Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-13

Emancipation, the entrance Oh tb'
black man into the Army, thu
functions Of tire Freedmen's Bureau
the acknowledgements, education, and
protection OF the freedman, civil
rights, and reconstruction had all tt
be encountered and overcome.
We enumerate some Of the leading
features Of our past history, simply
to show that, however great and IN
surmountable have been the prob
lens for solution, the Republican
party has successfully solved them
all. 1t is the testimony, as evinced
through the platforms Of the Oppo-
sition, which protest that they accept
the situation; that they acceptall the
facts accomplished, ard promise to
be loyal to them; that these ques-
tions were well and absolutely set
tied. II, then, the Republican party
has done 50 well in these great
things, it seems to us that it is the
duty Of the Republic to say +" Well
done, good and faithful servant"
But in the life Of nation, active
and progressive as ours, new issues
ever arise. No party, however bril-
liant may be its past, can live upon
that alone. 1t must ever be ready
to grapple with new problems and
provide for their solution. The past
only affords guarantee that the
same discipline and power which has
enabled the party to bring the nation
safely into port will characterize it
In the future. Nor are the issues of
tho Immediate future as difficult Of
solution as those Of the trying period
Of the war. The great fundamental
principles have all been settled; lib
erty and equal rights for all are Sc
cured, and we are called upon to
provide for the solution Of economic
questions. The restriction Of the
monopolizing tendencies of railway
and other corporations; the provis-
ion OF more adequate and cheaper
channels Of transportation the more
efficient and economical administra-
ton Of the national, State, and mu-
nicipal machinery greater integrity
and devotion i'm the civil service;
the adjustment Of State and national
taxation, so that capital shall not es-
cape its due proportion, and the AS
sessment OF import duties in Il less
intricate manner, are among the
questions pressing upon public atten-
ton.
The evidence is overwhelming be-
cause it Is furnished lay the platforms
OF all the State conventions of the
Republican party that have assem-
bled this summer, including those of
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, Maine, and Massachusetts, that
the party is ready to take up these
qustions and solve them according
with the will Of the people. 1t is
very true that the specific means of
solution have not been pointed out,
but we should remember that we are
only at the dawn Of the discussion,
and that the life Of great nation
which counts its age by thousand
years must not be compared with in
dividuals. Even rapid progress
be made ii ten years careful consid-
Grafton were to precede the final so
luton. 1t Is better that we should
advance carefully, and with that
calm consideration so necessary to
the Anglo-Saxon character, and set
tie a problem thoroughly and justly
than that we should try number OF
legislative experiments i'm the dark
Certainly, SO far rs the National Adj
ministration Is concerned, it has un-
certain sound. President Grant, in
his annual message, as well as i'm his
inaugural address, before the Grang-
ers' agitation took any shape, spoke
earnestly In favor Of increasing the
number Of transit routes, so as to
cheaper transportation. The Post
Office Department has extended the
moncy-order post offices, has advo-
Gated the assumption Of the telegraph
system for the purpose of affording
cheaper telegraphy, and has been
lavorabIy inclined to consider the
creation Of postal savings. bank
system. The better protection of
immigrants, photography, national
bank currency, bankruptcy, have re-
ceived the most earnest considera-
ton, and mttrh progress, which the
country generally does not observe,
has been made within the last four
years.