The Placer herald., 1868-07-25
The Infamous Clap Trap of the Grant
Platform.

Among TIE unmeaniug distractions Of the
hummer platform, gotten up at Chicago, the
most arcical was that which declared in ia
vor Of "a rapid reduction of taxation and the
stIciest economy in the administration"
The bold, unbiushing charlatanry and
k avery Of The Mongrel party now in power,
has had no parallel in the history of nations,
in ancient or modern times For eight wea-
ry wears, this set Of deslructousts have
tramp pled upon every principle of economy.
as they have of morality. They have elected
to office men whose hands have been stained
with every crime in the calendar. A Mong'
rel Governor Of one of the Northern States
was convicted Of theft twenty or thirty years
ago. A member of the Lincoln cabinet
robbed the Indians of a large sum of money
some quarter of a century stree. The seve-
raj thousand revenue officials, high and low,
are common thieves who have stolen at the
rate Of QUE hundred millions a year, and
kept the tax payors thus much poorer. Jrot'
| HgNeg, corruption, ewildh"g, aud the most
reckless extravaganza have marked this
Mongrel administration in the past eight
terrible years and after snch an open, un'
disguised abuse of power, after deliberately
robbing the people, and trampling upon
their rights in every way known ony to des.
pots, they insult tho Intelligence of the coun-
try by promising reforms, after these long
years of political debauchery, in order to
again get the opportunity to renew these
monsrous ourages
If any citizen of the United States puts
one particle OF faith in the lreacherous prom.
ises Of that Chicago platform, he well de-
serves what he will get if that admnistra-
ton is reinstaled next November-the iron
collar of slavery; and to make that slavery
the more horrible it is under negro task
masters, who, while the negro element will
hold power, yet will not raise within itself
any portion Of the five hundred millions OF
money per year which its administration
will require. The white slaves of the negro
government will do all the labor and out of
their sweat aud toll will the Mongrei gov,
ernmeut be supported.
Noretorm will ever come can ever come,
out of SO much corruption. No "let up" in
expenses, no cessation in stealing, no reduc
ton Of public expenses will take place, till
Democracy again is the dominant political
power II it is rot, all this mongrel profit.
gacy will 90 ON. White men, will you SUBJ
init to be slaves to this negro party! Say
aye or 40 iu November -Day Book.
A DELEGATE IN TEouDLE.-In looking
over New York paper we find au account
of little unpeasantness that occurred be'
tween tw o good loyal Republicans in Chicago
at the time the convention was in session.
One Of the parties WIS a resident OF Chicago,
Cranole by name; the other one was u
''Southern martyr" by the name of Foster
BIodsett, from Augusta, Georgia, delegate
to the Grant convention. Crangle had for.
merIy lived in Savannah, and in 1860
went to Augusta to collect debt. WhIe
in Augusta he was, at the lnstlgation Ut
BIodgett, seized by a mob and denounced
as an "Aboliton Lecturer" a rope was
placed around bis neck and he was about to
be swung into eternity when he was rescued
by the police. lie was taken before ma
osrrae and ordered to be set at liberty.
While he was in custody Blodgett took oc>
casion to denounce him in all the vulgar
abuse he could command, and finally spit in
bis face. lie also tried to get up another
mob to hang Crapgle, and the latter barely
eseaped from Augusta with his life. Blod.
ret, was at tins time Mayor of the city.
When the war broke out, Crauge who Was
a Union man. came Moth and settled in Chr
caao. Blodgett took sides with the South,
and was, as he ever had been, rampant Sc
ceSsonlst. AT the close of the war, or
shortly before, he turned up on the Union
side became prosecutor OF ''rebels,' and
was rewarded by his negro constituency with
seat in the Chicago Convention. uere il
was that Crangle saw him and marked hun
well. He instituted proceeding against him
aud had him arrested. He was placed under
bonds of IS 900, but was after released upon
giving a bond of $500. This man blodgett
is fair sample of the Southern Unlouis.s"
we bssr so much about, and ut representa-,
tive of the sham Unionlsm Q! the Giant par
,y.~~ Stockton Gazette