Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-06-03

VI pV plcs anu ndne Candidate IOl
presld t.
In its results it will be one of the mos
important conventions ever held. 1t will
be one ofthe last and most desperate efforts
of the liberty.loving men Of America to
redeem the people from the control of q
money oligarchy. 1t will be as important
in its results as was the nomination oil
Andrew Jackson in opposition to the
United States bank. IL will be as Import.
ant to the great army of wealth producers
as was the nomination Of Abraham Lin
coin to the three million Of negro slaves.
1t will be convention of delegates, rep
resenting party OF patriots struggling
for nothing less than the perpetuaton oil
the republic.
If it acts wisely, patriotlcally and fear
lessly it will inspire hope in the heart OF
every man who loves, better than all other
things, liberty, country and mankind
lfit acts unwisely, sel6shly or cowardly
ii will result in reaction, from which its
present devoted adherents may never
recover.
1t behooves every man, therefore, . lay
aside every selfish thought and motive,
every ambitious and unpatriotic impulse.
He would be worse than coward and
knave who for selfish purposes would he
tray the sacred duty imposed upon him by
the occasion. Every man who appears
upon the floor OF the convention should
feel in the deepest sense the sacred and
solemn duty resting upon him.
That this will be the case we have no
doubt. The men who have become prom
lnent enough in the new party to be
chosen delegates are men who in almost
every instance espOused the cause at q
time when none but patriots had the
courage and manhood to endure the abuse
and ridicule OF the opponents.
But the most earnest and sincere men
are not only liable to err, but they are
frequently deceived and misled by intrigu
ing politicians-nay, it is fact that hon
est men are more liable to be deceived
than are dishonest men, for, being honest
themselves, they are apt to believe other
men to be SO.
1t is on this account that the Sentinel
desires to arouse every true and honest
Grecnbacker to sense Of his duty in the
approaching convention, and in doing so,
it will ask nothing but that every man
shall earnestly, sacredly and honestly do
that which appears to him to be for the
best good of the cause. The Sentinel asks
no man to follow its suggestions contrary
to his own convictions.
Concerning the platform, we hope it will
be plain, short and to the point. We do
not believe in embodying arguments and
dissertations in platforms. We believe,
for instance, that the four words "abOlish
hn ,ot, Ia, l.ri 30 a ln,
wordy resolution embracing the evils of
the bank issues ofpaper money, the usurp-
alton Of the p)wtrs OF the general govern
ment, what Jefferson or any other person
said about it, and recital of all the evils
of the system, because all Of these things
are involved in the four word declaration.
Why, when and how the national bank
notes are to be suppressed is matter Of
public discussion upon the stump and
through the press. it is enough to say
that we are opposed to national bank
issues.
So with the light of the government to
issue money, the free and unlimited coin.
age OF silver, the payment of the bonded
debt, the income tax, the lessening Of the
hours Of labor, the protection Of the nights
of labor and the restriction Of the growth
of monopolies and corporations.
The platform which Moses, guided 10y
divine wisdom, wrote upon the tablets OF
stone, was short and pointed: Thou shalt
not kill! Thou shalt not steal Those
were two of the principal planks in the
Mosaic declaration OF principles. They
were fundamental principles, compre-
hendirg in every degree and in every
sense the crimes Of murder and theft
They were declarations that could not be
encumbered with superhuity Of words
without sacrifice Of their al-powerlul
significance.
We again express the hope that the
resolutions will be stripped of all unneces-
sary verbiage, and all ponderous utter
ances and philosophical platitudes
Concerning candidates we also desire to
say word.
As stated before in the columns of the
Sentinel, we have no axes to grind, no
personal or selfish purposes to serve, no
ambition to crafty. We only ask that
the good OF the Grcenback cause be CON
sldered above all other things We only
ask for q nominee whose election will be
a triumph oil Greenbackism, and whose
defeat will not be death-blow to the
cause. We hope and trust that the dele
gates to Chicago will not run after strange
gods. We hope there will be no Aarons
who will hecome impatient and erect
golden calves.
We hope that there will be backbone
enough in the convention to feel that the
Greenback par need not be pinned to
the coat tail of some prominent" man.
II the Greenback party is anything, 1t is
party of the people. If it teaches any
thing, it teaches the idea that old politi-
clans shall take back seat. If 1t means
what it has repeatedly declared, it means
that politicians, be they prominent" or
played out" are no longer wanted.
We hope, for instance, that the Maine
delegation will present the name Of Solon
Chase or Congressman Murch; that the
Iowa delegation will present the names Of
Weaver or Gillette; the Kansas delega-
ton the names Of Alfred Taylor Or II. P.
Vrooman; the Indiana delegation the
name OF De La Matyr: the Texas deegl.
ton the names of Gen. Hammon or Gen.
Chambers; the Alabama delegates the
name Of Congressman Lowe; the Illinois
delegation the names of Alexander Camp
bell, Congressman Forsythe or Jesse
Harper; the Wisconsin delegates the
name OF Edward P. AlIis, and other state
delegations the names of their best men
and then from the list let the Conven-
tion as a whole choose which it thinks
advisable.
We dare TO say that from the above
list Of names there can be obtained as
good presidential material as ever occu-
pied the White House.
We dare to assert that there are men
named in the above list who will prove as
strong men, and who will poll as many
votes as any man that can be named.
With any Of tae above men, or with
others Of the same standing and character,
who we need not take the time to men
tion, the campaign would be pronounced
Gre1nback campaign.
1t would mean new order OF things.
1t would mean doing away with old
things and putting on of new.
1t would mean destruction of, and not
compromise with. the enemies of the peo-
pie,
1t would mean the abolition of the ma
tional banks.
It would mean the extinguisbmcnt of
the public debt.
II would mean the protection and nd
vancement of the rights of labor.
It would mean honesty and fidelity in
public Office.
1t would mean q general advance all
along the line of civilization.
II would mean the preservation of our
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