Nebraska advertiser., 1868-09-03
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compose the Democratic party Of to-
dav9 The me- who founded the Re
publican party and furnished it with
brains. are now working with the De-
mocracy. Seward, Chase, Fessenden,
Grimes. Henderson, Trumbull, Ross
and other great leaders of the Repub-
lican party e read out of its ranks
by that plank in the Chicago Platform
which declares that johnson twas
Justly impeached of high crimes and
misdemeanors, and properly pronoun-
ced guilty by the votes of thifty-five
Senator'S Mr.. Doolittle and thous-
ands of Others who have heretofore
swelled the Radical vote, are with US
to-day.
The men who set the Radical party
upon its feet, are all outsidethe organ
ization to-day. They refused to follow
where madness ruled the hour. Who
now compose your Republican party |?
A few bogus Democrats are its leaders
and are ruling the party to-day. 1.-THE
Democracy continue toreceive as large
~aecessions as they are now daily re-
ceiving up to the ides of November
next, the defeat the Republicans will
be more overwhelming than the Wa
terIoo Of Wellington over Napoleon.
win now turn my attention to To-
cal matters, which win be tedious and
perhaps not interesting.
In 1854 when I started west to seek
hy fortune, Iowa had nc rail roads
and but a few years previous Illinois
had no rail roads, no Chicago, no far
mers' cottages, no elevators or no cul-
tivated fields. Now you viii find
these evidences of civilization in either
State on every hand. They are span
ned and crossed several times by rail
roads, and the country is prospecting
beyond all precedent. and why?-
What has wrought this great change?
1t is the rail roads that have been built
by Government aid. They r inn
mense enterprises developing this vast
country.
Without these, farmers forty or fifty
miles back from the river cannot sell
their wheat and corn for as much by.
twenty-five to forty cents per bushel
as can those on the river.
Illinois is a great State. She is des-
tined to be a powerful State, and 1
predict that Chicago will eventually
be the largest city in the Union. In
~traversing that great State you can't
get out of sight of corn fields, the iron
horse and the elevator. All this has
been brought about by the inaugura-
ton of the extensive rail road system
completed by Government aid.
Eighteen hundred years ago coun-
tries were isolated. Now space has
been annihilated, and they have been
brought to u very doors by the swift
ness of our iron horse. In 1854 there
was no rail roads in Iowa. By the as
sistance of Gov. aid roads now cross
the State or are projected from several
points.
Why does not Nebraska receive
Government aid for roads. The Gov
eminent by subsidies, land grants and
Government bonds is aiding the U. P.
r. r.. and its various branches from
Omaha, Leavenworth and Kansas
City. Why should these cities have
exclusive privileges over other points
for which nature has been as bounti-
full as for them? Let Government
give you aid for rail roads and you can
build as well as they. You can't with
out, nor could they. Our markets are
hereafter to be found at the various
posts in the Rocky Mountains. This
is a vast region, and enterprise and
capital are bound to make a market
for the vast grain fields of the great
State of Nebraska, and we must have
rail roads to reach that market with
our surplus produce.
Now Taffe has been In Congress two
years, and what bill has been intro
duced-what resolution has been of
fered-what vote has been given to
encourage these State enterises? ]
have looked through 5000 pages of the
Congressional Globe, and / find that
he has done nothing to aid our proiec.
ted enterprises.
1 do find he voted several times t.
grant powerto negroes in ten States O.
this Union: that he voted for a bill fol
a long gold loan which was pocketed
by the wisdom of sagacious President
He also voted against aiding any com.
pany in building rail roads in Nebras.
ka, for he voted for a bill introduced
by ]. F. Wilson of Iowa, declaring il
at the present time, in view of the
magnitude of the public debt, inexpe.
dent to extend aid to the U. P. r. r
or to any other rail road company. ]
can understand why Wilson could in.
troduce and vote for such a resolution
because Iowa has got all she expect:
but the only reason I can conceive
why Dafe should vote for such a poll.
cy is because he is opposed to aiding
rail roads in Nebraska.
Coy. Butler is speaking in Richard.
son county. Hetold the people of Rule
he was going to build a rail road from
that point west, and if he comes tc
Brownville he will build one for you
too.
live at Omaha, where we have had
all we want, and I can if elected be
free to act for the balance of the State.
1 can do more for you thansany other
man, for my position for the past few
years as Atty. for the U. P. r. r. has
brought me into the society of rail
road officials and monied men, both
republicans and democrats, whose
confidence 1 have; and this enables