Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-29

Hold Them 10 Live lss0es.
seymour . disloya man Have not Lin
caln. stanton. Gov. Curtin, Mayor Opdyke
AMI hosts Of other shining lights in III. Rad
aoal party oil testified 10 his Loyalty, Away
Nth such nonsense. The people cannot
ts persuaded 10 believe it, We advise the
Radicals 70 give attention 10 subjects 81 far
more momsntous mportance--subject in
which the people are mos. deeply interested
~ce--,hs live issues Of the dav Gov Sey-
'nour needs no defence His record is be
fore the people, aud the Democratic party
i perfectly willing that he shall be juig-d
by It. And il IL BY the record Of the Rad
icals for the past eight years that the PEG
pie propose TO judge that party cf wrong
and ruin. t. IN" radical party are We In
icbied for crushing traxation, impaired
credit, violated Constitution. negro Su-
prsnscy. military despotisms, thu tramp
ling down OF the judiciary, the prestration
Of busIasss, the closing Of manufactures
and ~srkshops. the suiTerings Of tbs work.
ting classss, the frauds, corruptions aud
wrongs which characterize the manage.
msnt Of the freedmen's Bureau. la .
~srd. there is not an evil with which tho
land 10 to-day afflicted that does not proper
" owe its paternity to the Radical "car
nci -baggine" party.
Stand up before an indignant people, We
Partlsans OF wrong and ruin, and make
a,onement Tor the griovou. sins you have
committed. You can no longer cloak your
,niaui,ics beneath the empty cant Of loyal,
U. Tho Stars aud STRIPES can no longer
es used by you to concea, your sefarious
purposes. The ,rakk has beon stripped
from your repulnve count cnances, and YOU
stand arraigned before tho people Of tho
whole country, fairly charged with having
brcogh, tho nation to tho very verge Of
ruin. politically, financially, morally and
rshgicus'y. Instead Of laboring to es,ab-
lsh BY persistent falschood that Governor
N'Sy s&"Ss - NV = Wy ~ uFD, aUu tuut N0u-
sral Blair was not true soldier, far better
seek palliation for the crimes You have
committed IN the sacred name Of liberty.
1ou shall not De- permitted 70 divert the
mind o. the masses from the great livixg
ssssss OF the hour by villifying and abus-
ing those who are seeking to restore that
of which YOU ba,c robbed the country, its
peace and prosperity. The Democracy
demands that you purge yourselves Of the
danning guilt with which you are not
merely charged. but convicted before YOU
AK fcr another ieaSc Of power. Answer
lssi for what YOU have done, and then for
~ha;. wi'h yoaf glorious opportunities, YOU
might have doar f,r the good OF tbs coun-
try had Your leaders been honest and Pat
r'csic. These arc points yeu are now called
upon to meet. and NEE, you them You
-sus'. fairly ana souarcly.
The Democratic party has no defence 10
make. for the very good reason that it 10
not chargeable with any of tho ills that
nov sfiiict the country. II has been the
minori;y party for more than eight Years.
ani is therefore dissolved from all rsspon-
s'b,lit. for present ills.
wR'La We give the highest credit TO our
people for intelligence, yet . more irditiev.
en-, people was never known. Nothing
since the war seems capable Of startling
them. The radicals suppose without doubt.
that at least . million will vote their
ticket neIt fall. II is to that million that
eli our Arguments should be directed. We
th:nk II ives Moliere who said tina, when
you failed to ssav . man through his heart
81 brain, touch him on the poke, aud you
ere HE master. The radical leaders. with
. faulty the more surprising because Of
their frantic attempts to hold on 20 the
power nov fast Tscediag from them, are
folio wing Molisrs's advice. and are driving
assy their supporters bv touching them ON
the pocket. From June to July the nation
81 dsbs rose from $500. s2s SAG to g..
eSo. 1922. This is On incrsass Of more
tLsa $4,000. 900 in one month.
Let Ne understand that increase in its
saiirsty. There are. say, 81, 900 900
Inhabitants in the country. Estimating
literally. 5000. GOO Of these pay taxes-a
proportion Of in :. Thus $40 additional
debt has been saddled on every producer in
shs country. making his entire debt $412.
~hica - entirely outside Of the debts he
may privately contract. The wealthy men,
the bondholders, those best able. bear no
part OF this burden. The toiler, sweating
~ his forge or on his farm, mus, cfoan un.
der this new load.
Taxpayers, when wi, this ccsses-
When will the ex,ravagant radical plumber
srs be driven from their pl aces, homes, men
sasstituted. and the country relieved from
che radical vampires who are sue xins il,
sich.st lifs-blsods
Tus Guthrie Cedcste cites the following
- IN instance Of how i. didn't paw 10 get
scared at the ravsges Of the grassheppers
IL" the east portion Of this county, young
nan became so discouraged On account o,
The dsprsdations Of tho gra.shoppers, that
he sold some seventy Eve acres Of wheat.
corn, and oats for $40. and immediately
Len the country. His mother subsequent.
y went 10 the buyer and told him that shs
wanted the crop, presenting him With elo.
He demurred At fret. but finally tesk IT.
NO" The said crop is supposed to Be worth
as least several hundred dollars.
Tas Cincinnati Enquirer Of Monday
sAys:
Never in the history Of the cou,trv
wsee nominations more enthusiastically r.
eeivsd By the Democracy than those Of
0syDeas aad Blair.
rhs Esqsir~ further aflirms that the
ftisads Of Mr.. Psndlston, and the entire
- q ansl-radisal population 10 that
0>oao afe uaited on the ticket.
"A 0an By ths naas ee james Ryan, liv.
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