Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-07-29

q. Aue ucAt pEODlCu was " PIO-
tect the freedman, and make him
good citizen. The former was &C.
complished, and as far as time per-
mitted the last. What was the stu
alton of the freedmen at the close Of
the WARP Surrounded by disbanded
rebel soldiers, whose conduct had
outlawed them, and whose necesi-
ties had made them robbers, the
poor negroes were a mere pray to
be hunted. There was but one way
to meet this. The negro must be
either made man or he must re-
main in substance slave. The Re-
publican party did not hesitate. 1t
took the responsibility of restoring
the negro to manhood; it restored
him to equal rights; and it gave
him suffrage to protect his rights.
Now what is the consequence Is
there any servile WARP Is there any
white man wronged? All the Dem
ocratic prophecies and wailings have
faded into thin air, and the negro is
advancing with rapid strides to in
telligence and prosperity.
8. But what the most sagacious
and experienced persons apprehend-
ed vast he difficulties of the financial
problem and certainly it was vast
and momentus difficulty. And now
we again ask the candid reader il
even this great problem is not
brought nearly to a successful con-
clusion? Take the facts again. At
the conclusion Of the war las ap-
pears from the subsequent settle
ment ofthe Treasury accounts there
was-though not all bonded-about
So, SOC, 100000 (three thousand
three hundred million) of public
debt, and there were st the same
time, in round numbers, $3.50, ,O0O,-
600 four hundred and fifty millions
per annum of national taxes. 1t GER
tainlp was immense Now what has
Congress and the Republican admin
istration accomplished in reducing
these great burdens? And here we
want the reader to contrast what
has been done with what the Dem
! ocratic party proposed to do. The
Democratic party proposed to pay
q debt with promise to pay anoth
er debt. 1t proposed to issue hund-
reds of millions of paper dollars to
initiate the currency on one hand, land
to pay debts with promises on the
other. 1t put this policy on its ban
ners and proposed to nominate a
President on that platform. Suppose
that had been done. Can any one
| imagine country cursed as this
would have been by such financial
system ? Now contrast with that
scheme what the Republicans did.
The national debt is now not far
from $24, 100000 In one word, the
Republicans have paid off "nine
hundred millions of theI ublic debt,
and demonstrated to the world the
will and the capacity Of the people
to pay their debts with ease. At
this time, when the world seems re-
solved to enter upon new scenes OF
blood and revolution, the great Re-
public stands recuperated from it's
loses and ready to meet the great
emergencies which may be before it.
Again, the national taxes have been
reduced full one third This Con-
gress has reduced the tariff and in
ternal revenue.according to Senator
Morton, full $4,000, 900 per annum.
The Congress before this had re-
duced the interna: revenue full $50,
900, 900. nearly all of those in man
ufactures and industry. The ma
tional taxes will in the ensuing year
be at least $l4O,OOO,OOO per annum
less than they would have been if
not reduced by Congress. Here, then,
we have the evidences Of success
not less brilliant and triumphant
than that which attended the estab
lishment of unity, freedom, and re-
construction. The Republicans
have promised much, and, and have
fulfilled much. Where can you
find five years of civil sue
cess and peaceful pros
periety equal to that of these five
years? The Republican party had
hard problems before it, and it has
so'veu them with the least burden
and the greatest benefit to the people.
What has :hcDemocratic party to op
pose to all this? Absolutely nothing.
Its greenback theory was a bubble
exploded as soon as touched What
had it to oppose negro suffrage ?
A white mans party The only rem
nant of that left is little squad in
Delaware. Are there dissaffected
Republicans Doubtless, because all
could not be done at once, nor ev-
erybody pleased Will they any bet
ter off by helping the Democratic
party ? Let them just imagine what
the country would have been if the
Dem ocrats had been put in power af
ter the war. Restored rebels, social
convulsions, financial overtnrow,un-
iversal confusion would have been
seen, where now there is peace, sue
cess and prosperity. Most happy is
it that no such scenes are presented
and let every honest Republican take
care to avert the calamity of Demo
cratic rule.
Ofcourse, people will object, and
will find good ground for objecting
on account of some things that the
Republican Congress did, and on
account of things that it left undone,
but when we look at the good that
this party has done lat the patriotism
it has exhibited at the wisdom it
has displayed, and contrast it, in
these respects, with the evils that
the Democratic party would have
brought upon the people if it had
been in power, ,thoseRepublicans who