The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-07
LABOR AND MONEY,

new party movement was inevitable, and
the national or labor party owes its existence
to the provocations of the government and of
capitalists. 1t is the result of a concerted pol
icy to protect capital at the expense of labor.
During the last fifteen or eighteen years labor
has been GENEROUSLY taxed, while capital
exempt This exemption of the capitalists has
especially applied 70 the owners of govern
ment bonds, the reason given for exempting
them at the outset being to induce capital to
invest. Never was any hope more futile. Cap
high that the bonds which bear Interest at par
could be had for 50 per cent. of their present
value. In all these years congress has shown
no sympathy with labor, and when legislating
at all has uniformly legislated in favor of cap
ital. The immense grants of land to railroads
is an illustration OF this, although a large
part of the public domain was given away TO
corporations which could have had no exist
ence but fol- the bounty of the government. 1
can not recall single Instance where grant
contained a provision to enable poor people
anxious to settle in the far west to get over the
roads free. The repeal of the duty on tea and
coffee was another unWise and oppressive
measure because IL did not make either OF
these articles cheaper, while the duty went to
the producer instead of the treasury.
In reply to aquestiOn as to what he thought
OF the permanence OF the new party he said:
at viii be spasmodic, irregular, impulsive
and adventurous movement. In some of its
phases 1t will be very Objectionable, for not
only will self-seeking politicians fasten them
selves upon IL, but it will give birth to many
wild and impracticabie theories, which may
work harm. Nevertheless, il Will work out its
mission, and unless the secretary of the treas
Gently to accomplish resumption, completely
succeeds and achieves both resumption and
prosperity, the new party will be largely rep
resented in the next congress and be able TO
control the next presidential election. Thur
low Weed in the New York Herald.
The most exhaustive statisticians, states
men of the most profound erudition, PHI
lanthropists who make the condition of
society their study, and political economists
who correctly estimate the forces that adj
vance or retard progress; these, all combined,
have been unable and will forever be inca
pable of demonstrating the extent OF the
injuries inflicted upon the country by the
supremacy of the radical party. All the
curses of Jehovah, all the crimes known
to civilized society, all the plaques
that have crawled forth from their
leprous wombs of vice, ignorance, super
stition, and fanaticism, massed and grouped,
have not been able to set in operation so
many forces of peril to the country as the
radical party is shown to have done since it
came into power. We challenge the record.
We invite the most exhaustive analysis of
the history of the lying thieving. perjury
purchasing and debauching party, from first
to last. Every page is black as hell with
crime. Every line is Kissing lie. Every
act is bludgeon blow at constitution, law
and liberty. AS a result, what? Universal
/ decentralization and organized rascality.
Every pathway the radical party has travel
ed is knee deep in the slime OF
its rotteness Every profession it has made
of regard for the right has been to cover up
from public view quickening crimes to be
born in due time for the promotion of some
deep laid scheme of peril to the liberties of
the country. Are millions Of people out OF
employment? Radicalism, by ITS Shylock
financial policy, inflicted the curse of idle
ness. Are these millions OF idlers IN deep
necessity for food in the presence Of fabulous
plenty2 Radicalism by its fat compelled
willing hands TO bang idle at the side Of