The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-01

TO the Editor OF the sentinel:
SIR-To the Independent voter il must
be apparent that period of deep interest To
! the American people is at hand. Since the
surrender of Lee at AppomatoX and the
| capitulation of the rebel armies to the
/ authority of the United States, there has
I been no time that demanded more earnest
| and sincere consideration of the issues to be
! determined at an approaching election than
| the present. | have been a Republican, and
| abate nothing of my devotion to the princi-
/ piles of the Republican party as originally
| formed; but differing widely from that par
\ " upon q question that / deem vi
/ tal TO the best interests of the country,
: | have conceived it to be my duty as an
/ honest citizen To abandon that organization
when il fails to properly represent the in
/ dustrial and commercial interests of the
/ country. and cspOuses the cause of the bank
I er and bondholder | have honestly sought
through the Independent party organization
/ to make our power felt in such way "a in
our opinion would most surely bring the
country to realize the danger that Threatens
! the industrial pursuits, and awaken a suf-
/ ficient interest in the minds of the
1 people TO cause them TO pause and re-
4 fleet upon the widespread ruin
/ that awaits them unless there is "A radical
/ change i'm the financial policy that has been
pursued by the government since the close
/ of the war. We are constantly reminded by
7 the Republican papers and speakers of high
! and low degree, that n vote for Peter Cooper
is vote thrown away. Some OF our most
! trusted men have, as believe, been corrupted
/ by money; have abandoned our cause and
/ gone over To our worst enemies IN
1 consequence of which the Independent
| party i'm Indiana is in a disOrganized
/ and chaotic condition. Under these
I circumstances it becomes our duty to
| inquire how we can best subserye
/ our country's interest, whether by continu-
/ ing to support our Independent organiza-
I ton and thus as We are reminded by the
\ Republicans, throw our votes away, or sup
/ port such one of the prominent par
| ties as in our judgment most nearly reflects
our sentiments and would be the most
likely if successful in the political contest
now being waged to afford relief to a suffer
1 ing people from the ruinous policy that is
/ sought TO be fastened upon the country. Is
there choice between the two old
! parties? Admitting for sake of argu-
ment that in their national platforms
! upon the financial question there is no sub
stantial difference We are then compelled to
/ look elsewhere in order that we may be able
/ to determine nationally and without pas
/ sion. whether there is a sufficiently subStan-
tial difference in the financial makeup of
I the old parties To make ii matter OF Suffi-
cient importance for us to choose between
! them. II we examine the local platforms of
/ the two parties, we find that in Ohio, one
/ year ago, the Democratic party made a
straight greenback platform, and the
/ campaign in that state was fought
out with Allen as the repre-
sentative of that policy, which
was clearly and distinctly, by the Republic
| cans in their platform and candidate. antag-
Onized. The late Democratic convention in
/ that state re-affirmed their policy of one year
! ago. and also incorporated the inter-conyer-
4 rihla bond ri g tbair r,lat
! thereby making it in every respect all that
! could be desired by the most earnest indie
l pendent in the country. The Indiana DEM
/ ocrstic convention which assembled in Indi-
! annapolis last April resolved, among other
/ things, that the national bank notes must
be retired, and their place supplied by
\ United States treasury notes, (greenbacks.) }
! The national Democratic platform was not
adopted by the ST. Louis Convention with
/ out serious opposition on the part of promi-
| nent Western Democrats while the Repub-
/ lican national platform was adopted by the
/ Cincinnati Convention without a single dis
/ senting vote. In short, Republican platforms
everywhere. both state and national, antagO-
nize every single measure proposed by the
| Independent party, whilst many of the state
| Democratic platforms agree with Us on iinan-
cial questions Not only this, but all the
prominent newspapers and speakers of the
| Republican party indOrse, 10 the fullest ex-
tent. TIE lllldlCldl IAlllCA ol lildl party, tS
! the same has from time to time been crystal
! lied into acts of Congress. Col. Ingersol the
ablest expotnder of the Republican faith, in
a speech recently made in Chicago. says:
.'The greenback will be redeemed: we ex-
pect to redeem it on the lst day of January,
1879 We may fail; we will fail if the pros
perity of the country fails; but we intend
to try and do it, and if we fail, we will fail
! as soldier fails TO take a fort. high upon
the rampant, with the flag of resumption in
| our hands,"
The meaning of this can not be mistaken.
1t is published with approval by Republican
journals and finds a hearty response from
every Republican in the land. We all
know how soldier fails to take a fort. His
failure does not occur until carnival
of death has strewn the ground
with his dead and dying comrades
Specie resumption must be reached, though
ID be over the PROSTATE industries and par.
alyzed energies of the nation, and through
want, beggary, suffering and starvation
such as the country has never before known,
and this is the banquet we are invited 10 by
our Republican friends. In view of all these
facts. il must be apparent TO every candid
Individual that nothing can be expected
from the Republican party but determined
opposition TO every single proposition of oul
party. We are reminded by our Republican
friends that vote for the
Democratic party is vote ts
its bitterest enemies. There might be some
plausibility in this, were it not that we finc
in the Democratic ranks many very many
OF the countrys sblest defenders; mcT
whose devotion to country has been tcstec
/ an many hattie fields uho have earried thai