Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-10-07
The Republican Party = Its
AchievelnentS--It Purposes.


On the 4th of March, 1861, Pres
ident Lincoln. was inaugurated, and
the Republican party came into pow
er.
AS the result Of the resignation OF
their seats by the Democratic trait
or Senators from the States that
had passed ordinances of secession,
the United States Senate became
Republican. The House of Repre-
sentatives was, also, at the time OF
the Inauguration, largely Republi-
can.
The Republicans then having the
Executive and both Houses Of Con-
gress, had complete possession of
the Government, and have had, sub
stantially, ever since. And thus
having the power to do, it is pe:ti
nent to inquire, what did they do ?
What have they done during those
last eight yeaIs and more? We
propose to answer:
They found Constitutional au-
thority to coerce rebellious State,
which President Buchanan could
not find, although six States had Sc
ceded during his administration.
They voted to raise millions of sol
diers, and thousands of millions OF
dollars to carry on the war against
the prisoner starving, barbarian
rebels of the South, and their trait
orous, Orphan Asylum burning.
draft officer numbering Democratic
Sons-o Liberty allies of the North.
until the final subjrgation Of all
traitors. North as well as South
They abolished slavery, and slave
woman fogging throughout all the
land, emancipated by proclamation
and by Constitutional amendment
every slave within our borders
thereby terminating tie debasing
condition of concubinage in which
the servile race were, from necessity
living; and also, as further result
Of emancipation, r, N 1ering forever
null and void those he; thenish laws
which made it highly penal Of
fense to teach Gods poor to read
the Bible!
They have unloosed the bonds ot
the lowly bondsman; they have lei
the oppressed go free; they have
broken every yoke; they have pro
claimed Lii erty throughout all the
land, and utterly abolished the
large, powerful and influential class
es known as slave holders, slave
| breeders, slave-sellers and slave
whippers.
They have given protection, by
law, to the oppressed and the weak
against their oppressors, the more
powerful race.
They have given civil rights to
the millions of the ignorant an6
down trodden, which had been
wrongfully withheld from them by
the Democratic party.
They have placed our Govern
ment, by enacting the "Freedman's
Bureau bill," on a Christian plat
form, by feeding the hungry, ano
clothing the naked, both whites ane
blacks, whom the war left in fam
ishing condition, and have thu:
saved thousands of starving white:
and suffering negroes from starva
ton. 4
They have given the inestimabl'
right of suffrage to three-fourths o
the African race in our country, an(
are employing their influence ir
pushing forward to speedy accom-
plishment the adoption of the fif
teenth amendment, which will Civ
the ballot to the other fourth, ane
thus secure to all alike, through the
coming future, without regard t.
color or previous condition, tn
means Of self protection by the bal
lot, as well as by the strong arm o
the law.
They have secured to the peopl
a safe currency of uniform value
based upon the faith of the govern
ment-a currency secure agains
counterfeiters and swindling banl
officers.
They have enacted laws by whicl
more than one million of dollars O
revenue are raised daily, for tn
payment of the National debt, (t
which the Republican party is sol
emnly pledged, and to meet tn
!. current expenses of the governmen
including the payment Of the inter
est Of the public debt, more tina
|, one hundred millions of thu primo