The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-04-09

"Comus.nn He says that Mr.. Smith is la
BILE to souander all his means in advocating
such a cause. All glory to Mr.. Smith If
one rich man has put his shoulder to the
wheel to assist the down trodden poor to
liberate themselves from the yoke of bond
age, by paying the national debt, AMI stop
the interest that is to-day drawing the vital
ity from the nation, that will remain curse
for generations to come unless the princi-
Piles of the Greenback party are adhered to.
He says that just such agitation has caused
SO many strikes. Wodld that the agitation
continue until the last bond was struck into
everlasting flames, when we should have nc
more bloated bondholders living upon the
industry of the poor. He speaks OF the
floating class, who have but little Now,
Mr.. "Comus," you are one of those imaein.
ary fellows; You have few dollars out
at interest and you hope one day to be able
to own U. S. bond. But before that time,
"Comus," we will have the last one of them
in flames. He stated that Mr., s. said that
money brought the war to close. Mr.. $.
made no such statement, for he well knows
that a half million of our best men fell ia
restore the Union, and half million that
survived have now to labor by the iweat OF
the brow to pay the interest on a bonded
debt that was created while they were in
the field being shot at.
Mr.. "Comus, you assail Brick Pomeroy
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outspoken journalists of the age, battling
for truth and right. Who is this ''Comus"
He is man that would lay aside truth and
virtue to vote for an old shell of party
that is to-day staggering beneath a mighty
load of corruption SO powerful that it is near
crushed to the earth; few more days and
it will be numbered with the past. He is
one of those old fogies that cannot see above
the party lines, and has said before witnesses
that he would vote for yellow dog before
would lose his party record.
Now, Mr. "Comus," we are willing to
meet you on the political issues of the day;
but come out like a man, and present an is
sue, if you have one, without so much
slang. ''Comus," believe you are on the
wrong track. Have you ever known your
party to make one act of legislation in the
last twenty years in favor of the laboring
class !? Don't you know that your party has
bankrupted our government by bnrning up
our money and reducing the volume Of cur
rency until there is-not one-fourth enough
to transact the business of the country
That your contracting system is only adj
vancing interest and thereby working a
hardship on the laboring class Are you
aware that taxation should be equal, and
that it is not right to keep those untaxed
bonds, the money of which should help, in a
two-fold manner to support the government;
first, by paying taxes, second by being i'll
circulation to transact business and build up
the industries of the country? Are you
aware that the good book says that you rich
chaps shall not Cypress the poor? The next
time you hear of Greenback meeting, just
go and convince them that they are wrong,
but do not use too big words. Now "Co-
mus. you might do great deal of good in
this county you know we need the Va.
quina railroad very bad will you just write
over to congress and have them pay off the
bonds, and you know the bondholders will
have to use their money and they will jump
at the chance to build our railroad, so that
their smoney may make them something
Now, " Comus," know you want office
just come over to the Greenback party and
we will give you one, as all our men are
hard. working men and do not want any
public positions. GREENBAcK.
Philomath, March Sd, 1880.