Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-07-19
Purified Politics..A Sample.

Soon after Peter Cooper's nomination
for the Presidency by the Greenback
Convention, in 1876, the campaign COM
mittee Of that party appointed Brick
Pomeroy chairman of the National
Committee for organizing Greenback
Clubs" Pomeroy accepted the appoint
ment in letter, in which he said 1t
'oould not be proper to make public the
methods by which the work would be
carried on, put they would be furnished
in private circulars to such persons as
desired to organize clubs. He immedi-
ately set himself to work to create, by
appeals to prejudice and passion, feel
ing Of antagonism to National Banks.
So determined was he to accomplish
their abolition that he did not confine
himself to simple Misrepresentation of
the system, but made use of forgeries to
manufacture votes for his party of re-
form. Wherever you find Greenback
club, you not only find Pomeroy's DEM
ocrat in the hands of its members, but
also other literature prepared by him.
Prominent among his publications are
series of tracts, entitled "Hot Drops,
No. l, 2, 3, 4,5, g." &C., and we invite
the attention of candid men of all par
ties to the following extract from No. 3
of that series, which he represents as
issued by the Bankers Association:
''[PRIvArE AND sUGGEsrIvE.1
1T Is advisable to do all in your power to
sustain such daily and prominent weekly pa
pers especially the agricultural and religious
ermoney; and that you also withhold patronage
or favor from all applicants who are not willing
to to oppose the greenbacks or Government issue
to see your member Of Congress at once, and
engage him to support our interests, that we
may control legislation. We can depend on
tratiOn, and If we are vigilant we can control
the next one. Write if you have any sugges-
tions to make. or anything 9 Of importance to
No. PAT Broadway, Room A."
Now read the following:
"AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION
mo PAT, Room 4.
NEW YORK, 30th Oct, 1877.
Dear Sir:-Besides the circular referred to
in the inclosed paper, other forged circulars
are said to have been extensively printed and
sent to the newspapers and to the banks, es-
pecially in the West. One of these forged
documents is as follows: Private and Sug-
gestive.' &c. 1ust as given abOve.l No such CT r
culdr as that has cuer been signed by me, or is
sued from this office. Our first knowledge of it
was derived from the newspapers in viii oh it
was printed JAS. BUELL., sec ".
In spite of the fact that Mr.. Buell,
who is one of the most honorable! bust
ness men of New York City, hasi public
ly branded this circular forgery, yet
pomeroy and his corporals eagerly sieze
upon it as useful campaign document,
relying upon its untrutbS to fix upon
the minds of his ignorant followers the
impression that the banks have COM
bined against thenf and are buying up
Congress and the press.
Goodrich. of Clermont, some weeks
ago referred to leaders of old political
parties as frauds" thieves" perjur-
ers" and "rascals." Now let him rise and
favor us with an equally frank opinion
of Pomeroy, the general-in-chief of the
Greenback" forces. Is it a corner
stone of the National party that the end
;iustifes the m,eans2