American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-04-27
The Fight for the Next Congress.


A very Old maxim teaches us
that it is wise to learn from the
enemy. Fine New York Times,
which is the chief Republican organ
of the country, thus explains the
tactics by which the Money Power
/ regency in control of the Republi-
can party expects, through that
party's organization, to obtain con
troll of the rext House:
''The contests TO which those who want
honest money and believe in the rights of
property are Invited is to- I've waged this
summer. and its objective point is in the
| etcctiolis for the next House. There shoaId
lie u prompt and vigorous organi ,at.on III
every Congressional district. The first
object should be- to compel whichever party
is in the majority tn nominate pronounced
harsl-money man. and. falling i'll that, to
elect an Independent honcst-money candi-
date, or it even that is impossible, tn elect
the best man who is proposed. Ii this
process breaks up party lines and inter
ferrs with ordinary partisan loyalty. it is,
nevertheless, right and necessary, tor there
can I've nU issue of more Importance presen-
ted than that which the Nationals are
now forcing on public attention"
The Southern people will he very
apt to see to it that no party shall
be elected to Congress whose SYM
pathies and position on the money
question can be doubted, and in this
they will be seconded by the entire
West. Eastern money may succeed
in corrupting the ''fixers" and or
ganizing the Republican party in
some Western districts, with view
OF having those districts represented
by either a Shylock Democrat or a
Shylock Republican. We do not
deny that money can start good
deal of such trickery. particularly
in the West, and that it might
prove successful iii some localities,
If played on the people without
warning, and with ga bloody shirt
campaign and plenty of money!
but they will find that the people
are awakened by their sufferings
this time, and OIL their guard
against Ee' rayal.
If the money question "breaks MP
party lines and interferes with Or
binary partisan loyalty" next fall,
the fracture will take a direction
and produce results that will not
he relished in the East. The peO-
pie of the South and West will
elect none but "honest money can
as they interpret the
phrase. The ShylOcks may resur.
rect the bloody shirt and howl till
heir throats burst, against "rebel
influence and "Confederate briga-
',iers," but to no effect. The money
question will be the main issue in
The fall elections, and will overs
shadow party lines and outweigh
mere party loyalty as it never did
before.
Those organs of the Eastern Shy
Ocks do not seem to have learned |
that there is Significance in the |
struggle over the silver bill beyond |
The mere restoration of the old sill |
rer dollar as our unit of value.
That struggle fully opened the eyes
IT our people to the methods ana
inns of Eastern craftsmanship. 1t
Western Democrats, West
I'm Republicans and the '.sOlid
South" shoulder to shoulder, and
gave them the first triumph, since
he war, of the people over bonded
and corporate wealth.
t was struggle in which the
,eop.e Of the great Mississippi Val>
ey, rising like Colossus, discovered
hat they held the sceptre of politl-
al power in this republic and that
hey are better qualified to WELD
with wisdom aud justice than
hose money changers, stock jobbers
md subsidy brokers who have SO
ong held it by means of the dis
ensiOns they have so artfully main.
aimed among us.