The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-22
4 Gsar;GNa Record,


q Glorious ssec"F,t.
Senator Morton, says the New Alba
ny Lec,Jer, and other Radical speakers
a:e very fond oftelling the people about
the glorious record CT the Radical party.
The record Sc bepraised is composed OF
such catrics as the following.
They asitaiei the question of slavery
until the people Of the north and south
became so exasperated with each other,
that they commenced fighting. They
protractcd this war five years by uDcon-
stituticnal legislation. They buried a.
most half million soldiers in inlet
tered graves and left to the nation =
family of widows and orphans, whom
to say nothing of their tears and sor-
rows, it costs the nation thirty millions
of dollars year to support The rec
ord will also show that the people have
already paid twenty-five hundred mill
ions Of dollars during their ten years
rule, to support the government in Its
shameless extravaganza, and has en-
tailed upon the nation debt Of twenty
five hundred millions more, that is not
paid. The record further shows that to
pay off the interest on this public debt.
amounting to abont enc hundred aud
twenty millions Of dollars per year, they
have enacted an infamous tariff law. by
by which six hundred and fifty millions
Of the peoples money are taken every
wear, paying most OF it to bioated manu-
facturcrs in order to get this one hun
bred and twenty millions OF revenue IN
to the treasury But the record goes
on to say that five times as much land
as is embraced in the whole area of the
state of Indiana was given away TO enc
railroad company. and in order that
they might bring their land into market
they gave the same corporation sixty
four millions Of dollars to build q rail
road through it.
But the record has other entries
There is spread upon its beautiful pages
the conception of freedman's bureau,
through which millions Of money was
squandered, and tens of millions were
stolen.
Then comes about hundred and fifty
bills BY which money and bonds are yo-
ted away to private corporations, for
personal speculation, not yet fully ell
tered up,
There arc several quires Of the record
filled with reconstruction acts. 50 black
and infamous that the can scarcely be
read.
There IS also special entry that per-
'ans TO foreigners, in which those who
wish 10 bee ;me na;tlcalized citizens arc
caused needless AMOUNT of trouble and
heavy expense in securing the franchise
OF citizenship. This restriction and
limitation upon foe; gners looks very
strange, VIII IN upon the opposite page,
the wholesale acknowledgements Of ig-
norant negroes is plainly recorded, FL
lowed By two or three acts to secure the
enforcement Of the privileges conferred
upon them.
constitution; treasury robbed; SUI
preme court degraded prerogatives O:
the president taken away. Then follow
minor entries, such as nepotism III the
white housc; gold speculations Of the
president and secretary of the treasury
Offices purchased by gifts; rascality in
the custom house dcfalcations OF reye
nue. collectors, ard thousand other Of
such entities, Of 4 character SO question
able that tie whole sum os the records
looks very mick like the transactions d
some den Of thieves.
This IS bu. slight extract from that
beautiful record the people are called on
By Senator Morton 10 remember and adj
mire. Look at it, citizens. Does it
not cause your heart to swell with super
laval devotion IN its lo,larS2