The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-23
TIE COMING FIGHT

iltlcal battle OF 1868, on the results of
which hangs the destiny Of this nation for
future ages. Never before in the history
of this nation has so grave responsibilities
rested upon the people as now. \ crisis
in our existence is at hand, from which
there is no escape. The life aud liberty
of the nation is at stake and must be de-
cided in the coming contest. During the
late terrible war, brought upon the coun-
try through the wickeduess Of political
demagogues, the most Of whom are leaders
of the party now in power, it became
necessary for the government to borrow
large sums of money. It therefore issued
its bonds drawing interest payable in gold,
and to offer greater inducements to the
capitalists to purchase, congress passed.
law exempting them from taxation there
by enabling those who invested in them
to escape the enormous taxation caused by
the war, on SO much of their property as
should be invested in those bonds. They
were thrown upon the market and bought
up by the bankers and brokers at a dis
count, paying therefor in greebacks, which
at the time Of the purchase were worth
only forty cents on the dollar in gold.
Since that time the purchasers of these
bonds, known as the bond-holiers, have
been drawing semi-annual interest on
them in gold, equal to about twelve Per
cent. in greenbacks, and during that time
the bond holders have not paid one cent
of taxes. Yet, not satisfied with the encr-
NOUS profits they have realized upon their
purchase, these bond holders insist that
the bonds for which they paid green :
backs shall be paid in gold, dollar for dol
lar. Ind that while the laboring people
toll and sweat to earn the money to pay
them the Interest, they, the bond holders,
shall bear no part Of the burden Of taxa
ton.
The people having become restless un-
Or their burdens and showing signs OF
characterization, these bond holders have
entered into a conspiracy to bind the peo-
pie hand and foot by congressional legis
lation, and for all time to come make
them the serfs and slaves Of the monied
power which has for the past six years
controlled the government. 10 carry out
their plan they have. through their agents
in congress, taken all power away from the
president. They are now engaged in
crushing the supreme court, and endeavor.
ing to make general Grant military dictator
over the south. by which means they ex-
pect, f they succeed iu elcctins Grant pres
ident, to override all opposition, obliterato
the constitutional limits and powers of
the general government, and place the
entire country in the hands Of east
ern aristocrats, to whom the people there
after must pay their tribute. One impor-
tant step in their programme was the re-
instatement Of the blood-thirsty Stanton
in the war Office, which they easily accom-
plished through the treachery of Gran.
They are advancing with rapid strides, and
the coming conflict between them on the
one side with Grant as their candidate and
tool, and the laboring men of the coun try
led by Ohio's favorite son, on the other,
must forever decide our destiny There
is no retreat but in submission and slave
ry. Our chains are forged their clanking
may now be heard on Wall street and at
Washington. Let every man who has
left within him one spark of that spiri;
which animated our fathers, prepare at
once and in earnest for the fight. Lber-
ty is at stake in the contest and if the
people fail, then the sun Of our former
glory will sink into the darkness of
starless night, and on our ruins will be in
scribed the epitaph written for all repub-
lies before u.s." They we're, but they are
not"