The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-10-01
WHO Did GT4

1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant and COlfax, that repealed
the tonnage tax on the Pennsylvania Rail-
Yoad. and thereby robbed the taxpayers of
the State of over six millions of dollars.
1t was the party that asks you to eup<
port Grant and Colfax, that sold the pub
lie works to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and thus placed the people of
this State at the mercy of that souliess
corporation.
1t was the men who now support Grant,
that said, when secession was first talked
of, "let the South GO, we cans get along
better without it than with it," and who
called the flag of our country a "faunt-
ing lie," polluted rag"
1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant. that caused the war, and
after they had 1t inaugurated, robbed the
soldiers who enlisted in it, and taxed their
families who were left at home.
1t was the party that now asks you to
support @ Iant, that hired soldiers for gold
and compelled them to take greenbacks-
that fed them on rotten herring, clothed
them in shoddy and gave them Paper-soled
shoes to wear. ls i..ara .si a.g
1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant, that told you the war was
waged ''only for the restoration of the
Union" and now when the war ia over
prevents the Union from being restored.
1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant, that established National
Banks for the benefit of the rich, and by
which the laboring men of the country are
robbed annually of over eighteen millions
Of dollars p p.
1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant, that concocted the infa-
nous bond scheme, by which the wealthy
men are exempted from taxation, and the
poor-farmers, mechanics, and laboring
mcn-made the;slaves of the bond-holders.
1t was the party that now asks you to
support Grant, that gave tax>exempted
bonds to the rich for greenbacks, and now
say that those bonds must be redeemed in
gold. glr ,r
1t was the party in power that estab-
lished, and now maintains, the negro bu-
reau. to feed and cothe the negro popula-
tion in the South at an expense to the la
boring white men of the North, of forty
millions Of dollars annually. .e.t- -.
1t is the party that asks you to support
Grant, that keeps standing army in
times of peace, to attend to niggers and
Bureau officers, at an expense of ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS PER YEAR.
Ii is the party that asks you to support
Grant, that has made the public debt what
it is, and increases it at the rate of ten
u,illions of dollars per month.
1t is the party that asks you to support
Grant, that makes the expenses of the
government fire hundred millions o dollar
per gear. When the Democracy con.
trolled, the expenses amounted to but
eighty millions per annuna. 7sa=3
1t is the party that asks you to support
Grant, that compels you to pay the enor-
nous taxes that are levied upon you-thai
gives gold to the rich and greenbacks tc
the poor-that makes white men slave:
for the negroes-that keeps an army o
officials to pry into your business, and
that robs you with taxes and prices, such
as had never cursed any country or peo
pie.
If you want continuation of hart
times-high taxes-disunion and demor
aization, vote for Grant and Colfax.-
BELIEF fonte Watchmau.