The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-22

'eCamc great IaV0TltS Win democrats
robbed the people of that unhappy State
| without pity or remorse, the millions OF
State debt piled up, with nothing to show
for it, painfully testifies, and that the
Kellogg government has been like
Caesars wife, am not here to maintain.
WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DONE.
Allow me before closing to enumerate
some OF the acts of the Republican party.
which all good citizens must approve.
That the country is indebted to the Re-
publican party for carrying it successful
y through the war and preserving the
Union, will not be denied and all this
while the Democratic party were clamor-
ng for peace at any price. That you
must admit was big thing.
We have settled the Alabama claims
with Great Britain, and compelled her to
pay us SIS, 100000 in gold for the owners
Of the destroyed ships We have settled
our northwest boundary with Great
Britain aid got all we claimed. We
have advanced the public credit fully 80
per cent. since Gen. Grant became PIesi-
dent, and We are rapidly changing our
public debt from six per cent. to five
per cent. bond, and within the last nine
| ty days, about two hundred million OF
| five per cent. bonds have been sold at
par in gold.
To the Republican party is the poor
man indebted for his homestead. To
the Republican party is the Norwegian
indebted for obtaining letter from
his friends IN Norway, or sending letter
thitber, for 10 cents, instead of IS cents,
under Democratic administration the
Belgian for cents instead of AZ; the
Austrian for cents instead of 80; the
German for z cents instead of from Is to
Sc cents the Switzer for cents instead
of 49, and other natives of Great Britain
and Ireland for 6 cents instead of "a,
and natives of other countries in about
the same proportion To the Republican
party is the native of Europe indebted
that he, naturalized citizen of the Uni
ted States, can visit his native country,
and have his American citizenship re-
spected. But | will not 60 on further
to enumerate. Now what have you got
to offset all those grand actions, and
justify you 10 deserving the party.
Let us hear what you have got to offer
as IN offset to all these things which
you approve. Well, you say that Pres-
dent Grant appointed Tom Murphy to
Office. Admitted but don't admit
that it was any great crime to do So i
and it cannot be said that he did rot
make good officer, and collected the
revenues fairly and square]y. You say
further that, under the Republican ad |
ministration, there were certain Credit
M0bllier transactions that were dishonest
and disreputable. | admit that, but
that applied to only few persons, Dem
ocrats and Republicans, and upon them
be the consequences. The Republican
party has never justified it, but has con-
demned and has sent, or will send, all
participants to their political grave.
The grave error of voting increased salo
airy was corrected the first opportunity.
But you say that corrupt contract was
made with one Sanborn, by which lie
was to be allowed 80 per cent. for col
Letting delinquent revenue. That fool
lsh and improper contract was made /
do not deny that there was any corrup-
ton on the part of officials, there is no
evidence. AS soon as the facts became
known the whole thing was broken up,
as was the moiety system under the
clamor created by one Jaynes, in the
enforcement ola law which had been
in existence since the Government was
formed. Jaynes vas no doubt great
rascal, and Republican Congress, to
prove that they had no sympathy With
HIM, repealed the law under which he
tiourished. Their motive was good,
that their action was wise is to be proved. |
shall be agreeably disappointed if the
increased frauds upon the revenue by
dlshonesa lmposters under the new law
DO not outweigh largely the possible
wrongs under the old. Will you say
further that fho,o xx,oo - oo...AA.