Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-10-21
A GREEN GtACKER,S VIEWS.

Hon. H. w. Harrington, of Indiana, who
was the Greenback candidate for Governor Of
that State in 1876, has recently written a let-
ter on the political situation, from which we
make the following extracts, and commend
them to the CT. e;ful consideration of Demo
Gratis in South Carolina, who, from any cause,
are afiliating or propose to affiliate with the
Greenback movement in this State. Mr..
Harrington says:
al am of the opinion that so long as the
Republican party is in power, there is no hope
of the realization of single reform desired
by the Nationals; that this party, which has
been in power during twenty years, is seri'
Gus obstacle in the way of success. 1t has
done all the legislation of financial charac
ter of which the ma ionals complain, if my
memory serves me correctly.
"The defeat of the Republican party | be-
lieve to be the first step toward reform. Votes
for third candidate contribute to the support
of that party. Once the dominant party is
out of power it will dissolve-fall to pieces Of
its own inertia, and out of it new organiza-
ton must arise. A third party cannot, under
our system, succeed while two principal par
ties occupy the field The destruction of one
of the two dominant parties is necessary to
the success of third. The Republican par
ty can only be destroyed by its defeat, because
it is the party in power. The Democratic
party cannot be destroyed by defeat, for it is
the dominant opposition party out of power
The Nationals claim that the Republicans
have, by class legislation, added millions to
our public debt-that even greenbacks would
have been taken out of circulation if that
party had not been prevented by Democrats
I think that every voter who objects to such
class legislation, who desires reform, or the
success of third party, should cast his vote
for the dominant opposing party against the
party in power. twenty years continuous
power is long enough. Corruption will creep
in with lapse of time, and, besides, such par
ty loses the substance of representation it
establishes an oiigarchy Of politicians, instead
of a representation of the people. The NOM
ination of Hancock opens new era IN the
Democratic party; it introduces the young,
new ife-blood of the people and of the re-.
public into its workings 1t up to the
standard of the times"
These are the views, candldly expressed, OF
an honest man, who sees no hope of success
of the Greenback party, and freely admits
that the efforts of that party in tie present
National contest can have no other effect than
to weaken the prospects of the only party to
which the people look for relief and reform !;
and what he says Gil the subject bears with
equal force upon the election in South Caro-
lima, not only for State but county offices as
we'll. Mr.. Harrington says there can be no
reform in the currency or anything else so
long as the Republican party is in power.
There is not the slightest hope of the success
of the Greenback party, and hence his argu-
ment in favor of that party acting with the
Democrats in order to secure the reforms de-
sired. "The first step towards reform" says
Mr.. Harrington, "is the defeat of the Repub-
lican party" 1t therefore behooves our peo-
pie, instead of organizing party which may