Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1880 — Fusions. [ARTICLE]

Fusions.

Mr. Editor: Allow a few words on “fusion.” This means “union or blending together.” The Indianapolis Sun of this week says: “Fusion ie death.” Unions are often formed for goad; but political fusions are generally at the expense of principle, unless they unite and form one party aud have one principle. Have the Democratic and the Greenback parties the same principle? Both will answer, no. -One ia for hard money and the other soft. So far as money ie concerned, these are their distinctive principle.*. The Greenback party was organized to bring about a change iu the old “specie basis” hard money Drinci. pies and policy of the old Demo, cratic and Republican parties; and B 5 this is a leading question in the present campaign, how can Greet .■ backers unite with one of these parlies rather than the other; as they both occupy the same ground on the question of finance? There seems to be two kinds of Green backers. One embraces the doc-* trines of the Greenback Labor party as a principle. The other as a means, to an end, in this and other counties in the state, foreign to the advancement of the great foundation prin-

ciple ot the organization. The end is office. True we must have office to dhange the great financial system of lhe country. But the offices in Jasper county have little to do in establishing the great American system of finance. Two or three persons only can be benefitted by any union with Democrats iu this county aud unless they should behave belter than some we have al* ready got by such means, we are free tu say we don't desire to see the ring increased. That the design of lhe “court bouse ring” was to sell out /the party at their late convention, to the Democrats is p ain as daly, aud they offered to •ell us “dog cheap.” They offered to trade the parly and throw in . a whole Welch man to boot for a Nickel! Worse than nothing! But to be a little more exact. The cour 1 house ring did agree with the Democrats to “divide the ticket aud ask no questions” as the result of the court bouse action plainly shows, and then, by a kind of pariimentary bullying, to force lhe Greenback party to vote for Democrats, con trary to their wishes and principles* Seeing the trap a majority ot th- i delegates withdrew aud nominated a straight Greenback ticket, aud it there are but fifty, or a hundred cr two hundred, they expect to vote.

for it and be satisfied, with it them selves, and let fuaionists be fusionists still, or Democrats if they prefer. Greeubackers for office can't be much better than Democrats or Republicans, whose leading, if not only principle for years, has beta office and money. Let those who are“ofthe household of faith” stand fast. We say the members the county central eommitte, who were elected i» January last, aiH i now support ihemougrel Democrat i© ticket for county offices, have violated the principles on wbie< they were elected, which was “to vote for men folly identified with |

Greenback labor movssdlsit is jrltteZl* Som.^ulllnXowd 1 HIT) SOUr Cl IDQ 'WJ' g£ *O MflßnTvy nonaeoaef Üby sbould 1 try to da. ■troy that, which I think the fat ore prosperity, happiness and glory ot this greatcvnntry demanded No. 1 have beau try ing for years, to build i p and eave from ruin that rising, and Only: p*rty of hope and promise. But, I took dinner with Simon P. Thompson on the day of the convention! That settles it, (and a very good dinner it was too,) and so far as I could see freely given. Bu I got a hint somehow, it was got up for Skinner, but merciful! what could Simon expect to make out of Skinner a fusion Greenback Dem cratT May be ho might have thought to get Skinner out of the way, after the next Congress, but then, what would become of that other rising ring glory of Jasper, who might expect to mjneexe or swell himself in there next time? If I were inspired, and a little braver may be I could tell it all. 8. W. Ritchey.