Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-07-17


The La Crosse Democrat, edited by
the Notorious Brick Pomeroy, pitches
on to Seymour and Blair rough shOd.
We copy portion of his article and if
it does not show disaffection in the
raaks some good Seymourite will
please explain it so that it may be
understood. After stating that Gov.
Seymour in his Albany speech "af-
firaed precisely that which the Ja-
collins did in their Chicago Conven-
tion," gold fer the bond holders, rags
for the people, lac says;
at Is well known that Governor
Seymour is opposed to touching the
tisancial question-wants to leave it
to staad rs it is, all in favor of the
bondllolders, and against the people
gold, and 40 taxes to pay for the
former, and rags, and the taxes to
pay for the latter.
"With characteristic sophistry, he
says oar debt is not due until fifteen
years from this time Therefore he
says its present discussion is useless
it is not q practical question.
''Of the fearful consequences of fol-
lowing Governor Seymeur's advice
we have heretofore expressed our
view, and we now repeat them, on
the eve of the great event which is
to determine the destiny Of the
American people.
''Governor Seymour is trying to
put the public mind asleep OH the
lond question, aud leave the plow-
holders to sweat, and stagger, and
starve under the load of taxation, to
pay the bondholders their semi-an-
nual interest i'm gold, and their taxes
i'm addition, by telling the country
that the financial question should
not be brought into the canvas this
year, that everything is well enough
as it is, if you will only make the
country economiZe i'm its eXpendi-
lures, and that generation hence
will he time enough to talk about
the national debt.
"IfOw false and deceptive?
at takes one hundred and twenty
five millions i'm gold---say one hum
dred and sevent-five million i'm green
backs, at present dcpreciation-to
pay the interest on the bonds. This
load upon industry-this drain upon
the resources of the plowholder-
Governor Seymour proposes to con-
tinue without change for u generation
or more.
| "Whyt
"Because he has not courage to
glapple with the question like {
statesman and n patriot.
And because the bondholderE
have got him In their tolls, and are
using him to uphold their interests
! "dRd c'lSidro the PLowHoLDERS -
"What have the Blairs i'm common
with the Democratic party? Old
Blair has been virulently working
against it, and doing it all the harm
| in his power, for twenty, years, and
during all this time-embracing the
whole of their political lives-the
young Blairs have been ready and
active co-wOrkers with their father
in feeding his hate and administer.
ing to his thirst of vengeance against
the Democratic party.
"They all contributed to the extent
of their ability, to widen the gulf and
increase the bitterness between the
North and South, which led TO the
late tremendous commissions. They
were i'm every movement for the pro
motion of sectional div ision and hos
tility, from the Free Soil detection
under the Van Burens, in 1867 s.
instigated and engineered by ole
Blair-until the election of Lincoln
and the Inauguration of abolition
diabolism in the Capital of the I'm
ion.