The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-05-02
THE Presidency.
For the MAxIrowoc TRIBUNE.

/ For the NASITowoC TRIBUNE.
u. S. Grant is the magnet that has held
the Republican party together. His mil
itary genius and achievements and his
personal popularity made him the choice
of the party and of the people In 1865.
In him various discordant elements har-
monized and time has shown that their
confidence was not misplaced.
| Under his administration, abuses have
been corrected, corruption punished
''the purity and efficiency of the public
service greatly augmented, Our foreign
relations, SO complicated and threatening
have been amicably arranged, without
disturbing our national honor. The dig
nifty and rights Of the Republic have been
fully maintained before the nations of
the earth.
The financial policy of the administra-
tion has been eminentiy judicious. Re-
trenchment has been the order of the day.
The army and navy reduced to peace
standard. Sinecures have been abolished,
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inaugurated The public debt has been
reduced, the present ratio being such as
to pay the last dollar within single gen
Grafton.
Government taxation is already reduc
ed, some department Of business, entirely
exempt. ARE dropping from the tax roll.
The national credit abroad has risen to
such degree that while it was once diff
cult to command money at 7 3-lO per cent
our entire national Indebtedness is now
funding at and per cent European
capitalists are eager for onr bonds.
The public faith has been preserved.
No repudiation-the government will
pay every Legal and equitable claim, IN
currency or gold, according to the letter
and spiritof the contract.
The rights, privileges and immunities
Of every citizen have been maintained
at home and abroad. without regard to
sex, color or fortune. q all foreign ports
our flag is respected the man who can
say, II am an American citizen" has
guaranty of pi otection.
Our land is the asylum of all lands, the
HON. of civil and religious liberty
where ''the rights and interests of labor
are recognized - persons and property
guarded by the whole power of the nation;
the rich and the poor, the white and the
colored, all equal before the law and at
the ballot box
To our ample shores and wide domain
all kindred and tongues are invited the
most liberal inducements are held out;
lard for the land less, homes for the home
less, without money and without price.
The States recently in rebellion have
been restored to their allegiance, and their
proper relations as constituent and insep-
arabic parts of the Republic, and towards
all the most folbearing and generous Pc
icy has been adopted.
The defenders Of the Union have been
remembered and rewarded, the admin
istration promptly approving every rea-
sonabie measure for their relief and com,
fort not a siugle soldier of the U. S.
Army is left to suffer.
Towards the aborigines of our country
a new policy has been adoptcd-kind,
pacific, generous-and now, instead OF
following the war path. they quietly
smoke the pipe of peace.
The negro is Encouraged In his efforts
to rise from his long and grinding bon
dage, and gladly sings the song CT his re-
dempi;on. No hand is allowed to op-
press the African or the Indian. Justice,
right, love and good will are the policy
of the government The Chief Ma gis-
trate aims at the highest welfare OF all
classes. to make our territory the cheerful
and loved home of all h.r sons and
! dang hters. native or adopted. Motto,
,,tte greatest 5ood to the greatest number.
The administration of General Grant,
so moderate, wise and patriotic, has bro't
the Republican party into position of
strength. To change our leader, would
be TO weaken cur lines. destroy our
prestige, and jeopardize the prosperity Of
our country.
| During the present arbitration and
adjustment of our complications with
| England, Gen'l Grant is the man to stand
at the helm. He has redeemed every
pledge and proved himself ready for every
emergency man of broad conlprehen-
sive views, of patriotic courage, of un-
iincbing firmness and unfailing sagacity.
His administration viii compare favorably
with that of Washington or Lincoln.
What has the Republican party to gain
by the change? Grant and Colfax mean
i Union. Liberty and Success. What more
does the party or the country need !?
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