Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-22

troll the plebean; OF capital to own Ia
Dor; Of the fow to control the many.
Democracy fought the homestead bill
under which half tho settlers in Min
:nesota hold their farms to-day: 1t
contested the right Of the general gov
ernmer to interdict the establishment
Of slavery in the territories; it declared
the administration powerless, under the
constitution, to prevent the withdrawal
of States from the federal compact; it
denied the right Of Congress to vote
money. or to draft men for the purpose
of suppressins the rebellion ; it op
posed tho public endowment of tho
common schools, and the dedication Of
lands to that purpose, it repudiates
the system Of raising revenue by the
establishment Of tariffs, and advocates
a maintenance IF tho government by u
per capita tax,-thus increasing the
burden Of the poor, and protecting the
property of the rich. It favors the lar
gest privileges to corporations, granting
franchises which are sovereign, and
incapable Of alienation it " ,uld shut
the door Of the public treasury agains:
every demand of the people for in
creased facilities for transportation,
and it denies the right OF Congress to
regulate the carrying trade between
the SEVERAL States Against the
avowed pulley Of that party, republi.
canism is vigorously and perpetuaIly
ut war. A continued union of the
St ates, is the grand central idea around
which republican'sm revolves, and to
which every element Of the structure
is made to cleave. The equality of all
men is republican doctrine now as
serted in the fundamental law. Lib.
crty and suffrage are twin ideas, born
Of the rebellion, nourishcd- by the re-
publican party. and defended by the
government. Republicans have forced
upon the unwilling democracy, the
theory that children of the nation are
entitled to All education, ac the nations
expense, and that IN intelligent con.
sti.uency is necessary to the perpetui.
~ OF free government. It is upon
these ideas,-illu*trated as they have
been, by benedcsut policy, wisely
pursued through series Of years, that
we 60 to the country now, and again
ask the public endorsement.
Before the 3rd Of November it will
be said in the cars OF every republ' can,
that the party has survived too loug,
that it has now II" policy; that its
numerical strength has given it bolduess
and made it dishonest; that it not only
steals through it, agents, but that it
fosters every system by which labor
is taxed and money is Withdrawn from
the producing classes; that the tariff
d,scriminates in favor Of the rich, aud
against the poor; that the burden OF
taxation ought to be removed, and that
ANT1MoNoPoL1sTs cug ht to be placed
in power. There are but two parties
in existence to-day. Murk that. NJ
matter what name may be assumed,
men must vote the republican ticket, or
they must vote with the democracy, if
they vote at all. 1t will be said that
the republican party is corrupt. That
there are individuals in the party who
are sneaks, cannot be denied, but the
vigilance with which such have been
pursued and punished relieves the
party from any mpu.ation Of dishones'
ty. Nine tenths Ut the VIGOROUSLY bad
politicians of the prsseu: day have been
kicked trou, the republican ranks, and
they arc now leading the democratic
army. Take our own State for an H.
lustration. Why is Wilkinson with
the democrats !? Eight years in Con-
gress gave him character disgraceful
to himself and to Minnesota. He Was
dropped. Donuelly was six years in
the House,-long enough to prove to
world that he was both BLACKBOARD
and Il demsgogue. The party would
not be burdened with him longer.
Dave BlakeIy, staid in Minnesota US
long as he could obtain an office under
the State, and then went where he
was not so well known, aud got a gov
ernment position. When compelled
to resign that, he comes back to St.
Paul \ democrat, and edits the Pion-
eer. IF evidence were needed to provo
that the party will not tolerate soamps
it is found ia the fact that the parties
named have been exercised from its
ranks. Look ut our own county, Ell.
der, the'Clerk Of the Court, tried to get
. nomination for the Legislature two
years ago, aud failed. He went home
and was swept from the republican
shore BY the Greeley wave" Wells
the State Senator, could not get any:
thing from the republican party, 10 be
went to the "Molisonites'' aud begged
: nomination ofthem. They gave it t,
him, aud have been ashamed Of them
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