The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-15

| The other State elections not al
ready held or to be held as above,
will occur simultaneously with the
Presidential election.
THE REPUBLICAN, PARTY THE
FRIEND OF THE LABoRiNC MEN.
At no time in the history of our
government has labor been SO well
compensated, as since the exercise OF
political power by the Republican
party. At no other time have the
laboring masses SO greatly influ.
eneed and participated in the affairs
of government. AT no other time
have so many laboring men partaken
of official patronage and performed
so important part in the making and
administration of the laws. 90.
SILT was in behalf of the laboring
classes, that the homestead law was
enacted, by which every laborer
Fmay have and enjoy free, his por-
ton of the public domain-thesrica-
est patrimony ever possessed by any
people-this great boon to labor was
,persistently withheld by the Demo
cratic party, and was promptly grant
ed blythe Republican party. 49, s.a
The Republican party made pro-
vision for the construction of the
great transcontinental Railroad lines,
by which the whole great mass Of the
public domaln--more than one thou.
sand millions of acres has been
brought within easv rack OF the la.
boring man. e.. t&2gGH mtH sA&~ /
The Republican party reserved
for the exclusive use of the laboring
men, the remaining public land in
the five Southern land states-more
than As 5000 of acres-and thus
put an end to the extension of land
monopoly in those States. sae ...a
The Republican party extended to
the soldiers of the country the right
to freely acquire .homesteads upon
the public lands ,aaaaJ ..... #-a
les The Railroad grants made by the
Republican party have been only
such as were necessary to open up
new sections to actual occupancy by
the laboring men, and without which,
vast tracts of the public domain
would have been inaccessible, and
consequently worthless to. the poor
man. -3. .aa --....- s..ts XXI ...u
The Republican party has, in its
brief career, lifted the labor of the
country from actual seryitude to the
substantial control of the public meas
ures and property, directly affecting
the interests of labor. Z ggaata< arf
h 1t has opened to the possession
and ownership of labor the whole
area of the public domain, except the
small portion granted to induce the
construction of roads, wherever and
whenever, labor may choose to oc-
cupy and improve the same, at the
merely nominal price of $40 for 100
acres. The extent of this benef-
cence to labor is fully realized when,
by computation, it is seen that there
is ample, room and space thereon
for more than six millions of families,
and thirty millions ofpeople. What
other country or party ever provided
homes for all the people?
WHAT PARTY Is TO BLAME FOR HIGH
.# "'". @@ TAXES? 's~
The Daily Gazette Dem.) pub
lished at Meridian, Miss, says:
"The blessings the poor man
derives from Republicanism can be
summed up by high taxes-taxes
that rob him Of his land, and de-
prive his wife and little ones of the
necessaries Of life, &C., &c." 49,.
! These words from such a source
certainly come with rather bad grace,
when it is a notorious fact that every
attempt made by the Republican
members in Congress with view
to reduce taxation In any form, has
been invariably met by Democratic
members with stern opposition.
But in spite of this opposition, in
spite of the vast legacy bestowed up.
on the Republican party in the way
of the National debt-for which the
Democratic party is directly re-
sponsible; besides paying off $3.50,
600, 900 of this Democrats public
debt, sum equal to more than one
eighth of our whole bonded obliga-
tions--the Republican party has, by
its own strength, stricken from the
tax.lists over IL, 900 articles, TIA ereby
repeating direct taxes to the amount
of Ss0,0O0,0 OO. --iaa. so T.. ~ aa...
SOME OF THE RESULTS ATTAINED.
.- 1st. That in the first two years
and one month of the administration
of President Grant, there has been
an actual reduction OF the public
debt to the amount of $2l5,765, $685.
| IA. ,q.g "a yes.lEr sagI sts ri
I'd. That the annual interest
charge to the people has, within the
same period, been reduced to the
sum of ST., O62, 997 SO consequently
affording permanent annual relief
from taxation to that amount. ,g-ear,
3D.. That the net gold discount
actually realized to the public
Treasury on purchase of bonds, by
which purchase the debt has been
mainly reduced, is $l4,5s5,s3s.56.
4th. That, in consequence of the
measures and policy of the Republic
an Congress and Administration, the
public credit, although greatly dis
turbed by the war, advanced during
the period from the early part OF the
year 1851 (the close OF the Demo-
cratic administration of President
Buchanan to March 1st ls69-reach-
ing an aggregate appreciation, as ap-
piled to the then existing values and
principal of the public debt, of three
hundred and sixty-fve millions of
dollars; and, by the still more eff
cient administration of President
Grant, the public credit, as referred
to the nou existing values and debts
fApril 1st 1879 has been further adj
vanced, within little more than two
years, making an appreciation du-
ring this short period, as applicable
to the aoao existing debt, of six hun
dred and fifteen millions of dollars /;
also showing that the appreciation
since the close of the last Democrat,
ic administration early in 1861, APP
plicable to the existing value and
debt, is eight hundred and sixty-fve
millions Of dollars.
5. Within the period from March
4, 1869, to April 1st, 1871, the appre-
citation of the National Bank curren.
cy was twelve (12) per cent, making
an aggregate appreciation of $s5,
| 000 O0O which has accrued to the