Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-07-31

The phrase we have placed at the
head of this article is coming into
frequent use in certain quarters; but
if such phrase is intended to apply
in any broad or general sense to a
political organization, numerically
great, arrayed in hostility to mon
opoly party, also numerically great,
then the expression has no practical
meaning whatever. No such divis-
ion of the people does or could ex-
list in our atmosphere of unrestricted
thought. It would be impossible to
drum together any considerable
number Of our citizens whose sense
Of self-respect is SO low, whose per-
ceptions Of justice are so blunted,
and whose dread of popular scorn
is so scanty, that they wonld stand
shoulder to shoulder in a brazen-
fronted advocacy of monopoly. So
soon as any serious and actual at
tempt shall be made to separate the
voting masses into two distinct po-
litical organizations, one favoring,
the other opposing, monopoly, it
will be found that all party banners
are blazoned with the same inscrip-
tons. There will be no difference
Of opinion among honest people
about so plain an issue. Only one
party would be the result, instead
of two; and two al e indispensable to
free institutions like ours. .Irrecon-
cilable antagonism Of views alone
makes parties practicable; hence it
would be the acme of folly to seri-
ously inangurate q movement for
the formation of a new party, based
on tendency to universal concur
renee of convictions. We therefore
put from us "the anti-monopoly par
ty" as sort of Jonah's gourd party
or as party which may be differ
emily symbolized as a hobby-horse,
which the professional politicians
expect to ride Il few steps in safety
on their hopeful journey of return
to power.
Last year the Democratic party
was almost formally disbanded, and
it has ceased to exist. Its former
leaders, discontinued, ambitious,
schcming, have no longer a follow
err, and they find, like Othello, that
their occupation is gone. Entrance
into the Republican party-thc only
compact, disciplined, homogeneous,
vigorously alive organization which
remains-can be obtained only by
taking back seats; and that would
never suit your thorough paced
office. hunter. So these leaders with
out followers have been looking
about for chance opportunities to
improve their fortunes. The direc-
ton of their intensest solicitude has
been, "Who will show us a new
party, that we may become its head
menu" Consequently, when the
farmers of the west rose en- naasse in
indignant protest against unjust dis
ordinations in freights and fares,
and against the whole list of railway
cxtortions, tho professional politi-
clans rushed in to transform a
movement for redress Of grievances
into a movement for the formation
Of a new political party. A trium-
virate of uscfulncss-the Chicago
Tribune, the Chicago Times, and
the New York World-begged leave
to ingraft free trade on the farmers
movement. Others brought their
offerings in the shape of crusade
against the national banks as bloat-
ed monopolists. \ third set of wor-
thics presented as their curc-all a
a repeal Of our navigation laws, so
far as relates to lake commerce, so
as to admit Canadian and other for
cign vessels 10 the same privileges
enjoyed by our own. Quite mum.
Der Of unfailing remedies have, FROM
j. ~ $50 - - : IA