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cerned them not.

+ cerned them not.
They trampled the laws under foot.
/ They elected tyrants and towards to
office.
They turned war ofpatriotism into
crusade of pIunder.
They put innocent men into prison
and guilty men in office.
They sacrificed thousands Of brave
men on the altar of diabolism and mill
itary incompetency,
They took men and money from the
people under false pretences.
They killed our men, destroyed our
property, and squandered the money
we furnished them.
They mobI ed people for opinions
sake.
They murdered people in cold blood
here in the North for speaking their
honest belief
They have stolen of the poor.
They have protected the rich.
They have lied to the nation, and in
drunken glee danced on the coffin lid Of
their country until the corpse has been
awakened to a new life, and life that
will deal in vengeance mos terrible if
the murderous dance be not stopped at
once.
They have draped the land in mourn
ing, populated deep grave yards, made
prostitutes, piled billions oftaxes upon
the workingmen, and now flaunt the
shame Of their cowardIy insolence in
the face Of a people that fought while
our rulers ri0ted in drunkenness; that
died on the battle field while our rulers
WereStufiing ballot boxes in the North!
Let these crimes, and others, ,wehave
not room to mention, he charged home
upon the element now at war upon the
President, and upon the honest indus
try OF the country North and South.
Democrats have not broken laws, ig-
nored oaths of Office, and made a sieve
of the Constitution, through which to
thrust negroes, political Generals, ar
my contracts and dishonest legislation!
Let these things be charged home to
those who rode into power shouting
Free Speech
free Press!
Free Kansas!
A Free People,!
INFRINGEMENT AND REFORM!
How about Free Speech?
And a Free Press?
And a Free People?
And how do you like the arithmetic
al illustrations Of the Black Republican
retrenchment and reform?
The country is worse off to-day than
it ever was before.
Our debts are a Thousand times great
er than ever before.
Our ability to pay is less than ever
before.
There is more mourning and wicked
ness now in the land than ever before.
How do you like the working of Alb
olitionism?
Answer, and tell US, We once happy
and prosperous workingmen, to whom
we are now talking through the pen.
Tell Us. farmers, mechanics, sons OF
the forest, men of toll, and brother vic
tins Of this great" God and morality
party, which did so much good iatbeo-
RI, 50 much evil in practice!
Charge these truths home.
We have charged them home for the
last four years.
We have defied theirmobs, sneered at
their prescription, walked unharmed
through attempts at assassination, held
aloft the banner Of Democracy, and
gathered javelins to hUrI in the face OF
our common enemies till the last ty-
rant orapologist for tyranny and wrong
shall be driven from power.
God hates coWardice!
We have the right on our side-We
| have law. Justice, equal rights and the
record of honest acts.
What more incentives do we need?
Ifthese are not sufficient, look ahead
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