The Russellville Democrat., 1876-10-12
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being an increase of about forty thousand in six years only of Grants Administration. Many of these render no service to the country, but are merely political pensioners on the treasury, who in return for the money they draw are expected to work for the per petuation in pow CT of the corrupt Republican organization. It is this immense army of placemen who seek to usurp the control of our government. leaving the peo- pie no voice in the conduct of af- fairs. It is the office holders who constitute and manage all Repub- lican nominating conventions; it is the office holder who dictate the policy of the administration i; it Is the office holders who con duct political canvasses, and are relied upon to manipulate, and if necessary to falsify election re- turns. MT. Hayes, in opposition to the old Democratic principle of rotation in office, winch has al ways been held to be the only eff fectual barrier to the creation of an office holding aristocracy, pro poses to give life tenure of office to these men, and thus render them entirely independent of pub lie opinion. This will account for the enthusiasm they manifest for his election. All os these office, holders, on the occasion of every important election, are com pclled to contribute money for po- litical purposes, and thus enor- nous corruption funds are raised to use against the people who wish to reform the government.
 GRANTS RECoNsTRUCTIoN Poll CY.-This has consisted of depriv- ing the people of the right of self government interfering with troops to carry elections for the Republican party, and nulifying the will of the people as express ed at the polls when the result was unfavorable to the rule of ig- norance and corruption. The public debt of nearly all the re constructed States was campara- tively small at the end of the war; under negro and carpet bag rule it was rolled up to an aggregate of over One Hundred and Ninety
 
 Four million Dollars, while the taxation for local purposes has of ten amounted practically to con fiscation. An immense number of farms, as well as large tracts of unimproved lands have been seiz- ed and sold by the sherifis to sat isfy the insatiate greed of the plenderers who have represented Grants administration in the South, and who have succeeded in impoverishing the owners of vast portions of the most produc- tive territory in America, thus ruining best market for Northern manufactures that there is in the world. The present policy of Grant and the men who are man. aging the campaign for Hayes IS to rekindle the sectional animosi ties which are dylng out both North and South; to incite race disturbances, disorganize labor. and put those of the southern people who have redeemed them selves from the rule of the carpet baggers back into q territorial condition where they will be help less to protect themselves from utter ruin. Of course the success of this policy would be disastrous to tue financial interests of the whole country; but the onice-hold CTS who control the Republican party, and who would control Hayes should he be elected, care nothing for that. It is their own interests they arc looking after,