The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-02-24

with an onexampied credit n the G.
naoejal circles Of christsndou. H.v.
We = surplas to-dayi Aud who con.
tepds for tho "rrocd privilege j.
lending rs money! Tho Sec, etsry -
tbe 1'rsasury-.he f,st man sioee IN.
drew Johnson's Minister, NJ. McCol
loeb, who has filed that Office dur;n,
the last decade without excitio, A.
onco tue distrust aud tho derisiou ~
tue whole well.iotormed financial com.
mnnitv Of America-tie Secretary a,
,he Treasury to-day comes forward
and announces an impending deficit Of
TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for tia
cur eut fiscal year and Of FocrY x:L..
IONS or DOLLARS for tue uexs 6sca,
year 10 come!
TIE city OF PATS, after rassi.,
,a,oc:;b The uueAampled trials of tie
g. eat aud unsuccessful war Of 1870
with Germany, comes fo' ward DOW
aud asks for loao. il single DIV
FosTY-.wo riMss rHE AMOUNT ASKED
FOB - suBsc.IEEp. Where are the
f|uaociets who compete for tho last au.
tho, izetl loaD Of tue U1iied St.,.ss OF
AMe,icaa
A decade ago The Radical Republ:.
Can party insisted upon lsying.v:o.
lent hAuds upon the machinery Of
the Ame! lean Government. 'sThev
we're the people" in the language Of
Scripture, and not wisdom" only
but virtue, honesty and power should
de with them. They had their will
of US. They have had their will Of
US eve; s:,ce. They have their will
oi US sill al this hou". Though The
e;et.o 5 OF the United States il No.
vem3e.' last rose and set their braid
upol these ua;aithful stewards il
letie;s offre; though to-day the Rae
ical Republican leaders in the SenS;e
aad the House of Representatives,
and the Radical Republican Presi-
dealt in the White House, stsad sig
ma; ;zed before the whole world Is
repudia;ed, scorned and denop.s ed
by En- overwhelming majority Of the
honest voters OF The Union, yet they
persist and persevere in wield;ay
with unabeshed impudence The powe,
which is but conyeationally and tech.
nic:!!y the; 3 10 the open thwartioS
Of the nat;on's Will, and 70 the opea
pe,petuation Q; policy which the
na;io, hes condemned.
What is there left IL The U.:;:sd
States for th:s party to degrade I'D
destroy2
They have degraded The Preside1-
cy. They have fixed AID kept il the
seat Of Washington, of Jefferson, OF
Madison and Of Jackson, a man who
has openly made traffic Of his pa
,oaage, openly scandal;zed The de-
teIc es of life by his personal habits,
openly tramplcd under ;;oos The sr.. z.
aatees Of the Constitution and of he
lsws 70: The purpose o;p,otec,iay
rog1es in their Ioguery and luiiiass
il their rrffialism. UoGe: what p. e..
v:ous President of the United Sss.ss
b: We sus b persons as Shepherd sad
Cs.ey: Kellogg and Leet been her q
of or 50 much as imagined?
They have degraded the jcdicisry.
Uade. what previous administrator
Of our Government have scch pc
sons as a Busted and q Darell bcel
suffered to drag the Federal ermils
through the mile Of the stress
They have degraded the ssmy.
Under what previous Executive have
indicted scamps Ike Merrill bccl
suffered 10 fiauns their epsulettcs in
the light of day, and braggart blaa-
derers like Sheridan been hs::edw:,h
applause by the officials Of The Fede-
raj Cab; ae.?
And now they have lsiG the va
tons c.cdis in The dcsi; aid e::.e..s
palsying the resources Of our nobless
and most productive States by 5
shameless policy Of outrage deliber-
ate|y directed 70 the development Q!
disorder, they now confront the e.
hausted industries Of Che whole ne
ton with the appalling prospect OIL
national bankruptcy!
And these men, with Giant in ths
White House and Butler in the Cap.
tol, are now openly and impudens!y
plotting further and forcible COZ.
troll Of the country which in single
decade they have thus brought doWl
from It's high place among the ns-
lions, thus plundered, thus disgrscd
and thus made to be a scott ag end !
reproach throughout Christeadon !!
I'm. Y. World.