The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-09-30
What We Were aud What We Are.

What We Were and What We Are.
In the good old days Of Democratic rule,
ssys the Allentown Democrat, when peace
and prosperity smiled all over the land, a
distinguished traveller visited the United
States TO view the workings of our form of
government assadnlnistrated by Democrat
&c statesman, from that purity of motive
WHICH had no other desire than to be iust
and impartial. This visitor was a great
scholar, an explorer, philosopher Alex
ander Humbolt. On returning to Europe
he said, The government of the United
States IS the best in the world Y0u can
neither sec 1t nor feel it, We're it necessa
~ to produce proof that this man poss-
essed great intellectual power, this terse
and unqualified sentence would alone be
conclusive evidence. From the adoption
OF the Constitution of 1887 TO 1861, this
incompatible description of our govern.
ment was true to the letter.
YoucouM not .tcct it, for no oppressive
'sxasion visited you your land was not
filled with tax gatherers, and stamp act
did not wrench from you the last pittance
left in your pocket.
Tou conW not feel At, for no bavonets
bristled in time Of peace to disturb the
people and deprive them of their rights.
States in this GLORIOUS Union" were not
held In subsection by military despots, and
The despicable carpet Dagger was thing
unheard of. Negro supremacy in part of
the Union was not the pet scheme Of the
American Congress, but that body, in the
good old days of the republic, was the sub
jest OF praise all over the world It's ac
tions was then dictated by patriotism, and
love for the Union was then its guiding
star.
How is it now? Verify you can both feel
and see the government?-teel and SCI it to
your sorrow. You can feel it in the enor
nous taxes you have TO ray; in the inc
quality through which the bonded aristoc-
racy OF the country are exempt at the ex
pense CT the toiling millions; you can feel
lt1n the high prices of all articles of con-
sumption /; you can feel it in the high reuts
you have 10 pay, and to the inadequate re-
turns for your labor; you can see it on the
right and on the left-night and day. 1t
Is your annoyance through the day and the
incumbus which haunts your dreams by
night
Yes, you can feel the Government as adj
ministrated by Radical vampires, and will
continue to feel il as long as they are per-
mitted to sap the life's blood from the ma
ton. You can see it, too, in the standing
armies at the South where thousands Of
soldiers are marshaled for political purposes
only, at the expense Of millions of money
wrung from the labor Of the North And
for What !? Simply to place the feet of
three millions Ct negroes upon the necks
OF eight millions of white people and
thereby control the elections to sure the
Republican party and its official thieves
and plundcrers from defeat You can seq
In the desoIation, want and poverty of in
nocCnt white women and children who are
iCie ~ otdINC III Tue SlSilt vi bureaus, WHeTH
idle and lazy negroes are supplied and
trained to vote the 'lol ticket You can
see it in the fendish outrages committed
upon the daughters and wives Of white
men by brutal negroes, who are encour
aged in their hcllish work by the favor
shown them by the Radical party. You
can see it in the riot and b.oodshed that
took place at the nations capitol, recently,
during a municipal election. Yes, you can
see it everywhere as well as feel it. IF the
lamentcd Humboldt could again visit the
land of The free and home of the brave,
how different would be hi: report Of the
American Union.