The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-13
wnc way Pseey COunsy Rose up
AR,aanst the Money Power.

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There was general uprising ps s's t'sa
hackers in Fasey county Deiofs Tug siss,
s.,arr n,sr, you met had grown tired OF the
..yav she old parties had been running
shine. and proposed to do what he couid
~ hr;nsr about a change. 6 We wiksubmlt
M songer.g they said, "to the tyranny OF
me money kings and the gold lerds, OUT
will show we are yet free and andepeaa'
This sentiment spread over Posey county
Sike tySad-fSre, and the enthusiasm was suHie-
thing never heard OF before in that ta,i.aoe.
Tverrhody maryelied much. The old par
,f;es we're showed under fifty fathda1s deep.
sn TINT even the wailing and lamensation OF
their candidates did net reach the ears OF
noen. The new party brought speakers
from near and far, anu the enthusiasm IN.
creased. "Fellow-cilizens!" theg would
saw. .the times are ripe for change.
Politicians have run this country long
enough. The people will now take q
hapd,n AT this there would De iouu
cheers and general tumuit ey tns
nann,e aforementioned. which would
10 aurnented by the boom-boon-h boom
ertv.hoom-b OF the bass-drum
In front of The speakers stand. When the
nnroar would cease the speaker would con-
time: "My friends, do not rise to waste
tbe night in words. You know too We'll the
story OF our tbraldom. We are slaves. The
bright sun rises In his course and lights
race. He sets, and his last beams fall on !.
slaye-not such as, swept along by the lnil
tide OF power, the conqueror LED to crimson
glory aud undying fame, but slaves-siayes
ia horde OF petty tyrantS. feudal despots,
gold lords, money kings, office-holders, rich
in some dozen paltry Villages. strong in
some hundred spearmen; only great IN
that strange spell, name. lCheers.]
Each hour dark fraud, or open rapine,
or protected murder Cry out against them.
TApplause.l The industrial and iaoor
classes OF this country vii! submit to 1t no
longer. Hard money is the root OF all EVIL,
and guilty conscience needs no accuser.
fCheers] want TO offer you word OF en-
couraeement. ] have travelled all over this
broad land-tbe finest that ever the sun
shone or-and can truthfulIy say that
never saw the people so thoroughly
arnased rs they are now. Every man
ON your ticket will be elected as sure
ne the sun rises tomorrow. The ever
grinding, grinding, grinding Of the money
power has awakened the people to sense
of their danger, and they have rs one man
11nsbeathed their good broadswords and
leaped into the breach, once more, dear
friends, once more. or close up the walls
with cur English dead Loud applause
In slurnbers OF midnight tue sailor-boy lay |;
his hammock swung loose by the sport OF
the wind The iessamine Chambers in
flower Ger the thatcb, and tue swallow
sings sweet from her nest in the wall; all
trembling with transport he raises the
latch, and the voice of the loved ones reply
to his call" [Cries Of "That's sol" Hit
Penn agin!" &c.
The speaker would dive deeper into the
financial question, and assure the populace
that Mary had little lamb whose fleece was
white as snow; that the politicians had run
the machine long enough; that what he
wanted was more money; and that the peo'
pie had indeed taken hold OF things. The
meeting would break up at late hour with
three cheers and q royal Bengal tiger for
the speaker and every man on the ticket,
and three groans for the two dead parties
But why continue?
The official returns show that the Green
hackers polIed two votes in Posey county.