The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-09-16
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Well done, California The "tadal wave" has
rolled from one ocean to the other. On Mon
day it struck the Democracy in Wilmington,
Delaware and washed them from power. Will
mington, city of the whipping post, has been re-
deemed from the misrule of an untrustworthy
Democracy. The Republicans have gained siz
hundred and fifty UOtes there. The Mayor and a
majority of the Council are Republican. This
same ''tidal wave' thing of Democratic origin
rolled across the Continent of America and push
ed the Democrats of the golden State from pow
er. California, two days after the election in
Wilmington, went Republican by $500 majority,
electing the State ticket and gaining two Con-
gressmen All hail, California
From one end of this land to the other the
thinking people are becoming wide awake to the
frauds, corruption and misrule of the unfaithful
Democracy and the honest men of all parties are
freely expressing their voice at the polls and
dealing silent but mighty rebuke upon the
party and the men who have obtained and used
power only to advance their individual interests
by victimizing those whose confidence, support
and Importance. Philadelphia is a city that
contains nearly 7OO,O 900 inhabitants, more than
three-fourths as many as New York city, the lat
ter, having 943, 900 in round numbers. Phila-
delphia is under Republican control and has been
for more than ten years past. New York has
been under the control, undisputed, of the De-
mocracy for five years past. The debt Of Phila-
delphia is something over 100000. That of
N. is more than $l13, O0O, 900 or twenty-eight
times as much as that of Philadelphia And it
must be remembered that the debt of New York
has been increased SEA, ZOO, 900 since the inau-
guration of Mayor Hall, the present incumbent,
who degrades the position and disgraces the city
by his wholesale corruption.
When we take into consideration the vast ex-
tent of country over which the rebellious Confed-
crates exercised jurisdiction and put their treason
into active execution, when we consider the al
most innumerable array of men that shouldered
their muskets to destroy the Union, when we
look at the gigantic proportions of the rebellion
the ability and skill of its military leaders and
the extent of the wars duration, when we con-
template the fact that it required an army and
navy of a million men in the field and on the sea
for four years to crush he rebellion and preserve
the Union, we see at glance that an enormous
sum Of money was required 10 meet the fnan-
cial exigencies of the American Republic in the
hour of her direst peril. Yet the entire cost of
suppressing the rebellion amounted to $50 % for
each man, woman and child in the land. This
seems an enormous amount to raise by taxation.
A great portion of this debt has been paid Off
more than one-fourth-and the taxes steadily re-
duced all the while, by the economy, honesty
and integrity of the Republican party. 1t is be-
ing paid now at the rate of more than $780,
100000 per annum. This is marvellous. 1t re-
fleets great credit upon the Republican party. 1t
is of infinite importance to our forty millions of
American citizens. All good men are interested
in continuing this reduction of debt and taxes
by the continuation of the Republican party in
power at Washington.
On the other hand the Democratic teaches of
New York, without any war-except a Demo-
cratic mob to deprive Orangemen of their rights
as American citizens-withouta any extraordinary
cause for public expenditure, except to furnish
political plumber for Democratic sharks, have
swelled the debt of New York city until it has
reached the gigantic proportions of $132.66 for
each man, woman and child that resides in the
American metropolis This is enough to appall
thinking people. 1t should arouse the judgment
of sober men. 1t should excite the virtuous in
dignation of every honest individual in the broad
land. Something should be done to arrest the
attention of the American people and place an
emphatic veto upon the possibility of this GRAND
army of corrupt Temmany thieves and advance
guard of the American Democracy's ever getting
control of the national government at Washing
ton. This is their purpose and aim. If they
succeed, they will bring the same direfuI dis
grace upon the nation that they have already
entailed upon the CALLED taxpayers of New York
city.
The virtuous and intelligent every where are
becoming fully aware of the danger ahead, if the
control of the Republic is transferred from the
honest Republicans to the corrupt Democrats
Wilmington, Wyomi1g-c for the the Re-
publicans last week-and California have given
ample evidence that they wide awake to the
perils of the hour BY dealing rebuke to the De-
mocracy that they in nowise appreciate. "Ti-
dal waves are strange things to the Democrats
when they bring tidings of Republican triumphs.
Their unerring indices now point to Republican
victory in 1872.