The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-10-04
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question and opposition to resump'ion a''.'
resumption has resumed, appears upon 10
a,,face 10 be IDLE and senseless clatteri pu'
.h;s 10 mn unsafe view to take OF II. Inc
,,aoni,rde of the discomfort permeatmg
the public mind must not DO measure" ~
,ho ;n,al,eotual calibre of the average cotem-
'"'...,oo,s Creenbacker and his wild and lily |
digested schemes. ,,o
The troubles with the masses arc grave |
aud ,ha dissatisfaction is profound. IL IN
with while to look into the cause OF THIS
and II ;s worth while to mako an earnest
effort to remove the cause. The unexam-
,,,a5 rottenness of the epoch has enapieu
COMBINATIONS, moneyed rings, banks ana
roscallv politicians to roll in wealth, wh'ie
the Juggling masses have been correspond
;nclv reduced to biting stringency ms ID
not n healthy state. system OF leglsla'
ton and corrupt favoritism that transfers
.ho d;stributiye wealth of the populace into
,ho hands of a few, is neither just nor
salutary. In guarding against communism
.,o ,,ovarnment should be equally careful to
o,ord ooaipst that other and still more dan
narous evil. the enforced aggregation OF inc
ueoltb of the country into the hands OF n
fow remorseless Shylocks. Here Is inc
st,,rg noint of the Greenback theory, ana
an This point the sympathies of the masses
ora undoubtedly with them, and the sym
,,,tb;es of niue.tenths of the Democratic
,,ort, are in the same direction Hence
we have contended that there was no necee-
sitv for Greenback organization TO WORN
,be financial reforms the Democracy
,yere equally anxious to achieve, ana We
have insisted with abundant reaSon' tha'
the organization of this party lessenea INT
= chances of relief because it divided INT
forces IN favor of it. But for all this' tn'
naked startling fact remains, that "lue
snread aud deep-seated diasatisrac'loi
exists. The time has come to take AVA.
as many of the causes for this dlsconten' Il
= rossible-as Justice demands. II the gov
o errment remains in the hands OF the he
/ nublicans, and the iniquitous WORK OF III
C slow despoiling OF the masses to enrich III
o ,iros and corporations is to continue, thi
70 discomfort will become more universal HI
t exceedingly dangerous 1t may tuin OUT
5, if did in France in 1888, that wealth. WI
A nroye a curse and rank deadly target. "
lie had little premonitory symptom Oh WIZ
n this tendency can ultimate in, IN the mo
Of Pittsburg two years ago, and the heal
is new movements in California quite recent.
ID afford another initiatory illustration OF IL
!" danger of giving working and honest al
a brave yeomanry just cause tor complain
be These are episodes which revive the reco
by lection of old Barere's bloody orauo
IS. inst after the close of the French heVof
L. tion. Here is the fiery and horrid langua
i'd EMPLOYED then by this brutal old frenc
We man:
as "Thev say that we have supped fun
an horrors; that we have swum III gentle plo'
80 and taken hot baths in the tears OF the
81 nocent. Well, we have killed somewhat
is admit. Perhaps we could count ntty tno
&c. | sand titled heads struck OH. Dut "na'
IN that? We have killed fifty thousand &c
tlemen to make five million Frencnma
We We have slain fifty thousand idle noblem
es of the old regime to make five million !,
hit dustrious citizens of France. Is not u
nv enough? If it is not, let me tell you u
~ in 1888 l saw the coach of marquis thr'
we mud upon the shivering form OF fren
ass mother, who crouched under hedge a
nts puawed raw turnip to make nourlshm'
Tho for her twin babes-and they, too, w
French. The mother starved with her Nv
lay babes And the next year saw my m m
auis in another coach. 1t was the tat'eo.
40 that so much better suited such mailer
tors. 1t moved too slowly to spatter
cal mud, but not slowly enough, for all that
rag suit the marquis; for it bore HIM to
rd. puilotine; bore him, citizens, to that re-
oro button which must one day overtake
0io those whose pomp and state must ne
constrain their fellow-beings to crouch
mi hedges and gnaw raw turnips! Is not
oas enough? What more would you haVeE