The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-08-02
From the Allegan Democrat
HENRY. CH.7.uBERL.4Y.N.
Ms D6HHnSidtiOn Of the MICHIGAN
Dfm0crGcy.

Dfm0crGcy.
TzRzE OAKS Mich., July e. 7s.
d. r. WATERS. Esq:
MY DEAR sIR-You have come I knew you
would, and am glad. | welcome you into the
ranks OF the national greenback party: YOU
will feel at home do not be afraid Of us The
Free Press Gays there are three to five Re-
publicans coming to the National party TO one
Democrat. Why, nv dear friend YOU can
sleep with greenback man safely DO matter
from where he comes they throw away their
"old duds. wash aud ars clean. and put on
fresh garments when they come. You aud
have made great efforts 10 induce Republicans
TO join with as when we were with the Demo-
cratic party we need have no fears but what
We can work with them when they become
greenbackers Then it is not true that four
ffths Of the national party of Michigan come
from the Republican party So far as know
very large proportion OF the men who as
Democrats did the hare work and bore the
brunt of the battle in the past. are with us to-
day.
Perhaps you were born il the Democratic
party. was not. l joined the ranks III the
years Of my minority, when !: was progress
i've party, party Of the people when il was
opposed TO all banks Of issue. when i opposed
the circulation OF currency and was in favor of
money; Git IS true ,hs; Il had not vet got hold
Of the true idea OF money! when It was op-
posed to granting especial privileges opposed
to all monopoIes: opposed TO all debts OF
states, counties, municipalities. This was the
policy Of the Democracy OF thirty years ago.
stuck with the party as long as ! could and
for the last twenty years felt like a wife who.
when the husband o. her choice commenced
cutting up "didoes. that each time would he
the last, and he would do better IN the future
and te as he was when she made cho,ce of him
in her youth feeling a. the time that she
could not, as she remembered the pleasant
past leave him. But the time arrives when
separation must come l we'll remember the
! convention OF 1868 which sen; delegates 10 The
national convention. We went 10 tha; couven-
ton hopeful, thinking that the Democracy Of
Michigan would place themselves beside their
brothers OF Ohio, Indiana and other western
States. We met the same class. ard ! pre-
/
Lansing convention, but we made fight. sup
ported by Isaac NJ. Crane. Fred :. smith
Thomas Z. Sherwood. John Z. Cook. NJ Shoe
maker, T. ". Worden. E. II. Lothrop. W. NJ.
Ferry. l. W. Van Fossen John [. Blanchard
and many others, most or all OF whom are now
with us. we succeeded IL getting into the plat
form some financial common sense and we
went home happy thinking that at last we had
accomplished something but soon after. as
has been the case ever since, our hopes were
dashed to the ground. l need not recount to
you the frequent and bitter disappoiutments
that we who would have kept the Democratic
party Of Michigan democratic sustained.
The platform adopted at Lansing has ear
marks that are familiar. The ticket sh what
ticket to present to the people Of Michigan
The nominees are men OF character and far
capacity. but what interest do they represent
Four lawyers, three editors. one banker. one
teacher. Not one OF them engaged in pro-
duc:ive industry. Not one OF them engaged
in the exchange OF commodities They entire
/ " ignored the great agricultural and manu-
featuring interests OF the State No son OF
toll on the ticket. 1 make the prediction that
it will not receive % per cent. OF tie votes in
/ November.
Let the dead bury their dead our duty is
to the present and future. lie; Us ~ and be
doing.
Yery truly you-s.
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