The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17
a STUNNING bIUW
Dealt the Democracy by Senator Nor
ton Last Friday Night.
His Great Speech at Indianapolis Z
Valuable Campaign Docur: lent:
Which We Would Advise Every Think
ing Man snd Republican to
Read.
Peruse Carefully, Consider Seriously
and Act Accordingly.

MI, NJ MOrtOn fDOke As IOllOWg.
Ao.in tho RsnubIic,r and nsm,c-,t;,
parties cohifont each o'hef In struggle 'o'
the control OF the government. The repub
lican party points with pr,de and satifac
,io, 70 II. record of bono,sb,s desds. ~
union pie7er'eu' slavery aooiisiien' u 'he
establishment OF equality before the law, tc
a government we'll administered, and to it:
,,;,o;,lo, ,s,l.,s with iuS,;os b,n,r;,v
-.
ana the advancing ci'iii.ation oi 'he age
Inc democratic party ASKING i's Past 70 pe
iofSot'eii' WIN no aieunient Al its t"'o, y
De drawn from history, comes III 'iie n!a7A "
REFORM processing superiority Vi PuI,.. any
relying only upon its generai assauii upon
the integrity ana patrio.isn VI rePupiicahs .L'
In such campaign, win sianoer As 'nt
chiei weapon rePupiicans must oe eHcusso
ii they speak Plalnly oi the Poh.icai ehar'
acter, history ana purpose oi iheif ahlaso
hlsts. =, ~,
III the oid wOfid shouiu peiie'e "hal ~
sald by the ieadersoi the iemocfatic party
by sham reiorm"fs' anu Inc
NIGHT RAVENS OF POLITICS,
they would conclude that the people of ths
United States are the most corrupt and de-
graded of all nations Of the earth claiming
TO be civilized. They would believe repub
mean government hopeie, iaiiu.e anu ou'
institutions 10 nave resr,'eu 10 'ota, ro,'el
ness aho prostitution. he Persohs " "ho.l
nave aiiuoeu, nave uo"e eve. 'niHs -
theif power 10 IeslrSy ths AmeIican nam ~
Al nome anu aol1au' anu 70 Piose 'na. w =
pe1pie are ihcaPHole u sen sovelhneh'
1hiy u'he Vi "ha' .ney P,oe,ah "eie u
iieveu, ou. goSernlhent ~ouiu na'e hc GIG!
IL III 'he hhSneiai eiieie5 y, E'ot ~
grafton Nouiu cease, anu .ne re''ises y
'hose VINO nave come 10 us iiom Apioa'
"ouio use all 'ne means III .heir Pc"sr
procure the return oi 'heiI erlins Aihure.
and Tepuphcahism ihlougnout tne "oii'
would surrender tne ias, nope IN we" M or ~
disastrous ia,iufe upon TINS con.ineh'. zap
piiy tne gooo sehse anu ihleiiisence u 'n'
lnhapitahts Oh Inc ~oria nave co"PrensnI nc, :
60 the ,rue character oi our ,nlamous !loe,
ers, ana the eood sense oi q, nmeica sianI
higner tnah ever 1icre. me ioui unu
'na' Souio uehie 'neii nee.' arc ePue,
Win ioathing ana contempt tha 'he eyes .
the loefty-io'ihS anu hofeiui PeoPie
other lands are turned III, Toward US more earn
estly than ever. Inc most 'enomous enc
miles, and those VINO deserve 10 DE
LAsHED THROUGH THE LAND
with a whip of scorpions, are the miserabl,
creatures who continually labor to cover oul
government with shame and disgrace in the
ewes of mankind.
Mr. Tilden- governor of New York. wa,
serenaaed the other evening in honor Of hi.
nomination for president by the democratic
convention, and in reply said:
"What next do We find in the public ad
ministration? Everywhere abuses, pecula
tions, frauds, and corruptions, until We are
almost becoming ashamed of the institution:
Of our country, and instead Of holding them
up as examples for the imitation of the op
pressed people OF other countries, we are
confessing them as scandal in the eyes oi
mankind. We find the ofice-holding class
have become go numerous, powerlui ana un
scruPuious that they they assume 70 c9n.ro
the elections, and II the people are inditier
ent or at all equally divided, are ilapie &c
exert corrupt influence sufficient 10 per
petua'e their own power. -.
AT last We are reaching the worst condi
ton OF the countries oil the Old world lhe
government no longer exists lor the people
the people exist only ior tne government
Our centennial product Is ihe evils, license
and wrongs 10 escape whicn ou, ancestor,
abandoned their homes In lhe oid Sorrd ano
planted themselves In tne wilderness.
The TACT that candidate lor Presiden'
should nave mace such . sPeecn, Is 'nt
strongest evidence tnat can Te @ proouced ol
our Poliucai desradalioh; Nheh ne say
that all business Is ruined, ana the Won /
az the door oil nearly every house III the
land, -
GAuNr AND HUNGRY
and tba, our centennial product ia the evils
license and wrongs TO escape which our an.
cestrv abandoned their homes in the old
world. he uttered ISLANDERS shameless and
enormous.
The nearest approach TO the condition OF
things he describes is to be found in the City
of New York under his own administration
in those democratic purileus and among the
people who gave him his large majority.
The CRYING evil of the day is a malicious
falebood Which covers alike the president
and The bumhlest citizen and permeates
nubr;c and nr;va,e life
So far from official morals deterioratine.
the nnbjic service becoming debaucbed'
and he copntrv st.nd;no on the brink Of
r,,;n I nronomrco ,bis and ali k;ndned st,,a-
menis which make nm the body and trim
ming of democra,ic nIa,forms and sneecbes
10 he unmitioated