The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-10-08

The history of the most wretched
man ever conceived in the imsgina-
ton OF the novelist is told in the sto-
ry of ~ Man Without . Country
No nationality DO land that ne
could call his own no party OF the
human family 10 whose achievements
be could feel pride; no fsg and .
home. But what is the 6reenback
party now bat . party without
country? IF il has hope, 1t is that
the United States may meet disaster.
Bad crops here, prosiratiop Of indus
try, closing Of shops and mills. mul-
tiplication Of tramps, filing Of poor
houses and jsils, increase Of losses
and sulfering-these are the only ar
guments which can help the Green
back party. If these fail, the party
goes to the bad. II cannot shout
for joy when the credit of the United
States improves, for that is an srgu-
ment for Sherman and the RepubIi-
cans. 1t caunot see with pleasure
the crowding of ontwsrd-bound
steamers with the rich products of
our farms; that helps to Gil the Treas
ury and tie banks, and to make re-
sumption success. Gold comes
hither by the millions, and the Green
back party shudders. There is pros
perity for the country, but death to
the psrty. Debts are paid, farmers
tor the first time tread acres on which
no mortgage lies, men and women
sleep for the irst time in homes they
can call their own, and ail TINS
brings dispair to the heart of the
Greenback advocate, tor his country's
disgrace and misery alone can save
him from contempt.
1t is party without q country,
and a party without future. No
one supposes that the elastic industry
and enterprise OF Americans can
long be kept down Sooner or later
there must come again such grand
prosperity as this country has thrice
eDjoyed--prosperity such as has new
er yet dawned upon any other land.
When good times come, the Greer.
back party dies. Every breath Of
hope for the country is to that unhsp-
py party more deathly than the blast
OF the sirocco. Its possibility of
future existence rests upon the failure
Of American genius, energy, patience
and manhood-that is to say, it has
no right to hope for future a. ALL
To such party as this, young
men in this country are even now
asked to join themselves. Flimsy
falshoods are told them of the suffer
ing existing somewhere when they
point to crowded barns and busy
workshops neer at hand. Stories
that school boy should be able to
disproye, as to abuse of the power of
the treasury for the benefit of the
public creditors, are paraded before
them. Banks and bankers are az
tackled by men who know that the
country never yet has seen any 9TH
er banking system so good as that
which it now enjoys. Wretched
rhymes, insulting to their intelligence
as to their taste, are sung in their
hearing as the battle songs Of par
ty which would revel in the country's
misery, if only the country would be
miserable. The grand prosperity
which sends the blood bounding with
new swiftness and vigor through all
the pulses of trade, means hope to
everybody else, bat death TO the
Greenback demsgouge.
Where is the man who wants to
tie himself to party that is doomed
to die disgraceful death This
country is not going to ruin. The
splendid courage of its people, tried
for many weary years, has proved
vigorous. Royal good faith, and the
manhood and pluck to make good
every pledge, have placed this coun-
try high on the roll of fame. The
men of to-day greet each other with
good cheer because the nation has
kept its faith, and reached the solid
rock of specie payments. The men
Of generations hereafter will look back
with pride to the work and triumph
of the Americans Of to-day. But
there is one unhappy man = the
Greenbacker. He is wretehed be-
cause bis country is prosperous, and
knows that disgrace awaits him be-
cause bis country has escaped dis
honor-NeW York Tribune.