Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1878 — A Word In Season. [ARTICLE]

A Word In Season.

There are a good many Republicans, doubtless, who were misled into the “National” party. They went into the “National” party believing, prob-ably,-that the resumption of specie payments on the first of January next could be prevented, and they then thought, perhaps, that it ought to be prevented. They were told that the approach of resumption would make times harder, money scarcer, and would do other harm of a vague nature. They thought that the country needed more greenbacks; and they hoped to be able to compel the issuer of more. They were told that it would, in some way, help them if they could overturn the National Banks, and pay the National bonds in paper. The elections are now over, and their results have settled it that resumption will take place on the first of January. There is no longer' any ‘feaSdn tor disputing about that, or struggling against it. The evils which were predicted as to be caused by the approach of resumption have not appeared. The times are not harder, money is not scarcer, and no other harm has happehed. Further, the banks are r.ot overturned, and it is settled that the bonds will be paid according to contract And- there is no longer any reasonable expectation or hope of obtaining an increase in the issue of greenbacks. There will be an increase of circulating money, because gold coin will be added to the green backs, and go into circulation 'all tJve/ the country. What reason, therefore, is there for Republicans any longer staying out in the cold, away from the old party wigwam .and fireside P Why not come bom O-The Republican party is now confrcußed by its old onomy in a new and threatening form—the solid Squth. It has to tight part of it* old battles over again, in defense of human rights not only, but in defense of the rights of the honest voters of the North. The conflict of business interests was deeided at the recent election; and now the conflict of moral principles has to be renewed. The question now# is whether this country shall have honest elections, or whether it will submit to be ruled by men never elected, but only counted in,- and by men who owe their elections to ballot-box stuffing,;to intimidation, outrageand murder, whether there shall be free speech, a free press, and free voting ihropghout the party has Inscribed upon its banners the watchwords of fair elections, free ballots* frafi speech and honest counting.* Rtolaiits itselfA* of old upon the sieves th rights honesty, justibe, liberty and fair play, to rally around its standards. Tlbere is no good reason why any whosejmpulses are honest, patriot-

ic and right should not respond heartily to this call, as they did of old. Even as a matter of business interest, without regard to right, justice or moral principles, it is the interest of Northern voters to rally around .the Republican standard. This country, it is plain, will be ruled by the Democratic party or by the Republican party. The Democratic party is ruled by the solid South. In Congress, the Democratic party is made up of a great body of Southerners, with a Tew scattering Northern Democrats. Theßontherners can absolutely control, aud do control,that party. The Republican party, though driven by violence and fraud out of the South, is still the representative party of the North. Its main bulk is nude up of Northern men. The North Is the commercial, industrial business portion of the JJnion. As a meret question of business ihterest, every Northern voter should ask himself whether it is better to have the financial and business legislation of the country controlled by the solid South, With its peculiar sectional interests, its deplorable lack of manufactures, commerce, and business institutions, its great number of ignorant, prejudiced and lazy population, its humcronM schemes' for plundering the National Ireaaury and wasting the public money for Southern benefit at Northern expense; or to have the intelligent, industrious, enterprising and public-spirited business North control the business legislation of the Nation. Merely ps a matter of business interest, the wisest thing a Northern voter can do in the present condition of political affairs is to join the Republican party.— Detroit Post and Tribune.