The Portland daily press., 1880-09-10
WISE WORDS.
A Letter that Republican Greenbackers
Should Read and Ponder.

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We have been permitted to copy the follow
ing letter to Greenbacker from former
friend and associate in the Republican party.
Its words should be pondered by every Repub-
lican Greenbacker before he casts his vote:
ALFRED, Sept. s.
Dear Friend:-I am very much interested in
the election this fall and on account of our
intimate friendship in the past / venture to
write you.
do this presuming that aside from the
question OF the currency you stand where you
hard fought political battle. pres ume you
still consider it unsafe to trust the destinies of
this country to the Democratic party con-
trolled as it is by the solid South.
You know that the rebel brigadiers control
that party and shape its policy. They still be-
Stitutional amendments were not legally
adopted and are not binding. In short they
believe just as they did beforc he war except
with regard to their ability TO conquer the
North.
You do not want to see them trample the
constitutional amendments under foot, pension
the rebel soldiers, pay the rebel war claims
re-enslave the negroes, remove the tax on
whiskey and tobacco or prevent its collection
in their States. You are not frightened
think at the cry of bloody shirt when they
are forcing it upon US.
They still cling to the same dangerous prin.
ciples, which under the innocent ma me of
states rights, led to the war; and we are COM
PEELED to combat such dangerous tendencies or
be destroyed by them. 1t is n9suse to say these
questions are settled. They are not sett led.
They are at issue in this election and they
will continue to be at issue as long as the solid
South controls the Democratic party as it now
does.
nunin 4
views, l wish to call your attention to the fact,
although you may not be aware of it, that
there are to-day not exceeding 800 Republican
Greenbackers in York county and not exceed
ing 250O in the whole State.
The reduction has been very large within
the last ten days and is still going on.
Taking this in connection with the fact that
there is fusion on all nominations with the
Democrats, you and the $500 other honest
Republican Greenbackers find yourselves join
ed to ring Of the Democratic party against
your will. The Greenback party simply be-
comes decoy to lead you in where you don't
want to go. OF course it pleases the Demo-
Gratis just as well for you to call yourself
Greenbacker and fuse with them, as it does
for you to call yourself a Democrat and vote
with them.
The Democratic Greenbackers are situated
differently. They don't know and don't care
which party they are in, many of them, and
it don't make any difference.
They will, no doubt, favor holding on to the
Greenback organization for the sake of hold
ing you in your false position.
These considerations have led thousands of
your brother Republican Greenbackers to
refuse to be thus transferred to the arms of a
party they have been fighting all their lives,
and whose record and principles for the last
70 years they detest Every day they are say
ing to me that they still believe in Greenback
principles, but having been led into a false
positloh' against their protest, by INSCRIPTIONS
leaders and politicians, where they have to
choose between the Democratic or Republican
parties, they cannot hesitate which to choose.
knowing, as do, your intelligence and in
have great weight with you and that you and
will again be found working side by side for
those principles which have carried the
country safely through so many dangers for
the last 20 years.
Yours truly,