The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-10-16
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diversified, no party can expect to
obtain supremacy upon Q single
question or one narrow interest.
Third parties, founded on one or .
few propositions, have indeed exc
listed, bat have obtained no substan-
tlal power and speedily subsidized.
Notification, AbolItIonism, Know
nothIngs, Anti-renters, Greenback-
ers, ProhibItlonists, have merely
served the purpose Of defeating one
Of the great parties and always the
one most favorable TO their PROPOSE
tioTs. The two great parties have
not preserved the same names. Up
on the formation Of the federal union
the federal party was met by party
calling itself republican, which
claimed . greater sympathy with the
common people, but the fundamen-
tai basis Of its ideas was q Limitation
Of the powers eOnced, d under the
federal union. II rose into power
under Jefferson and retained It until
the election Of John Quincy Adams.
There was no issue between the par
ties upon tariff or protection, for both
parties maintained the latter, the
only divisions on such questions
being geographical. Neither was the
republican party Of that day more
republican than the federal party,
although upon the alien and sedltIOn
laws, the former claimed TO be more
Of . peoples party than the other,
and undoubtedly acquired aud re-
tanned power on the supposltlOn that
Il was more devoted 10 the interests
Of the working classes. Il was al
that time n progressive and war par
~, the acquisition Of Louisiana being
its greatest achievement. BY its
opposition To the second war with
England the federal party lost caste
and reOrganlzed and baptized itself
the wing party. 1t claimed 10 be Q
party Of the people but still essentl-
ally retained its views as 10 the fed
eral constitution. The republican
party, the more 10 assume q popular
character, changed its name 10 dem
OeratIc. a democracy, Of course,
never existed In this country, nor
did the party claiming the name
attempt to form one. ItstIlI retained
Its dislike To the full powers Of the
federal union. and IL IL notorious
that the federal government under
early democratic administrations did
not fully exercise the powers con-
coded TO 10 by the federal constltu-
ton. Particularly was this the case
In reference 10 the clause giving the
general government the power TO
coin money and regulate the value
thereof. State banks were permitted
20 food the country, most Of their
issues being Of paper constantly
discounted In the different states Of
the union, and subject to no salutary
regulations. IL would be impossible
10 conceive OF . worse monetary sys-
tenn. The old United States bank,
established under the authority Of
the old federal party. while n SCUM
der system, was Of very doubtful
constitutional authority. General
Jackson removed the deposits OF
public money from 1t, and placed
these in the less secure state banks,
on the line of this sO-called demo-
cratic policy, and thus matters went
on until q monetary system, under
the control Of the general govern
ment was inaugurated by President
Lincoln.
To-day we witness the anomalous
feature Of popular uprising against
q popular government. Suffering
from real or faBeIed business;depres-
sion the public mind has become ex-
cited and demagogues use it TO create
new parties.
The historian Tame says that the
French revolution was precipitated |
by ten years Of bad crops. Large
portions Of the Roman lands having
been absorbed by sPeeuIators and
aristocrats who had them titled by
slaves, the Roman citizen, sunk
from his high estate and thus i'm. |
poverished became the clients and |
tools Of.the most inscriptions dsms.
gogues and adventures, who seizIng |
political power by their aid, issued |
them largesses Of eOFn and money
from the public treasury or fruits Of |
conquest, thus ssppIng the life out
Of tue republic, and paving the way
for the fearful desPOtIsm and crimes
Of the empire. II IL very early to
have similar occasions and similar
experiments In this western repub-
lie. Kansas has . sOll 90 luxurIant
that In the best years her farmers
receive three crops In one. Instead
Of fully adapting themselves 10 the
changing seasons and alternating
and varying their crops end diffus-
Ing the fruits Of the good and bad
seasons, too many Kansas agrieui-
tuiists put their all on one throw,
sud on failure become bankrupt.
The good seasons lead them into Q
course Of eXtrayagAnee and debt tut
III adapted TO the necessities of the
bad seasons. A boom In business or
real estate becomes the foreruuner Of
stsgnstIon or COLLAPSE.
To make matters worse several bad
seasons have come near together,
and the public alarm or distress
seems tn have reached . climax.
rhs years 1887 and ISIS were both
seasons Of drOuth and small crops,
and TO tide over, many farmers ran
In debt. The year 1889 was \ year Of
great crops, but OF low prices, fol-
Owed by 1880 with Its scorehlpg
Tinds. In the eastern third Of The
tate . moderate crop Of corn was
raised even this year, and In the
wheat belt . good crop Of wheat.
hlgh prices Of all kinds Of produces
nave prevailed and those Who have
1een situated 20 as 10 take advantage
u ID bave done very well, aud many
" them Who were able 10 carry over
asst years crop Of corn are In good