The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-01
THE REPUBLlcAH THE PARTY OF
THE PEOPLE.


The Republican party is the party of the
people the Democratic the party Of an ex-
slaveholdiug aristocracy. The Republican is
the party of principle; the Democratic the
party Of prejudice. The Democratic was or
9anized As the party of the people, and in the
old days it was. Then it sold itself on. to
the Slave oligarchy of the South. That oil
garchy spurned the rights Of the people; it
was an aristocracy pure and snmixed. II
had become SO purely an aristocracy that be-
fore the war the Sc bern Democratic lead
ers had begun to preach the doctrine that the
rich man should own the laboring man,
whether that laboring man was white or
black. Now, if the Democracy had been
still, IS they formerly were, the party Of the
people, they would have denounced that IN
famous doctrine, and have thrown overheard
the leaders that proclaimed i. But the De-
mocrAcy chung to those leaders That proved
that instead Of the party Of the people it had
become the party ef aristeeraey. Bat in
free country like this there must needs be
peoples party. So the Republican. party
was organized. Instead Of teaching, as did
the Democracy, the necessary s'avery and
degradation Of labor, the r blican party
proclaimed the essential freeL @ionity
Of labor. The Democratic pars5
keep the land Of the nation for the benefit OF
the aristocracy; the Republican party, BY the
Homestead Bill, gave our territory to the
poor man, whether native or. foreign born.
The Southern aristocratic Democracy would
not have the poorer classes educated he
Republican party carries its common school
system everywhere to educate all. This
Democratic party clung 10 this Southern
ari.tocracy du ring the war; The Republican
party chung to the Union the peoples COY.
eminent.
Now, that the war is over, the Democracy
renew their devotion to that e1 acknowledging
aristocracy, with its proscriptive poiicy-With
its driving out aud hanging Of men who go
from other States to the Southern States
The Republican party stands by the rights OF
the people as against the ex>rebel arisiocra
cy, and maintains the right of every man.
native or foreign born to 60 everywhere and
make him home anywhere, in this country,
North or South. that be wishes. Ay ism,
the Republican party the party Of the peo~
pe2 1t most surely is.
Il is the perception of this factthati is hold
ing the Germans almost unitedly with US in
this contest Which is making inroads into
our Instantaneous and bringing them by
thousands over to the support of Grant. Col
fax and the Republican party. The name
/" Democracy held them long. And right
ly too, for when they heard Of it years ago
that was the party of the people. aud the In
boring mans security, and the foreign-born
man 8 security is with the party of the PEG,
pie. But these are all getting their eyes
opened now. They see that it is tho Re-
publican party which stood by the laborng
which passed the Homes ca law, VIII ch
stood by the Union, the peoples government
which passed the law and made the treaties |
to protect our foreign born citizens when
tuty fetuta w tHeit HatifS idua, Whtcn ue-
tends now the right of our people to go to
My part Of the land they choose. They see /
The Democracy devoted to prejudice, and to /
. disloyal aristoeracy hostile to popular rights.
They see that the party which wants jas
ice for oil, is bstter and safer than the party
which is prejudiced agains. the iehts Of many /
and devoted only to an aristocrstic few. They t
zee this and lis why the Republican party has
! majority day Ct both our foreign born
md native voters.