The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-10-12


These are but few Of the tie CAS- u the couu:
against Democracy. Its Shortcomings sbhs
In power would I'll volume. Atty one Of tbs
reasons given above ought to be sufficient TO
defeat its rresent effort TO gain possession Of
the Govern ment. We call upcI loyal citizen,
to do their whole duty in the prsseri ;truggie
and to defend the Union in 1876 :. s1seigGlly
as 1t was defended 10 1861.
Twenty Reasons Why the Republican
Party Can be Trusted.
The history of the Republican party may
justly be called the grandest chapter on hu
man government ever written By man IL the
old saying. "a friend in need is friend In
Decd" is true one, then the best friend that
the Union ever had is the Republican party.
1t sprang into armed existence to preserve the
Republic; 1t stood true to 1t through four
years Of bloody war; it has been loyal to its
best interests ever since. For the following
good and sufficient reasons it has a just claim
upon the gratitude and confidence of the
American people
1. The people called It into existence IL 1856
to protect the liberties of the nation against
the encroachments OF the slave power.
2. During the treacherous administration of
James Buchanan it stood between the nation
and those public enemies who sought to be-
tray it.
3. The people gave into its hands the ad-
ministraton of the Federal Government at a
time when Democracy had betrayed it and
armed rebellion sought to destroy it.
4. 1t resolutely set to work TO defend the
Government and preserve the Union 1t in
fused patriotism into the people, aroused
them to action, equipped armies, supplied
them with men and money, kept them ia the
held until rebellion was crushed, and enacted
such measures for the preservation of the
peace as the condition of the country de-
manded.
s. Throughout the period of reconstruction
1t displayed both wisdom and magnauinity,
and on the simple conditions OF justics to ali
men within their borders restored every
southern State to its original rights within
the Union.
6. 1t devised financial system that pro-
yded for the wants of trade, supplied the
Government with ready money to meet It's
heavy obligations, and which substituted cur
rency of uniform value for the old detective
issue Of State banks.
z. 1t devised and carried into effect a syster.
Of revenue by which the necessary taxes were
levied and collected without invading the
rights of any Que or disturbing the business
interests of the country.
3. Its collection and disbursement of the
millions of money called for-amountiug, in
the aggregate, to more than three times the
entire disbursements of the Government from
1889 to 1S6l-show official fidelity uneousled
In the history of nations. The reduction Of
more than 5000, 900 600 of the national debt IN
the face of reduced taxation Is commend able
in the extreme.
o. The adjustment of slavery, the pro.ec-
ton of the freedmen by giving then, the rights
OF citizenship, the establishment of free schools
throughout the South, entitle the Republican
10 la
friend of liberty.
10. Its support of internal improvements,
and the material aid extended to those great
public enterprises like the Pacific railroad,
which unites distant sections to the centres Of
trade and commerce, and opens to the tDiling
millions the rich fields of the West, commend
1t to all who favor progress.
IL. 1t founded the homestead system that
has given to tens of thousands of industrious
families free farms, and that still offers to the
toiling millions, without money and without
price, the rich lands of the West.
IL: 1t has labored earnestly to establish
and natfonaize free education by liberal doDs-
lions of land for school purposes, and has
zealously guarded the free school SUSTAIN from
those sectarian encroachments which from
time to time have threatened to destroy it's
usefulness.
Is. 1t has protected the workingmen of
America by the enactment of wise laws for
the protection of the products of industry
from the competition of foreign labor aud
has given practical evidence of its fostering
care OF their interests by reducing the hours
of labor.
II. 1t has made favorable treaties with all
nations whereby American citizenship has been
protected abroad, American industry en-
couraged, and the wealth of the nation in
creased. The opening of China and Japan to
the commerce CT the United States is due to
the wisdom and enterprise of the Republican
party.
Is. It settled, by judicious arbitration, the
San Juan boundary question, which had vexed
the nation for thirty years, and thereby re-
claimed to the country a valuable tract of land
that was considered lost.
16. 1t settled by friendly intercourse and
arbitration the disturbing questions growing
out OF the Alabama claims, and put into the
National Treasury the sum of SIS, 0OO, 900 in
gold as England's practical recognition of the
justice of our claim.
II. 1t settled, by the firmness of its policy
and the earnestness of its demands, the Span
ish complications, and received from Spain,
with pledge of peace and future respect,
an indemnity equal to the grievance COM
planned of.
Is. 1t has maintained peace with the whole
world through mastery diplomacy, and has
shown to all nations that self-goyernment
when wisely directed is equal to every emer-
gency that may come upon it.
~. Its authority has never been exercised
to the detriment of personal liberty, but
always in its defense. Its power has never
been abused. Its administration of the Gov
ernment has been at all times in favor of the
peoples interests, and under its mild sway
the nation has advanced in civilization and In
wealth as never before in a like period of its
history.
20 Its continued supremacy is vital neces-
sity. 1t saved the nation, and its wisdom and
courage and patriotism are necessary to pre-
serve it. To abandon the Republic to its for
mer enemies would be to invite it's destruction.
The measures adopted by the Republican party
for the safety and unity of the country need
Republican care and fidelity to continue their
effectiveness. They had their existence in the
face of Democratic opposition and would per-
ish under Democratic control.
A hundred reasons equally strong could be
given why the Republican party should be
trusted by the people. Its brilliant record is
the record of the nation during its most glo-
rious period. No man need ask: "What good
thing has the Republican party done during
the past twenty years % for the answer Is
found on every leaf of our history. The exist
ence OF the nation, the countless blessings en-
Joyed by the people, the perfect freedom
secured to all, are among the fruits OF Repub-
lican rule. No true American who loves his
country and desires to see 1t advance can be
unmindful of the debt of gratitude which the
-