The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-08-20

those years IraugnC with peril 10 our
nation. Why, Judge Thayer was by
the speakers side. How he must have
laughed in his sleeve to think Of r. III.
Thayer and the Muscatine Courier re-.
ceiving a tribute of honor for assisting
to put down the rebellion" PrerDs-
ferrous! Of course; and yet the Courier
was an authorized mouth piece of the
party to which the speaker himself
belonged, after his return from his very
short, and not particularly brilliant Gu
reer as a soldier. He next hit upon
something SO true that we. fear it brings
somebody into difficulty. His words
were, 1.-THE doctrine of secession has
ever been combatted by every correct
mind" All! How about Horatio Sey.
mour's mind when he said ut the TWEED
die Hall Convention in Albany, N. Y,
Jan. 81, 1861: LET us also see ii success
full coercion by the north is less revolu-
tionary than successful secession by the
South. Shall we prevent revolution by
being foremost in overthrowing the
principles of our government, and all
that makes it valuable to our people,
and distinguishes ii among the nations
of the earth" Remember Seymour said
this when Buchanan still driveled in
the White House, and before there had
been any military arrests, suspensions
Of habeas corpus, or the like, whereby
disloyalty was wont to screen itself; so
we must conclude Seymour not to have
been man Of correct mind. Int parcn-
thesis: This may De accounted for by
insanity or disloyalty either units him
to be elected President.
The next subject was Congressional
Reconstruction, which was treated Of
by such statements, duly amplified, Us
follows: "The States lately in rebellion
are held by Congress to be out of the
Union, or in the Union, just as best
suits the interests of the dominant party.
Discrimination in favor of three million
blacks against eight million whites by
force of arms. Ten white men not equal
to one negro who votes the radical
ticket, &c. &C." Time compels us to al
low this clap trap to pass for what it will
bring; and if it is 10 more than it Is
or richer. Then Poor Andy" was
held up to ridicuie. He thanked God
he never voted for Andy; whom
he said belonged to the Republi-
cans, and they could do what
they pleased with him on the principle
that man had right to drown all the
| pups he had if he wanted to-" Not
quite 30 fast, Mr.. L., Republicans
couldn't do what they wanted to with
Andy, because every Democratic and a
.te,U Republican Senators wouldn't let
them. He tried to call great deal of rid
icule upon the fact thar the Republican
platform charges Andy with fostering
corruption; said he couldn't find out how
Andy could have had any. thing to do
with stealing and corruption when Con.
gress made all the appropriations. Sim
ply by appointing some thousands Of
| dishonest democratic officials to posi-
tons afforiing opportunities for their
native ability.
His statements that the expenditures
| Of Government were on the increase,
We know to he false. We have already
given the official figures upon this; and
shall not repeat them, save in regard to
the only item for which he gave def
mite amount.
He stated distinctly and repeatedly
with all the changes and ampliiications
necessary to make stunning effect
that "a standing army had been kept in
ten States at a cost of eleven millions of
dollars per month-one hundred and
thirty millions per year" This is only
little more than double the true
amount. $62, 727 $50 was the " hole cost
during the last fiscal year, including the
appropriations for 'Freedmen's Bureau,
| DEMONSTRATION Expenses" and "Sub-
sistence of Indians" as shown by the
Commissioners figures. Again: "473
millions of dollars have been paid into
the public treasury during the last fiscal
year; and Dust think OF it) thirteen
millions more were expended than re-
Intending by that to have people believe
such had been the case every two
months; when, in fact, the receipts Of
the year exceeded all the expenditures,
Including nearly $50 millions paid up
on the national debit by nearly 35
millions of dollars. Again: "Three mil
lions of recent slaves have now a right
to send tDenty Senators to the United
States Congress; giving them the same
political power as ten of your great
Northern States" Have they, indeed
Where and when did they get it?
Again: II firmly believe negroes rights
to never have been in jeopardy in the
South: that they are as well respected by
the whites there, as by the whites in your
own State of Iowa" This, in speaking
of the lack of necessity of a Freedman's
Bureau, or the presence ofmilitary pow
err in the rebel States. Ifthose are not
naked falsehoods, where the fig leaf?
He claimed, as speaking for the demo-
cratic party, to accept the results Of the
war, and not to desire to take from any
persons, black or white, any Of the
rights they have acquired through, or
since the war Would we could intro
duce a shower of extracts from editorials
and political speeches to show the gen.
tleman how his Southern Democratic
brethren feel on this point; how the
Semmes, Toombs, Vances, Hamptons,
FORESTS, ct id omne genus, proclaim the
approaching triumph of the Lost cause
in the election Of Seymour and Blair
He spoke of "Blair's Revolution" Said
cit was to be effected by appealing to the
judgment of men," Again we wish for
space to show how Southern Democrats
propose to effect it, but every one who
reads, knows that from Richmond to
New Orleans the press and the ros-
trum are scarcely less violent in denun-
citation and threatening than in 1861
The Financial question was next treated
by the ortator but AS he got squarely up
on the pendleton end ofthe Democratic
financial plank, and this article is al
ready long, we will leave that for the
| present.
Towards the close Of his remarks, and
after extolling the statemanship of Ho-
ratio Seymour, he took occasion to say
"Gen. Grant is no statesman. He adj
mits, himself, that such. is the case,
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