The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-16

raise q finger to eject their class from
power and restore tho government 70
the people, although they say with
truth hat the administration which
they pnt 10 power is Oppressive, and
that It's jobbery and spy system is ratnA
GUS TO the business of merchants. The
shareholders were equally. scnscicus.
that Dol. Benton only told them the
truth when he predicted the abolition
Of slavery as the consequence Of the
repeal of the Missouri compromise and
yet they persisted. They were CON-
mitted TO a contest by their leaders, for
political power. Their property was
staked on holding she government by
the use Of money, which they obtained
by appropriating public and private
property, by bank charters, land grants,
protective tariffs, reconstructed state
bonds, and thousand other forms.
This was openly done in the late pres
idcntial election. d. was universally
conceded 10 August, 1872, that Mr.
Greeley would b elected. But by the
uns,intcd use Of money in the cleo
tons of North Carolina and Maine
those states were carried, and the en-
thusiasm Of his unorganized support.
crs was checked, and they were utterly
routed, by the loss Of the October
elections, which were also carried by
the same means. But the government
brokers, Jay Cooke Il Co., who openly
led of in organizing and marshalling
the money interests in the contest,
were, l have never doubted, bank.
rupted by their expenditures in it, and
not getting the government indnrse.
mcnt on their North Pacific railroad
bonds. were obliged TO suspend pay
meHi.s
This resulted from liking Mr.. Gree
ley our candidate. BY that movement
we were able in some degree to force an
issue on the Credit Mobilier and other
frauds, and created public sentiment
which prevented congress from voting
indemnity outoi the public purse to
the brokers who elect them. And we
have only TO continue to force
on the issue against class. government,
to be sustained by corrupt use of
public money to overthrow it and re-
deem our country from corruption
which is degrading it in the eyes Of the
whole world. The people Of the Uni
ted States will not be governee by any
other class. They broke up the old
Bank Of the United States because its
managers abandoned their business 10
take on themselves the government Of
the country and slavery would have
continued many long year if il had
not been brought into politics and used
TO consolidate sixteen states in the cleo
tons. The great monopolies that have
now stepped into the shoes Of slavery
as the governing power will come next.
And when we see the supreme court
packed at the dictation of one Of these
great corporations to have the legal.
tender decisions revoked ard suspen.
sion thus perpetrated in order to re.
lieve it of its pecuniary obligations, and
this by president who is so strenuous
for resumption, no one can fall to see
in whose hands all real power over the
government is lodged, and whence al
the corruption comes that is eating ou'
the heart of our free institutions. The
first thing to be done therefore is t.
rescue this government from irrespon
siblc power. For this we want peo'
pies party, in which resunptionistf
and inflationists, protectionists and free
traders, republican and democrats
black people and white-in a word, all
sincere believers in popular govern
ment--may join to reclaim this gov.
eminent for the people. ,.'
i A party so organized would give vi
an honest and economical administra
ton under whose benign influences, in
dustrial interests would revive, and the
discussions Of race and sections disap.
pear. am, very truly yours.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
FALKLAND, Montgomery County, Ma
ryland, May 4, 1874.