Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04

lei W TIC pieJuuice ana nalTeQ OF the
New England people this book was
republished in this country. 1t was
cunning political document. Thous
ands OF people believing it's represen-
tations to be true were innocenlly POI
litically influenced to their own disad-
vantage. The stories fabricated in
this book were peddled from mouth
to mouth through the south and mid
die states until The poor white trash"
of those regions thought the cyan
KEGS" the most ignorant and benight
ed people on the globe. They haye
entertained each other in their vii
derness cabins and laughed at the
righteousness of the superstitious
New Englanders. SO general has
the belief in these stories become that
here in the west not infrequently we
hear near descendants of New Eng
landers repeating and believing these
stories. They are the victims of w.
ing as fine art.
And now we have another exam
pie of this sine art" Brick Pome.
roy and Sam Carey having schooled
themselves in the art of which the
b Rev. Peters was the original master
they have enjoyed immense success
in the practice of "Lying as fine
art" Through their teaching we
find scores of good men believing that
Congress passed demonetizing of
silver law at midnight while the Pres
ident waited IN the ante-room to sign
1T. Through their teaching hundreds
believed that members of Congress
were bribed to pass that law, with
British gold. Through their teach
ing hundreds believe that there was
three times as much money in the
country ten years ago as nov.
Through their teaching hundreds be-
lieve that Lincoln, Stevens, Webster,
Calhoun, Jefferson and even Hamilton
and Washington believed in irredeem-
able Government money. Through
them hundreds believe that France has
paid its war debt of SIX years ago
while this country is languishing un-
der its debt of sixteen years ago.
Through them hundreds believe that
the principal business of the Secre.
tary of the Treasury for the past
dozen years has been to gather up
"the peoples money and burn it.
Through them hundreds believe the
Government by simple fat can crush
out the hard times. In short, through
them many wise heads have been
made to appear to thoughtful people
as ridiculous AS an audience of dark
les listening in the simplest confidence
to one of their leaders telling ghost
story. And all this is the effect of
lying as fine art.
1t is not possible to calculate the
damaging effects. The Rev. Peters's
decisions were the education of the
southern people, upon the character
of the northern people. They finally
came to think we were not fit to live
with. They even thought they could
whip US. The delusion cost them and
us hundreds of thousands of lives,
hundreds of thousands of manned,
treasures untold and chickering's and
quarrels where there should be only
brotherly love, that may last through
generations and finally end in greater
slaughter and national disintegration.
So the Pomeroy and Carey decisions
have already done great harm. In
shaking the confidence of capitalists
there are no ventures and no work
for the poor. By teaching the people
that Government can relieve them
they have arrested individual vffurt.
Those who do not want to work
being taught that Legislation will pro-
vide for them are waiting for legisla-
ton. Men heretofore industrious and
prosperous looking to legislation have
abandoned their farms and business
and are wasting their substance in
politics, the economy and philosophy
of which they do not know the a, b, c.
Persistence in the practices, which
these delusions teach will lead, God
knows where. 1t will be mortifica-
ton to the deiuded, loss to all, and
may be disaster to all.