New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
TINE TP4Np Party.

Nev-Jerscy also has d Tramp party. It's
official name-"Th National Greenback-LaoOr
"party"-is too long and meaningless Tor use
But when the former president OF the BANK
rupt and malodOrOus Ncw-Jerscy Mutual l1le
Insurance Company denounced the excess OF
exports over imports, and declared, ut Is
| "making tramps of us he gave his party a
terse and fitting name. Tramps i'll principle,
these people want to force community 10
give them a living whether they earn it or
not Tramps in morals. they have no respect
for the most solemn obligations that
nation can form. Tramps in politics, most OF
the leaders OF this movement are men VINO
have been discharged from employment
| for good cause by one party or the othcr'
and now 90 wandering up and down III the
earth seeking tOr some Untastened door by
which they can get into place where the
publir has unguardcd valUahles. few good
men who are ignorant nave been drawn INTO
this movement anj souie who are only weak,
! and some VINO w0Hld mean well II they were
rot pinchcd by unwise ventures, or reckless
specuations, or habits of extravaganza. But
the main body and moving force OF the party
those supply who have trimps morals, q
| tlanp'S economic ideas, and a tramps c0ncep-
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! ton of political duty.
In session at Elizabeth, on Wednesday. this
/ party listened to several speeches, wrangled
! long time adopted platform, and rose as
| one man, one hundred and fifty delegates III
| ALI. to swear with upIifted hands that they
would clay down their lives, or put down
{" This wicked combination Of the banks which
was icopaldzing their libcItos." The his
l.. Cd Of 1af
I mons oath to support the constitution which
ga Constituent Assembly ShdH make which
| was vociferously taken the whole French
| people ii short time before the Reign OF Ter
| ror began. Swearing is as good way as any
I other TO pass resolutions, but history does not
! indicate that men have more clear and ntclIi-
| gent ideas when they jump up and swear
| than when they calmly deliberate and
! njetIv resolve The resolutions of this
! Swearing Convention are not of character
! to dIspel The impression that Its heated and
mcIodramatic behavior creates. That the con-
yention was partly knavish and partly igno-
rant and hot-headed, is obvious. It's second
resolution demands " the immediate payment
:" of all bonds strictly according to the original
contract but only man Of surprising lgnO-
rance could propose the "Immcdiate" payment
of "ann bonds i'll any way, since large
mart of them are not yet by contract redeem
able. and only a man devoid of honor or hon
rsty could propose that payment in irrodeem-
able paper which is the real intent of the
resolution The third resolution proposes "a
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
tissue of any bond by the Government in
other words, an amendment to make rebellion
&. No IynuiI wi tn
| oo cripue the Union, and no man of average
sense would fancy that, if engaged in a great
| foreign war, and fighting to resist invasion,
| tine people would not find many ways of evad
ing any such prohibition.
| The immediate repeal of the Resumption
| Act. and of the Banking Act are points upon
which rational debate Is possible. True 1t
seems supcrlatively foolish TO turn back from
resumption after it has been practically ac-
c0mplishcd, or to destroy the National bank
system in face Of the certainty that any new
/ issue of legal-tender notes in time of peace
will be decided unconstitutional. But the sixth
resolution is the gem of the collection I" a
"prnal offence to pay wages in anything but
"lawful money - Ii stall be a penal offence
! then. to hire farm hands for " $50 a
month and board )" or to pay clerks
IN grocery stores in part with goods
! which they may select and need, or to give
factory hands the rent of houses built specially
| for their accommodation as part OF their wages
| A member having some CLEANS of sanity did
| indeed propose to amend this resolution so
that, when both employer and employed con-
scented by written agreement that part pay
ment should be made in board or rent or
! -. no q off
| lam broke loose at once, and the amendment
was incOntinently rejected.
1t is unnecessary to go further. Perhaps a
more exquisite dOvetaling of lunacy and
! dishonesty has never been seen than APP
| pears i'll this platform. But the cOnven-
ton, after swearing with uplIfted hands,
and after solemnly resolving or passion
ately declaring things foolish and i'm
possible and things rascally and base, pro-
| ceeded TO illustrate itself by the selection Of
two horny handed lawyers to represent the
laboring classes IN National Committee. An
| imperCnent person suggested that, Oh the
whole, it might look well to have on that
committee one nan who could be suspected
of having done days work otherwise than
| as political tramp, and therefore one work.
! ingman-who firmly believes III the right of
| every man to that which he does not earn
was added TO the delegation. Thus repre-
| sented, the horny handed Of New Jersey have
| ONLY to find candidates. If there is any lack
of sufficiently seedy political tramps for that
| service, we dare say the Democratic party
will kindly furnish few.
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DEMOCRATIC TACTICS IN LOUISIANA.