The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-10-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
GREENBACKPas W. DEMoCRaTs.


GREENBACKPRs w. DEMOCRATS.
Mr. EDrroR:-I write you hoping yoa will find
some nook or corner Of your paper for this response
to the glowing appeals of the Atchson Pdtrot the
Independent Greenback party, to become the tail Of
the Democratic kite.
The tells u.s. there are but two parties in this
country, Democratic and Republican party- And
We are further informed that the Democratic party
has resolved for hose tings which the Greenbackers
have resolved for, time and again." Now, this is
something worth remembering and I do remembera!
remember when the Democratic party, in the larg-
est convention ever held in Kansas, endorsed those
Greenbsck principles, almost unanimously. This
In Nay, lS6. And L remember the PdfrSot called
those Greenback Democrats "asses, fools, and howl
ing demagoguee,T for thus endorsing the money Of the
people, and for pledging their delegates to sustain
them And well do remember how the would-be
Democrats-for q barrel Of money-betrayed this
same Greenback cause-scorned it, spurned it-yes,
and they damned the Republicans for not scorning it
also, twitting them with disregarding the plghted
faith OF the nation, in not sweeping the greenbacks
from our system of finance, in the last eleven years.
and calling this failure an act of financial imbeey
and immortality" Yes we all remember these things;
and to trust you again, would be the very asses
aud fools you charged with being. And yet, in
the face OF all this, you ask-lovingly ask-us unite
With you IN defeating tie R<p~blioans. And you say,
Don't make fools of yourselves but join the ranks of
the Democracy How loving-but, pray tell me, in
what is your Democracy superior to Republcanismi
In what does the St. Louis platform differ from that
of Cincinnati, save in the doubtful announcement of
a preference for tariff ''for revenue onlyr They
both clamor for gold and speedy resumption. They
both call for banks of issue, and banks to bind the
people to the car ofthe shoddyite; and want
OF this We want the money Of the People, issued by
the Government Of THE PEOPLE-Gold Sarer and Pa
PER. L want no new-fangled Democracy. \ party
that seeks to burden the great of the people
with debts and taxes, that the few may wallow in
wealth, is anything but Democratic. Democracy once
desired to tax the banks well as the poor mans
cart; they once desired to have the bonds paid in
greenbacks, Thad Stevens says 'ras the agreement
they were once opposed to resumption in Is79 they
were once in favor of remonetizing silver; and the
slogan of Democracy, in times of old, when jackson
led the van was, "Do,rn ,cith National Banks away
with them! away with them giveus the money of the
Government-"Gold, Silver, and Sub Treasury bilsr'
THE PEOPLES MONEY. But then, you see, this was
before Tldens barrel and Dorsheners check ran the
convention at St. Louis But nowadays, this kind of
q Democrat is called and fool, l. G., a man
upon whom bribe has no effect. Democracy was
tralizaon Of power-and to special corporations But
alas! Dorsheimer renegade Republican, and Tlden,
a reereant Democrat, have changed all this and now
We have this sham Democracy, asking Greenback
to join them, and lie again cold out to the bond
holders and for less than a keg full next time
Andrew jackson, in his 7th annual message, warns
us against National Bank, as the greatest curse
that could befal this nation and he says in his Sth
annual message: THE American people will take
care never again to place SO tremendous power in
irresponsible hands, And in his Farewell Address,
he tells to beware of banks and banking power;
and says, This system may be used as an engine to
undermine your free insitutions and those who de-
sire to engross and power in the hands of the few,
and to govern by corruption, of its power,
aud prepared to IT," But this, you see is jackson
Democracy, and not Tildensm. And, sir we are
acting the warning of Old Hickory, and find that
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and We
cannot afford to be caught in such company another
time, for, by the Eternal GOD," we must and shall
be free from banks of issue, bond holders and shoddy
rule For ten years, legislation has been all in the
interest of this class Of men and intend it shall
be changed. Do You hear! The industries of this
country demand recognition, in France, and it
must come through the Independent Greenback party
Republcanism has failed; Tidensm is a dclusion and
snare; and whilst the teachings of Dorsheimer are
we can have no affiliation with you
whatever. You have denied the fath and are worse
than Republican. Young parties like young men,
should be careful to keep from the appearance of
evil, and this We could not do, to associate
with the confreres of Tiden aud Sherman.
Come to Troy, the 10Th inst the day of our County
meeting, and will give you "sound reasons for the
faith that is in u.s." We mean business.
Respectfully,
b. ODRISCOLL.
DoNIPHAN, KANSAS Oct. S, 1877.