Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-01


Those who contemplate joining the Green
back party, will Of course, want to under
stand Its real spirit Behind all platforms,
which are often masks. the inner spirit and
purpose of a party rules and shapes its
doings. \ very large proportion of the peo-
pie in the Eastern States are either holders
OF United States bonds, directly or through
savings banks, or have great interest in
Institutions which depend upon such bonds
for solyency. A great proportion of the
savings banks, national banks, life and lire
insurance companies, would inevitably fail,
if there should be a successful attack upon
the United States bon Is; and while more
than two-thirds Of the people of the Eastern
States are either depositors in savings banks,
or in these other Institutions. many more hold
bonds themselves. But what is the spirit OF
the Greenback party toward the bond
holders? Let its own official documents
answer. We quote from tract called
" Meat for Men, issued and widely
cir culated by the National Committee of the
Greenback party, and from its ''headquar-
tiers, - the following address to bondholders
You have isnorcd the rights of the people. You
have turned the mlsiortuuts OF war you prolonged
to your great advantage and the peoples disaster,
and you deserve TO have your banks broken open
your houses plundered, your spoons and furniture
stolen, your illgotten gains wrested from u,your
possessions clniiseated, and your Northeastern
States held appendaseS to United West and
South. hand in hand &C cooperating rs the New
America.
1t seems incredible thar such stuff rs this
should he issued in a campaign document by
the National Committee of party which is
even now seeking the votes OF El-tern men,
But the entire paragraph, beginning on page
. Of Meat for Mem" is of the same tenor,
and the Infamous document has been very
widely circulated by Grceutack committees.
In tract called "Aleat for Men" issued
from the headquarters National Greenback
party" formally authorized bv the National
Committee of that party, and circulated all
over the land by ltS local committees, this
language Is found
Young men OF the West and South Wecan clean
all OF these Eastern pirates out OF the homes and
the properly they have stolen. We can leave the |
country northeast OF the Allegheny Mountains to |
pay the National debt.
What is the matter? The East trusted the |
Nation, had saved money, and loaned it free |
ly to put down rebellion. Therefore, |
'clean these Eastern pirates out
of the homes and the property they
have stolen" The East lent the money /
with which the National armies were
sustained therefore ''let the Elst pay
the National debt" And the tract goes
on To say that this will make the East
bowling wilderness - ana to Elstern bond
holders it says. " lOu " Ill take this for your
repast in the near future, if You do Eot
burn yon il!-gutten bonds and let the people
live '" Truly, " ill-gotten' because obtain
I'd by saving the Nation from disruption. Is
l Greenbacker, then, nothing but IN INSULT
GENTLY whipped traitor?
This infamous spirit of sectional hatred,
which the Grecnhack party fosters and
upon which it feeds, is rs foolish As it
: dangerous. Let the people live
nv the sc1andrcls who issue this tract.
md vet they know that the entire
interest on all United States bonds out
landing is but triile over hirI dollars year
or each inhabitant Burn the bonds
oh those who trusted the mon, make the
Inst a bowling wilderness-ior what? To
axe away a burden of foHr ants reh and
lie: the people live - liza workman does
IGt get one more cigar each week, or one
norc glass OF beer, he cannot Live"
Yet this is the stuff whirh Eastern work
nsmcn and Eastern hondholders and East
IN dcpoSitors in savings banks are asked to
ndorsc and encourage by their votes. What
llly, to help by Eistern votes such mad
rusadc against the East, for a reason 50
iiotic - IrIims