Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-02
THE GREENBACK DEMAGOGUEs
A severe Arrangement.

EDITOR BULLET1N:-To any candid,
thoughtful person, the style and charac-
ter Of most of those writing in support
Of the greenback delusion is Of itself
sufficient to condemn it. By style, is
meant the contemplate manner in which
they treat those differing from them
selves, and the peculiar kind Of reason
ing and logic employed. The argument
OF epithet is one of their best worn
weapons. Those who by honorable eff
fort have succeeded, or are succeeding,
financially, are ''Shylocks," money aris-
tocrats, etc. The men who, when the
existence Of our nation fairly trembled
in the balance, stepped forward, and, to
save it, risked their money by millions,
are now-slmply because the risk proved
Observation-Disclosures, villifed, and even
threatened by these raving lunatics.
Most of us can recall the gratitude of
the loyal North, when the men of Wall
Street put their shoulders to the wheel,
and with their sinews of war helped lift
the country, otherwise hopelessly lost,
out upon solid ground. The writer here
of is poor, as much so or more than ma
ny who are filling the air with the cry
against the rich, but we abhor that spir-
it, born Of the Commune, and essential
ly communistic in its nature, which at
tempts to array class against class in
society, because OF difference in fnan-
cial ability and condition. These infam-
mable appeals to the passions and pre-
JUDGES Of certain classes, has to some
extent already borne its legitimate fruit.
The rioters of last season, the soulless
hordes of tramps, find a defence for
their outrages upon society in the soph-
istry vended by greenback writer's. The
glarlng defects and errors in the "argu-
ment" of these new-fedged financial
lights are often so self-evident as to re-
quire no refutation. Unfortunately this
is not always the case. Few Of our ac-
tive business men, or farmers, have the
data within reach, or the time if they
did possess them, to controvert many Of
the false statements and statistics. 1t
is doubtful whether the history Of our
campaign literature can show a more
reckless disregard for truth and reason
than is employed by the opponents of
this new faith. The question is one ia
vorable to those intending to misrepre-
sent, for while figures are said to boz
truthful, it is none the less true thZt
they may be made to lie most egregious-
ly. While contraction" as continuous
process for many years, and on ire
mendOus scale, has been reiterated over
and over again, the truth remains, that
the country in former prosperous years
onIvvvoA xuvthn,,k ~vovosnk
changes in the volume of currency, and
that less per capita was in circulation
than at present. Again, we see men of
the purest and most honorable record,
men who for nearly lifetime have en-
ployed their energies and means to pro-
mote the interests of the poor of all
classes, such men we see held up to ex-
ecration by these Pomeroy followers,
whose own soft hands show them any
thing but fit advocates of the poor la
boring man" Who doubts the inclina-
ton to clip coupons or hold Office of any
of these shriekers against bonds and Of
fee holders. How does it happen that
two organs of this great reform should
so suddenly spring INTO existence in this
county, unless it is because election day
is near, To insure their existence after
election beyond the time needed to pro-
claim the result, would require pre-
MUM heavier than either would like to
pay. Where, oh, where is that other
great reform of Spangler & Co., anti
monopoly" That horse is broken
winded, so another nag must be mount
ed, although the wicked monopolists are
having everything their own way. The
B. Gratz Brown who does the shrieking
at the tail end of the concern over the
initials z. P. r., has annihilated the Re-
publican party of his. township, and is
evidently signing for more worlds to
conquer. Men like Mr.. Donnan may
we'll tremble before attacks from such
source! Should 2. P. r. discover that
Mr.. Donnan is guilty of wearing a clean
shirt, or uniform coat, the latter's doom
would be sealed. We cannot believe
that our voters are to be misled by this
style Of arrant demagoguery. By their
fruits We shall know them, and while
crime against our body polite exists
the mission of the Republican party is
not ended. Let these loud shriekers
for honesty have 1.-THE of the respon-
sibility or money held by the party in
power, then should we see Tweedism re-
duced to science, and our currency the
laughing stock Of the world.
Yours respectfully, CITIZEN.