Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-15
Good Reasons for Standing by the Re-
publican Party.

The Republican State Central
Committee of Pennsylvania has issu.
ed an address TO the people, appeal
ing one" more for their support, and
review & the past history of the Re.
publican party,in that State and in the
United States. Tho address recalls
some suggestive facts aud figures in
the political history of Pennsylvania,
showing that the Republican admin
lstratlon of the State finances has
been economical and honest. The
late civil war is referred to briefly in
order To show how, while the nation
was recovering from that struggle,
the last three amendments TO the
constitution became necessary and
tho adoption of these amendments
are pointed at as one of the grandest
achievements of modern times. 1t
is argued that to secure and defend
the cnfranchised colored people in
the rights and privileges thus conced-
ed to them, is now one of the un>
questioned duties of tho nation, and
that no party is so fit to be entrusted
with this work as that which perform
ed the preliminary labors. The
Democratic party has resisted this
policy heretofore, and it is also OPP
posed to means needed to raise reve-
nue. to provide for the public debt !;
this party is also opposed to equita-
bic liquidation of the public debt, as
IT was opposed to every measure ne
cessary for a successful prosecution
OF the war and speedy restoration
of peace. 1t is urged that this party,
too, is generally committed TO any
line of policy which shall remit the
country to it's condition prior to 1860.
Referring to tho attitude assumed by
the Pennsylvania Democracy relative
to the new amendments to the Com
stitution, the address takes the
ground the action of TIE State Con-
vention has not been accepted by the
rank and file of the party, and but a
grudging and sullen acquiesence
therein has been yielded anywhere.
Accepting this "new departure" is
confession that the Republicans were
right and the Democrats were wrong,
what need, then, of the further exist
ence of the Democratic party Af~
ter warmly commencing the present
Republican administration Of the
government for its wise economy and
successful foreign policy, the address
says that to continue the Republican
party in power is to continue the
policy begun, both in state and ma
ton, of maintaining the public debt,
reducing taxation, settling interna-
tional difficulties without bloodshed,
and sustaining the great principles
involved in the measures necessarily
growing out of the war. To restore
the Democratic party to power is to
destroy tho public credit, pave the
way for reputation, bring in the old
tide of corruption, mismanagament,
and extravaganza, and open up anew
ali the questions involved in the re-
construction Of the Southern States,
now settled upon an honorable basis,
In proof of the unftness of the DEM
ocratic party to be entrusted with
power, the committee calls attention
to the extravagences of the last Penn
sylvania LcgisIature--which had
Democratic majority-and TO the
misgovernment of New York city,
where the civil authorities basely de-
cined to defend the rights Of the few
against the many. The action of
the Governor ia referred to as yield
ing only when popular clamor had
made longer silence dangerous.