New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-13
THE cPFENB1CK SUPPORT

Mr.. Hewitt, in his remarks on kearney,
quotes letter from one of the leading law
"yers of San Francisco, man of the highest
Character who vigorously describes the
"uniyersa discontentn caused in California by
Kearneylsm. He calls it "chaOs," and de-
clares that business is at standstiil, all
improvements arrested, enterprise paraiyzed,
:" property depreeated domestic capital is hid
" den. and foreign capital is withdrawn or go
cling" Will the workingmen of other States
seriously consider how they are to better them
selves if they so vote as to bring about such a
condition esewheTe7 The letter continues:
Imay be an alarmist, but When the lower order OF
society IN this city accomplish BY the ballot the cleo
tlon OF hirytwO delegates TO the Constitutional Con-
ycntion, many OF whom can neither read nor wrlte'
some OF whom cannot speak word Of the English IAN
guaee and OF whom nineteen naturalized within
fortnight OF three weeks Of their election, aud quite aS
many OF whom are not qualified under the law to SIT ON
petit hiry-when such things can DO no man can de-
clare my fears unreasonable.
But this is precisely the state Of society
which Kearney has gone TO Massachusetts TO
bring about. 1t is precisely the state OF society
which he is coming 20 New-York TO hasten
If he can. Who are the men by whose votes
he hopes to accomplish such an over
turning in some Of the oldest States,
where the patient toll of many generations has
accumulated large savingsf They are the
men who call themselves "tbe Greenback-
Labor party.n The desperate and dan
gerous Communism of the Pacific coast
does not differ a hairs breadth IN theory
or in spirit from the party which
threatens robbery Of bondholder and banker :
of those who have earnings IN savings
banks, and those who have protected
wives and children by insurance; OF those
who have created great establishments for
the employment of labor, and those who have
loaned from thcir savings TO help neighbour.
East or West, the spirit is the same,
aud the refugee-assassins from Paris lift their
cheers inpartiaIly for Butero or for Kearney.
That Is the SITUATION to-day. But will Mr..
Hewitt tell us how much OF this the country
owes TO him and to men like him 7
They are respectable and intelligent men, who
have means. and know what destruction of
civilized society assaults upon rights of prop
erty threaten. But the party of which Dir.
Hewitt is a chief has been making tins same
assault, In one form or another, ever since the
war. Does Mr. Hewitt not know what
the meaning was Of the Democratic
Payment in Greonbacks platform Of
1861 Does he not know what the
demnnd for repeal of the Resumption Act
meant in the platform of 1s76i lie has been
in Congress long enough to know that horde
of bowling Communists lead and control his
party. on financial questions. And yet he
sticks. Yet he fights for that party,
and lends IL his name and decencY
as mask. Who will be most respon-
sible, If ever KearneyiSm should give
to this city little worse government than
Democracy has already giYenH Who more
than respectable Democrats like Mr.. Hewitt
He knows betterj but the wretched COmmu-
nists know not what they do.