Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-12-30
Words of Cheer.

The Observation-Disclosures party emerged
from the unequal fight with banners
flying, facing its foes, and without Il
spot or stain upon its honor, and has
reorganized for the capaign of 1881.
The bribery, forgery, fraud, lying, bull
doing and corruption of the Republl-
can and Democratic parties, during the
campaign just closed, are now matters
of history, and they are welcome to the
record they have made.
The little giant party has attained to
Il position that commands even the re-
spect of its fOes-has proven itself
worthy at least of the rights of bel
ligerent, and it is to be hoped that the
ridiculc, ISLANDERS and slurs of the two
fossilized parties will now and forever
cease. and that they will meet the is
sues like men, or, like Davy Crocketts
coon, come down witOut Il shot. They
must now "put up or Shut up They
cannot much longer defer meeting the
issues presented by the Greenbackla-
bor party, as they will be forced to toe
the mark and show their hand. We
have challenged them on all occasions
during the past campaign TO debate be-
fore the people the issues of the day,
and like towards they skunk into their
holes, and pulled the holes i'll after
them.
Never in the history of this country
has there been such undue effort made,
and unprincipled action attempted, to
bias and control the suffrage of the
people, as in the late contest, by the Re
publican and Democratic partics-the
former in its efforts to retain power,
and the latter to oust them, and in the
scramble for office both have made Il
record that should damn any party ON
the face of the globe. All this with no
issue of any Importance between them,
as both ignore the labor and finance
questions, which are the vital issues of
the day, Let the war he carried into
the cnemy's country, and force them
to fight or surrender They shall not
skulk behind their "bar'ls' and cry
"Our grand old parties and at the
same time cast sardonic glanccs at our
rosy little cherub and call him rag
baby and threaten and plot against
his life. These naughty infanticidcs
are very ungrateful, as the rag baby
while yet in his swaddling clothes,
saved our country from destruction, and
fumised the bondholdcr the money to
buy government bonds with.
We have and will avoid fusion as we
would the small pOX or hydria, for to
compromise principle, is toabandon the
hope of final success. Rather let us
submit to defeat, than court or accept
success through fusion, combination,
fraud or expediency. Let us resolve
now and forever, TO stand or fall loyal
" and honestly lighting for the princ-
pies of our party. The winnowing
process has been complete, and the
chaff has found a lodgment where,
at least for the present, it belong1l
with the two old partics-copartncrS
in corruption and fraud-and there let
them remain, until purged of their ig-
norance and want of fidelity to the
cause of the people. Many, very many
have been unfaithfnl to the dictates OF
conscience and reason, and have IT,
turned like the swine to their walIow'
ing, hut the sound grain is with us
still lis sown in good soil, well rooted
in the principles of our party, and in
due time will bring forth in abundant
harvest.
All who stood firmly and voted ON
ticket on the 2d of November, have
proven themselves worthy, not only OF
our confidence aud respect, but that al
so of our enemies, and we can safely
trust them in the good time coming
In the result of the recent election
there is nothing to dampcn the cour.
f age or lessen the zeal of GrccnhackcrS
and each and I'LL should double THEN
diligence in the good cause.
4, Now is the time to work. The gooI
seed sown during the late campaign Is
now maturcd grain, ripe and ready foI
the Greenback harvester. Let it all he
= gathered Each town in the country
| should he supplied with Grccnbark pl
5 pcrs, pamphlets and books, and goo,
= speakers should he procured TO addres.
meetings as often as possible. y bool
recently published ut Chicago, by b. )
= Heath, ON Finance and Labor, is Il goo,
+ work, and should he in the hands o
| every Grcenbacker We would ais,
g recommend the debate in Congress, b,
q Weaver, Garfield, Gillette and Kelley
II on the Weaver resolutions.
: We have been enabled, with but
g small amount of mOney-ridiculed an
e ignored, alternately, by both the oil
n parties, and in a threc-cornered fight
| under the cross-lirc Of Il double foe, t
n "hold the fort" and increase our nun
70 bers. Let us one and all resolve t
IS double our diligence and devotion I
the cause, and fight it out on til
20 Greenback Labor line, and never ceas
NJ to give our enemies canister an
ts grape, hot shot and shell, until the
,t surrender Internationally, and victor
ID perches upon our banners. We hol
to live to see the day when we wi
have zone Country, One Currency an
one Destiny, with equal and exact ju
= tice to all men."-[John c. Grierso
,t Jacksonville, Ill.
nf New Objection to Silver.
| The COmuOncr