The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-12

need no other specific pledge for the
future than has been given In Its col
umns from day to day during the past
eighteen months. Since its flFst pub
lication Il has maintained the position
OF
Ne Leading Rs,sIlsas Newspaper 4 IL Nstlsst
10 which it was assigned by universal
assent In the excited canvass which
resulted In the second and triumphant
election Of President Grant.
THE ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY
are vigilsntly ct work. Despite the
Overw helming rebuke administered to
them In 1872, the oppositi0n are skill
fully msssing their forces for more
determined onslaught upon the Repub-
lican organisation at the next State
and National elections. Encouraged
BY the apathy Of Republicans In the
.off-year," seiziDg the unprecedented
financial stringency ~ pretext. and
using a. hoodwink the deep feeling
among the agricultural classes for bet
ter and cheaper modes of trAHsporta-
ton than now exists,
THE DEMOCRACY,
under as many names a. there are hum
cry Dcmagogues eager for office, is get
ting itself into readiness to become
once more the ruling party Of the ma
ton.
INTHE SOUTH
the old Democracy of Secession and
Rebellion 10 being warmed into life by
the appapent reverses Repubiicanism
has suffered In the North. The cleo.
ton ~ Allen In Ohio, the triumph Of
Tammanv in New York, and the few
desuit0Fy successes which have come
TO Anti Republican tickets 10 various
States Of the West aud North west have
inspired the Rebels Of 1851, with the
hope that the day Is dawning when
the Lost Cause Is to be voted into .
victory they failed 10 achieve by
means Of the buile, and bayonet. Al
ready r NJ. T. Hunter, . former Sem
ator from Virgins, and a member Of
the Cabinet Of jeff Davis. has publish
ed his scheme tor the virtual payment
OF
FOR THE EMANCIPATEDs SLAVES OF
THE SOUTH.
The Richmond, lVa.) Wig aud
Governor Gilbert Walker, are urging
this plan with all pertinacity and
there can be little doubt that q large
party Of Southern Representatives In
the Forty-Third Congress will be pre-
pared to advocate the pay ment of this
money by the General Government.
The past history of the Democratic
party gives no warrant that II will op-
pose this infamous robbery Of the peO-
Pile Of the North for the benefit Of trail
tors; but II the party 10 true 10 itself
and its Instincts the South will find il
and Its representatives . subservient
ally.
THE PAYMENT OF THE REBEL DEBT
IL another scheme that Ia broadly hint
ed at 10 many parts Of the South, and
IL, without doubt, one of the projects
to which the leading Democrats Of
that section would address themselves
il the time should ever come when u
majority Of the Northern States and
the General Government should be in
the hands Of the party which helped
the rebels in their work Of destroying
the Union.
These are not fanciful issues. They
are real dangers, either 10 be met face
to face, or else to be squelched In their
inception by the continued success Ol
that organization which crushed the
rebellion, gave freedom to the slaves,
and destroyed the slave holding Con-
federacy.
THE FARMERS
know that the Inter Ocean was their
earliest, rs Is has been their staunchesi
and warmest friend. II IL emphatical-
~ the organ Of the people In the best
sense OF the term, believing In the full.
lest protection Of the rights Of ths
many against the encrOachm ents Of
the few. Itbelieves that all chartered
corporations should DO held to be sub
servient 10 the power that createt
them, and without IN infringement o
the Just rights Of others II insists, ant
will continue TO Insist, that all corpor
atoms enjoying special privileges 70
ted to them by the people shall serv
the people fairly and justly, ct . com
peDsation allowing . reasonable prof
upon the actual capital employed.
THE FAMILY.
The Inter-OceaD maaes special Ell
forts to render itself acceptable to tn
| families Of its patrons. To this en-,
everything Is vigorously excluded tha
could possibly offend. The religion
and moral character 10 guarded will
especial care and its aim II ITO encour
age the true, the beautiful. and tn,
good"
| THE INTER-OCEAN
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Farmer. the Family. the Merchant, tn.
the Professional man, the Mechanic
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