thirty-seven bushels of wheat per
day, and the grower barely enough
to pay the cost of producing it,
his margin for profit lies in the
privilege of being insulted by the
Radical press for daring to breathe
a righteous sentiment if in conflict
with the interest of the Republican
party. That relentless tyranny
over the minds of men, which is so
.
Signally characteristic ofthat party,
is the offspring Of demagogue rule,
is the natural sequence of q people
disciplined for party use. In 1872
dcmagogues resolved to re-elect
Gen. GRANT or stencil the earth
with slime, and they succeeded in
the latter with such consummate
ease and boldness, that the former
was only a logical result.
The country has been dema-
gogued by the Radical party till
the bow has been stretched to it's
utmost tension. To relax and let
the machinery run loose, they can
not and live. To give the lines
another draw is party suicide, and
if they remain as they are, the very
stones would cry out if men should
hold their peace, for the devil has
offered them all the Kingdoms of
the earth and they have paid him
homage in full. Demagogues in
1872 proved by figures which never
lie Except on the eve of great cleo
(tions) that one hundred millions of
dollars had been paid on the public
debt during the fiscal year ending
june 20, 1872, and Congressman
Davis, and Government clerks got
up q campaign speech proving be
You'd dispute that such was the
fact. Irr
But the first three-qualt, rs of the
year ending June 30, 1873, when
there was no President to elect,
the figures show only a payment OF
nineteen millions and q few dollars
over, against seventy millions paid
the first three-quarters of the year
ending June 80, 1872. 1t was nee.
sary for election purposes to dema.
gogae the country in 1872, but in
1873 they can tell the truth. II the
era of demagogues is yet to come
the sooner Gabriel blows his trum.
pet the better.
When the editor of the Cleveland
Herald asserts that the farmers
organization is the greatest hum.
bug invented, he is presum.
inc moro on their i~Onorancf