Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-07
Governor of New York he fled with the

Governor of New York he fled With the
Secretary of State a message or niemoran.
lum in which he declared that there had
,ecn no appropriations during the. year
1916, whereas the fact is that thirty days
before he had signed reappropr,ation
bill for large sum; and five days bafore
lie had signed q reappropria,ion bill for
another large sum; and on the yeryday Of
he date Of the message or memorandum |
he signed two reappropriation bills for
The aggregate sum of 100000. As Gov
ernor of New York he made a Corrupt
agreement with the agent Of one Willard
Johnson, Democratic canal contractor,
he consented to hold (and did
lloldD until it should become a law by
lapse of time bill then IN his hands pro
viding for the payment ot $50, 900 to John
son on contract which he Crilden) lad
in State paper previously declared cor.
rupt, and upon which johnson had al
ready received three times the contract
price.
This is the leader, the standard bearer,
of the Democratic party. What Is the
party itself: 1t is the same party that
through Its chief, Buchanan, then Presi-
dent, declared that there was no power in
the constitution to coerce State back in
to the Union. II is tue same party that
through other Of its chiefs, tlen Cabinet
ministers, scattered the navy 70 the four
corners of the earth, corrupted the army,
and stole money from the Treasury to pre-
vent the use Of either for the maintenance
Of the integrity of the Upion. 1t is the
same party that through its chiefs in New
York City bowed the knee to tie British
Minister, Lyons, imploring him to coun.
sci his government to intervene in behalf
Of rebels in arms fighting against the ma.
ton. 1t is the same party that opposed
the constitutional amendments comforting
freedom aud suffrage and civil and politi-
cal rights upon the black men. It is the
same party that voted the war . failure,
and demanded peace at any and every sac
riflce of national honor. 1t is the same
party that in the last Congress discharged
manned and invalidcd soldiers Of the In
ion from the public service, and appoint.
ed in their place soldiers of the Confeder.
acy. 1t is the same party that in the last
Congress through its ex-rcbcl representa-
lives defended the atrocities of Anderson
vile, Libby, and Belle Isle, and through,
its Northern representatives applaudcd
the defense; aud us these two classes OF
representatives claspcd hands, with exult
ing shouts, over the graves of Union SOL
diers brutality tortured, cruelty starved, and
finally in cold blood assassinated, this
same Democratic party said, Amen! It is
the same party that massacrcd citizens al
Coushatta, Colfax, Vicksburg, New Or
leans, and Hamburg. 1t is the same party
that convlcts colorcd men of petty oflenses
that it may hire them out to their old
owners and taskmastcrs, to he beaten and
starved, chased by bloodhounds, and whip
ped to death. Is there any doubt that tht
Democratic party flhe nation is the bond
slave Of the Southern wing oft? Is there
any doubt that this Southern wing, once
in power, would make IF the ,Nationa
Democratic party a tool 10 nulllfy thu
amendments to the Constitution Is Their,
any doubt that it would find in Tildcl
that servility which has always been til,
price of Democratic success:
These are facts that the Inter Ocean ha
substantiated over and over again from
the day it was founded down tothc pres
cnt time. For its fidelity it has beeh scout
cd and rcviled as the "bloody shirt oryan.'
But there has never, during all this time
been wanting fresh evidences Of the di,
bol;cal purpose Of the late rebels, and III
though the Inter Ocean has Stood aior
among tho great journals Of the North
has never hcsitated, because there la
never been time since reconstructio,
commenced when blood has not fiowct
like water from the veins Of innocen
black and white men at the South. Blu
now there arc lcgions Of newspapers a
our. back. Their snccrs at the "blood
shirt" are turned u shouts ofalarm. Evcl
George William Curtis comprehcnds a
last that, while he has been crying peac
and good will, and Numbering over hi
civil-service hobby, hundreds-nay thou
sands-of free citizens Of the Republic
haye been basely murdered under the ver
folds OF the American flag, and that til
assassins are at large; and, worse still
that they propose to administer this go,
crnment.-lnter Ocean.