Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-10-01
Suspension of Leading Greenback
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The Wisconsin Greenbacker, publishes
at Sparta, the pioneer paper of tn,
Greenback faith in this state, was sus
pended some time since, on account Of
lack of money to pay its running
expenses" The publisher, Arthur
E. Lamborn, expected then that the
suspension would be only temporary
but it appears that in this expectation be
was disappointed,-t Greenbackers did
not rally to the support of the paper,
although it was the ablest and most
decent exponent of that faith in the
state. On the 18th inst. a very large
edition of the paper was issued, in which
the editor, j. Lamborn, announced that
the regular publication of the paper will
not be resumed, and, in a strong article,
reviewed the political situation, declar.
ing that, while he is yet attached to
the principles of the Greenback party,
he recognizes that there are other issues
that, for the time being, are superior to
those Of currency REFORM" such as the
question whether those who, few years
since, tried to destroy the Union, by
armed rebellion, shall now make its laws
and dictate its policy, and whether the
Democratic party, that has been on all
sides of all questions except the patriotic
one, shall again secure the power which,
years ago, it so sbamefully and
crlminally perverted. On these
questions he says that he is with the
Republican party until they are decided
in accordance with its policy. His ar
raignment of the Democracy is severe
but just, and the reasons which he gives
for the course that he has marked out
will strike many of those with whom he
has recently acted as sound and conclu-
sive, and will doubtless influence them
to follow him in his new departure. The
article concludes as follows:
For half century we have stood by the
negroes of the south and we cannot desert
them now.
Reforms in finance or upon anything
however much needed to promote Justice
AM the equal rights of man, are useless
Wen preached to assassins and traitors
Ibse men hated the nation in 1860; they
hae it to-day. Let us first establish the
1aI that we have government which is
GABLE of protecting even the humblest of
lteltlzens in the enjoyment of their rights,
an then we can make progress toward
| tn goal of reform. It matters not
wit kind of money nation in anarchy
an at the feet of unrepentent rebels may
hae. To disrupted government, money
W'ld be useless. For these and other rea-
so we shall act with the party which has
std by the slave and the Republic, believ-
lnthat no man, within whatever party's |
raSs he may stand, can fail to find oppor-
tuties to work for the right, if this is his
SHIRE object. The Republican party is
nc party of spotles reputation.
1t GEMS natural for all political par
tic to grow corrupt with age. But |
tot for the time with that party is our
che, and no one has any right to object |
to r thus choosing. May God save the
Reblic from the scorpion bite of that |
Decracy whose pretensions of love for
sohoney (see the late hard money plat.
folof the Democrats in wisconsin, are
pr'd to be as baseless as their vaporings
abb being the projectors of freedom and
thqual rights of man" while they stood
BYE slave.cursed south for more than
hal century. When we have shown to
thorld that men who deserved death as
trnrs shall not legislate for freemen, we
canve more and larger opportunities to
pro other needed reforms.
another long article, addressed