Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
Hon. j. b. Beck's Advice to the
Changers.

WI
The Changers have it in their power.
without departing from their determine
ton to exclude politics from their or
ganIzation, to do the country more
service than they are, perhaps, aware
OF, simply by resolving not to vote for
any man for Congress or the State Legis-
latures who Is In any way connected with
any of the great corporations or or
CARNATIONS which are seeking special
legislation or exclusive privileges. 1t
is impossible to have just and honest
legislation, State or Federal, so long as
representatives are sent who owe their
election to, or are personally interested
IN, great moneyed corporations or
monopolles no matter whether thew
call themselves Democrats or Republi-
cans, they are not the representatives of
the people, they are simply the agents
and attorneys of those who seek, by
taxation of the masses, to enrich them.
selves, whenever they owe their election
to monpolists, or are themselves inter-
ested In class legislation. The Gran
gers can make the election of such men
N possible if they will make an honest.
united effort to do so that done, taxa
ton could be reduced and equalized
wealth could he made to bear it's Just
proportion of the necessary burdens of
government, and the rights of labor
would be fairly considered. l do not
propose that you should select rer
sentative men known to be hostile to
All / insist upon is, that
the representative shall be impartial
and unbiased; that he shall have no
interest to promote antagonistic to the
interest of the great body of the people:
that he shall be in q position, ana it
shall be his interest, to guard the public
treasury, and not plumber it to enrich
either himself or any favored class.
whose interest he has undertaken to
protect or promote. All our efforts in
Congress, either to obtain cheap and
sound currency. or to impose proper
taxation on them, for the money issued
to the national banks, were defeated,
because at least one-third of the mem
bers, perhaps majority, were either
Presidents, Directors, or large stock
holders III national banks. The bonds |
of the United States escape taxation,
and are paid, principal as well as in
.erest, IN gold, in known violation of
aw, when every other creditor of the
Government iscompelled to take "green-
backs" because Congress is composed |
argely of bondholders, or members are |
dependent for their seats upon them.
The tariff monopolists, the railroads and |
,ther great corporations, all have their
agents and attorneys. The "Grangers"
IAN, at least, put an end to such fragrant
wrongs, and send men to legislate for
he benefit of all alike.
l know nothing about your form of
but do know that you
IAN, in some form, instruct your lead
ng State officers to communicate with
hose of other States, and thus, through
your national organization, bring such
! power to bear, long before November,
IS will make it impossible for any Repre-
sentative out of New England and por-
ions of Pennsylvania to be elected to
he next Congress in the interest of any
corrupt rings or combinations, which,
,nder Radical domination, have so far
debauched and dictated
egislation to the ruin of the great agri-
cultural interest of the country.