The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-09-27
The Rspublioan Party.

The Republican Party. go "-.- ' ry.
We endeavored few days ago to show th,
desperate purpose Of the Republican party {,
perpetuate. through the enfranchiscn1ent o
ignorant and degraded negroes, their hold upo,
the government of the country, and how the,
had, regardless of constitutions and oaths. usec
power to control both the government and peo
pie for that purpose. ' ss5.
We now recur to the first step in that diree.
ton, and with that design, which was to legis
late the general government into an absolute
control over all the capital Of the country. -
That they did regardless of State rights. State
interests. and State credits. By the practice
Of tyranny unprecedented in 4 free country,
In which equal taxation Is a boast, they taxed
out OF existence State banks. organised under
franchise granted BY sovereign States, and
whose securities rested upon State stocks
thus trampling on the reserved rights of the
States, destroying the market for State stocks,
disparaging State credit, increasing the burth.
ems OF State taxation, and bringing the States
10 all their financial operations and necessities
iEto subsection to . centralized Federal money.
Cd power. This they have done for the sole
purpose of removing obstacles in the way OF
the success OF another assumption Of power.
against which the people of the nation have
since 1852 frequently and emphatically pro.
nouneed, to.wit: the establishment of national
banking systen.' They have created national
banking system Of overwhelming power, de.
signed to absorb large portion of the public
debt - security for bank circulation, and 70
provide all the circulating bills and control all
the exchanges Of the whole country, and thus
measure the value of every article of material
wealth and Of every days labor in the land
They did this because they we'll knew that
such power, once established, would control
the Government in all its measures and opera.
tions. 80 :.
To increase the power Of capital above its
congregation in banks furnishing all the circu.
lating medium for all the business of the coun.
try, and to render its influences more dffusive,
active and permanent in favor Of their control
Of the government, and to further oppress the
people and depress their independence BY in.
creasiDg their burthens, they have exempted
all capital invested in Government bonds, now
amounting to over 81 SOY, ,O0O, 900. from all
taxation for any purpose Whatever The taxes
are none the less for such exemptions, and
must be paid BY impositions upon the labor and
other property Of the country.
BY another unaccountable assumption Of
power, against which the country has often and
distinctly decided, they have imposed q tariff
upon imports, that 50 far from being a tax for
the purpose Of revenue. is tax for protecting
manufacturing interests at the expense of the
people who consume manufactured fabrics-a
tax to filch from the hand Of labor the products
thereof to furnish unconscionabls profits to
capital invested in manufactures. So.
By these and other kindred measures have
the Republicans, "who steal the livery of the
court of heaven to serve the devil in," sought
to fix upon the country an immovable monied
aristocracy, in which their leaders thoald lead
and control the pOvernm ent for nli time TIL.
banks and monied men are, 20 long a. the Re.
publican party retains power, to be the favored
and privileged classes, and be the governments
The people are to be forced to pay the taxes,
perform the labor and do the fighting-in plain
terms, 70 be slaves to monied arislocracy.
This is modern Republican, m-old.fashiou-
ed Federalism in its very quintessencs, wAish
has disgraced every honored nane that il ever
assumed to cover its enormites. It will die.
grace the honored and generic name Of Repub-
licanism. Il has done 90 already, aud the Re.
publican leaders feel it-aud they are desperate
in their fear of overthrow by the ..second sober
thought of the people. Paul Pioneer.