Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-03
TO THE VOTERS OF LEWIS AND
CLARKE COUNTY.


n CLARKE COUNTY.
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- The following il the Address II
sentcd to the Peoples Meeting
Colonel Alex. NJ. Voolfolk, CHARM;
OF the Committee OH Address, on t
- evening OF the Esd instant, and unal
mousiy adopted. 5saa ! aaa
J.R. BOYCE, ST., Chm.
L. +. EVANS, Sec'y. ~
IN ttfEa5
II TILE ADDRESS.
Fcllor Citizeas The issues til;
have divided parties in the pa.
' have ended. When in the last Pres
DENTAL campaign the great Democrat
party nominated Horace Greeley.
;. lifelong Republican-a nomination G.
peclally urged 10y the Souther
wing Of the Democracy-and the r.
publican party nominated Z. s. Grant
who had been pro-slavery Dcmocra
ana a Slavc-Owncr, it was Il concession
upon both sides that the issues OF til
war had been settled, and even il
embaterments forgotten. . Ext
AS is usual when no vital issues al
: vide parties, the contest. has ceased II
De one OF principle, and has become
simply u scramble for Office. Ealnes1
and true mcnretircin disgust from tb<
arena Of politics and their places :,r<
nilcd by lot of hungry cormOrants,
who Jostle each other III the struggle
for power and pelf.
Each party exposes the depravity of
the other, and furnishes inluhita.
proof that co. rlI tioa is spreading
INTO almost every department. Of the
government and every avenue of pub.
, ilc life. Our leading Representatives.
NJ Congress suddenly grow to be wortl,
their millions. Public lite is beco,nir o
highway to fortune, instead Of ne,
cessltatmg career OF honorable poy-
efty, as III former days. EVERYWHERE
rnrrnrf 1t rings and monopolies prey up
OIL tue Industrial lnltIcSlB OF tl,,,
country-Clayton & Co., in Arkansas:
Moses & Co, in South Carolina; San,
born & Co., in New York; and 'SlleD-
herd y Co., III Washington, have in
turn startled the country by their bold
and inscriptions disregard Of every
principle Of .!a3 honest. s;.ia, and ''efGI8d1t
parallel in the better days Of the Re-
public, and only find their counter
part in the shameless fobberies OF
Tweed & Co., in the democratic city
of New York. t5.
The good men Of the country are
everywhere clalnorous TOR reform, but
no reform is possible while undeltak-
ell through the agency Of present po-
litical organizations. Party lines only
serve to divide good and true men upon
dead issues; while demagogues and
ofice-seckcrs use them as q means to |
worm themselves into positions oil
honor and profit. g&E.
In our own Territory tlicrc IS an at |
tempt to array our citizens
against each other, through the !
agency Of Democratic and Republican
Conventions. Both Conventions will |
pass a string Of glittering
generaiities - favoring rctrenchment
and reform, and protesting all the
virtues Of the DscalOgue. But, shall
the good and true men Of Montana
suffer themselves to be longer arraycd
sgainst each other by mere party lines,
when there are SO many vital issues to
be met p Shall we remain the plant
tools Of scheming politicians, blindly
voting the tickets prepared tor us, or
shall we assert our right to elevate
principle above party, and sacrifice |
prejudiceiupon the altar Of true reform
Blind, indeed, are the votafies of party
who continue to worship amid the i
ruins Of its temple, even after the altar
las been overthrow auki'the god has
1e1,arte3! t--z= -. Y - t.FnJ,
1t is idle to vote resolutions in favor n
If retrenchmcnt and reform, unless we |
axe the necessary steps to accomplish
Iuch Il result. The Democracy con- /
.1olled for years the county Of Lewis,
ind Clarke, and involved it heavilyin |
lebt. Although burdensOme taxation {
vas imposed upon the people, yet, u.ed
evcn,les were dissipated With but few Il
results, aud = large publici
lebt was also created against the t
ounty. The Republican party came /
0 the rescue, pledged to retrenchment,
nd profnsc in its professions and I
Promises. They have prOvedy ,howev
+, simply new swarm Of hungry {
les, equally a. bad as the first, and q
u tle, first day of September last had 6
welled our county debt to @14S, $50 30.
he debt now amounts to over one G
nndred and sixty thousand dollars. d
With taxes growing heavier every
ear, and o4r county indebtedness Q
ally increasing, with. interest alone b
ccathulatiny upon as at therate Of a
lore than twenty thousand dollars Il
er annun, there, is nothing ahead of o
s but Insolrcncy or Reform. s..
! It fs idle to look to either OF the no Il
ticsl parties, with their swarms
hungry politicians, for any substan- d
ri reform. True reform can only 4
,me from the people. Te.accomplish n
the people must act through some 81
ew politiual organisation, springing Il
irectly from themselves, But before ffs
,teriDg upon 4 system Of retrench- ii
ent sald aef3u1 sw6must FIRST ascersi D
lin the cause Of our increasing in a
ehtedness- We must first find thoi e
ahly b1fore ws can stop4heln. III In
Our criminal docket is ono pf The Il
ueet SOURCES OF expense 70 ns-s The Il
rpensoe caused by ear Ps0bato aud fcs