The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-31
THE PERILs OF GRANTIsM.

From the Kansas City Times, uly 20
The organs OF Grantism. in carrying out the plans
Of the money power and the corporation oligarchy
MAINTAIN their ascendancy the aborng and pro
ducing interests OF tho country, have
sary Il have great national peril constantly on
hand. For a long time, while they were aggrandizing
the money power and tho corporation monopoes,
the only national peril needed Southern disoyay
tho danger OF permitting the Southern whites ITO
share control Of tho government they had tried 10
destroy" But this bugaboo longer scares up
such republican majorities as it once did, 1t Is now
reinforced by twin peril IN tho form OF alleged
tendency OF tho working men of The country to en-
gage Revolutionary conspiracies against the rghls
OF property and tho peace oil society.
plots workingmen teegraphed over the country
every day. They are denounced as incendiares CON-
munists, s'lousy azzaron - ana so forth; ana more
and moro openly every day the idea is advanced that
II is reasonable 10 sympsthzo with worklngmen IN
politics. that tnoy are disturDcrs OF the quIotude of
the wcli-tO-do, thc wealthy and satisfied casses; ~
and that, therefore, General Grant said Bismarck
In regard to the social democrats OF Germany thcre
Is only way 10 dca with them. and that By the
sevcrest Methods Indeed, some OF the organs
ticked with the Idea of organizing "the welitodo
the wealthy ana satisfied classes into "a party OF
ordor denouncing rs "the party or disorder'' all
who have tho audacity to be dissatisfied with the rule
OF the money power and the poratlops, that the
other great national peril danger becoming
obsolete as campaign ammunition. D.
But the .dissatsned" largely In the majority
that II Is necessary to scare part OF them with
bugaboo Of some KIND, IN order to make them
pefate WITH stho satisfied" In maintaining the
asc,ndancy OF tho money power and the cor
poratons. Accordingly We are to DO frightened
again with tho old played out national peril
Of Southern disloyalty, civil war and forth,
trcked out in the new form OF an mpend conflict
between State and federal courts Aud this appalling
peril s found IN resolution adopted by the demo-
Gratis Of Indiana aud Missouri asking Congress
strict the jurisdiction OF the federal judiciary to It's
former mits that II eau no longer be used by
great monopoly corporations TO strike down tho
essential rights OF local segovcrnmcnt by nullifyng
State laws and State constitutions :hat In
tct with the consultation andlaws OF the Union.
Thus we SEQ that every movement toward wrestling
tho policy and the Sovereignty OF the country from
the control OF incorporated capital anu them
TO the hands OF tho people regarded by The Grant
ties as great national perila species Of high
son against the divne right OF capital lord abso-
luiely over tho brains and muscles of the masses.
And thus It comes TO pass that the perils OF tho
hour the popular devotion to the rights Of SELF
government In matters purely local. and the audacity
OF tho people In Disturbing the quiciudo OF tho WE'LL
to-do wealthy and satisfied classes by being dissa
fled with the consequences OF the policy winch Grant
ISM imposed upon the country. The people, how.
ever rejoice In the thought these twin per5 arc
perii0us only TO Grantism.