The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
Sensitive but silly.

TIE reply of the DEBORAH RtQm5:
liean to our article, in which We as
serted that rot one Of the bonds con-
stitating tbs immense and grevious
dsbt tha: now Expresses the people,
existed prior TO the ACCESSION .of'.sbe
republican party to power in 1861,
Indicates that the very sensitive edi.
tor Of that sheet has dashed himself
into 4 terrible fam. ......
We have other truths than those
heretofore enumerated that We shall
nov recite to our neiehbcr, and trust
that be will retain his pious sonl
Sem becoming wroth audi refusing a
rsPly or explanation. We submit
our remarks to til. reading and think
lag young men Of the country; those
who will consider it no credit to the
republican party, that its only de-
feaee for the robbsries being practic-
ed Under its rule, is that to tho div;s.
ions Of ting lemosratic party is repub-
lieaa rule TO be ascribcd in the first
instance. and to military dcpo,ism,
fssnd, force, and violence. for its con-
tisaance. The young msa Sf,ths
country desire to know why under re
publican Legislative and protection
the price Of manufactured goods and
estscialiy Of iron and steel have
more than ,quadrupled since the &C.
csssion Of the party in 1861? = -
They wish to know, too. whether
under protective tariff SO high al
tobe proMbitory in its opera. ion, the
mAnufac surer reaps as profit the EN-
tisc advance in price Of his manufac-
lures and how the. government &c.
rives any revenue from the operation
At tariff that amounts to probibi-
Sl0ns1 g,FE fH@ IT. f'-. FEG..t "s+
And yet further they are de.irou,
toknow why the republican party
should tax them $50, 900, 600 annu-
alyi to pay the interest on tho bonds
that secure the national currency,
when the government could issue
yreeabacks without the expense Of a
dollarsin interest. and in such guam
titles Is might be needed for the cxi-
gencics and business Of the country,
and particularly Of the west !? -
They ask, too, why your party
should swarm the country With tax
gatherers to perform duties that town
county and stite officers could per-
form - we'll. and without addition
tothe salaries they now receive?
And why should those to whom you
promised bouusies and pensions be
taxed on all they possess to pay to
themselves their bountics and pen
sions, and also tc'psy the bond holder
his Interest semi-anuually in gold,
and his bonds in the same coin when
they hece me due, and yet the mil.
lions Of wealth the bonds represent.
be untaxedi =.
If you .sy it ia $50 .nou,inated in
the bond' please tell the young men
Of the country why your party $50
nominsted" it and exempted the
money of those that stayed at bame
aud got rich, while the soldier who
periled bis life in the service and re
turned MANNED and crippled to bis
little home finds it taxed to pay these
patriotic bond holders !? ... -u
And, answerto them whether you
Cid not belong to the liberty party
when its platform was this: . TIE
Consultation Of the United States, is
covenant With death, and a league
with hell. that ough. to be immicdi-
stsly annalled r. Nine years ago
youf party coming into power you be-
gas the work Of carrying this plat
form into execution, and in the pur-
suit Of that object have delaged the
land With blood; made the republic
one vast cemetery; created public
debt amounting TO billions and bill
!. lions Of dollars; crushed the people
beneath the burdens Of an oppressive
taxation; set 1T defiance and tram
Piled upon the constitutional rights of
every citizen, and destroyed the res
erycd rights Of tile states. These
are your achievements, in the work
OF demonstrating that tho 'constitu-
ton WAS "a covenant with bell
FofAxty years the democratic party
bad administered the government
without committing one of.s.ha ex-
sshsss vharRed up to and confessed
by yosr leaders.
Confcssing ~nd Accusing.
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