The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-10-08
TO THE FOREIGN R0RN.

are to greater Or less extent Interested
And we claim that citizens of foreign
birth should-and probably do-partake
OF this feeling which animates the breast
OF every true lover of good government
Now we have word to say to these for
eigners who have eft their native lands
to find homes in young and thriving
America
Why was it that you left that land,
where the pleasant days Of youth,w ere
spent, to find homes in country thou
sands of miles away? The answer is
ready: because the government was
tyrannlcal, because there was an aristoc-
racy which held nearly all the property
and left the aspiring, Industrious but
poor man no chance to gain a competence
and lastly, because ambitious men kept
the country IN a state of unrest and dis
quletude; rendering it uncertain at what
moment the nation would be plunged
into a bloody war! These were your
reasons. briefly expressed, but true to the
letter. Of course you do not want repe
tition here Of the evils you experienced
there. But there is dagger OF it. There
is an effort being made to place the gov
eminent in the hands of men who vii
make it worse than the country you left
SO far behind you. A mighty effort is
being made to place men in power who
believe in government for the few and
slavery for the many And every means
which the ingenuity of man can devise
the election Of Horatio Seymour to the
Presidency! And let US ask who are his
supporters? Why. Jeff Davis, Robert
3. Lee, Wade Hampton, and every other
aTisiocratic, plantation holding, peace
disturbing, quarrelsome, fighting man in
the country. Look at Blair, boldly pro-
claiming that he favors another war like
that which JEFF Davis 4 Co. inaugurated,
and receiving the democratic nomination
for Vice Presidency on TIE strength of
that letter. Do you want another war?
1t Is plain the democracy dol Do you
want an arlstocracy to own all the lands >?
It is plain the democracy Go! Do you
want the old Shareholders again in power?
The democracy do Do you want men
who brought on the greatest war of the
age, and threaten another if they are not
allowed to ruiafhe country, to gain theas-
cendancy over you again? The democracy
do! Yes, fellow citizens, it has come to
just that, the democratic party Of to-day
Is leaving no stone unturned to make the
government Of this country quite as bad
as that you forsook when yon came here
If not. why do they seek to place in pow
er such men? Why is every peace dis
turbing, war-favoring man in the country
working so desperately for the success OF
the democracy?
Now let US look at the other side ot
the picture. Who is General Grant and
what is the aim of those who seek to
elevate him to the presidency? The
General is quiet, transformations man,
:. who prior to the war attended to his own
business and made no granddaughter
speeches as to what he would do-how
he would fight and play smash generally
but when the trouble came he met il
ike man. He commenced at the bot
tom, as a cleck, he never asked for pro.
motion, but he used his excellent abilities
TO the best possible advantage, struck
the hardest blows the enemy received
and advancement followed as a natura
result. Does this great warrior now favor
another war ? Not by any means; he
has said-and you know he means what
he says for he ism a great blower" like
jeff Davis or Horatio Seymour-Grant
has said let us have peace - And
this is tie policy Of the Republican party.
Forced to fight they put down the great
est rebellion that history tells ola rebel
lion instigated by the democracy against
the best government under the sun-but
they are not everlastiDgly saying that
they will fight if the people do not vote
IA they want them to. So long as the
people rule the Republican party is per
fectly satisfied.
There is one more point which we wish
tohaye you consider. Who was 1t that
procured the passage of the Homes ead
Law. the greatest advantage to the poor
man tbat hos avar baan ofrarad e;noo tho
formation of our government? We
answer the Republican party. For many
years wise and good men had worked
faithfully to procure the passage of such
an act but the Democratic party was in
power and as it had no wish to benefit
the masses, but only 10 strengthen the
Shareholders, the measure did not become
a law until the republican party came
into power, and this was one of its frs
acts And what is the result? White
farm houses thiekly scattered over oul
western states wneie ten years ago al
was a bowling wilderness farming land:
cheapened to such an extent IN every
section that the poor man can hold forty
sixty OF eighty acres.
Such, friends, are the circumstance:
at present. Two ways open before you
and you cannot take both Win you
take the one that has been so rough all
along. Is rough still, or will you go in the
peaceful paths of the tlue Democracy and
good government?