The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-10-29
THE ISSUES.

declsloll--one week more VIII close the canvas.
1t is well, therefore, to dvest the great subjects
before the people of all extraneous and side
issues that have been brought in, and to look.at
the main points in the contest. These are
/. TIE financial interests Of tie country.
9. The industrial Interests Of tie country.
3. The protection Of togat men, and the main
eaancc. IF the principles established as resosts
Of Tie car.
Tn ler the I'D i 's.ration of President
Grant, the financial interests of the country
have been well cared for. Every one knows
that it was generally expected that for years
our national taxes would be burdensome, and
the national debt an incubus. Such expecta-
tions were reasonable Judging from the effect
of the great war debts upon the various ma
tons of Europe. But under the wonderful
financial management of a Republican admin.
istration, the taxes have been reduced until
they are no longer felt, and the national debt
has been paid off at a rate approaching the
marvellous. The opposition has not even pro.
fessed to expectto do better, so far as we have
heard, should they get into power. On the
other hand, their candidate has some strange
financial theories which large numbers of the
first financiers of the country feel would be
ruinous, should they be carried into practice
Even the Neo YoH World, the leading Demo
cratic paper of the country, HAS recently said
9 lHc have no faith IN his financial wisdom.
and we never had" Are the American people
willing to risk the dsarrangement which will
lie sure to ensue, should Mr.. Greeley be elect
ed? Even should lie not carry into effect his
wild theories, there would be such deep dis
trust of him as to unsettle business and cause
a stringency in the money market. The bond
holders OF Europe, also, have vivid recoec-
ton Of population by Democratic State gov
ernments, and of the talk of reputation OF
the national debt by many of the prominent
men of the Democratic party. The election
of Democratic candidate under these cir
cumstances will cause decline in our bond.
in Europe, and a consequent incregs, in the
price of gold. All these things will affect the
financial standing of the nation, retald the
payment of the debt and the prosperity of the
country. And all this the people are asked to
risk and sacrifice, solely that The Democrats
may have the Offices.
The industrial interests of the country arc
also in prosperous condition. There is plen-
ty of work, at remunerahye wages, and manu-
facturers and merchants are prospering. This
is the result of the vie acts of the present
administration, its financial policy giving sta
bility and success to the business of the nation.
The tariff although not by any means perfect
III its tletailsl has so Disseminated as to en-
courage home industry and make skilled labor
sought after, and 'plenty to do and plenty to
eat 7" is the result Again we are asked to
place in power party always free trade in its
tendencies, with a tariff President at its head,
who has agreed to have no opinions opposed
to the wishes of those eleoting him. With
tampering with the finances and fighting the
tariff, we need only to expect financial reval-
sions and the crippling, ii not destruction, of
our industries. Every man, therefore, who
votes for Horace Greeley, votes to risk these
serious evils rather than accept the assured
stability of the Republican administration
Can the business and working-men of the land
afford to take such risks
1t is most solemn duty of our government
to protect those who have been loyal to it
against the attacks of those who were and are
its enemies. To allow those who stand up for
our flag to be driven out, or whipped or shot,
or hung, because they are true to the nation,
is TO offer premium for treason. To defend
these men, is simply what the ." K,rIllux " act
means, and it is because the administration of
President Grant has protected its loyal citizens
that the Democrats raise The cry of military
despotism," "bayonet law" and so ON.
We are told that the South has surrendered
and that there is no need OF keeping bayonets
over them but when, we will ask, did Arleif-
can citizens who obeyed the laws have any
thing to fear from the American soldier-hin-
self q citizen. 1t is only when a. man hates
the cause which the soldier represents that his
presence offends him, and that is just the rea-
son why the soldier is needed there. II salso
the duty of the government to make treason
.,dious, and to perpetuate and defead those
principles which We're sestablished'as the result
of the war, viz THAT no State has right Il
secede--tlaat the government has o right to
coeroe State in rebellion--and that the ma
ton is'greater than its component parts. Al
these things the Republican administration has
done, and who win pretend that the Demo
cratic party viii do tue same, On the othei
hand, to lift that party to poweri is to establish a
reign Of Terror among the loyal whites and
blacks Of the South and it is to bring to the
front the unrepentant rebel element, with al
their false notions of estate rights"
These are the questions that are the import
ant ones of this campaign, and not whether
Horace Greeley dresses slouehily or General
Grant receives presents.3 Every American citi
zen should think over them seriously before
casting his ballot.
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