The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-08-28


pOrtant and interesting parts OF which are
r-nted below, is plefaced by the following
/ have issued this address at an earlier day
than intended, at the desire of many trusted
and Waited friends but somewhat against my
own Judgment, because / think that the PeO-
Ties can paign should be a short, sharp and
TACT, except perhaps a skirmish two, until
some thirty days later; and had hoped to
have had the advantage OF distinct state
Hent OF principles by Ale Democrduc cahul-
cate Tor the Presidency, and ascerta ned from
his own declarations whe; her recanting some
OF n PUBIC o lalons ne mIght not sno" ~ n
self better than the official action of his party
has shown itself by its platform.
The letter begins with review of the pro-
cCcdings of the Democratic National Conven-
ton, and Of his tButler's) course there n:
Then follows the following arraignment of
the course of the Republican party:
HOW REPUBLICANS BECAME THE PARTY OF
MONOPOLIsTs.
The necessity for money to carry on the war
drew all The bankers and capitalists into the
Republican party. The immense fortunes,
Almost necessarily growing out of the vast
OF men who attached themselves to the pa. ty
that fed them, the iron is attracted by the
magnet t, and mOnopOlized industries and en-
The neces yty to bind together the eastern
and western shores of the republic bY meth
Tor immense subsidies, granted to maze three
systems of Iailroa s across the continent
with all their branches and feeders. creatcd
wealth il corporations and individuals, to
a degree before unhCard of in this or
any OlnGr country anu DEOuGHI All
| tn Sc interests substantially into The hep 4b-
| lcan party. And if any stayed in the Demo-
| cratic party, tnCy were i'll confederation with
| the same class, to so arrange politics thaC
| whichever party came in power capital, IN
all its varied ana powerful forms, would De
| sure OF control, ana the people De grouhu W
| as between the upper and neither mn
! stone" Thus it will be readily seen, and he
| who runs may read, that the RepuDIcan
/ party is the party of monopoly, of corporate
! Interests in every form OF industry, ana
/ every department of business ana finance.
/ The an1l-MOnODOiiStS can expect nOUElnS
/ from the Republican party for reasons before
! stated and because it hoIds both houses by
! the rich men who are the owners OF nonopo-
! lies, or the paid attorneys
! CLAIMING TO PROTECT LABOR THEY ONLY
| PROTECT CAPITAL.
True it has in all its tariff legislation claim
! ed to protect and cherish American labor,
| but always only as adjunct to American
4 capital CAPITAL engaged in manufactures
/ and other industries can only be successful
/ when the American laDOrer IS well paldp ana
/ surrounded with the comforts Of life. But
/ how little has the greed of capital allowed or
! COmprehended TINS great fact; to prove Whlcn
| need only TO recall to your minds how CAPT.
/ tai cnafiug under even a partially falr dlNl-
| ii n OF great profits with labor, has SoughJ
| to relieve Itself from this scant measure Il
/ Justice even, by the importation OF IOrciSh
| labor from every cOuntry whence 1t could De
| brought, from the Chinas to the western
Why have they done this? Because these
| imported iabOrers can, and for time do, I'VE
| on what would staTVe the American WORKING
| men and so can work very mucn cheaper, IOr
il has ever been the rule, and II the " Orkln =
| state OF things into their own hands ever VIII
he the rule that the wages of the abOrer viii be
| Olly so much and no more as Will support
| INN and his wife and children IN the lowest
degree IF comfort when all Of them are at
| work who can work.
| and the use of convict labor at a nominal
| price wherever it could he had, thereby, ue
| baslng AMI lowering the H1Sh sIdIu"Iu VI
| American labor, The perfection OF machinery
| by " hich so great share OF production IS
| erected, has 80 lessenCd muscular e1ors IN
| labor that capitalists have been enabled TO
| u -ilize the labor OF women and children 10 a
| very large extent to do that work when men
| formerly did. thus the work ngmanS WIle
and sisters are madC the instrume nts OF lower
ing his own rate OF wages
For these reasons, a tariff which gives to
capital protection upon the grounu , t H
| thereby American labor may beprOtt ctcdl mas
| too often turned out Dy means, some - NnIC"
have mentioned, 70 be SIMPLY t4c SI i.t Il
lncnt OF the profits of capital, while labor still
remains substantially unre"aruGI anu ccI-
| tail IL without any just snare OF tue prom .,
Herein, as experience has shown inc iHDOE-
| ing classes have nothing to nope from INC nc
| protection in laying duties should be TO pro
tcCt labor and never TO protect caplla, NnGn
can be left TO protect tSclI, as IL Is 'ullpy utg
TO do 1t should, moreover, GC restrained
| from getting more than its fair share oil the
| prOhts of production and trans pOrtatiOn.
| The Republican party has granted subsldicS
| to railroads and steamships, Ciectca many anu
| expensive pubic buildings, spent many inI'
lions i'm opGning the mouth OF the Mississippi
| and lCNCCinE its banks, ana many HilllloiS III
| j,nDrny-in,r ivCrs and haI DO 5. These grants
! amount 10 a sum equal o half the NallOna
| dtUt. Without criticl>ing the prOpriCty OF these
| Grants nijhoUgh some OF them arr: open L
! criticism. yet these III c all aids to the CaPInl
| lSt and landowner.
| POuJ me to one grant act in aid of the
workingman. do not forget the eight-hOu
law for Government labOrcrs and me chan cs
but there never has been honesty anu lOwCl
enough in the Republican administTat on Il
| en- Orce that law.
| advocate d it as vel as 1 could that Congress
| grant aid 10 families Of lab ring mon in cite;
| to settle on the publ c lands i'll tue West anC
make homes Tor themselves, and as comm IN
| tics be able to protect themselves against the
| Indians thus dispense with the cost OF
the army. 1t slept in the propec commit ee+
| OF a Democratic House ana Hepubhcan Senate
| thas sleep of all proposals IN favor OF labor
| that knows no waking.
This bill would have begun another much
| needed reform, the redu to a skeleton Of
the regular army when Is cXpcnsively uselcs
Let Congress spend half of the vast sum
| thirty millions, now appropriated to the army
| for t. var.ed cxpend res in organizing anC
| disCiUlin ny the militia TO be trained under
| the authorities Of the States, instead of the
| paltry SOU, 90 heretofore given, and We sinai
nave "A military force 4 S reliance in every
| emergency, like the trained aud Organizer
militia of MassHC us t. and National GuarC
| OF New York, the hrst armed bodies at tht
capital when in danger in 81.
The Repuhlica party has in its ranks man,
good, true anu conscientious men, who tUl
lowed it fortunes and carrie its electOn
because it protected the labor oil the South il
its rights, amt claimed TO protect the Iaborel
Of the North in his wages.
I call the attention of such men to the fac
ing me n are out Of en- Oyment ami starving
after "a quarter of a century of RePubH a.
rule. Nay, mo- c! 1T IS wei KIN wn III MaSsI
chus, It's and Rhode Island, aad how far il
other parts of the North | leave tie good an
Just minded of IbOs, lOca iies to Sd, ak, a
til has COercCd the votes OF The IaborIng mel
to its own purposes by threats, hi HidatiOn
aud in some cases worse means. Inc neg
box Tor fear OF the IOt-gun aud if he does
the ballOJ-box stufier pU:s IN two votes t
10 the substantiation OF these facts. cal
uTOn the laboring men of both sections L
bear wi ness. Is it not so. You know as
know; you feel as feel upon this n after.
! submit to the rOducer, whether the farmer
the me chantc or the laborer, whether he ha
any hore as against the inroads capital up
on the tights of labor or The grasp of monopO
until have in this country, even in It
| youth, almost infancy as regards the length
| OF life of nations, richer men t. an in an.
| other country N tie world, and as ! 90. mel
| as any other country in the world, hOweve
ems, aved that country d ay be, for man cal
| not be poorer than starvation.
| In the matter CT finance there is nothing t,
| hope from the Republican rarity any NOR
! than from the Democratic Uarty. The bank
foSefher nave cnntro IL, 2 TO- aI,tgs uuiFlh
| financial legislation of the Nation. And tn
| RESULT What have we just seen? With none
! enough in the country for ali its wants; wit
| . lbStantial drain from abroad: W tn al
cumu,atiOn of wealth such as the worlt
never has seen; with a crop Of corn an
| wheat almost untouched, and another on
, | about to be garnered; til stock of pc
: | trOleum already produced sUfici, Mt for in
tOHSLlAl4E''lAAA VI tAAS WI IA AOt u year, VIII
, | nearly years stock already rr1ducr q o
G ton goods; with more han six months
| stock of wCOlen goods as they viii average
| v tn a production of iron that leaves II
! ! further production impossible until create
: | cOrs ImpUiOn becomes possible; with prc
| visions in such abundance that the means O
| sustaining life are CHEAP than before 70
| fifty years; yet, because of our financial sv:
| TEN, in every class # busine 5, emil r; S.
mcuts and failures t. an uuheard of exteu
: | with bar ks locking up their money in million
: upon millions, and lowing n air customer
who by our financial system have teen mad
dependent upon the m. to be ruined; the pro
ducing labCrer goes about the street uueI
Lln. cd and the fnrr1nar-s rEheat- which wit