Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01
1878 1874
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN
THE NORTHWEST.
The Inter-0cean.
3d. FOR 1874:
1874

3d. FOR 1874.
Established less than two years since Dc 6
representative Republican paper, pledged te
maintain and defend the principles and or.
ganization of the great Nation al Republicar
party, the Inter Ocean has attained a circt,
lation and influence with the masses OF ita
voters everywhere to entitle It to approac@
the commencement of a new calendar YEA,
and to prepare for the preliminary work OF
the 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 hns been given in its columns from day
to day during the past eighteen months
Since its first publication it has maintained
the position of .s. ..
The Leading Republican Newsra.
per in the Northwest,
to which it was assigned by universal as
sent in the excited canvass which resulted
President Grant.
The Enemies Of the Country
are vigilan,ly at work. Despite the over
whelming rebuke administered to them in
1872, the opposition are skilfuIly massng
their forces for more determined onslaught
upon the Republican organization at the
next State and National elections. Encour-
aged by he apathy of Republicans ir the
"oH year, selling the unprecedent finan-
cial 'tringency as d preteXt. and using as a
hoodwink the deep feeling among the ag-
rlcnltnral classes for better and cheaper
modes of transportation than now exist,
The Democracy,
under as many names as there are hungry
Demagogues eager for Office, is getting it's
self into readiness to become once more the
Ruling Party of the nation.
In the South A
the old Democracy of Secession and Rebellion
is being warmed into life by the apparent
reverses Republicanism has suffered in the
North. The election Of Allen in Ohio, the
triumph Of Tammnny in New York, and the
few desultory successes VIII ch have come to
Anti-Repubican tickets in various States
of the West ard Northwest, have inspired
the Rebels OF 1861 with the hope that the
day is dawning when the Lost Cause is to.be
turned into victory they failed to achieve
by means OF the bullet and bayonet. Already
R. N. t. Hunter. a former Senator from
Virginia. and member OF the Cabinet of
Jeff Davis, has published his scheme for the
virtual payment of
Four Hundred Millions Of Dollars fol-
the Emancipated Slaves Of the
... South.
The Richmond (Va) Wing and Governor
Gilbert Walker are urging this plan with
all persinacity; and there can be little
doubt that 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 warran. 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 it's instincts the South
will find it and its representatives a subser-
Went ally.
The Payment Of the Rebel Debt
is another scheme that is broadly limited q,
in many parts Of the South, and is without
doubt, one Of the projects to which the lead
ing Democrats of that section wou Id ad
dress themselves If the 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. -5I - E.... .G...'.
These are not fanciful issues. They are
real dangers, either to be me. face to face,
or else to be squelched in their inception
by the continued success of that org aniza-
ton which crushed rebellion, gave freedom
to the slaves and destroyed the slave-hold.
ing Coafederacy
THE FARMERS
know that the Inter-Ocean was their earli
est as it has been their staunchest anc warm:
est, friend. 1t is emphatical!y the organ
Of the people in the best sense Of that term
believing in the fullest protection Of the
rights OF the many against the encroach.
ments Of the few. 1t believes that all
chartered corporations should be hello
to be subsurvient to the power that
created them, and without an infringe
ment Of the just rights Of others it insists
and will continue to insist that all corpora
tons enjoying speciel privileges voted te
them by the people shall serve the people
fairly and justly, at = compensation allow.
ing at reasonable profit upon the aetxo
capital employed.
TIFF FAMILY.