The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-11-25
THE GREAT DEFEAT.

l0UUOn at IIelT nGdu, are COuuGlDueu anu
repudiated, and the first law passed by
the first Congress stated fraud" and
unconstitutional" The men who Or
ganlzed the wicked rebellion are exalted
to the control of the republic, while
Harrison, who fought to save the union,
is condemned and dismissed. That will
have an ugly look in the future and it
will have an increasing effect upon the
moral tone and life of the nation. States
and nations are not saved or exalted by
rewarding treason with high trusts and
Furnishing loyalty with defeat and exile
Not another civilized nation on the
earth would dare to risk the consequent
ces of exalting to supreme control the
leaders af an armed rebellion. In the
large view, outside of parties and politics,
it is a National declaration that treason
however black and bloody is no bar to
the highest hOnors. Is that the way to
discourage treason in the future? No
wonder the southern leaders still worship
their flag and boast of their devotion to
the "lost cause" No wonder they
dared to drive Weaver, the granger can
dididate, and wife, out of four southern
States with eggs, and refused with yells
to hear John A. Wise speak in Rich
mond, Virginia. Northern approval of
their politics increases southern AFRO
gance. 1t may be said that the people
only voted for Cleveland and not for the
southern leaders. But the southern
leaders controlled the Chicago cOnven-
ton, dictated the confederate Free Trade
plank, dictated the nomination of
Stevenson, the lifelong doUghface,
spokesman and inflationist and possible
president. The leaders will control the
next Congress, shape all its legislation
and WELD all the immense patronage of
the federal government. The election of
Cleveland elects the Democratic party
and the strength and sway of that party
Is in the South. 1t cannot be denied
that the southern Democrats are unit
for free silver, wild cat banks, Free
Trade and perpetual robbery of ten
millions of people of all political rights.
Cleveland was the candidate of the
South as well as Stevenson. The people
of the North voted with their eyes open,
The nullitiers made no cOncealmcnt, but
declared their policy and purpose in the
National Convention and Platform, and
that policy will be carried out and es-
tablished in permanent laws. The cleo
ton of Cleveland carries the
United States Senate md dr. the
Democratic leaders complete control of
all branches of the National government
The victory of reaction is complete,
the restoration of the political Stuarts
achieved, and who can measure the wild
spells revel and industrial revolution
that will follow. After all, the ''clean
sweep is an astonishment to all parties.
1t comes as a menace and threat to the
most wonderful prosperity ever enjoyed
by any nation in history. All branches
of business are at full tide; the working
men are fully employed at the highest
wages ever known and during the last
year rates of wages have increased in
New York alone ten millions New
business plants and extensions of old
were planned for the immediate future.
And yet thousands of workingmen voted
for the Free Trade party whose avowed
purpose is to put them in competition
with, all the cheap labor of Europe
The Democratic attitude is hostility to-
wards this wonderful prosperity and the
destruction of the millions invested in
new enterprises. And out of the work
shops of the great cities swarmed the
workman to vote against these Industries
and for the reduction of their own wages.
Our politics have never witnessed such
and folly as this. Cleveland
is elected by the votes of the working
men, but native and foreign born. The
big maiorities in the great cities, carried !
Connecticut, New York, Illinois, Wis |
New Jersey, Indiana, Kansas and |
Ohio. The workingmen have done it
and they will be the first to feel its terri !
ole effects,
Now what is the explanation of this |
The labor detection and |
revolt is not local, but well nigh uni
persal in the northern states. We be- !
ieve it to be the result of the violent |
doctrines and appeals made to the labor |
ng men by the free trade fanatics and |
eaders. For years, and especially since
,he passage of the Mckinley bill, the |
rec trade press and speakers have been |
lssailing the manufacturers as rob |
leTs," thieves mOnOpOlists," a
privileged few who makes fortunes !
tut of the toll and sweat of the poor. |
They have kept up this cannonade of lies
md brutal appeals to the passions of the
and women. In the face of |
Dfficial statistics, market reports and
price lists showing the reduction of |
prices and the increase of wages, these
Democratic and Mugwump revolution
SITS have continued to assert that the
eaders of all our industries were sys-
robbing their employees, and
appealing to the wOTkmen to rise against
his tyranny and vote down the robbers.
When that terrible tragedy occurred at
Pa, the leading Democratic
of New York was filled every
lay for weeks with vile attacks upon
carnegie and the other owners and with
levilish encouragement of the ferocious
mob that fired upon the Pinkerton de-
ectives. 1t was as deadly blow at
popular government and civilization as
We have ever known. 1t maddened the
PEOPLE, it kindled the fierce passions of
he mob, it made necessary the march of
he State troops. The poison of those
'ase appeals spread over the country and
nto every factory and furnace, filling all
learts with distrust and hostility to
capitalists and manufacturers. The free
rade press and orators have preached
heir doctrines of hatred necessarily.
The anarchist leaders welcomed these
eaders as valuable assistants. They
we're the doctrines of the Red Flag, that
property is robbery and that all capital
SITS were tyrants and thieves. Carl
,churz's speech in Boston was stuffed
With these atrocious ISLANDERS and false
foods. This persistent misrepresenta-
ion, these appeals to popular passion
nd prejudice, these base aud baTbarous
ssaults upon upright and useful en-
loyers of labor, these wholesale de-
of wealty men as the enemies
f labor and popular government, had
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