Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-10

SuTy, IRON WHICH Iley C6QuOt De uTdNu
except in accordance with an express
act of Congress. Under Democratic
rule, large balances annually remained
in the Treasury which could be used
by the Department. or Bureau for
which they We're originally appropriate
ed and even Independent OF the origin
al appropriation. Now this is COM
petely reformed, and the funds cannot
be used improperly or corruptly, thus
proving the honesty of the Admins
tratIon and it's fidelity to financial ac-
curacy, integrity and economy.
INVESTIGATIONS.
A. Because, Notwithstanding there
were fourteen investigations insti
gated or rendered necessary by Demo
cratic SANDER and Misrepresentation
Notwithstanding every means Of scru-
tiny, whether requiring persons, pa
pers or nat. onal expense, were placed
at the disposal of the most vindictiye
enemies of the Administration, not
outstanding weeks and months were
consumed IN the examination of all the
witnesses they chose to call, the result
was to show that the Government was
untarnished with fraud or corruption
AMNESTY.
Az Because the blatant amnesty cry
of the Democrats Is stopped by Grant S
early recommendation of it, and its
adoption by a Republican Congress.
| The vindictive and scandalous misre-
presentation upon this subject by the
nefarlous coalition opposed to Grant is
completely answered by Grants own
words in his message sent to Congress
/ in December, 1870. "More than six
years having elapsed" he says, "since
the last hostile gun was fired between
the armies then arrayed against each
other, one for the preservation, the
other for the destruction of the Union,
| it may well be considered whether it is
aot now time that the disabilities i'm
posed by the fourteenth amendment
should be removed" He goes on to
argue the question at length, to the
shame of the factions disorganizers who
are guilty of such gross falshood, re-
speeding his views. -.....t.. .,..
43 Because President Grant, while
brave, conquering, and where necessity
lreuuired it, infiexible in war and in
peace, has been so magnanimous as to
provoke criticism. and has shown kind
ness to Southern rebels that ought to
crimson the cheeks of those who repre-
sent him as relentless and unforgiving.
Wien Lee surrendered his sword, Grant
said "Tell your boys they can take
their horses home with them to help
them make their crops" When it was
contemplated under Johnson to try
| Lee and his fellow officers for treason,
Grant said "General Lee and his Of
ticers and troops, who have been duly
paroled, cannot be arrested and tried
! for treason Iprotest againt their ar
rest
! "A. Because the very men who repre-
sent Grant as opposed to amnesty show
the hollownesi, OF their pretensions
when they support for tho Presidency
a man who, on the 1st of May, 1861,
said "When the rebellious traitors
are scattered like leaves before an angry
wind, it must not be to return to peace
f,H ana contented homes, They must
| find pOve"ty at their freSides and see
/ prjudtjon in the anxious eyes Of moth
ers and the rags Of chldren."
THE 18th, I4TH AND 10TH AMENDMENTS.
As Because the Republican party
alone can maintain those constitutional
amendments, which provide against
the payment of the public debt con-
! tracted by the rebel states in their ct
| forts to destroy the Union, or to pay
| the former masters for their emancl-
pated slaves, which amendments all the
| Greeleyltes of the south, and many of
| them at the north, declare to be un-
constitutional, and that they should be
nullitied.
AS. Because the Republican party is
wholly entitled to the transcendent re-
nown of having conceived and estab-
lished the 18th, l4th, and 18th amend
ments, the great charters of personal
/ liberty, the elective franchise-the
right of self government-eac and all
I of them encountering the most enven-
omed, the hercest and most indicative
opposition in the power of the Demo
Gratis. .........
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE.
At. Because impartial suffrage, origi,
mated and, after many an smblttered
contest, established by tie Republican
party, has been protected ana main
tanned by tins Administration, and Will
surely be impaired, DISTRACTED and
prevented unless Grant is re elected.
As. Because President Grant, from
the commencement of the rebelllan,
has been a decided and most earnest
friend of suffrage for the colored man,
and in his inaugural of March 4th,
1869, he expressed himself thus en-
phatically concerning the 10Th amend
ment THE question of suffrage is
one which is likely to agitate the pub
lie so long as portion of the citizens