The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-31
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WHOLE NO. 225
millions of working people.
Therefore we araign the Republican
party before the bar Of outraged hu-
manity and high heaven, and charge
J ssss.an it these crimes and misdemean-
sooiet. ssaasated in the interest Of
ti1o1
To disnunyf Greenbacks-make
bond interest payablein gold-make
currency bonds payable in coin-and
then force upon US monstrous re-
sumption act; and turn our farms into
the claws Of the money-lenders.
Is it any wonder that starvation and
suicide are prevalent!
Is it any wonder that money Is %
dear and flesh and blood so cheap?
Is it any wonder that we are literal
ly eaten alive with notes and mort
cages!
Is it wonder that the produce Of
our farms scarcely pays for the effort
put forth to secure it!
Is itany wonder that We are i'm
poverished, unable to pay our debts.
disheartened and enslaved!
! And now, will you, by voting this
Republican ticket, make yourselves
accessory to all this crime, and help
perpetuate the evils under which We
suffer
| POVERTY LEADS TO CRIME.
They have always been in direct "a
ito to each other. Both are now
frightfully on the increase, ana will
continue to increase just so long a.
present conditions remain. If you
vote the Republican ticket, you vote
to continue these conditions. IT You
vote the Greenback, you vote for .
most desirable chenge. Which!
The Greenback is the true gospel Of
reform. You may preach to hum
CRY man that he should not steal, yet
the first loaf of bread will tempt him
beyond resistance. The prayer
Lead US not into temptation, can
be answered only by greenback vote.
GREENBACKsARE nor ALONE,
In their indictment of the Repub-
lican party. The Democrats in this
state and in many other states, have
done likewise and made substantially
the same charges. We quote from
the Globe its comments on those of
Tennessee:
1.-The arraignment Of the Republi.
can party is emphatic, truthful. un-
mistakably pointed. It's sins OF
OMISSION and commission are charac-
terized as they deserve; its perfidy to
principle, its Indifference to the most
solemn obligations are denounced IN
terms as direct and as biting as Ian.
guage could well be. Declaring its
purpose to establish justice, says the
platform, it trampled it under its feet:
to ensure domestic tranquility, it
preached the gospel OF hatas ostensi-
bly the financial agent Of the people,
it was in fact the plant tool OF tho
money power; it has squandered the
public wealth by donations to power
fnl corporations; it has driven Ameri-
can ships from the high seas and de.
stroyed our foreign commerce; it has
made the army an instrument for tho
annihila.ion Of Republican govern
ment in the south; it has uniformly
abused its power by adm nistering the
, government in the interest OF credi-
tors and against the debtor class. in
the interest Of the tax consumer and
against the tax payer; in the interest
Of the rich against the poor; in the
. interest Of the strong against the
, weak; in the interest OF the few and
against the many. These are some Of
the counts in the singing indictment
framed against the Republican party,
and who can say that the history OF
the party does not fully warrant
them Never since parties were
first formed has there been an Orga-
; nization 50 utterly repugnant to good
. government; 50 thoroughly controlled
by influences prejudicial To the best
{ interests OF the people; 50 lost to all
! regard Tor its most solemn promises.
II IS party possessing no fixed prin-
ciples, no governing motive higher
! than expediency and sellishness. II
: fully merits the denunciations heaped
upon it."
III CONCLUSION.
!, The necessity OF ending forces Vi
to this fnple: Those Republican,
who have bandaged their eyes les
!. they should see, and stopped thei
ears. and hardened their hearts Ies
/, they should understand, will still Z,
/ for their party and with their party
, though It 60 to the bottomless pit
!, But those who have eyes to SEQ, N
D ears to hear, and hearts to feel, m
4 common sense to guide them. must
! We think, DO - W have done, lsay>
= ! the party and esponss tho causo .
. 'the Psople. s. may + y.