Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-09-14
From the Mexico Republican.
Coalition With Greenbackers as
We View 1t.

ioSiC tilut "ISSHbtChSlS Will lihS
consistency can vote with and for re-
publicans. If the real point Is to de-
feat democratic nominees, either
state, congressional or county, un-
ion of Greenback with republican
votes upon and for arepublican nom-
nee, will tend to that result just as ef-
ficiently as for the same votes to cen
ire upon a greenback nominee.
In the state, the So, 900 greenback
and the l53, 900 republican votes in
1880, united in 1882 in support of a
republican, will have the same power
to defeat the democracy as they
would have if given to a greenback
ticket. Let the 375 greenback unite
with the 1920 republican votes in
1880, in this county upon a republi-
can ticket in 1882 and the result will
be the same as to defeating the de-
mocracy as if the 200 should 90 ov-
er to the 375 and in common vote a
greenback ticket.
Now comes the significant question.
If it be necessary to defeat the DEM
ocracy in this state or any congress
ional district, that either the green
back Or the republican party should
disband and become absorbed in the
other, why does not the greenback
party, only one fifth the size of the
republican, without any national ex-
istence, without single state in the
Union under its control, disband and
go over to the republican party which
does have a national existence, does
control one half of all the states in
the Union, which holding all the de-
partments of the federal government.
being i'll full power as Il national par
ty.
1t is much easier for Mahomet to
go to the mountain, than it is to move
the mountain to Mahomet. Vastly
easier to transfer $4,000 greenback-
ers to the republicans, than 10000
republicans to the greenbackers. 1t
is vastly easier to consolidate all
with the republicans
upon a republican ticket, than upon
greenback ticket. In fact, fifty per
cent. of the republicans in this state
never will vote the greenback ticket,
for as Filley writes there are many
thousands of true republicans in
Missouri who stand upon principle
and ignore policy" and insist upon
straight republican ticket, although
''the democracy might carry con-
gress." So any effort to unite upon
g greenback ticket must be a failure.
1t cannot be done. All efforts in
this direction would defeat no demo-
crat.
Now if the greenbackers are hon
est in their zeal to beat the democrats,
let them disband and come over to
the republicans like men and help us
a work in which we have
been engaged many years before their
party was born. There can be no
trouble in leading their whole force
into the republican camp. There are
mighty few of them, beside any intel
ligent man, anybody, indeed, who
has voted the greenback ticket, can
certainly stomach republican one.
For in voting the republican ticket we
will vote for every thing valuable and
avoid all that is foolish or vicious in
the greenback platform, come
into healthy political organization,
which controls the feneral govern
ment and all it's patronage.
But the greenbackers are not hon
est in their claim. 1t is a pretense
and snare, so in Audrain county
hey made much haste to occupy the
field by making full ticket for the
county as had been done in the state
early in the spring, almost before
seed time.'
They meant to compel republicans
% support their ticket. They would
compel 1 200 republican voters to go
over into the camp of the greenback-
ers. More than this, for while to-
lay, there is not one more greenback-
IF, if as many as there were in 1880,
here are now $50 more republicans
han there were in 1880.
The sober second thought has
come back to many who sympathized
With the greenbackers in 1880, and
hey see now that the whole thing has
10 other foundation than
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE
Of"
md that if they cannot vote the DEM
'cratic ticket. it is but common sense
md common honesty, to 60 over to the
'epublicans and vote their ticket.
Every body knows that there is moth
ng solid, valuable or permanent in
he theories peculiar to the greenback
'arty. Its whole cry is for green |
,acks and against national banks, and
he answer to all their theories comes
n the shape of solid facts, demon
trated by the every day experience
f so, 100000 of people, that under
epublican rule, they, the whole peo-
lie, have the best and completest |
urrency under the ''whole heavens.
| paper dollar, silver dollar, gold
ollar, each equal to every other,
ach worth equally one hundred cents
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