Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-26
Now and Then.
lFrom lie Oshkosh Northwestern

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od the ground that the country was
safe only 50 long as the government
was kept in the hands of the men
who had STOOD by the Union at home
and ia the field He argued that the
men who bad raised their fratricidal
hands against tho life Of the nation,
and those who had strengthened
those hands by speech and action
against the means employed to pre-
serve unbrokcn the bonds Of tho
Uaion, could not safely be trusted
with power That argument ia as
sound to-day as il was five years
ago Tho Republican party Is made
up Of tho men who risked their lives,
spent their fortunes, and used their
influence to crush out the most gigan-
tic treason ever conceived. Not q
traitor TO bis country trains in its
ranks No noisy copperhead dis
charges his venom from its midst, IL
is made up Of the loyal, the true and
the brave lis principles are the
same in the east, in the west, in the
north and in the south. 1t favors
liberty and equal rights for slI men.
This principle ID the life-hlood Of the
party, which throbs ia every muscle,
and pcrmeates every member Its
adhcrents love freedom because it is
in accordance with both natural and
divine laws To It's enjoyment It's
plans set no arbitrary limitation
Ii looks upon all men as brethren Of
one great family, and would abolish
all distinction Of rank or privilege.
1t believes in equal Justice. 1t has
not Que law for Americans, another
for Germans, aud another for Irish
another for Protestants and another
Catholics, but applies tho same prin>
ciples of individual liberty, free
speech and free action TO all. IL has
grasped with Herculean hand the
throat Of treason, and although urged
by sympathizing friends, refuses TO
relax its hold.
On the other hand, the party which
tho recreant senator then denounced
and now supports, has not changed
its principles or its nature. The ma
terials of which it is composed render
il impossible for it to become q pro-
gressive party except in downward
direction 1t contains all the trea>
sonable elements of the south and all
the Copperheadism Of the north. In
its ranks are found all the rufiianism
Of tho great cities, all the disturbers
Of the public peace, and all the dew
ilish bigotry which prompts to the
breaking up of peaceful professions,
and the suppression of free speech.
Prominent among its most rabld sup.
porters are the organized banditti Of
the south, who intend that both ne
| groes and white men shall vote the
| Democratic ticket or not vote at all.
These elements of the party are in
favor of the largest liberty to those
who believe as they do and of the
least possible liberty to those whom
they cannot control. The party is the
same which, when in power, ransack-
cd the mails, repealed the Missouri
compromise, made and sustained Dor
der rutiian raids on free Kansas, and
bowed its knee to the Baal Of
slavery. One half the party en-
tered the ranks as rebels, while =
large number Of the other half gave
aid and comfort. The party talks to-
day the same doctrine of state rights
on which the rebellion was founded.
1t also talks of a new departure,
which three-fourths of the party re-
pudiate. 1t announces its submission
to the new amendments to the con-
stitution, but assures its friends in
the south that if placed in power it
will enforce them as harmlessly as
possible until they are repealed 1t
is no wonder that Senator DoOlittle
thought this party could not be trust
ed in 1866. It is great wonder how
he caa imagine it worthy of conf
dence now. II is controlled by the
same leaders, and the same principles,
and its actions, when in power, give
no promise of reformation. It's head.
quarters are in New York City, and
Tammany is its name. 1t enriehes
and makes millionaires Of its man
ayers, out of the labors Of the poor,
aud pirates Of economy and reductian
of taxes. We wish Doolittle Joy in
his long.lost and newly found follow.
ship, aud congratulate the sinking
party an its generosity in picking up
the cast-aways