Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-14

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anything in the manner Of their selection
with which any can find fault, and there
there being no occasion for dissatisfac ction
and none for an alienation OF that candid
support which Is due from all factions ol
the party, we have = right to expect for
the ticket a cordial support from all who
professito be republicans.
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The Republican Convention Of this
county held here last week adopted an
excellent platform, which We repeat with
comments, because we believe 1t Is Of 50
much value as 70 be of State Importance
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Il WasasAs, L II 10: das to the Republican par.
ty that it, delegates assembled 10 convention.
make plai. statement Of principles to b
cherished, and Of purposes to be accomplish.
Cd, ~ therefore declare:
l. That upon the continued domination Of
the Republicsa Party depsnds the Perpetuity
II the Kovs. .amsnt OF the United States.
To all those who have watched with any
care the political movements in the
Southern States during the last two years
the fact stated in This resolution needs
neither proof nor elaboration. Numer'
cially the democrats are in the minority,
and yet they have controlled elections so
as to give them the ascendency in nearly
every State formerly in rebellion. OF the
one hundred and sixty four democrats
that will take seats in the next Congress,
eighty four of them were rebels against
the government There is deep signih.
cance in this fact-onc that should not
escape the attention Of any who prize the
liberties which this government stands
pledged to secure to its citizens. We
boast of the power ofthe ballot here at
the north, and we rely upon II as til" great
regulator which serves to equilibrate and
keep the opposing political clements in
such relation, each to the other as to main.
tain that exact equipoise Of public senti.
ment so essential to harmony aud good
government, but in the south the superior
intelligence of the whites enables them to
establish system Of surveillance by which
the blacks are intimidated, and thus kept
from expressing at the polls the convic.
tions which they hold upon questions of
local and general government. Were it
otherwise the states in which the colorcd
people hold a large majority Of the votes
would not now he represented in the
National Congress by the democrats.
It is Us natural for the negro to be
a republican as it is for him to breathe.
He was liberated by republican Presi.
dent. enfranchiscd by republican major.
ity,, and defended in the exercise of his
citizenship by republican Congress, and
he is essentially republican. If these be
facts (and they are) it can follow that the
democrats are in the ascendency in those
States only upon the hypothesis that they
have carried the elections by fraud, and
that their efforts are therefore subversive
of, and calculated to destroy the institu.
tions Of this government There is, there
fore, every reason to believe that the dem.
ocratic party is seeking the ascendency
in the north for the purpose Of carrying
out the evident intention of their friends
in the south, to disrupt the ties that hold
US together. and deluRe again, the land in
fraternal blood. The recent massacre of
nearly 100 negroes in Mississippi, by the
democratic leaders, is evidence Of the
spirit which pcrvades that party through.
out the entire south, and when we remem.
ber the dark days of the rebellion, when
democrats met at Chicago and declared the
war tailure-denounceti the continuance
Of the struggle by President Lincoln as
monstrous, and demanded peace upon
any terms, we cannot avoid the conclu.
sion that the same feeling which prompt
ed them in those days exists still, and that
nothing is wanting but An opportunity. to
bring it to the surface again as promi.
nently as it appeared in 1854. The dom.
ination of the republican party: Is essen-
tial to the continued perpetuity of the
Union, and the institutions to which it
has given rise. =.
2. That The public debt should be disohsrg.
cd - rapidly - It may b consistently With
prisss. That the pubic faith be kept invio-
late. and every premise made bv The govern.
mont be sscredly folnled.
In the time Of its distress the govern
lnent found friends at home and abroad
who had confidence in its stability and in
its integrity. To those 1t appealed for aid.
and the appeal was not made in vain.
Money flowed into the Treasury from all
sources, until there was no lack Of mate
rial resources. Next in value to that feeling
ofholy patriotism which prevaded the mas.
ses of the north, and wrought itself out into
magnificent deeds, was this material aid
which came to US in unfalling streams, and
now when we arc prosperous and able to
discharge our obligations, we arc asked to
meet the promises which We made in the
time of our adversely, This Is right, and
we should show that We were in earn
est when we promised to repay whatever
We might obtain, and that We would do il
in = specified way, and within limited
time. We arc now asked to fulflll our
pledges, and II We would do it, we mus,
retain the control of government. The
democracy sustain no party obligations
on account Of the war debt, and they have
no sympathy with the occasion which
gave rise to it, nor will they do anything
TO preserve the faith pledged by the ma:
ton to make good the loan.
Then let us see that the estate docs not
pass from our control until all the trusts
growing out of it have been faithfully ad.
ministered. If relegated to their control
the Democratic party will mover do us
JUSTICE, and they should not be trusted.
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