Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1892 — INVITING REVOLUTION. [ARTICLE]

INVITING REVOLUTION.

Tbe o.urse of the leaders of the recently closed becomes more and üb>re alihorent as it is given earnest and critical consideration, ‘■now that the smoke of battle has cleared away.” With insane recklessness, inspired by greed for sp- 'its, they solemnly made pledges they must have known it would be impossible to fulfill ttudoronv poesible condition of ensuing circumstances. and so succeeded in the present at ion of their specious pleas that their susceptible dupes became riotously intoxicated with the idea that Cleveland was indeed a modem Moses commissioned by js< me divine anthority-tb-load the: poor and oppressed out of the wilderness of poverty, and pilot them all to a fairy elyseum where everybody reaps without sowing without spinning. The truth is, and it will eventually dawn with full force ou the victims of Demoluatie hyp,•crisy T -that there-is very little < pp.ntunity left for improving Uj-on the condition of labor 8s it. now exists in this country—certainly n tby legislation. It is belt' r now than it hfs ever been lb fore in the history of the nation, and it.has always been the best in the v. i3d by comparison. But in file face of these fads,-the emissaries of democracy' went forth preaching the doctrine of discontent. sowing seeds of discord and i oisoning the minds of the laboring ami producing classes with the argnnnnt that they wero being ground down and outraged by the pn It otul monopolists of the Republican party. It was a bold and unsernpuh us method of falsifying, lut it succeeded! It was useful as a .ti-mpornry expedient, but no onus- can be permanently establish d upon such a flimsy foundation—a patchwork of fallacies and fabeln oils, deception and intrigue, liefi rring to that abominable and incendiary method of appealing for votes, M-r. A. M. Palmer, a well known and successful business man of New York City, who is prominent in politics only to the ■eatenfc of cojdia] ]y supporling Republican principles because he believe** they are intended to benefit the whole people, offers a few "t-bservatifir s that will meet the approbation of every thoughtful aud well-meaning citizen. He confesses. 1 hat be is incensed at those men and newspapers which have asserted that the victory was owing to a revolution of the masses against

Xlw ia siting exam plej as proof 1o the contrary, lie says: ‘ lake New York state: Where itTflie fin. ti .cratic class in Uiat vote wliirb the Republicans received in I hi* great farming communities in this 6’HteV Were these men. more than 500,000 of them, all rubber bn runs and plutocrats 9 I toll you i' is a very dangerous thing to stir up such animosities ns uiuse w ho have been waging tue eumpaign for the Democrats Lave done. It. was never attempted before in this country, and it ib a sorry day indeed when people are taught to believe that every member of my party or any other party is in league with robbers, and when every man who happens to have saved money by energy aud industry is pointed out to the community as a robber. The hypocrisy disgusts me. There are men rolling in wealth, gained by association with corporate interests and trusts, who have been preaching this very doctrine, simply to eatch votes. For such political methods I have nothing but profound contempt. I have perfect respect for a man who says, ‘lthink the tariff is too high and that it should be reduced, aud I am therefore going to voie f ir the party that proposes to reduce it.’ That is conviction; it is healthy political sentiment. But 1 cannot have respect for a man who, while rich himself, talks about the jobber barone and the oppressors of the poor, as some .61 these men have done.” However severe the forgoing caßtigatiou, it ii? nope the less timely and truthful. Democratic business men who have material interests at stake have given countenance W the guerrilla warfare pursued by the Democratic opinion makers in the recent campaign, and they can not escape their share in the infamy by pretending the promises made and the pledges

given were for electioneering purposes only. They are parheeps criminis to the proceeding which poisioned the minds of the thoughtless and reckless classes with the devilish spirit of unrest. They have encouraged the doctrine of socialism aud given assistance to the f&use of anarchy. Even in defeat, the Republican party has cause for thanksgiving that it still maintains its devotion to principles, to the cause of good government, social order and self respect. There is an old maxim to the effect that one righteous man with God ou his side is in the majority, and the followers of Benjamin Harrison in the recent campaign, although overwhelmed by superior numbers, still have cause to experience a sense of triumph for having fought a good fight aipd kept the faith. —Lafayette Courier.