East Saginaw courier., 1866-05-02

lou are Trying 10 Improve your
farm--to beautify that little cottage
get money enough ahead to
purchase a COW, horse, a cart, a
wagon, new dress for your wife
new clothes for your children--new
clothes for yourself after the others
/ Esgwrod form AID npw tomorrow
4 Nh Is comi @d you havesnO
monSy, he ~ NE pf6ferty you have
and the street is your home.
You are not yet married, but are
working to earn money to begin life
with. That is good.
You are Just married, and are be-
ginning to unravel the tangled skein.
The little room is bare as yet. There
is much frrniture yet to buy. There
are years of toll ahead before comfort
rests pKyour lpp, or your wife can
with soft fingers snostlrtbor hair from
lyour tired brow and iH fnef clothes
stand at the gate to greet You with n
kiss of love.
We are talking to the poor mem
the young men, the laboring men of
America, not to the rich and prosper
'ssps. - Bill .,.. 81.
country was free from debt slit
1t is but a short time since the
Union was one, and happy Union
at that.
!. 1t IS but a short time since Democ-
racy shed its blessings boxer the land,
and Noswerc an prosperous.
The Republican party cried for re-
trenchment and reform. How do you
I like the result?
The abolitionists clamored for the
abolition Of slavery, because IL was a
3eatevils Slavery has been abolished.
Who is benefited? Not the Union,
for we have lost tho labor of those
who once helped increase our wealthi
Not the tax payers of the south, for
they have been impoverished !! Not
the negroes, for they must still work
or starve, and thousands of them are
dying and Aarel buried in paupers
grEesf Not. he white men Of the
country, for they are now called to
support the negroes who once by wen
,Nsttho people of the north, for they
hats to aupport the thousands of idle
officers the republican party has madel
Not tho farmers, for they must pay
three prices for what they buy, and
get no more for what they sell, as 4
pgeneqai thing, tffan cforcthe war;,
Not the old men, for they have lost
sons Not those who fought, for they
are dead, MANNED, or, if able to labor
thoy.must. now pay.s sthe-, ~ Ses raised
to sehdthem to war III rssf-
Thsssdufh is made poor and Is not
able to support herself The negroes
who once contributed to the wealth Of
the nation are now in rags and liberty,
and asking through Congress for mil
hons of dollars year to support them
in idlenesss. Who is to pay all of
kthis deBt3fs.4 III
! The dsbt of flthe country amounts to
untold millions. So much for aboli-
tionism. es.
We are now taxed as never was q
people taxed before, and our taxes are
not sufficient to pay the daily expenses
of government. So much for repub-
klienp ,yt,rstsNrt apd,reforml
tTTlek R&sS SfSOSgssng this eoun-
try are forty-nine times more than in
the days of democracy. So much for
economy. There is more dishonesty
in public places than ever before. So
much for the great moral party.
The republican party has given
IU1ted States honds by the thousand
miilion,s and exempted the holders
from national, State, district, county,
city and town or local taxation. So
much for fair DEALING
You are poor man. Your neigh
W ehdSsbd1dsrlIits about the ofiice
Or salooN sHeSdrises fast horse
His wife faunts her silk in your face.
His safe is full of bonds Every three
months he goes to the bank and finds
gold there for him. He builds no
school-houses by taxation, for his
property in bonds is exempt. He has
a milton offdollars Ha ipcome. is
seventy thousand dollars year. He
docs nothing, for the government pro-
tects him at your expense. After you
have toiled the forenoon away for
yourself, you toll the afternoon ddSas
to pay extra taxes, stamps, duties and
expenses consequent upon the SUCCESS
of republicanism.
Democracy protected the poor.
Democracy taught economy.
Democracy was in favor of equel
rights.
A Democracyx wassthes friend of tbs
y people. ~ NNN tas
Democracy taxed Che rich and pool
alike. Gv'
Democracy gave each man rewarc
for his labor. s5si
Democracy gave us hard money
always at par in any country. 4
Democracy respected the laws, glo
ried in tho honored constitution, ant
held each State in its sacred folds a
mother holds her child. ia
Demoqacyis the voice of people
n Ip&Yocracy works good INSTEAD o
fethlbuilds up instbdd OF tears dowI
lit aids the laboring man; protect
: him and his children.
And do ycu know, brother laborer
of any blessing abolitionism has bro
to the land %
1t has not added to our nationa
wealth.
Jed to our population