The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-06
Ten ge.srs OF RepubIlcanism.

We give below resolution recently
adopted by the Rhode Island republican
Convention. This brief record is worthy
Of preservation by those who belong to
the party of law and order. of equal
rights. Justice to all men, and progress
IN civilization:
ResoIced. That we gladly renew our
allegiance to the principles and policy
Of the Republican party, and we chal-
lenge the history of political organiza-
lions to parallel the record of its ten
years oe natiynlo rule.
A gigantic rebellion has been sup
pressed:
Armies Of a million raised and disband-
ed
Four millions of slaves set free:
Labor made free and honorable:
Free homesteads offered to all set
tiers;
The Pacific Railroad built.
Universal liberty and equal civil and
political rights for the first time secured
by constitutional amendments;
Those States that broke the irconnec-
ton reconstructed and restored.
Taxation frequently reduced, the last
reduction being eighty millions a year
The national debt greatly reduced.
two hundred millions of the reduction
taking place under the present admins
tration;
The national credit raised at home and
abroad;
The price of gold brought steadily
downward;
The revenues vigilantly collected and
! honestly disbursed
The perfect citizenship of all adopted
| citizens for the first time protected by
| settling the doctrine of expatriation
The Monroe doctrine indicated
in the case Of the French invasion Of
! Mexico;
Peace maintained, and the nationa
character kept in the highest respec:
| throughout the world;
We know no way Of judging the fu
ture but by the past. The Republican
party has never made a pledge to lib
eTty and union which it has redeemed
! From beginning to end it has met the
desperate opposition Of the Democratic
party.
Compare this bright record with thu
LACK pages on which the history of ou
| enemies Is written. 1t is indelibly
stained with a record of corruption, fan
| atheism, violation of human rights, trea
SOB, bloody and cruel rebellion, an,
the horrid crimes of organized bands O
murderers.
The Republicans are assailed, to- day
! by Democrats in ali parts of the country
| and IN Congress. for attempting to pro
/ tect the ballot boxes from fraud, ant
| the loyal people cf the South from muir
DER Old members OF the party speak
of a time when Democracy was some.
thing besides blind fanaticism and
facticious opposition to everything pro
posed by the opposition but the better
men of the organization are compelled
now TO carry the dead weight of ignor
| ance, stupidity and crime, with which
the party is loaded. in states, cities and
districts, and, as they are not allowed tt
make a good record, they are forced tt
whiteWash crime, cover up vllainy anC
| screen fraud.
They deny that there are outrages il
| the South, or attempt to screen thu
murderers who skulk behind the bloody
| barricade Of ultra State Sovereignty
which was so badly delapidated in tn,
late war. They raise the cry of militar,
| despotism against those who try to pro
| feet the ballot box from fraud. So ions
as thep maintain this attitude they mus
expect to meet the opposition Of those
who love their country, and labor for the
good Of mankind.