The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-08-19
III A N IT O WI OC:
Stand TO The Right.

otand TO The Right.
Our country is now passing through a
> of trouble that would destroy any other
ton on the face Of the earth.
No government like ours, in any otbe,
nntry than ours, would be able to stand
moment under the pressure that ours is
der. Since the time that the rattle OF
ward little bell was sufficient to impris-
any free American cit zen. IN to the
ssen. time, tie government OF this coun,
has been worse than despotism, and
day military dictator, dictated by a
I deal party, stands at the head of our
sefnment, and quietly, carelessIy, smokes
/ cigar, While the nation is burning I'D
IN grinding taxation and poverty.
While the people of the country are
'aning and starving all over the land, the
.llary king Of the United States is spend
one thousand dollars day of the peo-
money i'll paying the expenses of a
asure trip for himself and relatives at a
hioha'ic Waiting ptdCC.
\ heard of useless officials are kept in
yer and place all over the country, from
Inc to Florida, and the poor men-the
mer-the mechanic the laboring man
Day the bills.
hree hundred and fifty millions of dol
annually drawn from the people to run
Republican government and pay use
interest.
Drawn from the poor man-not from the
ldboider.
Drawn from you, reader. when you buy
ound of coffee.
Drawn from you, everywhere, in every
'ere of your hfe, in erc,ythiag you eat,
ok or wear Even a tax on the tin cup
m which you sup the pure water.
ruly, there is not another nation in the
Id but ours that would submit as we
e done. And still our rulers show no
Iinatlon to raise the great burden from
nccks.
What shall we do?
.et US remove from authority these ru-
who. regardless of the many, have, for
last few years, steadily labored to build
an aristocracy upon the nccks, and out
he blood, aud muscle, and earnings, OF
poor man, Let us elect to office men
will administer the government, for the
a Of al, and at the erpense Of Tie
ital Of the country.
lie Democratic party, as an organiza-
!, ralIs ing to its aid the reasoning, Con
yativc men OF every other party, is alone
medium by which this great and good
nit can be obtained
)ur own State will soon be called upon
pass a verdict upon the acts Of our
RS.
he two parties are organizing for the
test, and soon the candidates and avow-
principles Of each party will be before
people for their choice.
.et US stand to the right
his should ever, under all possible cir
stanccs, be the motto aud watciword
the Democratic party. No temptation
,xpediency should ever be permitted to
uence its action, and at no period in its
ory could 1t less afford to waver or hes
e or tcmporlze than the present. The
ards tremulous, dispirting accents
uld be drowned by he strong, true
ds of the brave hearted, and no snivel
hankerer after spOlls, to be obtained by
atever means should be permitted to
lgle his voice In the councils Of the
ty Honesty should not be the policy
rely, but the principle by which we
u!d unswervlngly be governed in our ac-
as party; and il is our sincere belief
but for shullllng, dishonest leaders, by
ose arts the party was led way from It's
landmarks aud made to occupy
position false to its principles, a
: tional party would never have
ned control of the Government, our be-
ed land would have been spared the
ors OF civil war, and the liberties of the
Ierican people escaped the imminent
il in which they are now placed by the
lcy and plain purposes Of the dominant
ty. Let there be an end, then, OF trims
hg aud temporlzlng in the Democratic
".