Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-01-04


beside the wife who had died in his |
youth, but the memory of whom had /
been with him always. /
Cornered Greenbackers.
The proverbial inability of the
leopard to change his spots has no
doubt been often a cause Of anxiety |
and keen regret to that agile animal,
on those occasions when he |
is spotted by the hunter and has good |
and sufficient reasons for wishing
that he were in some other spot. His |
feelings seem to be appreciated and
shared in to a certain extent by the
great National Greenback party,
which has suddenly discovered the
existence of objections to the color of
the cover of its dorsal integument,
and is now anxious not merely to
change the spots, but to she'd the
spots, and to shed the whole skin,
provided 1t can discover ready-made
skin which can be had at a bargain
and which may be warranted to fit.
This is case of genuine distress,
which is all the more heart-rending
because there IS not at the present
time any adequate remedy in sight.
There was time when the financial
envelope which covered the princi-
pies of the democratic party would
have fitted the greenbackers like de
paper on de vall,' and when a green
backer in a democratic skin would
not have known that he was not ap-
pareled In his own cuticle. If the
greenback party had profited by its
opportunity dozen years ago or SO,
it might have changed its skin and
materially improved its appearance;
but the opportunity which was ne
elected has passed away forever, and
the cast-off political garments of the
democratic adherents of fiat money
would not now make out a decent
outfit for tramp.
Not one can help admitting that it
IS discouraging and depressing to a
national political party to begin with
small beginnings, and then, instead
of gradually expanding, to grow
"smaller by degrees and beautifully
less;'' yet the decline and fall off,
of the greenback party is so marked
that they now muster scarcely enough
to pass resolution. They have re-
solved that they will "dissoIve and
reorganize,' which is novel plan fol
increasing th. strength of party.
1t is very natural for apoor devil who
has counted his pennies and found
them insufficient to pay for his sup
per and lodging to feel like shaking
them up and counting them over, tt
see If there will not be more of them
but we have never heard of the ex
pertinent proving successful.
. There is just one ray Of hope, wha
Mr.. Matalini would call "ohe DENIM
ton little glimmer'' of hope to illum
inc the dark prospect, and that is fo
the National Greenback party to h'
true to itself and to vIndicate its prin
ciples by one triumphant effort. Th
, existence of the party is vindicatioI
r of the idea that dollars can be created
can be made to exist, by declaring
r that they do exist. Why should no
r the same principle be made to appl
| to the political party which diseoy
. |ered itf Why cannot the neede
members be created by a resoiutio
5 to that effect? If dollars exist be
e cause they are declared to exist ve
l tiers may be made to exist by a decla,
s alton that they exist. And we ma
t add, if fiat dollars are good enoug
for the people of this country the
fiat voters are good enough for til
e party that invented the fiat dollar.
: We charge nothing for this sugge'
j. ton, but throw 1t out in spirit {
t kindness to party in its hour {
{ need, and we advise its acceptane
r for the good and sufficient reaso
G that in the present condition of greer
> backism it is that or nothing.
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