New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-11
THE MERCHANTS PROTEST..
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rweeds annually sums to buy legislation and
10 perpetuate our disgrace.
EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION ESSENTIAL
very easy fellow citizens, TO meet here and talk
and resolve. but you cannot accomplish anything essen
thai without effective organization. To-day the bargains
going by the rotten hacks OF political parties who
unmindful Of the things that upon TO buy
cn into seats at the next LEGISLATURE Every man who
10 offered as candidate for the Senate and Assembly
should be questioned the subject, what is better
put known men Of good ali things
40 not forget that to build railroads and snip 10
T ssa r dS dans sron Niagara matter Of
time and considerable time. These or the other
are perhaps the radical bat for that very the
mote remedies for evils What can wo DO now at
that our main evils arise from bad eesaon; bad legis
lation arises from bad, corrupt and Ignorant
, ssn %So Won sn s sent to the legislative
body Of the state OF New-York this very
class of oafers and political traders and tricksters OF
whatever party who on the one hand sell Ior pay 20 t
moi have and on the other hand by threats OF interior
enoe With them in their legitimate and proper functions
whO In their extort 1t from you t. replace the
sum Of which they have been robbed: Every dollar
mach additional expense of the roads, TO be collected In
tolls FROM those who use them A. 49,. -, A..
State viii also learn to discharge their political duties
that while on the one hand they wal not sena 10 ihe
who in the direct and immediate employ OF Tue
great lines Of railway, they Will not on the other maud
send men who hope to earn an Independence in one
year by the introduction OF intlmdatng bills, which
not expected TO become laws
ATTENTION TO POLITICAL DUTIES ALONE REQUIRED.
1t is that almost all men seek for remote rem
edies rather than those which hand 10
any evil which afllcts them. How often have you
known some chemically impecuniOus friend who con
SANITY attributes his want Of good fortune 70 some
remote chance which he thinks he has lost forgetting
that the OF all his misfortune Is because he chooses
u get up al morning instead Of and is always
100 late for the cars Thus with u.s. are suddenly
dshearten by the fact that our commerce is slipping
away, that our rights are invaded ana that great
and naturally look to the most remote remedies as
thsavaiabe and ehcacious ones But the true remedy
very simple the political duties which we
have neglected make up for lost time by increased
seal and act in accordance with the principles upon
which Government is based to w.t. that there is no
governing class simply because such meu are expected
60 give enough time to the affairs of government and the
You know that all the honest and true Hearted Repub
are with you IN your work. and to tnat party
belong. know that the mass OF our DEMOCRATIC IeoW
citizens the friends OF reform, and to that party
also belong.
called the ".CGstou-HOuse' and " TaJnmauy" Rings,
which tine alert 20 these sasses each In
its personal interests. AvOd both as YOU would
pcetilencc. We know what the 1dmUany Ripg ae-
eOmplished when in Office and power, and you can
anticipate from the signs OF Ie lines what you may
expect the gang from any you should
suffer either Of them, from inactOn on your part,
succeed. Select your candidates for Office from the
true men OF both paroles anu Win tue necessary
organized efforts success assured 1t must not
understood thst y0ur efforts TO right your wrongs
you intend attack the vested rights OF capital devoted
10 great service TO humanity as our system OF rail-
roads; but solely tie existing abuses which In the
progress ofume have oyegrOwn H. In your eDoits TO
accomplish this, IN the solution or every sOclal
problem. You have task before you, which TO
sccOmp ish VIII require the strength Of Hercules,
guided by the wisdom OF a Solomon FeUow-eitikeDs
the future Of our city for veal or woe Is IN your own
hands; aud ~ is for you 10 determine whether thnt
tutIup snail be your monument OF your grave