Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18

ceive it when distributed among The states
where 1t IS to be disposed Of By leading politi-
clans who have friends to favor, and political
part1sanS TO gratifys 1t will certainly not be
returned to those who paid. and who have most
need of it, and are honestly entitled to it,
There Is but one safe rule, and that is to con-
tine the general government rigidly within the
sphere OF Its appropriate duties. It has no
power to raise a revenue. TO impose taxes.
except for the purposes enumerated in the con-
stitution: and If its income is found to exceed
these wants, 1t should be forthwith reduced.
and the burdens OF the people so far Hghtened. -
Dangerous Weapon.
Let me also call Your careful attention to the
following passage from the same address:
1--WE are notleft to conjecture how the money
ed power, thus org nized and with such weapon
in its hands, would be likely to it. The
distress and alarm which pervaded and agi-
tated the whole country, when the bank of the
United States waged war upon the people in
order to compel them to submit to its demands,
cannot yet be forgotten. The ruthless and un-
sparing temper with which whole cities and
communities were oppressed, individuals i'm
poVer1shed and ruined, and scene of cheerful
prosperity suddenly changed into one of gloom
and dependency, ought to be indelibly i'm
pressed on the memory Of the people Of the
United States IF such was it's power in time
OF peace, what would it not have been in a sea-
son OF war, with an enemy at your doors: No
nation but the freemen of the United States
could have come out victorious from such a
contest; yet II you had not conquered. the gov
eminent would have passed from the hands of
the many to the hands Of the few; and this Or
ganized moneE power, from its secret conclave,
would have dictated the choice of your high
est ofhcials, and compelled you to make peace
or war. as best suited their own wishes The
forms of your own government might, for a
time, have remained but its living spirit would
have departed from it."
also beg to call your attention to the follow
ing extract from Jackson's protest against the
senate resolution of censure:
''The ambition which leads on, is anxi-
Gus desire and fixed determination to return
to the people unimpaired, the sacred trust they
have conhded to my charge-tO heal the
wounds of the constitution and preserve it from
further violation: to persuade my countrymen,
far as may. that it is not in u splendid gov
eminent, supported by powerful monopolies
and ariStocratical establishments, that they
will find happiness. their liberties protected;
but in a plain system, void Of pomp-p ting
al and granting favorS to none-diSpehsing its
blessing like the dews of heaven, unseen and
unfelt save in the freshness and beauty they
contribute to produce. 1t is such govern
ment that the genius of people requires
such one only under which our states may re-
main for ages to come, united. prosperous and
free. If the Almighty Being who has hitherto
sustained and protected me- will but vouchsafe
to make nv feeble powers instrumental to such
a result, shall anticipate with pleasure the
place to be assigned me in the history of nv
country, and die contented with the belief that
have contributed, in some small degree, to in
crease the value and prolong The duration of
American liberty"
Chief National Perils.
These inspired declara tions OF political faith
announced by Jefferson and jackson have con-
stituted the basis of my political convictions
from my earliest recollection TO the present
time, and the experience and observation of
years confirms my faith in their justice, wis
dom and truth Hence, do not believe in the
doctrine of protective tariff. 1 DO believe in
the free coinage of silver and L opposed to
any system of legislation. under any guise, pre-
tense or pretext whatever, either state or
national. that has for its object, that will in
effect encourage or maintain nonopoiies or
class privileges of any kind. as being undeIno-
cratic. have for years believed, ana now be
lieve. that The chief perils that confront a
nation are the aggregation of enormous wealth
in the hands Of the few, the existence of trusts,
and the grinding power Of corporate monopoly,
the degradation of labor, and the enslavement
of the poor. L further believe it to be one of
the purposes of the republican party, If
it obtains control of the national gov
eminent, to pass a force bill under
the false and hypocritical pretense OF
regulating elections: but in truth for the sole
purpose of perpetuating the rule and power of
the republican part, without reference to con-
StitutiOnal law, justice, methods or results;
such bill as Mr. Harrison did indorse: such q
bill as the republican house OF representatives
did pass. and every republican senator, with
four or FIVE exceptions, voted for; bill so
shameless in its provisions objects and pur-
poses that it forced Mr.. Teller, republican
senator from Colorado. TO deuounce it as toe
most infamous bill that ever crossed the thresh-
old of the American senate.
Success of the PopuIists Preferred.
Entertaining these opinions and believing
them to De involved in the present campaign,
can you tell me how 1, or any man who enter
tainS such views ana opinions, for III
--,d
better reason for it than that individual repub-
licans have in the past been kind to him:
Am I to sell and barter my convictions
and manhood away, and aid in
putting in power men whom I conscientiously
believe will bring upon US the train of disasters
that have herein suggested: In the past for
all favorS that have received have endeaV-
ored to make due compensation to those who
honored me- by a faithful discharge OF my PUB
lie duties. What more can be expected? Go
not understand it to be true in law or ethics,
that the acceptance of public trust OF any
kind at the hands of his political opponents
creates a mortgage upon one s manhood, or
operates as an assignment of ones political
convictions and opinions to the opposite party.
Nevertheless it does seem that some men have
recently acte1 upon this theory and are now
about to submit to q voluntary foreclosure for
the benefit of the republican party. must de-
cline to follow this example
Perhaps, in view OF this statement of facts.
you may now unders tand why it is that prefer
the success of the peoples party to that Of the
republican party
A Serious Doubt.
AS for your preference for the democratic
party against the peoples party, pardon me
for taking tho liberty of expressing a serious
doubt about that. If the democratic party was
in control of the politics of this state, as the
republican party is, and the republican party
in the minority, and the peoples party
existed in precisely the condition It is to-day,
1 have no sort of hesitancy in saying that you
and every other republic IN in the state of
Kansas would exhibit such degree OF anxiety
to unite with the peoples party for the over
throw of democracy, as has nev-r been wit
messed in the politics of this or any other age
or state: and think your party would do this
without the slightest reference to candidates,
platforms or policies, and TO obtain success you
would cheerfully swallow what you are pleased
to term the nonStroSiiSS of the Calamity
party even if they were an hundred times
worse than You as sumo them to be now.
My my dear friend, it is not the destruction
of the democratic party tha. is giving our re-
publican friends 50 much anxiety. nor IS II
friendly Solicitude for the W elfare and honor OF
the state. All there is in 1T, and 1t is just as
well to be honest and truthful about IL as 1t Is
to DE false and hypocritical, is, that the action
of the democrats and peoples party makes ii
absolutely certain that the republican party
will be beaten in November next Now that Is