The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-07-27
A Talk with the Greenbackers.

Mr., Greenbacker come and take a
seat,we want TO have talk with YOU.
We are a Greenbacker and want to
talk to YOU as one mar who wants 10
! accomplish an object woufl talk to
another engaged in the same cause,
We want.to find relief for hard times,
means to start the wheels Ofindustry
once more, a sovereign remedy for f.
nancial troubles, and more than all
we want to re-csts blish constitution.
al government. You have the same
object in view. Peter Cooper, bond
ht lder ami money king, wants you
to fall in with him, start new party
thereby splitting the Opposition to the
syndicate and gold rings and play Sue
ond fiddle to him for his own promo
ton, or turn the country over at once
and forever to m0nied rings and a
''strong government" which means
a despotism. Many of YOU are dis
posed to believe that Peter Cooper's
plan is the best and that it will prove
successful by giving monetary relief
to the country and employment to
idle labor. We think not. Conced-
ing that he i. honest on his part. (of
course the people are honest on their
part let us see now what will be the
result. 1t is conceded on all hands
that the Republican party is the hard
money party>of the country. That
party has made bonds that were pay
able in greenbacks payable in gold;
it has established the National banks.
it has placed the financial control of
the government into the hands of
syndicate. 1t wants all the obliga.
tons of the government paid in gold
and advocates contraction of the cur
rency. That is it's record and it does
not deny it, on the contrary it is will
ing to stand by that record. All those
measures must and do oppose the Re-
publican party. The latter party is
strong party and great0ne. From
1860 to 1876 it carried the country
and was able to vote down all opposi-
ton. It suffered its first national de-
feat in 1875 and then was strong
enough and crafty enough to place its
defeated candidate for the Presidency
into office. The people must see that
it is powful opponent and it will
take every vote all the opposition ele-
ments in the country can muster to
defeatit. Now Mr.. Greenbacker, sup
pose you divide that opposition by
forming new party, will it rot re-
salt in the complete triumph of Re
publicanism, of the money power, of
the strong centralized government
theory, and of all the evils of which
you complaia: There can be no
doubt of it.
You must proceed constitutionally
II you want to become constitution
al party. Extremes brought on the
present condition of affairs and you
must avoid extremes. There are GER
tain bonds that cannot be paid off in
greenbaeks without violating the con-
stitution, and the Supreme Court of
the United States would hold any act
to pay them in greenbacks as uncon-
stitutional, because it would impair
the obligations of contract. We re-
fer to the bonds that were refunded |
and made payable in gold. The act
changing their nature was an iniqui-
tous and base act, and an unjust dis
elimination in favor of the bondhold- |
er, but it was passed by those the |
people authorized to act for them and |
the Republican party that made it a |
law was endorsed by tho people at