Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-29
Democratic Outrages.

off from the balance, under the name
of the New Departure"-a new de-
parture directed by the Tammany
Democracy Of New York. This
same Tammany Democracy intend
to run.the next National Democratic
Convention in their own interests,
and it behoovos the people to look
this great conspiracy squarely in the
face, and be prepared to meet it with
all its horrid deformities. What is
the record of this great Ring? Con-
suit the books of the city of New
York, and the reader has n of the
most infamous institutions of public
robbery ever presented to any people
on earth. This ring has run riot
with the finances of the chief city of
the continent since 1860, and the ap.
palling result Is a debt raised from
fifty millions then to 200 millions
now, and nothing in the world to
show for this deplorable condition
but a few incomplete public build
ings, and numerous palaces of those
who stole the money. Taxation per
head In the State of Iowa is only
about even dollars, whilst in New
York, under Democratic rule, it is
over $40 per head. Six hundred
thousand dollars were paid out by
the Ring for window curtains,
and all the oppressed people have to
show for them are several hundred
cheap linen rags, costing one dollar a
pair.
Seven thousand dollars were paid out
IN one year for thermometers alone,
while the whole lot could have been
purchased anywhere for fifty dollars
seven thousand dollars for an arti-
Gle that these thieves should be al
lowed to have with them when they
reach their well earned hell.
The worst part Of 1t is that these
vas. sums have not gone to trades
men, but the money has been paid
out to myths and pocketed by the
Democratic Office holders of the city,
until their wives and wives relations
are bloated with United States bonds
bought with the proceeds of their
husbands infamy. Enough carpet
has been paid for, out of the people.
money, to carpet half this county,
and yet scarcely a hundred square
yards of it are to be found in any
public building. Seven hundred
thousand dollars were plundered I'M
der the name of ~plastering the Court
House, yet the Court House is nearly
all iron inside, and has not as much
plastered surface as an ordinaryBlack
Hawk county farm house.
The bottom has not been reached.
The villainly of these Democratic
prostitutes has not yet been fully un.
earthed, but enough Of the vial has
been withdrawn from the reeking,
sinking corpse, TO warn the people
of the impending danger. Not only
have these thieves SO far succeeded
in robbing the people, but they have
fallen out among themselves, setting
at nRugEt the old adage that there is
honor among thieves. Many more
things may possibly transpire
through this quarrel, to show the
people that the only financial safety
of the country is in the Republican
party, that las always administered
public affairs as economically as the
crisis and condition of the country
would permit. To honest, sincere
Democrats who read this article. we
appeal by asking them whether they
are willing to follow the lead of these
Tammany thieves in the next Presi-
Dental campaign? In 1868 they mould
ed the ticketforthe Democratic party.
They had the money to do it, and
still have it, and are determined TO
use the proceeds of their bold rob-
berries to coerce the western Demo
Gratis into obedience to their behests.
This time it will not be by selecting
an eastern man, for their eastern
man Gov. Hoffman-"went back"
on them when he ordered their riot
ers onythe 18th of July to be shot
down like the dirty dogs they were.
N afr naxf non1ftasn u,tlt hn N man
from the west. and this is the bride
for western Democrats on o No De-
parture platform.
This is the hope of their triumph
which God In His Infinite mercy for
bid. Driven by popular indignation
from the treasury of New York city,
success in national politics being as.
snred we shall find these anne pill
ferers sucking the life-blood at Wash.
iDgton. Happily for public safety
these disclosures occurred at..this time.
They show US the shoals we have es-
capped and warn us to be vigilant, ac-
tive arfd energetic in defence Of our
right and the interest of u cause.
Republicans of Black Hawk eeun-
ty! show in the coming year utter
condemnation of these infamies, and
come into line with q determined
will that not a dollar of the public
money shall be squandered.
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Card of Mr.. Leayitt.