The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-14
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OUR FUTURE POLICY.

Z OUR FUTURE POLICY. . 80
+ The course which is best to pursue in
the future is of necessity a. question
which now comes before the Republican
party. The fall elections show that we
have no strength to waste. The enemy
is upon US; a merciless, furious foe, who
will use every exertion to get into power
for the base ends which that foe has in
the past sought to promote. We all
know the record of the Democratic party
when it was in power, Year after year
it laid more heavily upon the unofTending
black man the chains which bound him
to the earth. Year after year laws were
passed in regard to slaves, until at lastit
was broadly limited that some of the
''poor whites' would make excellent
slaves, aud men living at the North, IN
free @ States, were constituted "siave
catchers.'' But that was not the end.
The Democracy could not be contented
unless they could whip their slaves on
Bunker Hill The divine institution"
was so sacred in their estimation that no
foet of soil should remain unpolluted by
their accursed system of human slavery,
and when opposition was offered they
prepared themselves for war They took
every dollar worth of Govern lent prop
erty that could be found, ane as they
thought, rendered the North utterly de-
fenceless, but = p7e
G@'tle best laid plans o mice and men
Gang aft agley'
and such was thes fate of Democracy.
Their determination to ruin everything
when they could no longer rule, was
overcome, aud they were compelled to
acknowledge that the people rule Aasesi-
ca.
70 overcome the. tyrannical crowd
which boldly sought te make this free
country one vast slave pen the people
arose, as one man and, calling themselves
Republicans, they fought the battles of
the Free. They won glorious victory
they put their iron he'd upon the neck of
old king Slavery and. said that never
again should he breathe in our beloved
land--But the old Sluner had offspring
which Were permitted to run around
loose; and under the fostering care OF the
same old Democracy they have gronl, to
be giants and again threaten to subdue
the land. That Republican soldier who
happens to'Tve in particular State, al
though he may own property and be tax
ed tiieasanle as others, cannot participate
il the affairs Of government nor haze
one word to say inresa.7l 20 the manaef in
which those taxes shall lie expended yet
ne whose hallds are red. with blood of
martyrs who died while defending the
stars and strip red handed. vile heart
ed tsaitJf lie .ca1l vote, hold office. and
lJfd ii over the Republietn .c.tlier. And
instead Of growing better the matter is
dail9 growing worset Why? Because
the Republican party, losing sight of the
great. object for which It was created has
been trying to do this and thatthing, be-.
cause some influential man has said it was
u ssopd thing to do Now the work Of
making this nation free is enough for cl.e
larry 70 acnnN,h sha 1T car nj be dofsa
in mginent., eithar.1 It. Requires she
most patient, thorough and .eyhaustiye
i,:oor, aud it must be dong .ceH to stay 50.
Slavery must be Killed, root and branch
There arepHspring of the vile demonin'
Kentucky. Aiary lalld a,.d-pther states,
and tits must be destroyed ere Demo
cracy is able 10 rally around them
foI another conflict. And tAeioarc otliar
things to which our wise men should turn
their attention, Ne have great Ma
tional Debt. 1t was contracted by .tlosc
who crushed out the Democratic Rebel
lion, and it must be paid, every dollar
and every cent just as agreed, notwitli
stanting the i'cinacratic iloWls for re
pudiatioa- " The people, who during t.4e
war Vote for the strife to contiHte
until the country was safe, did 80 ssell
knowing that tl,e debt vas assuming
vast proportions, pl, 5hey wisciiy said we
prefer the Government with debt 10 a
country ike Mexico where there is no
personal safety, where every mans life Is
in danger. They said 50 Hte.s they are
to'c enjoying the blessings of the best
Cover Inment in the world, and shall they
refuse 10 pay the price hey bargaiued for
| De.necracysis in favor of such a course.
Republicans thunler NO! a thousand
| times MOL Republicans, honest men
! Of whatever name. the future is before
you; this day choose ye whotn you viii
serve. But rest assured there is no
safety excepaiR doing right. See to it
then thatin the future had men are made
to stand back while good men aud true
are chosen to do your viii.