The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-06-22
The Greenbackers' Opportunity.

The rdison F etre for the existence Of
the Republican party is about to become
its downfall. The quarrel over official
plunder and the candidature for Prest-
dency has so broken its legions that the
enemy may step in and carry off the
household plumber.
The third party has by this means an
opportunity to rescue the country from
its ravagers. A unity of intention on
their part and concert of action are neces-
sary to this result; with these it can be
attained, but not without hard blows
given and received.
The approaching campaign will be the
touchstone OF party power and the lndl-
Gator for two years hence. In the
struggle between the Democrats and
Republicans the peoples party has its
opportunity; partisanship has had its
day among thinking men; they have
found there is no security in that old
feudal following of name when the
spirit which gave it life has flown.
On both sides the struggle for Con-
eressional Districts and the Presidential
campaign of 'S4 has begun, and it be-
hooves Greenbackers also to be stirring
| in their cause. An aggressive and firm
advance should be made and an organ
ization be completed, which has been
too long DELAYED and dallied with.
| There are earnestness and fine courage
| in the men of our party; let it come to
| the front and have sway for its forces.
No greater devotion was ever wakened
| by any cause than exists for this new
old cause of the people. Men see to-
| day the fulfillment of far-sighted state
ments made by them from the beginning
of this effort to avert ruin. 1t remains
to so unite devotion and force that an
effective war upon existing evils will 60
on without break to lessen the project
lie power of our advance. Those who
believe that any clash of theories will
kill the Greenback party do not under
stand the life inherent in principle.
which never returns to quiescence until
its present work is accomplished. 1t
does not lie in the power of even two
thirds of the Greenback party to kill the
effect of its principle by secession to
another party or formula OF principles.
The Greenback party has crystallized.
it is an existent fact; the chaotic period
is past, and theoretical argument has
become a unified idea, which no power
can stop short of its ultimate conclusion;
retarded it may be; if SO, that very re-
tarding will concentrate a force that
will burst like a whirlwind when it does
break forth again.
There is no good reason why it should
be retarded. II it is done it will be by
the eager selfishness and time serving,
grasping of men who seek in the sue
cess of the movement but fOothold
upon official place for themselves. The
rank and file were never more earnest,
never more anxious for the fight, than
they are to-day. Every day increases
their strength by increasing their knowl-
edge, and by events which are proving
all the representations of advanced
Greenbackers true.
There has been no charge made
against the party in power which has
not been more than demonstrated as
true in the last eighteen months. There
has been no prophecy of the subjuga-
ton of labor interests, and the usurpa-
ton of capital and bastard money ocra-
cy which has not come to pass. New
York has done what Berlin has not
forbidden civil parade of Socialists in
honor of a man who advocated healthy
exercise, manly teaching and ennobling
recreation for men who do daily labor.
New York has rental law which
would disgrace England herself, and
the other cities of the country, especial
ly East, take their cue from New York.
1t is there citizens who earn their daily
bread must look to find indications OF
what is proposed against them in free
America-these indications are written
in letters of warning that all may read.
Measures against their peace, against
their idea of equality, against their rights
in the benefits of commerce and wealth
production, are constantly Matching in
that great hot-hed of capitalistic oppres-
sion. AS New York treats her working
classes so will every city in the Union.
In its municipal, as in its State Govern
ment, that city recognizes no power but
that of capital and the force of combined
monopolies. And these lie and cheat
at will, defrauding the State and Nation
of taxes, at the same time they are pill
ing burdens of taxes upon the men who
labor
All these things have been writer
: against capital since the first inception
.. of the Greenback idea. Every day
: proves them true, and every day thai
they exist. Pelion is rising upon Ossf
in the usurpations of which we speak.
: OF all these the prevailing policy Of
both parties is the tool and the out
growth. Legislation is no longer the
outcome of wisdom in council, but the
! result of capital applied to cupidity
.. This corruption is indeed the serpen
|. winding from base to dome of the Ma
! tion's palace of iniquity, and the clap
trap of Congressional proceedings art
: the rattles which should duly warn O
danger. TieW.