The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-10-14
FROM CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, Oct. IL, 1876.

The present canvass Tor the Presidency
of the United States is one of the most
momentous to the working men Of the
country. Every man who labors for his
living in this broad land should carefully
study the principles involved in this cam
paign, and the results that must surely
follow their adoption or rejection. The
studious toiler who has taken the pains to
post hims4 upon the issues of the day, as
expressed BY the platforms and letters Of
the espectixe-candidates before the peo-
pie, cannot fail to discover that so far as
he Is concerned, there are but two par
ties in the field. The Republican and
Democratic parties are one and the same
party, in fact, divided into two parts.
The men who framed the national plat
forms and shape the policies of the di-
visions represent but one interest. They
are one and the same power, being the
holders Of our national bonds, and other
vidual Indebtedness at home and abroad
From this source and the office holders
come the funds to carry ON the canvass
Their purpose is secured by pledge, both
through the platforms and the letters of
acceptance Of Mr. Hayes and Mr. Tilden
4 slisht difference as to the time % con
sumating the plans constitutes the only
difference. This was necessary to enable
the advocates Of each division to make a
fight on The whole arrangements are
made with the view of finishing one of the
grandest schemes of the age, by which all
the Industrial classes Of this country are u
be made the victims. Our national debt
is clearly to be made the means of creating
a .noneyed oligarchy, that shall eat up the
substance Of labor and rule it with ty-
rants hand. The present season Of on
equalled business depression and suffering
among our working classes in all depart
ments is but one phase Of the plan This
is but part Of the design, and the financial
legislation of the last three years, partici-
pated in BY the wealth of both parties,
prepares the way for another. BY the
laws contracting our currency the prostra-
ton OF our trades was produced. This
will enable the Shylocks to gobble up the
property Of the country from one half to
one-Jhlrd its honest value. Where We hal
three property owners in 1873. in 1879 we
shall have but one. The shrinkage, per
haps, will be greater than this Its effect,
however, IS to place the entire property If
the country in fewer hands, and thereby
increase the monopoly that it really now
Is. This done, and the greenback circula-
ton cut down to $500, 000, 900. and gold
basis established, an effort will i'm aediate-
ly be made to set all our people to work
again. 1t viii be done, and at once its
effect will be an increase in the value Of
all the property which has been bought at
the most grievous sacrifices. Thus the
wealth of the already wealthy will be tire
blcd upon the ruin Of thousands Of honest
hard workers. Wages will b. reduced to
the lowest point possible, because starva-
ton is a hard taskmaster When work
starts up more money as currency will be
required to do the business than we nov
have, and the free banking law leaves the
door open for the greatest imitation the
most rabld could desire. This will then
be taken advantage Of BY our bondhoId-
ers, and we will have two national banks
where we have one at present. Thus the
country will be flooded again with national
bank currency, on every dollar of which
the people will have to pay interest twice
instead of having a circulating medium
free of cost, except the expense of paper
and printing, such as is our national green
back circulation This is the grand scheme
/ to which the two divisions Of the money
power, under the names OF Republican
and Democratic parties, are pledged, and
which will be carried out if either be
elected,
The other party is the peoples party
the Independents or Greenbackers. Its
principles and candidates are certainly up
To the highest standard Of our civilization
Justice to al men in the nation, whether
North or South, black or white, Democrat
or Republican. native born or natural,zed,
it matters not, is the basis of every plank
III their platform. 1t knows and acknowl-
edges no issues, no nationality, no religion,
but the religion Of truth and fair dealing,
and is the work of the best brains in the
ranks of labor. 1t provides plan to re-
lieve MS from the idleness and suffering
prevailing in our ranks, restoring better
times aud better wages, 80 we will be able
to pay the taxes necessary to carrying on
our Government with its huge debt. The
candidates are mon entitled to, and hav-
ing the confidence Of the people, both for
their honesty and competency, to dis
charge the duties of the respective Offices
for which they have been nominated. Both
are the friends of labor, and in full sym.
pathy with its wants and requirements.
They have the courage to speak out for the
men who labor in any body and at any
place. They are an honor to us in every
sense, and ought to have the undivided
support Of every son Of toll throughout
the length and breadth of the country.
This Is the other party, which directly an
tagonizes both Republican and Democratic
bodies, which, as already stated, is but
one, by distinctive principles and policies
Of the most vital character The one set
of principles lead one way, forcing all the
surplus products of labor into one chan
nel-that of the pockets of the wealthy
the other, by simple yet perfect financial
system, will evenly distribute the wealth
of the nation among all the people, giving
each his due, and in the future making it
impossible for any power to produce money
panics and revulsions such as we are now
experiencing This being the issue, il i
hard for those among ourselves who have
considered the subject SO as to have an in
telligent understanding of it, to reconcile
the fact of 40 MANY Of our men heino so,,.,l