The union Democrat., 1869-10-23
What We Were aad What We Arc.

In the good old days Of Democratic rule,
says the Allentown Democgdf. when peace
and prosperity smiled all over the land. DIS
tieguished traveller visited the United States
to view the workings of our form cf govern
ment as administered hy Democratic states
men from that purity Of motive which had no
other desire than to he just and impartial.
This visitor was great scholar, an explorer,
\ philosopher Alexander Won llumoo,dt.
On returning to Europe he said "rhe Gov
ernment of the United States u the best in
the world gou eaa neitaer see ii i,og feel a. "
Were il necessary to produce proof that this
man. possessed great intellectual power. this
terse and uaequaled sentence would alone be
conclusive evidence. From ,he adoption of
the Constitution of l7ST to lStl. this iucom-
parable description Of our government was
true tn the letter.
You could not feel It, fcrno oppressive tax
a.ion visited YOU; your land was not filed
with tax-gatherers, and stamp act did not
wrench from you the last pit:ance left in your
pocket.
You could not see Il, fer no bayone.s bris-
tied in times OF peace to disturb the people
and deprive them of their rights. States in
this "glorous Unionf were not held in sub
jeciion by military despots. and the dispca-
hle carpe.-bagger was thing unheard OF.
Negro supremacy in part of the Union was
not the pet scheme of the American Congress.
hut that body. in the good old days of the
Republic, was the subject of praise all over
the world. lis action was then dictated by
patriotism, and love for the Union was its
guiding star.
How is it now? Verify. you can both feel
it ana sec the Gnvernmeut-.ftel and sec it to
e. a.
nous taxes you have to pay in the Unequal
iiy through which the bonued aristoeracy of
the country are exemp: Mt the expense of the
telling millions ; you can feel 1t IN the high
prices Of all articles uC consumption; you can
feel i. in the depression of trade, and in all
its active pursuits of life you can feel it in
the high rents you have to pay, and in tie IN
adequate returns for yaur labor; yoI cun
teel 1t on the right and ON the left-uight and
day. 1t is your annoyance through the day
and the incubus which haunts your dreams
at night.
Yes. you can feel the Government as ad-
ministered 10y radical vampires. and will con-
Time to feel it as long as they are permitted
to sap the life's blood from the nation. You
can see it. too. IN the standing armies az the
South. where thousands of soldiers are mar
shaled for political purposes oaly. at the ex-
pense Of millions of money wruag from the
labor of the North Ard for uhats Simply
TO place the feet of three million Of negroes
upon the necks of eight millions of white peo-
pie, and thereby control the elections to sare
the Republican party and its official thieves
and plunderers from defeat. Ya0 can see it
in Tie de>oaticn, want and poverty Of inno-
cent white women and children who are left
To sterve in sight of bureaus, where idle and
lazy negroes are supplied and trained II vote
the ''loil ticket: You can see il in the fiend-
ish Cutrages committed upon the daughters
and wives of white men by brutal negroes.
who are encouraged in their heli>h work by
the favor shown them by the Radical party.
Y u can see it in the riot and boJdshed that
took place at the raton's capital, recently,
during a municipal election. Yes, you can
see it every where as well as feel it. If the
lamented llumboldt could again visit the
"land of the free and the home Of the brave, :"
bow different would be his report of ths
American Union Constitutional Uuion.