Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-03-11
1878 1874
The LARGEST CIRCULATION IN
THE NORTHWEST.
The Inter-0ceanl,
FOR 1874.

Established less than two years since as
representative Republican paper, pledged to
maintain and defend the principles and or
ganiZation of the great Nation al Republican
party, the Inter Ocean has attained circu-
ation and influence wi the masses OF its
voters everywb here to entitle it to approach
the commencement Of q new calen lar y ear
and to prepare for the preliminary work Of
tue next campaign, the shadow of which is
already casting itself upon the country, in
the confident belief that its friends will
need no other specific pledge for the future
than h Is been given in its columns from day
to day during the past eighteen months.
Since its first publication it has maintained
the position OF
The Leading Republican Newspa-
per II tho Northwest,
to which it was assigned by universal as
sent in the excited canvass which resulted
in the second and triumphal election of
President Grant.
The Enemies Of the Country
are viyi'an:ly at work. Ce.p;tc the over
whelminI rebuke administered to them in
1872, the opposition are skillfuly massing
their forces fer assmore determined onslaught
upon the Republican organization at Tie
next State and National elections Encour-
aged by the apathy Of Republicans il the
"Of year" SEEING the unprecedent fnar-
cial Strlngency as a pretext. and using rs a
hoodwink the deep feeling among the ag-
ricullural classes for better and cheaper
modes Of transportation than now exist,
The Democracy,
under as many names as there are hungry
Demagosues eager for Office, is getting it's
self into readiness to become once more the
Ruling Party of the uation.
In the South
the old Democracy OF Secession and Rebellion
is being warmed into life BY the apparent
revcrses Republicanism has suffered in The
Norll. The election Of Allen IL Ohio, the
triumph of Tammany ia New York, aud the
few drSuItory successes which have come TO
Anti-RrpubIican tickets in various States
of the West aCd Northwest, have inspired
The Rebels OF 1861 with the hope that the
day is dawning when the Lost Cause is toi e
turned iLtp victory they failed to achieve
by means Of the bullet and bayonet. Already
r. NJ. Z. Hunter former Senator from
Virginia, and member OF the Cabinet of
jeff Davis, has published bis Scheme for the
virtual payment of
Four Hundred Millions Of Dollars for
the Enancipated Slaves Of the
South.
The Richmond (Va) Wing aud Governor
Gilbert Walker are urging this plan with
all per,inacity; and there can be little
doubt that a large party of the Southern
Representatives in the Forty third Congress
will be prepared to advocate the payment
Of this money by the General Cove rnment
The past history of the Democratic party
gives no warrant that it will oppose this in
famous robbery Of the people Of the North,
for the benefit Of traitors; but if the party
IS true to itself aud its instincts the South
will find 1t and its representatives. a subser-
Went ally.
The Payment Of the Rebel Debt
is another scheme that is broadly limited at
il many puts of the South, AMI is withou,
d ubt, one of the projects to which The lead
ing Democrats of that section won Id nd
dress themselves if tue time should ever
come when a 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 fancful issues. They are
real dangers, either to be met face to face,
or else to be squelched in their Inception
by the continued success of that organiza-
ton which crushed rebellion, gave freedom
to the slaves, and destroyed the slave-h old
inr Con fe1eracv