The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-12
TIE GREENBACK PARTY.

deemed 1T q public duty to assail my
political position, through your
columns, I domand rs q matter
of right, to myself to bo heard, in
my own defenco, through the same
medium. I am happy to know: that
yo~ learned something, however un.
important, from my former commu-
nication, us I feel satisfied it con,
taincd somo information for most
of your readers, that thoy had, hith~
erto, failed to obtain from interested
sources and inasmnch as you have
failed as public journalists, to ons
tighten your readers upon the sub
ject of national finances, which is
tho most important of subjects now
before the American people, I will
promise, that, if allowed the space
Of ono column zach week, for the
ensuing three months, to give your
readers moro information, on this
theme, than you have in two years
In reply to your assertion that sthe
strength Of. the Democratic party
being acknowledged, it follows that
those who join other parties must
join, not because they fear the weak
ness of the Democratic party, but
because they are opposed to Demo.
cratic principles and desire to de-
stroy that party, etc" "As far rs this
is concerned tho Nationals and
Radicals stand on the same plat
form" Very good SO far aa you go,
but why not go a little farther and
state the facts ia full, we not only
desire the destruction of the Demo-
cratic party but also Of tho Radical
party, and in this latter particular
wo stand on the same platform as
do tho Democrats. We i. @. the
National Greenback party, and not
tho "Nationals," desire the stamp
ing out Of both the old parties, be-
cause they arc controlled by, and
manipulated, exclusively for the
benefit of tho money power of Europe
and the Eastern States, and evory
we'll informed person knows, there
is no essential difference, between
the platforms Of the two and it is
almost universally concede | that wo
of the South have Jared equally as
we'll, if not better, under The admin
istration Of Hayes than We would
have Jared, under that Of Tilden,
had he possessed the manly nerve to
grasp the prize we fought so hard
to bestow. Again, Mesrs. Editors
you plrposely or iGnorantly, neither
of which is excusablo, misrepresent
facts when you declare Beast Butler,
Shupo, Dennis Kearnoy, and the
Mollie Maguires, to be leaders of tho
National Greenback Party why not,
"tote fair in this matter and men,
ton the names Of such mon as Tuck>
or, and Cooper, Of New York, VIM.
Allen, ox-Democratic Governor of
Ohio, whom rildcn and other East
ern Bondholders with their "Barrel
Of money" helped to defeat, two years
ago +; and Ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin of
Penn. As for Brick Pomeroy I
will simply state as q matter Of re.
corded fact, that no has, until two
years ago, been one Of the few con-
sistent Democrats of the northern
States, and that during and since
the war, he has upon all occasions,
proven himself most ardent sup
porter of tho constitution, and a
faithful friend to the Southern peo-
ple. In reply to your admonition
to "pause and consider etc." we
will state that this is no rash step,
but ono tho effects of which we have
carefully, calmly and deliberately
weighed, and our conclusion is that
no harm can come to the good peo-
pie of our State by our efforts to
enlighten the people upon wrongs
that have been porpetrated, by both
NATIONAL parties, upon tho honest
laboring pnd debtor class of the
United States, for tho benefit of an
untaxod Bondholding aristocracy.
In regard to the negroes, or radicals,
becoming members of our party I
will SIMPLY say, that like al other
political parties, including the
Democratic, we shall endeavor by
all fair means to secure the assist
ance of all voters without regard to
color, or previous condition Of
physical Or political alfiliation in the
past, and when secured use them
for tho accomplishment of the pur:
poses, for which we arc oroanizad.