Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-08-15
Como and Let MS Reason,

have determined to join the new
party because they have not been
properly appreciated in the old, be-
cause they have received promises
Of prcferment; or with that shall
low class who are not Republicans
or anything else from principle
but only because they wish to &c
with the most noisc-with none Of
these would waste any words, but
there are those who first Joined the
party because they saw that it con-
tanned the best hopes of humanity.
because they saw when the entire
nation, under long lease of Demo
cratic rule was tending with giant
strides towards Slavery and despot-
ism, then the Republican party
arose with tho declaration of emo
more slave territory" and to its
ranks freedom-loving men from all
parties were instantly and irresist-
bly, drawn, until in an incredibly
short space of time, it filled the
the whole land, and when
the whole government was threat
cned with destruction by foes with
out and foes within, this same Re
publican party saved it to posterity,
and has made it nation of freemen,
and preserved it's credit under all
circumstances, and has paid off
not less than eight hundred million
dollars of the war debt. With these
men who have nobly assisted this
party to so far fulfil its great mis-
sion, but are now undecided wheth-
er they should longer travel in our
company, desire to have few sim
cere words.
Is there any need for a new par
ty? l think not. Ifthere had been a
necessity for new party, it would
not have been necessary to start it
out on a false pretense, as this new
party has started out. In their
original preamble they say that
abuses exist in the National, State,
and County governments which the
old parties are unable or unwilling
to correct.
So far as the nation is con cerned,
there is very little truth in this
statement. AS to the Credit lNobiI-
Ter, it is not now an existing abuse.
1t was an abuse, monstrous abuse,
but is so no more. 1t is exploded,
thanks to a Republican Congress
that exposed it and rendered it easy
to prevent the recurrence of similar
swindles in the future. And the
Republican government is now
prosecuting the swindlers and will
compel them to disgorge the stolen
plumber.
The only other national abuse
that is talked about is the salary
increase. That was certainly an un-
necessary theft-without one palli-
ating feature, and it is an abuse that
now exists, Tor the increased sal
aries are being drawn; but, as ma
.jority of the Republican members III
both houses voted against the law,
it is plain that the way to get this
law repealed and avoid such infa-
nous laws in the future, is to IN
crease the proportion of Republi-
can members, instead of increasing
the Democratic members, who pass
cd the law, and are really the salary
"grabbers." The Republican party
is abundantly able, and willing too,
to repeal this wicked law.
The statement that there are
abuses existing in the State govern
ment has no foundation in fact, for
there is no State in the Union that
is managing it's affairs more ju-
diciously, or that with SO light tax
upon the people is making such
permanent provisions for its unfor-
'tunate classes, and to meet the
growing wants of the State in all
respects.
The statement that there are
abuses existing in our county gov
ernment, is SO grossly slanderous
that you can't find either Liberal
or a Democrat, or anybody else
in the county that will back it up,
though he did put his name to the
statement. ..
The great majority of this new
party will be Democrats-it is a
Democratic party--its object is,
with the help of what Republicans
they can hoodwink, to destroy the
Republican party. Are you willing
to assist the Democrats in such a
work? Would you like to be in
strumental in bringing back the
days of the bred Scott Decision
the days of the Pierce and Buchan
an reigns-the days of Border Ruff
fianism protected by government?
If you would not, you will give the
new concern a wide berth.
But looking at it purely as a ques-
ton of economy, who ever heard
that the Democratic party has made
a reputation for economy. 1t has
been already settled that that par
ty is responsible for the passage of
the salary law passed by Congress.
1t is also resonsible for the greatest
swindle perpretrated upon the pco-
pie of Iowa. I refer to the recess
taken at the expense of the State,
and which in its consequences in
volved an extra session. There was
a Republican majority against the
recess in the House, but the Demo
cratic vote of fourteen yeas to three
nays, with four absent or. not vo-
ting, carried the house for the re-
cess. lt
Whenever the Democrats have
been in power within the memory
of the present generation, they have
abundantly shown that they neither
believe in the equality of men, the
purity of the ballot box, nor econ
omy in the administration of the gov
ernment. Then why should YOU ex-