Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1878 — TO PATRONS. [ARTICLE]

TO PATRONS.

Arrangements have been perfected by whicli the New York Tribune, the Indianapolis Journal, and The Union (weekly papeis) will be furnished In clubs of ten or more at any one postoffice, until the last of December, 1878, for sl-10 to each subscriber. Thus, for a mere nominal sum of money, one of the very best newspapers in the world, the best paper in the state, and a live local paper may be secured for more than four months. It is a splendid opportunity for those who desire to read and keep posted on all the topics current —foreign, domestic, political, state, national and local. Subscription, postage, aud every expense, are covered by sl.lO, which must be cash in advance- Apply to Horace E. James, proprietor of The Union, Rensselaer, Indiana.

The Time* bssno sympathy or support for the flu* money scheme of the nationals. In our mind it is neither practical nor politic; and will never come to pass, lint we do believe in redeemable greenbacks, possessing all the legal tender qualities of gold and silver, and exehangablc at the treasury for coin, either gold or silver, at the option of the government.— Seminyton Timet. Although this is good sense it is too lute in the campaign for the flats to benefit by the advice, speaking from the standpoint of partisanship. They thrust forward the absolute' money proposition as an important issue of the campaign, their candidates are pledged to advocate Us adoption in practice; the democracy of Indiana, true to demagogulsm and false to the sound precepts of the fathers—”'Silas Wright, Thomas Renton, Andrew Jacksou and men of that practical school—pandered to the debasing heresy to compass a coalition for their own party advantage; the republican party joined issue with the allies on this proposition, and thus we come before the people who are to decide ttie dispute in next October. It is too late in the proceedings to amend the compiuiut. The democracy, of which the nationals are a component, have the wrong'side in the debate. Absolute money, fiat money, is not money; but it is a proposition of dishonesty, a scheme to defraud creditors out of their just dues, a means to cheat the poor man out of the little he has and the wage of his toil, it Is designed to dishonor 4be nation in the estimation of every honest person, it is simply repu diation’in a painted mask.

Cap*. James A, Burnham, of Rensselaer, entertained a handful of the laboring class of this place, last evening, with a speech having unmistakable claims to attention, Especially lor its length. * * * *, We gleaned from it that the Rensselaer Cnion autTits editor are two of the Important causes of our national troubles. —fraiiciniUe J/mmier Ware. Oh Jimmy l Why did you? Now hath the beautiful garden of our fond imaginings been made desolate by the blighting frost of this sad man’s untimely revelations! We did it all and had intended to have added more to the misery of the people, but hoped the ti iso very of our cruelty would not be made until after the election and leagues of briny water were between us and the terrific curses of a maddened, ruined populace. Hpw true is it .that now, as iu the days Of Beotia’s tender bard, The best-laid schemes o’ mice an' men Gang aft ugley! No doubt Secretary Sherman and President feel great relief when they learn that the real source of our natlon’3 i|la has been discovered by a huqpble fiat, on the retired banks or the meandering Iroquois ! Rut for us-—oh l where, now, are are the hopes* that were cherished! For this and for earlier discoveries the swarthy, Captain has earned tbit decoration of the diaper and garter.

Tn the sweet- bye-ai»d-f>ye, when Price is dl'ecWoounty clerk, the blank blank fool Is auditor, the* plenum is treasurer, the confederate 1* recorder,"' etc., etc-, etc., flat money '<»0I lie shipped jnto Jasper county let -bales' as large as loads of hay. Then nobody need pay corroding Intereel. but will be given a premium for taking and distributing the absolute among tits toiling millions. Titers will bo no more poor in the land, no taftcA, no* sickness, no sorrow, no-suffering, mV death. Nor need anybody work j for* the new county oflßciTs will be servants of the people, to wash their feet, dress their hah*, clothe and feed them,* and pay all their debts. And, besides, they wilt “support our Organ at the county-seat,” and obliterate TiliSUtyon. This will all be done" lu the' sweet bye-aiid-bye, when the bastard 1 ticket is elected. Isn’t the picter' gawjus?

There are democrats In every neighborhood of Jasper county who despise the contemptible cowardice of the' county seat ring who allowed the fiats* to dictate a county ticket for them. They feel as they did in 1872, when* the fatal blunder of nominating Horace Greeley for president was made. They are under no obligation whatever to support the flat candidates who say they are not (fehiocrjjts and have not been voting the democratic ticket,* and manj of them will not do iW Two weeks of silence have passed since Mr. Zimmerman, editor ot the Valparaiso Mcsoenger, was challenged* to produce proof that “two years ago* “The Union offered, to sell out Calkins to the democrats for $800.” Until Mr. Zimmerman, editor of Uie Valparaiso Messenger, does cite hfs evidence he will appear to the public a Canton liar, a malicious slanderer, a villainous troduoer of private character. "- ~ -- - - ~ j, 1 -- t* I- ** v/“T • r - The democratic newspapers which' opposed the nomination of General Manson for auditor of state, on the ground of his unfitness for an Office of so, grave responsibility, by reason of h)s intemperate habits, hnv* not yet retracted their statement. They told the unfortunate, melaneholly' truth, as thousands of people of Indl-" ana personally know. The greenback dollar Is not a mere promise to pay. It is a dollar. It lias always been a dollar from the day it was created- Ttrrs Haute Express. On the face of every greenback dos- 1 ' Jar in America record proof positive that the Terre Hunt * Express iseither an idiot or a reckless fiat liar.