The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-07
THE ADDRESS TO DEMOCRATIC WORK.
INGMEN."

Our democratic friends, Tuesday morn.
ing, made most alarming discovery, 1t
being no less than that an address, or p
peal to democratic workingmen' had
been Issued and circulated through certain
portions Of the town or, as they put it,
that the "quariie, had been flooded with
it. Indgnation is no word to express their
feelings at this wonderful discovery. The
language hardly has word strong enough
to express that feeling. Loud was the
talk relative to the intimidation and
6 terrorism" tempted to be exercised
by the republic a1s, whom. in their frantic
excitement, they coma ed to the white
leaguers and ku-klux of the south; al d
many, if net all, of them went to their
homes at night, thoroughly imbued with
the dea that If the democratic patty could
only be restored to power the whole Q pull
lean party would be in S ate prison, both
under The emf r' ement laws of congress
and the conspiracy laws Of our own state.
Terrible state of Faffairs, truly! Almost
jusl6es another rebellion, does it notP
Let us exa niue this address, or appeal,
and see what there is of it. AS literary
producti n, it must be confessed that II
was somewhat crude, the n'ences thrown
togetter somewhat disjoiL teddy, and, as a
whole, ref citing no pat Gu ar cred on
the scholar ssip of the distinguished author,
whoever he may be. But it cont aims con-
siderable truth AID, with the exception OF
an extggeraii n or two, facts which vole''
ought TO understand. 1t opens vi Ii tn,
advice to "dsmocra,io workingmen" to
think carefully before voting. Anythioe
very alarming about this ? 1t strikes us
as most excel en-, advice, whether addressed
to democia ic or repnb lean working
linen" pr any other class of voters, and
we would that every CT I'm would heed
the advice before casting his vote in ma
tnnal, s ats or town cleo ions, or in nomi-
natlug C invent ons or primary meetings.
The first PROPOSE ion is, tina. tie work
ingmtn "talnot afford to pay any MOI G
taxes" True isn't il? Ia any eve I
the ST L uis plalf 'rm, as well az G vernon
Tild Ms Il tier. In argument, 1t is sta ed
that three or four hundred of millions OF
dollars will e added to the national ,bt n
the payment Of southern war claims, if t G
democratic palty is restored to power, and
thst II vote for the democratic ticket MT ans
this. Tnis statement, as well as the state.
ment tn t bi is now ia the democr iC
hous, of representatives $50 pay all the ex.
penses of The war which the south made,
may or may not be somewhat exaggerated
but the fact is substsl TALLY true. b lis IRE
alre, dy pending for the psymelt of ovel
ole hundred mi lions of dollars OF Il est
war Claims, all introduced by democrats
and that party is in possession of Only or
branch Of congress. Restore them to full
power, give tnem all departments of thu
government, and Dies any one d)ubt ,ha
four hundred millions of these cl im
would be ided to the naional deb? Sucl
a result would surely follow, only TO enc
In double federal taxation or the repuoia
ton OF the entlie debt. III this would bt
the result of democratic success, and ther.
is no II ,onable doubt but that it would
is not this the M aiming of vote for thu
democratic iioke
The second proposition is, that the dem
ocracy, under the pretsnce Of economy
have 'shut down public works all over tn,
Country while spending millions in in
vestig,ions. True isn't it, except the ex
aggeration relative to The amount exptnd
ed in Investigations Whether true o
not, the claim is put forth by the democ
racy itself, Il these reduc ions have beef
made by the democratic majority in thu
house in spite of the opposition OF Tepub
lican senate. Had the democracy teen ii
I" they might" as the address has 1t shaw
set Thousands Of men at work on tn,