The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-11
NUMBER IA

eminent sucu shameless nepotism? When
in spite of all efforts at concealment such
schemes of villiany as have been brought
to light by the Credit Mobiher Invesiiga-
tlons, duplicating not the camp followers
Of the party. but the leaders. the Christian
statesmen who have grown hoarse by
shouting for liberty human Iights2 When
in the history of this or any other Govern
ment, such gigantic official swiadles as
these connected with the creation Of the
&c fc Rairoad2 When and where such
squandering of The pubic domain. giving
to pet railroad schemes in ten years
enough Of the public land TO make ten
Staies2 Let any one read the systematic
ana well digested and we'll executed plans
to steal from the impoverished South all
that the ravages Of war had left, and in
fict upon q defenseless people debts which
they can never pay, and this through the
agency of partisan emissaries, guarded and
protected IN their work Of piunder by the
civil and military authorities of the Gov
ernment, and then show parallel IN his
tory. Examine in detail the plan TO bribe
the President Of the Republic OF San Do
mingo TO sell his country, and the unau-
thorized use Of the navy of the United
States TO consummate the outrage and ag-
grandize the authors of the job, and then
tell me 10 what deeper depth of infamy Of
fetal degeneracy can reach.
True, tins well arranged scheme was ex-
posed and defeated, but its authors were
none the less guilty.
When in any decade of any government
so many monopolies established TO rob
productive industry and enrich the few at
the expense of the many2
Not to be tedious in enumerating in
stances and proofs of the unfathomable
nj Of he ~ I
only mention the last general assault up
on the Public Treasury, known ss the Sal
airy Grab.
No one believes that this law would ever
have received the Executive approvalIfit.
had not provided for an extra 100000 >
for the President. We are assured that
Grants administration is a wonderful
success, and Is gaining In popular favor
year by year. The leading Administra-
ton organ at Washington has already an
nouncsd him as the candidate Of the party
for the third term. Many whe are ready 10
cruelty members of Congress for voting the
salary-steal have no word of censure for
the President. Sherman, Morton and
others have turned their back pay into the
Treasury as ill-gotten gain How about
the future? When these men were re-
elected to the Senate the pay was 5000
their term $4,000 extra pay Their
chance for the future is so good that they
can afford to appease public clamor by
surrendering little extra pay for back
service. The poor fellows who 90 out,
who have nothing to expect in the future,
ought not to be too severely censured for
taken their pitiful share Of the plunder.
Much as had been said about the salary
grab, and great as has been the popular
II mdignation against it, 1 regard 1t as a
mere trife IN the long catalogue Of swim
dies. The boldness Of the assault upon
the peoples pocket book is so manly com
pared with the usual method that it rath-
er commends admiration. 1t is a proof of
NOrton's assertion that the standard of
official honesty and morals is advancing
under Republican rule.
By way of breaking the force of the blow
upon Republican honesty it is said that if
the Democrats had a chance they would
steal as much, and that some of them have
participated IN the frauds of the Treasury
Possibly this may be true, for human ma
ture has the same characteristics In all
parties. am frank to say that the IeEl-
edy Tor the evils complained of is not in
the simple displacement of Republicans
and the substitution OF Democrats. II the
same schemes Of finance, the same revenue
lave, the same number of officers, the same
indirect way of extortng money from the
people, the same National Banking system
the same mode Of disposing of the public
lands, the same disposition to forter and
sustain monopolies-if these Republican
measures are to be sustained by Democrats
the change of parties is not worth the ef-
fort il will cost. During Grants admins
tration 1t is claimed that two hundred and
fifty millions of the public debt has been
paid off and cancelled, but how many
thousand millions have been drawn from
the pockets of the people to make this re.
duction is not so boastlngly stated. There
Is an expensive army Of taxgatherers
which should be dIsbanded. The amount
of money levied upon the people must be
reduced, and more economy enforced IN
its disbursement.
No change can be reasonably expected
in the administration of National affairs
until the party IN power is broken up. No
possible change eau make matters worse
than they are. The blunders, follies and
crimes of the Republican party since the
close of the civil war endanger the very
existence of constitution government The
restoration of the Union on the basis of
rights, the re-establishment Of constitu-
tional liberty, the prosperity, the peace,
the security of all the people, economy,
retrenchment, honesty, public virtue-all
demand the overthrow of this Republican
Administration.
To me it is matter Of no consequence
what may have been your past political
record Where do you stand on the living
issues of the hour? The Republican party
welcomes to its full confidence an officer of
the rebel army if he will vote their ticket
and sustain Grants Administration: This
party shall not surpass US in throwing the
mantle of charity over the sins and short
comings of any man who will now aid in
the thorough h restoration of the Union and
the publication of State and National
Administrations.
l care no move for your war record than
the Republican does for Longstreet's or
any other officer of the rebel army who
joins the Grant party.
Fealty to party as q test Of fidelity to
the Union Is the plea of bigot and fool
Reared as l was in the old Wing school,
it could not be expected that l would take
very naturally and kindly to the Demo-
cratic party. Only those who had bet
ter command of language have surpassed
me in denunciation Of that party. / was
true to my convictions of right and duty
when l stood by Lincoln in the war of
arms. l shall be alike true TO my convic-
tlons In opposing the war of legislation if
thereby it throws me into full asss ;iation
and fellowship with the Democratic party.
Believing that our Government was
created by the people and for the people,
and that 1t should be administered in the
interest of the people, shall not shrink
from doing what can TO restore 1t to its
original object, and will oheerfully work
with those who have this object in view,
without inquiring in what political pool
my associates have been baptized.
Democratic Issues, Past and Present.
[From The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.U