The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-10-05

IuS VI why Spiit w, Nou w ~ wv Hn'ppiN'y
of the Greenbackcrs and Democrats combin
ing in the coming election, and the reasons you
give are in substance that the real differences
between the two parties are of but secondary
importance, and that unless there is somt
agreement between them rs To candidates. The
Republicans Will win. As 10 the differences
between the parties, they were Of you will
please rccolcCt) some few years back OF 50
much importance that when there was Il sort
of tUSioA between them, under the name OF
independents, you through your paper de-
nounccd the union, called on the democracy Ia
come to the front, and ordered the money lun,
atics TO take Il back seat.
What has happened since to bring the par
ties nearer have the Grccnbackers rcccdcd :
or the Democrats advanced? Referring 10
what Grecnbackcls demand, Editors, both Dem.
ocratc and Republican, know it 81 much bet.
ter than Grecnbackcrs that it is no use appar.
emily trying TO teach them; but you may rest
assured that the differences between the two
parties are such rs TO prevent the possibility OF
a fusion.
As to the fear that both will lose and the
Reps. win, unless there is Il fusion, the Green.
hackers are easy on that head. Our Motto
around these parts is, "FigM on priHcjpie,
ptth expectancy 10 he U--emocr0ts."
As 10 who has five and who has the one vote,
Mr.. Editor, You just keep IA little cool until
the 9th OF November, and if you have that
boast to make on that day, | will eat crow.
To end, let ii be known to all that the time
for selling the sutfragcs of American citizens
is past, and any candidate of our party, with
drawing in favor of any other candidate otany
other party, lnsures the defeat Of that candidate
how and why they will find out when too late.
FIAT MONETA.
CoMMENTs.-It is always hard to beat an
idea into II mar too prcjudiced or thick
skulcd to take 1t in. In suggesting last week
the FREE TRADER had reference particularly
to the state scnatorship, All sensible men
see that the only practical difference between
the political parties Of the day, has reference
to the currency question.
While the Republicans of the west out of
Difference to the strong popular sentiment there
in favor Of the greenback, profess to favor a
mixed currency of grecnbacks and national
bank bills, exactly such as we now have, the
whole to be brought to par with gold by the
resumption of specie payment in January; the
great body of the party at the east and It's lead.
crs and controlling power everywhere, are
really in favor of the gradual retirement of the
greenback, and ultimately having the currency
of the couAtry consist exclusively of specie
and national bank bills
The Democrats are in favor of maintaining
not only the present issue of greenbacks, but
of Withdrawing the national bank bills and
issuing greenbacks or national treasury notes
in lieu of them, and the issue of as many more
grccnbacks or treasury notes as the country
can keep at par with gold and silver
The Nationals are understood to be in favor
not only of maintaining the present issue of
greenbacks and Withdrawing the national
bank circulation, but of the issue of a new
species of paper money known as "fat money"
paper billets redeemable in nothing, but
made money and legal tender by the com
mand or fat' of the government, and the is
sue of enough of this money not only to re
ioom or take up all the present interest bear
ing Indebtedness of the government-(some
81 00O000000), but enough more to make
money plenty and cheop--that is, to reduce it
considerably below par, or its face value in
gold and silver
There are, however, rs the FREE TRADER
ook occasion to remark last week, many So
called National Grccnbackers who deny that
hey are in favor of this issue of fiat" money,
Or any paper money by the general govern.
lore in -
with gold and silver. Among these we named
Maj. Wood L. Townsend, who certainly in his
speech in Ottawa secuted the idea as a slanderl
IN the Nationals that they were in favor of the
ISSUE OF a dollar OF grccnbacks or fiat" money!
by the general government that should not be
kept 1T par with gold and silver; and we named |
John :, Armstrong the National candidate
or state senator, AS another so-caled National
Who was an antitiatmoney maniac, and there
ore at war with the extreme men of his own |
'arly ON that question and really standing on
he Democratic platform. The FREE TRADERI
therefore,, seeing that Mr.. Armstrong, the ma
ional candidate for senator, and Mr. Tower,
he democratic candidate, stood exactly the
same platform on the financial question, sur.
scs'cd, if the Nationals really desired such
nan to be elected, and the republican candi.
late, who was II national bank hard money
maniac, defeated, whether they had not better
inlte their 1000, or 1000 or 5000 votes or
whatever number they claim, with the 1900 to
900 democratic votes that will certainly bel
ast for Mr. Tower and thus defeat the repub.
lean.
AS to the statement above that the FREE
TRADER two and four years ago, denounced
he union between the Democrats and indie.
'endcnts, and called ON the Democrats to
ome to the front and ordered the money.luna.
les to take back seat" etc, the writer is
rawing for facts wholly on his Imagination.
The FREE TRADER did support Mr.. Camp
'el twice for congress and helped to elect
'awcet Plumb to the state senate; but whenl
found Mr. Campbell year and half ago