The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-09
What the Republican Party Has
Done and Will Do.

Gen. Tom. Bros ne addressed 8
meeting at Unien City, in Il mastery
spccch. From 1t we quote The fol
lowing Just and mcrites tribute to
the Republican party:
The Republican party proposes no
dangerous experiment for cur tinan-
.jal troubles. 1t has given thepcople
i currency: they have tried it thor
ou"hlv. and are satisfied that il is
SIRE aud >tcadtaSt. We promise the
ncople To remedy the defects of the
system. to correct its abuSrS.and then
let we'll enough alone. We believe
II of the important elements of a
reliable financial system is stability.
Bat the Republican party promises
the people money equal in volume TO
.he demands of legitimate business.
Bv iuuicious legislation ii promises
10 protect the people from the evils of
Il redundant and irrcdccmahle cur
rencv. on the cne hand. and the dam
GERS of violent and sudden contrac-
ton on the other. 1t proposes to
strike from the present banking
system the obnoxious feature of mon-
opolv. and make il free to all. De-
string 4 return Ia specie payments,
il wisely dcSistS from fixing. arbitra-
rilv. any time when resumption shall
take place. Ii leaves the Government
TO resume when it becomes able TO
do 80. The road TO resumption. | be-
licvc. lies through rigid economy ia
all expenses. a faithful collection ana
honest application of our revenues:
an abolition of all unnecessary offices:
the reduction of the foreign demand
on Us for gold by going to our
workshops IN preference 10 those "f
Europe. and by patronizing our
laborers rather than those of til" Old
World" To this we must add the
payment of cur Debt as rapidly a. il
can be done without imposing Hnrea-
>omahlc taxation npon the people. If
resumption can not be brought about
by Il policy like this. it will never
come. We can not return TO sPcci"
payments now. and the attempt to
do 80 would bring disaster. ltesnnap-
tion can no more be forced by an act
of Congress than can Il Legislative
declaration make my bankuote equal
to your gold dollar
Bui the Republican party has given
ii" country something lGore >ubetan-
tiaI than mere theories. Ii presents
its work already done. IT points to
the appropriations of the last Con-
rry>~ and shows Il diIriRuiiaR of
S25.GJO.pOG a. compared with those Of
the previous session. 1t points W.th
- l,,.,, H. ,rI:.l. ia,
people have been relieved irora dn-
ties and axe equal to S3oH.o54,bO W
annually. 1t points to the iact Tlat
over. 5000 Government officers and
aupninfer> harr bcca di-rilar%ri
from service. THUS >aviH" Si.Gu0.n05
more yearly to the treasury. The
revenues have been faithfully collect
ell and applied. DurIHg President
Grants administration ovc Sile.-
coD.oOJ of the puhlie .ch, ha~ been
paid. Home Industries and home Ia-
Dor have been p]atrcnilcl and cmrour-
agci until our exports la: year
reached the unprecedented sam Of
$ii9. 100000. No broken pledges.
violated promises or ~rcpudiatcd OBJ
ligltium~ mar This record. But Ihr-
j. not all. The Republican party
brings to the people Il larg" cNp"rl-
nee and proof oi practical States
n#n>hip. For fourteen wears OF the
Republic ii has been the architect OF
i'll financial systems. and III the most
pcrplrXiH" emergencies ii ha~ shown
Itself equal to the hour. When the
war had drained the Treasury TO It's
lat dollar. and when 4 united Demo
cratic party had opposed iis every
measure. il created 4 II w currency
i currency then ~cotlcd and sucrrrd
III by its oppuscr>, but now confess
chly the."popular and favoritc cur
rcIcy of Tire people. E'cpupIicail
policy has 50 imposed confidence III
our ability and integrity a Il people
that our incouvcrIibic notes.-the va@-
abomd OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES risen from
forty cents 10 nearly par. and our six
per cent. bonds sch for gold and bring
II premium of ten or twelve per cent.
In the meantime we have beech de
Vcluping our resources and increasing
our wealth. In ten wears of l%tcpubli-
can rule we have added fourteen
thousand millions to the property OF
The country. a sum twice as large a
tn" entire property Of the people i'll
1850. Has the nation ever known
prOudcr or more prosperous years
in all lis past? In the management
Of oar State affairs, the Republican
party has shown itself equally capa-
bic. 1t promptly provided for the
large demand made upon lis treasury
during the war: it has paid of the
state debt and preserved and largely
Increased the school fund. that bed
rock Of cur magnificent common
school system. Its servants. the
State officials have been faithful.
They have discharged every duty inn