New-York tribune., 1879-09-02

of orderly constitution, ard yet 1t may be IN
structye to inquire how these ravings can DC
logically connected with any system OF IMAM
cieriug, and especially with system which In
its distinctive features has received the sane
ton OF one of the great pclltical parties oi
the country. The deiiverance at Utica, whioh
was uttered amid the most riotous enthusiasli'
was blasphemous Endorsement OF Denis
Kearney. Now Mr.. Kearney has never eoh-
s,dered his mission that of n tnanciai evan
pelist. Ii is mainly new social gospei whlch
he feels moved to preach. When he cries
woe to the bloated bondhOlder It Is not
because the holder bought his bonds with green
hacks and drew interest In coin, bnt because he
was SD sinful as to possess any kind OF money
whatever when his neighbor had less OF 1t.
MIR. Kearney has consecrated hlmseit 10
hosto,ins the time when everybody can
cat bis cake end have it-when the
tbriftess and shiftless shall snare .i,o
gains of the forward-lookng ana seIi-
denying who earn and save. 1t appears 10 Mr'
Kearney easier and more practical 10 spoii 'nc
rich man of his goods than to make accumu-
lations of his own by the slow processes
of industry and prudence. But ne opser'es
that this conGscation worid DC OPP
posed under the present constitution oi
tbinos and he therefore demands a reorganz-
a,ion of society. in which Government, IN
stead of obstructing his ambition, will aid him
in efforts to level things down by an even
divide all around In short, lie dreams that
by some Incarnation Government can be
metamorphoscd into IN undiscrimlnating Prov
idence which will insure life OF luxury 10
every citizen, and .relieyc him from the
trouble of helping himself.
And lust here is where Mr.. Kearney's social
system and the Greenback system of finance
are in such close sympathy. Indeed they
srrng from the same root and are only dill
ferent developments of the same fundamental
folly. All these theorists hold that
nation can legislate successfully against
tie recognized facts of human experience
and the best aspirations OF human nature.
They believe that an act of Congress can nul-
lify the moral and physical constitution or the
universe, and abolish pain, poverty ana IN
Justice. Therefore, rs it always seems
cas,er 10 make a man healthy by giving
him a dose of condurango than by ad-
vislng him TO go through tedious course ol
exercise and diet. these people are always urg-
inc Government to do something" for some
special class, in stead OF counselng them 10
make use of the means suggested by reason
and experience. Ii is one and the same prin-
ciplc which stimulates wild special enactments
for the "debtor Glass; or the "poOr man"
or the "laborerr The Greenback party.
which demands that the Government shall
nav evcrybodg's debts by making piece OF
paper worth dollar passes fluenty into the
advocacy of lending everybody all the money he
thinks he wants without interest. OF course such
A party soon spreads its effort beyond the
horizon of pure finance, becomes the Green
back Labor party, which holds that Govern
mcnt should give every man trade anu tools
and furnish him with farm, and
insure him steady work on needed
"public improvements and pay him
remunerative wages and limit his hours OF
labor. This is only a portion of what the
Utica statesmen aim to accomplish, but this
il enough to make it a logical neces-
slty that they should glorify the q" Heaven
inspired mission" of Kearney. Perhaps the
originators of the plan to pay the National
debt with promises and to issue paper
money in volumes To suit the de-
"mands of tradcn did not clearly fOrcsee
that they were planting the seed which would
Weld an abundant fruitage of communism OF
the most repulsive type. But any Greenback
Convention nowadays which should fail to
don a word of tender sympathy for Kearney
and his kind would surprise the world by this
display of the weakness and lmmaturlty OF
its views on finance.