The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-09-21
JULIAN AND LAND GRANTS.
THEN AND NOW.
SCRAPS FROM THE RECORD OF
THE NAN WHO NEVER
CHANGES.

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SCRAPS FROM THE RECORD OF
THE NAN WHO NEVER
CHANGlS.
WHO breaches no New Doctrine
" no Takes Nothing Rack AID Has
Nothing he " ishcs to Bio: OuE
"BAr JULIAN KNEW AR CT THEssEY-
II. Ck DkMccRACT AND IHE PUBLIC
lANDs, IN 1868.
"Tbese radical and saving reforms in
our lard policy which constitute an es-
sential part Of Republican gospel and
are the ripe fruit of Republican ascend
ency, are stolen and appropi lated bodily
BY tue copperhead Democracy in their
nationsl convention. By far the best
p'ank in their platform is obtained from
their political opponents by organized
th;eving; and with knavery perfectly
unchallsnged, an impudence which tri-
umphs over all adjectives, an audacity
absolutely trancendentsl they ask the
honest masses OF the people for their
support. - Julian's speech at Shelby
vile, August 9th, 1863.
trust | shall be pardoned
If | uncover the political nakedness Of
these sc-called Democrats.-The same.
Gentlemen who ;nnugurated this sys-
tenn Of national plumber, this notorious
conspiracy against the productive wealth
Of the country, this semerse!ess crusade
against the rights Of settlers : It was
the Democrat party. Democratic Load
ST: patched it into being. Other parties
in other years, have been >nore or less
ii, olved in it, hut it has Democratic
Genesis and ancestry. Such men as
Cas-. Benton aai Douglass championed
it, and although its beginning dates back
many years, it was only fully instituted
through the energetic leadership of the
later in securing the magnificent grant
Of lands in sid Of the Illinois Central
Railroad The same.
These are melar cholg facts. and they
are the iIEii If Dem~c.aic policy
The same.
Such is the Democratic record.-Ths
same.
They have been unAiachingly wrong.
The same.
Every Democrat in the
House, trr>~tc the evil genius Of his par
ty, voted in the interests Of thess CON-
parties, thus mocking the fond hopes Of
thousands Ct the toiling poor.
Tho same.
This, M friends, is the Democratic
record on the land question.
and thus, in word, have nailed to the
pilory The hypocritical pretense Of Dem
ocratic orthodoxy on the LAID question.
The same.
WHAT Mr.. JULIAN Rows IN 1872,
ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
THE LAND GRANTS.
In 1868, mir. Julian was candidate
himself, and felt it his duty to zealously
defend his party on the land question.
He laid the blame Of the land grant sys-
tenn at the door of the Democratic par
ty almost entire. He said, more than
four years ago, that under Democratic
management and policy s'nearly two
hundred millions Of acres had been
granted to railroads and other corpora
tions." 1t was then all Democratic dew
eltry that squandred the public domain.
He would not even allow then the poor
| privilege Of protesting repentance, and
because the Democracy attempted this
he launched at it plethora Of invec-
tive seldom or never surpassed. It was
an ''ofganizsd attempt" to sssteal oul
thunder )" "a knavery perfectly uncha,-
lenged," "au impudence which trump hs
over all adjectives," .an audacity ALSO.
lutely trancendental."
Now the tables are completely turned
and MIR. Julian, with . venom born o
disappointed ambition and unrequi.ei
affection, charges the Republican party
1'the with identical sins" with which h,
damned the Democracy in 1868. II,
says that lis monstrous pretensions il
reference to civil service" and other re-
forms, black and rotten Is it is, is icon
sistency itself" compared with its cours
in protesting to favor land reform, as,
''Under Republican rule over fifty million
Of acres, equal to three great States like In
diara, were given to one railroad.-Julian =
Spice,and, August 10, 1872.
| Also,
"The Republican patty voted away tw
hundred millions Of acres, or more than tn
thirteen original colonies, The same.
The inter abandon" with which Er
Julian gives the lie to his Shelby will
speech has caused US to hunt up tn
musty records, and to our most profoun
establishment We find that in the larges
part Of the wick dness formerly charge
upon the Democracy and now transfer
red to the Republicans, Mr.. Julian, tn
champion Of land reform, has been on
Of the active agents. Below we give
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT Mr.. JULrAs's BE
CORD AND THE LAND GRANTS.
To save room we abbreviate the refel
ences thus: "Gi." for Compression:
Globe opt" ior part or volume *.
for session Of Congress. and .p." f
page.
NAsAyIL, * CHATTANOOGA n. r.
September 10, 1850. Bill TO grant right
way snd seven alternate sections on eas
sile. Its opponents moved to table the hi
and Mr.. Julian and all the Indiana Dem,
cracy voted my. See Gl pit %, LIST 3lst
1888.
CHICAGO MOBILE r. X.
(ILLINoIs CENTRAL.
September IL, 1850. Bill TO- grant right
way and one hundred feet on either side q
ten alternate sections on each side. Mr.. j.
| liam and Indiana Democrats voted favorab
to the bill four or five times, and on its I'm
! passage voted yea. See CT pt 81, LIST . 81