The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-20


not, Shall the United States be one and ir-
divisable? 1t Is not, Shall the stars and
stripes symbolic an ocean-bound republic?
1t is more vital than either of these. 1t is a
question of life and death to thousands of
the people of the United States. We pre-
mise that the radical party, with It's other
crimes, has dethroned prosperity. 1t has
introduced financial and business chaos. 1t
has violated every law of political economy
1t has compelled bankruptcy. 1t has hushed
the hum ofmachinery. 1t has multiplied idle
ness. 1t has created poverty and pauperism.
IL has regarded the interests of the rich and
disregarded the interests OF labor. 1t has
poisoned every fountain of truth. 1t has
paralyzed every industrial enterprise. 1t
has filled the country with pauperism.
1t has been the advocate of thievery the
apologist of crime, the patron of knaves,
and, in all regards, a curse, for, while Jeho-
yah has decreed plenty, it has compelled
starvation. Radicalism is blight and
mildew; it is organized crime; political
malaria; standing proof of total depravity,
and demonstrates the necessity OF eternal
damnation. To radicalism lie is better
than the truth. 1t hides crime and protects
thieves. Under cover of perjury radicalism
has achieved its greatest triumphs. Its pol
icy is its pockets; its god is swag; its monu-
ments are the wrecks of all things that are
true and of good report, and its epitaph,
Fraud" 1t has held sway for many years.
and with its rule curses have increased,
Amidst plenty it has organized famine, and
to day the issue is life and death. From
every part of the country is heard the wall
of distress Stalwart men are starving; wo-
men are starving; children are starving
pestilence will follow on the heels of fam
inc. To get rid of the radical curse men are
cutting their throats hanging themselves,
plunging into rivers and canals-taking the
chances of heaven or hell rather
than endure the curse of radical
ism. Hayes, the embodiment of perjury.
with soul damned in advance, urges on
Sherman, who. damphool or a knave-
more likely both-looks on and chuckles as
he sees the blight of his policy fall upon the
prosperity of the country. The bondholders
rejoice and the gold rings applaud as the
poor enter the government hopper and are
ground to powder. While the work is going
on we are told that a shrinkage of values is
necessary to reach resumption, and it is in
timated that resumption is of so much i'm
portance that half of the people ought to be
willing to starve to accomplish the financial
feat, and this clap-trap is occasionally in
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be opposed to radical scoundrelism.
Under radical rule the policy has been to
aid the rich and destroy the poor. For this
purpose Mccullough, the financial knave,
recommended and carried forward contrac-
tion. This creature of quixotic theories,
who demonstrated that the crazy bed bug
was his intellectual equal, managed to com
mence policy which his successors have
followed with disastrous results that defy
computation. The bondholders and gold
sharks have been able to control the finan-
cial policy of the country. Common sense,
the facts of history and the widespread dis
tress brought about have been inadequate to
the task of awakening thought for the re-
lief of the country or of arresting the steady
purpose to increase the calamities consequent
upon contraction. As result, thousands of
our countrymen are in the grasp of famine.
Private charities are being overland, and
the outlook is full of the most haggard fore
Dodings. In this crisis of affairs what is to
be done? Protest. Let petitions be signed.
In some way the people must be heard. The
cry is, "Hark from the tombs." There is
death-rattle in the throsts of thousands. 1t
ought to be enough for the radical party to
steal the presidency. The crime ought to
satisfy the largest demands of the devil him
self. To destroy the life of the
people ought not to supplement
the returning board villainy. There
must be found a stopping place. In a
few weeks congress will assemble. If the
voice of the people is the voice of God, then
let it be heard in the form of protests when
the representatives assemble. Sherman's
policy can be arrested contraction can be
made to cease, silver can be remonetized, the
burden can be thrown off, brighter day can
be ushered IN, the tramp of famine can be
stopped-but 1t can be done only by concert
of action. Let the ball be put in motion in
Indiana, and the question of life and death
may be postponed for a season.