The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-05-20
Grangers and DEMOCRACY.

Grangers and Democracy
We call the earnest attention of Grangers' %.
especially those who have never been DeiiOo-'
and who would resent as an Insult any oose sI.
tIon that they become part of tne ram
of the Democratic party, to an ar'ioIo ono of
copy this week from the St. Louis 1in'e', ono ',
the leading Democratic papers Oh ~,
States. That article very clearly re'e"i' 'N'
siyns and expectations Of the Denho0ia0s uo
signs which have long been apparent " tue cioSe
observer. IT has been noticeable WIN "nat zeai
act;va and influential Democrats entered into the
Cronge. how they manifested an interest IN the
snccess of "Reform" movement. The Demo
o-o+ic marty. thew said, was defunct, and no per-
.on With common sense would ever pretend to
,,ole a Democratic fight. All they wanted was
nReform.p and they would prefer to have the
bulk of their ticket composed of men who had
been Republicans. But they never neglected to
slip in a Democrat, whenever they could. But
the Reform and Grange movement increased, and
made inroads into the Republican party The
result we see in a Democratic Congress. Now
that they have got on their legs once more, and
think the Republican Grangers are effectually
aleniated from their old party, they showing
their hands. The Democracy and the Grange,
they say, are natural alles-but they do not for
get to add, that the Grange must fall into the
rear, and become the tail end of the Democratic
party. 1t is well enough for the Grange to main
tain its organization, in order to hold its forces
together; but these forces must yield to the DEM
ocratic party, which is well drilled and prepared
to run the machine.
This is the almost universal sentiment of the
Democracy. Here in Kansas, we all remember,
they were SO very anxious to drop the Democrat
ic party, and elect good, honest Reformers.
There are probably half dozen Democratic pa
pers in the State, and without exception, they
have all proclaimed that the Reform party is
played out-that the tail cannot wag the dog
any more; but that Republican Reformers are
now outcasts from their old party, and if they
want any help or countenance, they must enter
into and become part of the Democratic party.
And for all this, what are the Changers prom
isedf They are promised relief from oppression,
and a share IN the GLORIOUS memories and grand
achievements" of the Democratic party. Intelli-
gent Grangers will not need to be told what those
glorious memories and grand achievements were,
nor the peculiar style of Democratic relief. The
last grand achievement of aNational Democratic
Administration, was series of the most gigan-
tic thefts ever known-by which the National
Treasury, the Army and the Navy were stolen;
and in that party q rebellion was concocted to
destroy the Government. These glorious memo
ries green in the hearts of thousands of Grang
ers, who have SONS, brothers. fathers and friends
sleeping on Southern battle-ields The high
taxes, the corruption, the outlawry prevailing
throughout the country, are the direct results of
that rebellion, by which society and politics were
upheaved, and incompetent men brought into
temporary power. Above all things, the Grang-
ers are opposed to oppression; yet one of those
4" glorious memories" is that this grand rebellion,
with all its consequences of slaughter, ruin, and
was for the purpose of perpetuating
human slavery.
Then, the Democracy are promising the Grsng-
srs such grand reforms. What has been the
character OF the reforms, wherever they have Sc
cured temporary poweri In the South, from
Missouri to Texas, it has inaugurated system of
violence murder, and highway robbery, with no
to life, no punishment of crime ex-
cept the crime of being Republican. Wherev-
Or it has gained power, one of its first move
ments has been the destruction of the public |
school system. Scarcely Democratic Legisla- |
ture, during the past Winter, but has acted SO |
as to incur the condemnation of
honest and independent men of the Democratic |
party. And at this moment, in several of the |
great States, they are scheming to unite Church !
and State by forming an alliance between their |
party and powerful church, that is the uncom-
promising enemy of free schools and free govern
nent This is the alliance to which Grangers
ire invited.
There are undeniably wrongs and corruptions
n the Republican party, and bad men are con-
,ected with it; but compared with the Democ-
,acy, it is purity itself; and Republican Grang-
,rs will consider well before allowing themselves
% be made the tools of that gigantic organiza-
ion of fraud and oppression.