Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-08-17

| we Mus Think and Act.
The American Sentry.
The Cry of hands off the linanciu
question has not been obeycd, as tn
agitation of this question comes no
only from the 'grcenback lunaticS,
but from those heretofore profuse il
their declaration that this question
"was settled by the Sherman resump
ton We have always declared tina
the financial question was not settled
and now our enemies prove, by thci
agitation, to have come TO the sam,
conclusion, with this difference, tha
we demand Il settlement in the intGrCS
of the people, and the Republican
party and its mcnial, the Democratic
party, wish it settled wholly in the in
tcrest Of the bank power. We ask fol
justice for the whole people, they fol
the advancement of the interests of {
few; and though the enemies Of the
people may triumph for n time, thi,
money question will never be settled
except upon the basis of exact Justice
and the maddencd course pursued by
the servants of the money power in
congress will but hasten the time Of
such a settlement. The zeal to crush
out the right and pcrpetuate the wrong,
oiIeh recollS with u deadly sting, and
the cause Of justice is advanced.
The arrogance Of the money power
portcndS that the cause of monetary
reform Is to receive 4 great impetus. by
IIe acts OF those who would stay it,
progress ana IN the near future there
can be no middle ground, The con
'crNallNc' coIorIeN', or negative elc-
ihehl must .gNc way rs 1t has ever
been Il barrier to the progress of live
ISSUES looking to the advancement OF
thr cause OF humanity soon all must
taNr lhelr places upon the upper or
neither milestone OF this problem, until
a solution Is reached. Every man must
show ms hand, or tine people will have
no use Tor llm' Tor the logic OF events
VIII soon lhpcrallycIy demand 1t, as
upon the proper solution OF this great
financial problem depends the future
welfare OF this republic, whcthcrii shall
Dc such IN name only. or the name
shaII irulhlnIIy SymboIiHe its condi-
ton.
ms issue Is not new, but we grapplc
1t more broadly, and 20 deeper than
ever, aS heretofore results have not
reached far enough toward the uIti-
mate, because of the superficial agita-
tlon. To many this may seem but the
hahbIing OF Il zone idea lunacy, but
To such we say 20 deeply enough and
You will be startled to find that Il
phalanN OF ideas spring from it, point
ing to the only solution OF legion of
hitherto umSolvcd social problems
unNoIycd, because the greatest efforts
have been spent upon its effects, not
canscS.
The Importance OF settling the great
question now agtatlng the public mind
IS felt by those who still adhere to the
old party Scrvitudr. and the unrest
seen among those who have not broken
away, bids us hope that the fallacy of
reform within the old lines will be so
apparent, that disruption must follow,
ana the people rally to the standard OF
the new rs the only means that promi-
ScS rcllef.
We have been scattering the seeds,
and shall continue to do 50, firmly CON
y!nred that they do not fall wholly on
barren NolI' but from their termination
VIII come irullagc worthy OF the
American people, anu Il harvest for tie
future that Will justify the work of the
present,
The National party asks that men
worthy OF a better manhood, cast of
bias and examine the questions we pre-
sent not questions which blgotry should
Ignore, but aN pleas demanding the
consideration OF rational men DO not
refuse this with the spirit that assumes
that there can be no progress, for we
must progress or retrogradc-therc is
no stationary ground and no man in
this agc should become so extremely
orthodox a' TO be welded TO the idea
that because 'll always was so, it al
ways must be so. Such Il spirit did
not inspire the declaration OF indcpend-
encc or the inventive genus that has
benefited mankind.
Political economy may not be strictly
Il field for invention, but it is broad
one for the existence OF facts, laws and
causes which Will unerringly evolve cf-
fccts for the veal or woe Of humanity.
And though we have made great pro-
grcss in the past century, we are still
many leagues from the acme of civil
liberty, and ask I'M unbiased considcra-
ton OF facts, which we regard as point
ing to possibilities of the future greater
than in the past. y man worthy of the
franchise cannot dcnouncc cause be-
cause it is ncw-to hint is the evil
dcncc Of not only Il dwarfed manhood,
bnt u desire not TO grow.
All who desire the republic to expand,
must examine the merits of questions
which promise this, and reject nothing
at the dictation Of those whose narrow
selfish interests are served by such re-
lection.
Alexander Hamilton believed that
there should be ruling class between
the government and the people to rule
by the right of their wealth, and he de-
clarcd that the British system of gov
crnmcnt was the best ever devised by
man. For its purposes undoubtedly it
is, but to confer the greatest good to
the greatest number ii is lilly adapted.
Because the class, who, like Hamilton,
seek to place our republican pedestal
wholly upon II monarchlcal base havo
generally trlumphed, are we to con-
cIude they always must, when we are