The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-07-13

ation and expenses have been we're largely re-
dnced. The present President promised
faithful exeentios Of the laws and the pledess
has bsen fairly redssued. $, .a
With this record, the Republican party
night well answer the question swhat do
you propose p BY ssking what party that
has well .nd faithfully fulfilled al its prom
ises and is pledged to future good works,
should be set aside for one which promises
less and has no record to recommend it.
Blu. illustrious a. that record is it does not
resi- upon that only. In 1856, II declared
that the causes " whlch led to its orsani4atioa
were permanent. Thess causes .vsrs. thp
union and Equal Rlxhts. upon these is the
battle still to b fought. Ia the future as in
tho past, it proposes n maintain the diguity
of labor; it proposes jealously to protect
the rights of all American citizens, native
and foreign born. black and white, at home
and abroad; it proposes TO tighten the bur-
dens of the laboring man. to open fields for
all, whenever it may, to reduce the national
debt. rates Of interest and taxation. It pro-
poses to enforce the rights Of all men under
the recent amendments to the Constitution
and laws made in pursuance thereof; faith
fully to execute the laws and above all to
secure the accomplishment of complete lib
erty and exact equality. Its candidates have
no policy to enforce against the will of the
people to execute the laws. They both pro-
fess an earnest desire "to see speedy
healing Of all bitterness of feeling between
sections, parties, or races of citizens, and
the time when the title OF citizen carries with
10 all the protection ard privileges to the
humblest that it does 10 the most exalted"
With such record of the past, and with
such pledges for the future, who shall an
swer that the Republican party is no longer
"a national nc cessity 7" No faction of this
party can have any just expectation that it
will be able BY q union with the Democra cy
to control the latter. Such fusion can re.
suit in benefit to the Democratic party only.
Touching the bounrden duty OF every patri-
OF Republican At this time,we quote the words
of the National Union Committee ia 4 docu-
nent signed hy Horace Greeley, among the
other members of that committee, and I'D.
dressed TO the people during the apostacy Of
Andrew johnson, viz: "Fsllow citizens Of
every State, but especially of those soon to
hold elections; we entreat your earnest, com
slant heed to the grave question now at is
sue. If those who wantonly plunged the
Union into civil war. shall be allowed to
dictate terms of Reconstruction, you will have
heedlessly sown the bitter seeds Of future
rebellion and bloody STRIFE"
| Are there not this moment any considers
tions why ths management of national affairs
should be committed to "thcse who wantonly
plunged the Union into civil warf Are those
hands less ready to undo and destroy the
work thus far accomplished, than they were
when Horace Greeley plead four years age
for Republican harmouys "a 80
i To the contrary witness Southern ou.rages
upon Republican voters, whose freedom oi
speech has been abridged, whose right ol
suffrage has been infringed, whose home,
have been invaded without warrant, whose
personal security has been violated, and
whose lives have been wantonly sacrificed.