Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
WHAT IS NEEDED.
from the s.duIia psmocrat. |


There Is talk of organizing an Anti
Monopoly party in is United States.
For what? There 3 one already Or
gsuized-the safest strongest.sta h.
est party ever known to history. the
democratic party. Whoever heard of
q labor strike wl.n it was in power.
Whoever heard Ofan uprising against
the extortiom of railroad managers,
aud the wholesale destruction of life
and property q ut PIttsburg and |
Chicago?
When people get into trouble they
are not to be saved through experi-
ments. They need to touch bottom,
aud to feel finn ground under their
feet. The pa,t is full of experiences.
Until federalim came into possession
Of tho government, such thlng as
the oppression of capital was UNI
known. The country was totally
ignorant OF class legislation. The
nearest approach to it, federal
bank, was crushed by Andrew Jack
sou. Tho trades all fourished, aud
labor was prosperous aud couleuted.
The public lands were the pstrimony
of the honest emigrants. The states
were free in their legitimate sphere,
and the administration of affairs was
scrupulously adjusted to sustain the
healthy relationships of the local to
the central authority. Patriotism
was the controlling motive, and llb-
erty meant real liberty to the masses.
1t is different now, but there Is AL
vance to get back into the old cham
nels again. No new party is needed,
| bscause the democratic party was
founded by men who really loved
| free institutions, and who were more
concerned i'll making wise, liberal
aud tolerant constitution. than III
schemes to obtain and increase Of
fetal patronage and pluuder. lm-
mense monopolies have come because
the people, in every presidential
election since 1860, have defeated the
democratic party, or permitted 1t to
be robbed of rightful victory,
which was worse than u defeat. LII
they are capable Of self-governMent. t.
which 10 exceedingly doubtful, they
would have seen long ago that the
republican party was adding year
after yoar to their burdens, passing
law after law of class Legislation, and
widening distance by distance the
two eytremes of social aud business
Ilife-the class which embraced tbt
very rich on the one hand, and thu
class which embraced the very poo
on the other. Such course is yer!
natural. The republican party is
revolutionary party, aud to perpetu
ate its power it is forced OF necessit
to ally with something more violen
and arbitrary in its process thai
local self-government. Ii must hav
large monopolins-a federal bankinI
7 system-sn office holder oligarch!
welded to its service by the potts o
place and positiou-internal espiom
age Of the most degrading kind-gl
: gantic tariff oppression = colosS.
,, political Rugs, with margins OF mi
lious as rewards for unscrupulou
partisan service-centralizati III il
most expensive shape-and AL arlstt
cracy of money which will contribut
. immensely to keep its privilege an
. immunities superior to the risk
Il any changing administration.
% The democratic party can restoI
% the old form OF government-that l
: which the people had the chief say
= but no other party can. 1t Is folly
y - talk Of new party. People in tn
- county hate new parties, becaus
~ ~ allr new parties of the past irav
"a be'tP.omposed solely of hummer
u beggars aud dead beats.