, 1874-06-13
THE GERMANS AND THE SPRING
= ''' FIELD CONVENTION.

Tim 0fOEDCHlNrd OF tho 60.GAklGu EfUfiN6rH'
Convention, heid In Springfield day before yea-
,torday. arc d terrible .mookory Of tie much.
boasted Parliamentary education Of tho Anori-
can people. No Polish Btarost could have used
poassnts ] % to CIV %SYos" to nll which Ao ordered
tlan tho Chairman Of this Farmsra' Convention
did to his ssindopondout" farmers. In :tbo
Munich Flcf1cndcfa Blaet.e,1a ia picture Of .
Prussian lieutenant, who. with angry Rosticula-
:tlon screams out to soldier standing straight
and elont before him, H;You inferpal acoupdrol,
IL you want to talk, hold your tongueI''
Ia lust tho eamo fashion did tho pfe-
siding: otllcor Of tho Farmors'! Uonvnon- n
ton call and pound to silence evory one
who yontured to offer proposition looking to-
ward Improvement, or who wished to mako. d
romark on any OF the resolutions presented by
tho Committee. His conduct WIS precisely like
TINT Of tho Mayor in q volI-known German
atory, who calls out to tho poasanta,who protest
against tho clergyman who ia forced upon them,
:tOxon TINT you arc, will liston to your ontrea-
tioB: You shall and must take this gentleman
for your pasts0T' =, Now asl yoa: Will you or
,"Yes." =. ....
And in this fashion platform was adopted by
these "honoBt" farmers which indoigod tho
moBt unbolfndod paper-curroncy Hwindle. Evory
man who darod to say word In favor Of national
honor aud honesty was put down. War was do
e1ared OH protective tariff for homo labor, aud
also On the principle Which lies at tho basis of
FREQ Trade, for they rejected the proposition to
l4k pllDllU EpIlkEuEL1 u LILO l0HG8k DluuGFs Ou
tho railroad question tho Convention declared
itself for tho moat unlimited power OF the State
over tho management OF. railroads, aud the
| fixing Of passenger and freight taiiffs. The
remainder Of the platform consists Of Genor-
alitiea in regard to economy and honor
| declarations about honor side by side with an
| Endorsement Of a fraudulent nationnl bankrupt
! oyD, in regard to improvements Of navigable
| waters (Tithout adding whether at the expense
Of the Fodornl or State Goyernment), and re-
vision OF tho Patent lava (wtthont giving any in
dication OF tie m6nncr in which thDy are to be
impr0yod}.. ,a. :,..,,
In regard to the question OF personal liberty
| (tempefance laws). The sentiment OF tho Con-
vention was unconditional ia favor OF enforced
| temperanco,-so much 10 thnt q person must
| have llad a braznn brow to hnvo vontured to
! take the opposite side. Evory reforBnce to the
! demands OF tho Germans iu regard to this point
.waB met by tho cold water farmers with that ma
l!cionB aud contemptuoua scorn which the rough
| or American displays against everything which
l he cau dispose Of with tho word s'Dutch."
For papar-rnonoy, agalnst tho projection Of
homo industry, aud for temperance and Sunday
laws this Is tho brief summary OF tho whole
Farmers platform. We certainly need not Bay
to our readers that wo spit on Huoh pntfar1n,
No man who III capable Of roanonipp viii belioyo
that a,,y person-oveu il he eworo it with q hun
ired oatls-who aasorts the GormanB will ao-
cept such monstrosity OF platform aots from
honest conviction and upon reasonable cause.
| For 10 would attribute to the Gormaps pothiuu
loss than tho allowing themselves to bo struck in
tho face tile declaring all their honest and ain.
ocre conyictions d liz md d swin6lo. and TIM