Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-07-08
COLORADO LETTER.
GREELEY, COLORADO,
Inna 81 1870

One OF our young men whose father fell
has way Of saying the Republican party
is too partizan too much given to fiaunt-
ing the bloody shirt; too unwilling to bury
the dead past. look at him while in
silence, and remembering that he was
babe when that terrible strife was i'm pro-
gress and did not realize the meaning OF
that fearful tornado of fire that swept the
land l say nothing.
Is he not fair sample or the men who
have been crying ''peace peacel' these
last few years?
Some people get little weary of the
repetition of even vital truth. Don't tell
any more about that blood and treasure
Let us have something else. Let the dead
past bury its dead. We all remember of
the man who condemned Aristides, and be-
cause he had faults. am tired and sick,
said he, of hearing men call him "the
just"
think we should labor against this rath-
or natural weakness for the sake of the
brave fellows who Slumbcr i'm their rude
graves. II is base ingratitude TO forget
them or to bclittle their sacrifice. They
marched away from homes rs sweet and
friends aS dear as are ours today How
many soldier said Is he looked upon a
cherished picture
81 could not love thee half so dear.
Loved not honor more"
As | think what these men suffered for
truths sake and for humanity, | feel that
any man who can knowingly cast his bal
lot to undo what these men died to achieve,
is a traitor to principle.
did not take up my pen to write these
things. We ought not to need to speak of
them They should lie too near our hearts
for speech. But did intend To say that
honor the men who stnad for right and
! justice, whatever the cry of the hour.
Your paper reaches Ms week by week, one
! of the Soundest and most mcompromiSing
opponents of Republican principles in the
land, and 1t is doubly welcome to rs. |
know OF no paper or the size Of the DIM
OCRNr that prints SO many upright, down
right good articles bearing upon vital top
les of the day. Permit me To thank You
and say hope your efforts are appreciated
at home aS they are abroad
\ few days since saw an earnest green
hacker and asked him how the party wac
progressing. He assured me that the par
" was growing slowly but steadily. Said
! he, 1T takes a long time 10 educate men
up to the greenback idea. Then he com
mcnced 10 educate me, but like the rest |
educated very slowly. | will not pretend
that ! understand this great problem OF
national finance, but so far as | can see |
am for honesty every time. Wcpoor hard
/ working fellows may be ignorant, but when
We hear greenbackerS saying, II am an
| open repudiationiSt; | claim that there has
/ been fraud in creating this vast national
debt, and | would wipe il ont A. a boy
/ wipes of a slate with sponge. Fraud
/ violates any contract. This debt is mort
! gage on the blood and bone and muscle OF
| the working men Of America for all time, %
| &C, &c, &c, then | understand int, and
take the alarm directly. cannot see how
our finances could have been better man
| aged; but granting for the moment that
! good and just men like Salmon Z. Chase
erred 10 the extent OF thousand million
! dollars, but saved the life OF a nation. and
/ what is better still maintained the integrity
/ Of eternal principles in America. was the
price too high: When the balance was
/ trembling, and the nation was pouring out
/ the choice wine of life ungrudgngly, did
any of Us even think that We were spend
/ iug one cent too much of the nations
wealth: There were rich men and poor
men, widows and orphans; farmers, me
/ chauicS-mcn in all the walks of life who
held up the savings of years to the govern
mcnt and said, Take my surplus today,
and give me your promise TO pay bye-and-
bye II the nation is stricken down 10y
slavery. let me be stricken down
g. sail on, ship OF Statc
sail on, o Union, strong and great
Humanity with all lis fears
With all the hopes OF future years
Is hanging brcathlcs- on thy fate
Our hearts. our hopes, are all with thee.
our hearts, our hopes our prayers. our tears,
Our faith triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thcc,-arc NIL with thee"
There were men who buried their treas
urc in lands, until the government they
hated or distruSted proved victorious in
spite Of their covert treason. Then with
anger and jealousy they dug up that which
might have helped the nation in its Sovcr-
eign need, and yelled: Down with the
bloatcd bondholder He is getting more
for his outlay than any of Us He is Il
bloodsuckcr It's fraud TO leave his bonds
untaxed Fraud yitiates every contract
Fraud. Murder! Treason Peace, my
good friend. Have you considered how it
is likely to fare with the nation that takes
the prop and stay of the widow and the
fatherless, in its deadly need, and when the
cruel war is over, and its day of sgony
past, filings the bonds back only so many
worthless rags, and says, 1--WE will never
pay them! If you do not know how fares
such a nation, look at those nations which
have not kept faith with their creditors.
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