The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-16
G. II. MYERS.

| TO ny GfeeR6Qck Friends Of Van Buren, Co.:
When left the republican party l acted
| in good faith. We started out on platform
of principles that we were not afraid to COM
mend to any mans conscience, and we or
ganized party on that platform that we
sanctifed or set apart for the work of pro-
mitigating and carrying out those heaven
born, Godlike principles, and had we con-
tinued steadfast, straight ahead, turning
neither to the right nor the left, and had we
continued to advocate the truths we adopted;
to-day we should have been one of the
brightest stars in the political constellation
But, IN an evil hour, behold an uncertain
sound saluted our ears which came from
some dark corner occupied by evil, design
| ing men. That sound seemed to say fuse,
fuse. What great misfortune for the once
prosperous greenback party, that that word
fuse ever had an existence in our English
vocabulary. Where is the greenback party
| to-day? Is is not in the bowels of the de-
mocracy with Gen. Butler at its head crying
fuse, fuse?
Now, what shall We say of Gen. Butler?
Six years ago he came out and announced
himself greenbacker, and we all threw up
our hats and exclaimed, "Hurrah for Butler."
Two years later, when the presidential cam
paign came on, he turned around and worked
for Hancock and the democratic party with
all his might. Was this honest? We green
hackers who came from the republican party
thought him dishonest, and / have not, as
yet, changed my mind on that point, and
from what / know of his history, morally, /
never considered him entirely above sus-
picion. 1 have been acquainted with both
Buffers and Baine's regulations ever since
they have been in public life, and so far as
moral or political honesty is concerned l
consider Blaine head and shoulders above
Butler. But we are told that Butler is the
laboring mans friend. Well, who is not?
Labor produces the wealth of the nation, and
Butler has accumulated something like S.
100000 of that wealth; but that he is a spe-
cial friend of the laboring man his record
does not show. But he knows that the vote
of a working-man counts as much as the vote
of nabob, hence his special pleading for
the laboring-men, just at this particular
time.
How came Butler to be adopted by the
greenback party? In the first place he had
to be prepared for the reception of green
hackers who came from the republican party,
for he went back on them four years ago
and they hadn't forgotten it. As long ago
as last March or, perhaps, little before that
time, we heard a voice, an uncertain sound,
and it was some time before we could tell
from whence il came. After time we hea rtl
| it repeated, and the next we heard was of an
| organization called the anti-monopoy party.
which had mysteriously sprung into exist
ence, we don't know where nor how, nor
have we much faith in its being a real living
party, except in the minds of few demo-
| Gratis, and for certain purpose. This So
! called anti monopoly party called a conven-
ton at Chicago expressly to nominate Butler
for the presidency. So they doomed Butler
| doubtful greenbacker, and ignored Weaver
whom everybody knew to be genuine green
hacker. Why was this? 1t was because But
Ter was a democrat and Weaver was not
That solves the mystery. What do you saw
brother greenbackers who started out from
the republican party when / did? Don't you
consider yourselves sold under false pretens-
esq But it is one thing to sell and another
to deliver the goods.
the state of Maine, one of the strongest
greenback states in the Union. IL split the
party in twain, one part going with the dem.
ocrats. the other to the republicans. The
consequence was that the republicans carried
the state by $1,000 or thereabouts, the larg-
est majority they have had there for many
years. But we are treated to an extra dish
of fusion this time, recommended by Butler
himself. He says fuse clear through, that is
we must vote for half Cleveland electors
suppose it Is strictly honest in Butler, to ask