The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25
WAae was True and what II
Truc.


wAAs Was Trsae and what II
True.
Ia the good old days Of Democrat
10 rals when peace AMI prosperity
smilcd all orcr tbs land, . distin-
Guished traveller visited the United
htatcsso view the workings Of our
'oru Of government as administered
~ dcoocratic statssmcn, from that
parity Of motive which had no other
desire than to be just and impartial.
This Visitor vas an eminent scholar,
- explorer a philoeepher-Alexan.
der vss aantolJe.
On retsr"!asso Europe 10 wrote
that "Tne government Of the United
States is the best in tho world; you
cas neitAe~ sec It nor. fecl It, Were
il necessary to produce proof that
this man had. great intellectual pow
or. this terso and uncqualled sentence
would alOue furnish, the ssiden:e..
From the adoption Of tho Federal
constitution in 1857 to 1861 this iu-
ecnpat1bls description Of our gov
crnment vas true to the letter.
ros cesld not feel It; for no op.
prcssiye taxation visited you; you,
land W. rot 6iled with tar gather.
ers, and stamp act did not Wreck
from sou the last pi.,ance left il
: your pocket.
For could not see It: for no bayo.
nets bristled in time Of peace to dis.
turh the people and deprive them OF
shei rights. States were not held
u sutjugation by military rule. and
carpet baggers were unhcard Of. Nc.
go supremacy ina part Of the Union
was not the controlling motive OF
Congress, but that body in the glori.
aus old days Of the republic was the
sstjest Of praise all over the cirilis.
Cd world. IT. action was dictated
BY patriotism. and love for the Union
49, its guiding star.
]. Now you can both feel aud see the
government, to your sorrow. You
can feel it in the enormous taxes you
have to pay; inAhs inequality through
which the bonded aristocracy Of tho
country IRE exempt from taxation a.
the expense If the telling millions:
yen can feel it iu the depression Of
srsdt. and iu all tho active pursuits
Il life; you can feel it in the high
rents you have ~ pay. and in tbs in
adequate returns for ycur labor; you
CA feel it on your right hand and OH
your left night and day. 1t is tho
annoyance that turks in the way OF
every business man through the day,
and tbs incubus that haunts his
dreams by night.
You cen see it IN the standing ar
mics marshslled for political effect on
y. atan expsnsc Of millions Of none :
wrung from the labor If the North.
And for rhat Solely to give con-
, troll over eight millions of white men
to three millions II negroes, rs re.
eruiss to the republican party, and
10 save II and its odicia! piunlerers
from defeat.
You can see it in the dcsola.ion,
want and poverty Of innocent white
women and children, who arc !cf, ia
,ss*zvc IN sigh. Vt bureaus where idle
fnd lasy nssross are supplied with
bread and kal,.,s
.You can sse it in the brutal cut
RACES committed upon the wives and
daughters Of white men by frnlish
negroes. cncoura gea in Ahsir ,AulEsL
work by the fl waing and the leg;sls.
tiouof Congress. Yes, you can see
It. as we'll Is feel it. every whore. 4
Could the lamcnted Humboldt acaia
visit the ''laud Of tho brave and the
home Of the tree" how different
would be his report Of tho Federal
government Of the American Uuion.