Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-01-15
Observation-Disclosures


Ouc VI tuC SAotiUcSe IdiCS6 LEAP
Year is destined to behold, came off
at Washington on the 9Th inst. The
gospel Of hate is repulsive enough.
It seeks to array a solid north against
a solid south. But the gospel of DIS
content is even more so; it wound
make Ismaelites Of all sections, ard
raise every mans hand against his
neighbor. 1t ignores improvement,
overlooks prosperity, and thanks
neither man nor God for benefactions.
Give it roast beef, and it demands
pium-pudding. Induct it into office,
and it clamers for more lucrative po-
The first farcial scene in the Green
back-Labor conference was the at
tempt made by its managers to i'm
part a graceful turn to all its utter
ances, while executing a political
somersault. When It's chairman,
Representative Murch, called upon
the Rev. De LaMatyr to offer prayer,
to the establishment of these self-cOn-
stituted prempters, there were Kisses
and cries of ''every man to his trade +:
we came for business" Finally, the
managers calmed the dissentionits
and prayer was offered.
After considerable wrangl.ng, the
conference appointed a committee to
report on the place and time for a
convention to make presidential NOM
nations, and fix a ratio of represen-
tation. This constituted a second
scene of the farce.
A cali vas next made for resoIu-
tions, and the i~rrepressible inner sem
timents Of the mixed crowd again
manifested themselves. Resolutions
in abundance were introduced and
read, and had reference to all sorts
of subjects. Every side of the Green
back position was defended, every
proposition looking to imitation of the
currency was indorsed, and every
hard money statute condemned. But
the resolutions did not deal with the
financial question alone. Many 9TH
er subjects, including the capital and
labor question, Socialism, Mormon
ism, the eight-hour law, and railroad
and other corporate monopolies, were
represented therein, and their dis
tinctive features either attacked Or
defended. The resolutions, after be-
ing read, were all referred TO the COM
mittee on call for convention and
basis of representation.
Of course these resolutions were
not again heard from, but it is to re
hoped that their character wiz be
fully revealed by some of the many
newspaper reporters present. The
resolutions, however, had their effect.
They warned the committee that any
thing like an attempt to harmonic
their contents would involve failure,
and that body, catching the only
spirit that was common to them, re-
ported the following gospel Of discon-
tent emtodying the plants Of the
labor-leaguers without a word in re-
gard to finance or currency:
W. have reached a crisis in by
country's history and an epoch iii ilu
man affairs. Our government, which
was designed for the political veal Of
mankind, has passed under control
of bankers, stockholders and profess
sional politicians to the exclusion of
those whose labor produces its wealth
and pays Its taxes. The const;tu-
tional rights of the people are denied
or usurped by the money power. The
fruits of productive enterprise are
grasped by corporate monopolies.
The large shares of accumulated
wealth and ~undeyeloped of
the nation are concentrated in the
hands of a small class, and all prop
erty interest in the stability of our
institutions on the part of a large ma
jority Of the voters is dissipated.
luxurious interest and enforced idle
ness have filled the land with pauper-
ism, crime and misery, and the air
is ominous with murmurs of discon-
tent.
The very foundations of popular
government are questioned and as
sailed and the republic itself is in i'm
minent peril. The people of the Dis
trict of Columbia, containing {. popu-
lation of 100, 600 souls, have been by
an act Of congress wholly disfran.
chised and laws been enacted in va
rious states to curtail this sacred right
of suffrage, the very cornerstone OF
every republic.
Deeply impressed by the gravity OF
this crisis we cheerfully sacrifice all
minor differences and unite for the
purpose of restoring control of the
government to the whole people
through representatives chosen by
them uninfuenced by bribery, intimi
dation or sectional hate, recovering
their complete sovereignty over theil
elections, currency, lands and line.
of internal communication, and finall,
to embody in the law and enforce tb'
right of each laborer to the result @
his toll, that a convention of the Ma
tional Greenback Labor party be helt
st Chicago, ILL.,, Wednesday, the 9tl
Of June, 1880, and that the basis O
representation shall be from each stat
four delegates and four altefnates a
large, and two delegates end two al
ternates from each congressional dis
trict and two alternales from eacI
territory and District of Columbia.
ISignedj THOMPSON H. MURcH,
Chairman Conference and Chalrma,
Congressional Committee.
Z. p. DEVICES,
Chairman National Committee.