The Worthington advance., 1878-11-21
THR REPORTER AND THE ADVANCE

are "unfAir" Ill our treatment OF our
brother editors. Wherein we certianly
are unable to see, and If VIZ have betil
we beg pardon whether. he be brother
Miller or amy other Of the fraternity.
1t is hoped that the Advance does not
consider the REPORTER criticism Of
its greenback flop-"ver. or its advocacy
OF the National party. unfair DO
not wish to question Mr.. Mlller'S hon.
esty On the financial question, but his
departure from the Republican party
is Simply in the same direction that
hundreds Of politicians have gone be-
cause the National party is full Of
promises and like tle grange un"vp'iient
!. few years ;I-o; will catch IL great m.tny
votes, and er'mps lend temporary III
fluence to il few u II WHO ASSUME .i' Lead
eis!,ip. N-a.r aware thAt Mr. Miller
has been Il Republican,. but are Ni!Wtll-
ing to conc1tle ttmta :'Nla3"rity of re-
publict..s ARE = @r--nlsacktr~. ::llh u '''''n
jurity of Democrats are hard Motsey
men," While MAY ~ True tnat s,'..'>
Republicans are greei.l0ckers> tie ma
jurity of them rs the rectWt elections
show. are in favor Of redcen,iny our
national debt in honest cOiu.-~In co,I-
greSS the soft money men are A<lOig
the Democrats, us i rule. while the Re-
pubicans adhere to gold and silver us i
circulating medium. The Adudnce tells
us to 'cone out independently, ,"an | IL t
wear any bndy's collar" and says tile
REPORTER would stand where the I'D.
rance docs if it had "th sand" an'l did
not lack the courage" Now, hold cn
Il minute. I've believe" says the Ad-
rance, that the National party is DE-
mandtd, and it is coming into power"
Allowing tile 1drance to be corr"ct,
does it not take courage to defend Il
principle that is unpopular and destin-
ed to be overthrown at an early day :?
And does not the advoc'cy IT Il party
that Is coming into p'''Cer with all tn
promises of cheap money, &c, sound
something akin to 'ltnIlSogueism :?
The Reporter believes that national and
individual prosperity depend upon the
sacred fuliilment of obligations. 1t
believes that gold and silver are the con-
stitutiOnal money of the country, and
that currency not founded upon specie
basis is unstable and 80 flexible in value
us TO cause depression and bankrupt
cy. II is be the wearing Of others
collars" then we submit to the oppro-
b. ium. We care not whether the Re-
publican party or Democratic embrace
the hard money plank. we think it is
| on the true road to national greatness.
The Adrunce evidently torgets that
only two years ago both the RepuOli-
can and Democratic parties in this
state endorsed specie resumption. 1t
forgets that the Democratic party this
year Topped over and endorsed lation-
i'll dishonesty and fi;.t money, enough
we admit that ''Repub1iclns," oh! yes,
like Dnnnelly, for instance, are III the
rtn ks Of that party, to whom Mr.. Mill
er is evidently drifting. 1t forgets that
the greenback movement was buried
in Mass 'chusetts. last week. with RE
pnblicans" like Bnttler, clear ont Of
sight, 10y the Republicans. Grpetiback-
er, nowadays, meaGs anything to
catch votes. and the gu elback craze has
caught mlnya voter.-We admit tt at
there are Republican demagogues who
have straggl Il into this greenback
camp. but the best men of the party are
true to the national pledges. ard while
decay, WAS threatening the party its fin
ancial principles Remained untarnish-
ed by corruption, and to-day promises
to redeem its pledges and keep its
pliglted faith WINDOW Reporter.
now 4 GREENBACKEL WAS ELEC7xD
| Here is what was accomplished ut
the October election, just passed, in
DesM,ines district, i'll Iowa. The
Hartford Conn., TiMes of October II
says:
Edward II. CT lette, the successful
greenbackrr and Democratic candidate
for Congress in the l7lh Iowa District,
trlr.r'p'S to-day to his father, Hon.
Fr,ncis Gillette, OF this city, that he is
-lrct Il i'y 1.0O0 N ,jnrity. T!.is is Ger.
tainly II great triumph fov this Hart
ford young 'ian. lie left Hartford !.
year ago. went to Iowa ami tried to
make Il living us a brickniaker. was
nominated FIJI cong ess by the green
Irckrrs a@,a then by the democrats in i,
district ;t> at last election gave re.
publican majority ef 5000, aad. he went
into the CANVASS without Il dollar to
aid him. Against the money and or
ganiz,ti"n Of the Republic MS he
brought nothing but Il personally spir.
tied contest, and depended wholly for
what money he obtained upon the sales
of newspapers and documents wIlieh he
carried will, him and sold ut 10 cents
each from the platform. and Ivy ger;,g
personally about among the crowd.
That he should. u.tler such circum
stances. annihilate Il republican ~ ,ior-
ity of 5000 ;lnd change it into q major
lty ct 900 the other way, is II testimo-
ny Of his popularity, and also to the
favor with which his political ideas are
regarded in 10 w.
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