Those who stood by, constituting much the larger proportion of the representative men of the nation, and observed the growth of the conflict between the two extremes, without stepping in to control the situation, place it altogether in the light of a great national blunder or crime.
Woodhull criticizes the inaction of prominent men during the conflict, viewing it as a national failure.
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In this way, labor may hope to arise from its present position of degradation to sit side by side with capital in all public and profitable positions and those of honor and trust.
Thousands possessed of comprehensive principles in a semi state of application have sunk with them into obscurity for lack of appreciation and support.
Now, what we require is a measure of values of just as fixed and absolute a character as any of these.
It is this species of corruption that is becoming a stench in the nostrils of all those whose patriotism is more than pocket deep.