Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-04-22
GRrENBAcK-LaBoR.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Last fall's elections demonstrated
the impossibility of holding the Green
hackers together. The vote cast by
the so-called Greenbaek Labor Or
ganinzation came mainly from the
workingmens leagues, proving beyond
doubt that most of the GreenbacEers
had returned to the parties to which
they originally belonged, and leaving
the number of those that remained
true to novel fiat-financial platforms
too small to cut any figure of itself at
the polls. In our ever-increasing
condition Of population, when once a
party begins to lose confidence in the
development of its doctrines, and
commences, on that account, to
dwindle, it is almost impossible to
resuscitate it. Indeed, the history
of parties in this country abundantly
proves that no organization can sus-
tain itself that does not regularly
augment both its faith and its votes.
Of what use, then, is it to attempt to
resurrect the Greenback clubs? Even
if they could be reformed, there is
not time to organize then, properly.
They would be too new, too inexpe-
rierced, and made up of too many
conflicting elements to act with that
independence, firmness and unity in
the impending contest that is essential
to success.
The only portion of the Greenback-
Labor organization possessed of vital
ity is that which composes the Labor
Leagues, and is known everywhere as
the National party, Or as the EIation-
>alists. Between them and the Repudi-
ationists, there is but small difference.
If they could, by any possibility, OBJ
tain control of government, their ac-
cess to power would be attended by
such food of fiat money as would
result in another prolonged period of
commercial aud industrial embarrass-
ment, bankruptcy and ruin. The in
PRODUCTION and enforcement of their
policies would enlarge the patronage
of the executive, already too vast.
The attention of government would
be diverted by it from that which is
public, constitutional and representa-
tive, to that which is private, undele-
rated and personal. Its officers
would either degenerate into bankers
and brokers, granting and withhold
ing loans at will, or become managers
Of railroad, express, telegraph and
other companies, taking control of
commerce, manufactures and labor,
regulating the prices Of goods and
fixing the compensation of industry.
What would then become OF indus
trial right, equality and freedom? !?
How much better would such rulers
be than the strong government pro-
posed Dy tfIe star~arts IN ene end,
if sustained, would they not be
equally injurious and destructive?
The true course for every unem-
ployed, honest, patriotic workingman
to pursue is to oppose both stalwart-
ism and nationalism. If he is in
formed, he knows that the Republican
party has squandered millions, in
creased taxes, and piled up obstacle
upon obstacle in the path of the poor,
and unless it is deprived of authority
there can be neither public or private
prosperity. If he will reflect, he can
arrive at no other conclusion than
that the policies of nationalism, en-
forced by congressional authority,
besides oyerturning republican insti-
tutlcns would not only embitter the
struggle between labor and capital,
but perhaps finally destroy the latter,
and thus, eventually, deprive indus
try Of employment and reward.
The Democratic party is the true
friend of labor, and there is no sense
in workingmen striking at it. 1t
would gladly restore prosperity to
the Industrious. 1t sympathizes with
energy, and will arrest its wrongs
and replace it in its old position in
society, as.soon as the power to do
so is entrusted to it. The sensible
course, then, for the poor to pursue
is to sustain those who, IN every pos
sible manner, have envinced disposi-
ton to uphold personal right, rule
justly and govern without extortion
or unnecessary taxation.
----
The Democratic voters of the sew
eral townships of Audrain county,
Missouri, will meet at their respec-
tive places of voting on Saturday,
May 9Th, 1880, at o'clock, p. m.,
to elect delegates 70 county con-