The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-05-29
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MIR. EDITOR: Some of the ereenbackers seem TO
be getting very mad with the editor of the Progress
sive Age, and accuse him of having "sold out" to
that Old democracy he has been fighting 50 many
years. and of trying deliver to it the green
back party whose support he has asked but failed TO
obtain They say he is doing all he can to democrat
iAe the greenback party and to win them over TO the
democratic party and that to ingratiate himself with
the democrats lie is every week recanttng his former
utteranccs about them. Can such things be-"
Can it be true what was charged last year. that lie
can be ''bought and sod:"
Certainly, the opinions ana statements Of the
Prog Age of to-day entirely contradictory of
those expressed by it formerly. Now it calls HAYES
fraud and declares he was seated by fraud &C. &C.
two years ago it said just the contrary Now it has
nothing but praise for southern democrats while in
the last campaign il ferccly denouncng them
for their shot gun policy, and calling upon the Gov
eminent to ensure to the freedman free and unn
Inundated ballot. Now it declares 'here never was
law upon the statute book that was productive
| of so much hypocrisy rascay and perjury our
present proIlbitorv law" for years it ha. been dc
tending tn" law and supporting the party which
maintained II. Now it fears that the army may con
troll elections and prevent free ballot two three
years ago it feared the white liners, etc, would do
50 unless thearmy was used arcstrain them. Now it
j. King the grccnbackcrs to merge with and be
swallowed up by the democrats but few months
ago it was drnouncins the democracy, and cuogiz-
ing the erecnback party as the party of the future
But the greatest chang" of nll TINT OF last
week when the Age abandoned its tat money
doctrines it was loudly proclnimng but a few
months ago. Last year it declared fiat money to
he the chief corner stone OF the grcenback temple.
1t thc thing TO be attained, aud the grernblck
party organized for the purpose Of establishing
the great American system of finance of which the
chief and cardinal principle was-dat money. 1t d.
clared over and over again that what Government
called dollar a dollar; that it was the Govern
ment stamp that gave il its real value that no in
rinsic value needed ana that L piece OF paper
even, stamped A. Il dollar and made full legal tender
was Hs good a. gold dollar, &c &t. OF late, how
ever it has had nothing TO say abou; this CORNER
stone,' 1t to have rejected H. last wcek it
was advocating the Silver bill now pending in Con
gre>s, ana defending TIE tree cojnag' feature which
allows any person 70 exchange silver bullion for sill
vcr coin, ounce for ounce 1T the Treasury ANA thus
get the difference in value OF silver uncoincd and III
YER coined OF cquul weight THU Age Said 'sthe ~
publcans argue vehementiy against this feature Of
tile bill tile ground thu; foreign owners IL silver
will make 4 ciear profit eluanS tn difference he
tween the prise ot silver and gold" In reply the
Age said there wa+ no surplus stock abroad and fur
thcrmore there could he such profit to the bullion
dealer, "for thc reason that an ounce Of silver when
il costs nothing to coin il, will br worth in
the form Of dollar, than It was in bullion Ii nun
drcd bushels Of wheat are worth hundred ounces of
silver bullion, il WiIl BE- worth the same weight Of
silver in thu form Of coins, AND no more" How does
this Strike the believers in the fiat money doctrine
and tho claim tti il is thr stamp that gives value
10 they believe That 100 ounces Of silver bullion will
to-day buy ~ many bushels OF wheat a. 100 ounces
Of silver dollars Ana il free coinage puts up i piece
Of silver Of equal weight Of the silver dollar K IL
grains from IS cents the present value to Iooccnj-
who gct, the profit, if not the bullion owner
Still, notwithstanding all these changes ana ~
canaton7 u opinions, don't believe the charges OF
These grccubackcrs tAat the editor mas ">od out"
lis il merely swinging round thu circle"
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