Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-24

ready to meet further aggression and
oppression with the fury of maniacs,
which if successful would equally end
in the destruction of liberty, civiliza-
tion, progress.
l will answer at another time your
points as to practical action. 1t is clear
that, however great the necessity of
free coinage-a wise policy-no party
or combination could be formed on one
single idea, the success of which would
disintegrate the elements like a rope
of sand. Embodied in any work for
permanent good would be required the
great issues of taking away from our
most bitter enemies any power of emit
ting national bank notes, leaving ex-
clusively to the government the money.
functions; to strike at monopoly: to
control the corporations and see that
congress shall no more grant fran
chises, nor permit federal courts to
have any jurisdiction, leaving all that
to the states; and also reorganizing the
federal judiciary; to amend and guard
naturalization laws, to shut out the an
archists, and to send back paupers who
flock in to take the places of American
workmen and starve their families; to
bring back for the use of future gener-
ations the vast territories now held
by corporations and foreigners; these
should be our efforts and to meet more
than half way all who would combine
with us irrespective of past party affili-
ations. The man who will oppose such
desired end is an enemy of this coun-
try. He should not be permitted to
consort with our people, but be driven
over to his rightful associates, the
Cleveland-Sherman conspirators.
Russia makes a commission of $780,
600 for negotiating China's $4,000, 900
loan in France; but that is only about
one-twelfth the commission the Bel
mont-Morgan syndicate got for nego-
titiating the s62,O00,0O0 of the United
States from Rothschilds. The commits
sion in this instance was over 50 ,OO0,-
900, or about Is per cent of the loan.
We have the numbers, we can by
wise concessions and harmony WELD
into one great body sufficient to destroy
the reasonable combination now
Matching, and so save the Union. II
divisions are fomented, if each faction
claims to be infallible and will yield
nothing to patriotism, then truly the
conflict is near at hand and our re-
public will go down in blood and ruin.
Divided, we fall an easy prey to the
despots. United for a common end,
with true Jeffersonian principles (the
foundation of the Populist doctrine) we
could march on to assured triumph.
The silver question as an exciting issue,
can be used as the alloy to weld all ele-
ments into proper strength. We
have the numbers to carry every safe
west of the Mississippi, every southern
state, leaving out Delaware, Maryland
and West Virginia, as suburbs of New
York and under the control of the real
masters in Wall street. With determina-
tion and untiring work we could wrest
from the grasp Of Moloch. Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. All the other
middle and New England states could
be conceded to the golden idol.
II is grand and ennobling enter
prise, to devote ourselves unselfshly
to the redemption of a vast nation, SO
greatly in peril. Call upon all the Pop
ulists through your many channels to
grid on their armor and stand up as
one man - the right. Go on in bring
ing into the organization countless
thousands-relax nothing in energy
perfect the machinery and make 1t
stronger each day, that at the appointed
time our batalions will march toward
the same concerted fields, to which our
patriotic allies may also converge.
True men will not ask US to abate one
jot the full force and effect of our or
ganization. We will preserve it intact,
and when action comes we will not be
partisans but act as undivided Ameri-
can patriots, banded together as were
our forefahters during the revolution.
Yours truly,
BLANTON DUNCAN.
June IL, 1895.