, 1874-03-29
s,ucloE or THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Translated from the Staats- zeiftn9 Or AdTeh -.
The United States Senate has sealed the DIS
grace Of tue country by giving its consent 10 1he
actiop of the House Of Representatives. lncreas-
np the national forced loan from S356, ,0oo, ,ooo to
s4O0 900 OO0 The only question between tne
two Houses is now the settlement Of the "orou'6
Of the aforementioned determination; as TO 1ts
substance they are agreed All the stock-ooa1o
cheats sHindlers, and spectators Of the lano arg
rejoicing; all honorable men, vino Ind pelleSeo
that the Republic would deal fairly and without
evasion with its creditors, mourn over thls als~
graceful crime against the honor and prosperity
Of the nation. They say to themselves thas tnls
first step on the road to ruin Will necessarily
draw mnnv others after it, and that the actioa o1
Concress is likely to drive the finances OF tao
United States on those Shoals and rocks on
which Austria suffered shipwreck
To try to cure s1ck headache by dnnklng
1 brandy is q folly which no man OF SOUND sense
would commit yet it is just the stupidity "aicn
Congress- has committed when 1t sought 10 DIN"
1ah the deep misery into which mad specn1a1lon
with fictitious values has plunged the counle:
through new dc1uging Of the country VIII BULL
| fictitious Values :.
An increase of the representatives. ol Saioo -
not an increase Of values but 1t gives r1se ~ Ill
appearance Of such increase, since II snor'en
the measure by which tuey are measured II
| Congress we're suddenly to order tnas sAio-
| stick should be only thirty inches long, 8ppat-
eotly, 1000 yards Of cloth would be enaneea nto
1900 that is, the same quantity OF clotn "n,en
| vas formerly called 1000 yards would Dc oa'ieo
1900 but.sti1l there would not Do an mcn iAole
Of it. Thus au increase of the amount u pape' ~
from 1856. .ooO, 600 to 34o0, 900, 900 will sc
t
ao1lara will only have the same e1
- oSanaa ra,na that 100 did before. II
other words, apparently, all commoo1ue'
VI, ho ao.rer and it is thus that they hope te
breathe new life into trade and commerce. oos
ing AMI selling-to cure the heaoacne os ne" ~
to1ication. .;4oa :,
democrats and Republicans have united
about equal proportions TO casry ous tnlo ~:
hsppy determination; but the apecia' resp w,
b,,;itv falls upon the Republicans alone' ~ ~.
have decided majority in both HOUSES "a oon
cress, and they were pledged, by thelr parry ~
rramme, to vote against every measure 1n1o1t,
.t;.,, +he road to restoration Of speech payment
Was abandoned. They have commneea a pa1
+roacha1v to thei1 platform OF 1868 and 1877. an
have declared themselves to oe q paa'f - ~;
gatfn1 If shame and honor as the Democfos
nsr+v nf twenty years ago, when the
ado1tad the Nebraska bill. The Democrat
narty then departed from the solemn pledges
it's platform OF 1852. and thereby dug its o" ~
! cTaye. The Republican party has now done tt
same thing, BY faishless treachery to its on on
teachinge and promises. That which now bea' M
the mans Of Republican party is nothing MOI
: than an organization composed Of mass II
; strained from deep thought by ris 'neTt'G, az
held together through the greed anu saa.ss -.
tricky politicians in order to plunder the feae1'
Treasury. .....-
Even as such, it may, like the Democratic par
t in 1854 carry another Presidential election
!. long IS no aistinctly-dehned new party stands M
, .ous ss;t;on Whether such d party will con
iato lite by 1915 is hard to say 1t 1athsr loo
= H. 1ent nativ1stic Temperance movement ? won
= atand in the way Of the creation OF ne" ns''o
!. al party. .....