Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-24

d0ned their homes IN the OlQ w Orlu
be uttered SANDERS shameless ant
enormous.
The nearest approach to the con
dition of things he describes is in tn,
city of New York under his own adj
ministrt ton in those Democratic
purleus and among the people wht
gave him his majority. The crying
evil of the day is malicious falsehooc
which covers alike the President anc
the hum lest cltizon and permeates
public and private life.
THE FIGURES.
1t appears that the losses during
Grants first four years were only l
26 part of the 81 1000 of what they
were during the second administra-
ton of Gen. Jackson; only 1-52 par
of what thep were during the admin
istration of Van Buren; only LIE
part of what they were during Blu
chanan's, the last Democratic admin
istration. The losses during Grants
second term, now more than three
years gone, on the $1,000 are only l.
46 part of what they were during
the administration of Jackson; 1-8l
part of what they were during the
administration of Van Buren,, and l.
26 part of what they were during
Buchanan's administration. These
figures which are mathematical de-
auctions from the iiemized accounts
taken from the books of the Treasury
Department, reveal the hideous char
acter of the lies which are being
poured upon the Government and the
Republican party. They show what
vast improvement has taken place
in the administration of the Govern
ment since the days of the "Glorified
Jackson" and how greatly the tone
and purity of official morals have
been elevated by tho Republican par
ty, and should silence with very
shame the s.croa4 crs" and libellers OF
the day.
During the last fl 1ca! year, ending
the 30th of June, 1876, the surplus
revenue was 500 249 600, which was
applied to the reduction of the ma
tioual debt. In the last en- years we
nave paid off $579, 423, 294 of the ma
tonal debt. On the 30.h of June,
1866, the debt was 81, 640,348, 600;
now it is in round numbers, $1,000,
925, 900. In 1866 the revenue de-
rived from Internal taxes was $780,
6,813. In 1876 it was 116,000,0 600
a reduction of nearly two thirds, or
nearly $200,000,000 per annum. This
does notebook like national bankrupt
cy and paralysis.
Contrast this with the last imbe-
Gle, slovenly and vonal administra-
ton of James Buchanan. Daring his
four years, in d time of profound
peace, the revenues fell short of the
ordinary expenditures, $75,2l7 119,
which sum was made up by loans
and added to the burden with which
the Republican party received the
Government in 1861.
WHAT 1T WOULD MEAN.
The success of Mr.. Tilden would
mean the success of tho Confederate
Democracy. He would o we his eloc'
ton chiefly to the South, and from
that section would come men OF
stern will and purpose demanding
and receiving recognition of theii
policy. The late rebels would swrrm
in the cabinet, run the departments,
command the army and navy, repre-
sent the government at foreign
courts, and find ten thousand ways
to punish the loyal men of the nation
for their humiliation and defeat.
To understand what Democratic
administration would be, examine the
controlling elements of that party
The man who expects that hungry
cormorants, long deferred expect
ant !, gangrened instigators of rebel
lion, the Northern sympathzers who
trod the narrow isthmus between
open treason and resistance to the
Government fighting for it's life, the
slave-drivers who have lost their oc-
cupation, and that innumerablo cara.
van of dead beats and Adventures
who compose so largely the active
list of the Democratic party, to be-
come the reformers of the land, must
be indeed the most hopeless ofidiots
ST. LOUIS CONVENTION
Let US consider briefly the compo-
sition of the st. Louis Convention
that passed this remarkable platform
and placed in nomination those dis.
tinguished reformers Tilden and Hen
bricks.
There was the old stakeholder,
with heart full of bitter memories
believing that emancipation was
robbery and his only hope of indem
nifty in the Democrat party.
There was the old agitator and sc
cessionist, who had hurried states
into rebellion and drafted ordinances
of secession.
There were officers and men tba,
had borne the Confederate flag upon
macy a bloody field, and who proud.
ly pointed to their rebel record as
their title deed to office and glory.
There were the members of the
rebel Congress at Richmond. who
had debated with closed doors the
question of the black flag.
There were the architects and de-
tenders of Belle Isle, Libby, hn6er'
sonville and Salisbury, scenes Of hor'
ror of which the Modocs in their Ia
va fortress had never dreamed.
There were the Northern sympa'
thizers aud dough faces, who had
waited and watched over the border
whose hearts and hopes were IN the
South while their bodies were in the
North.
There were a few Union soldiers
who had carried their scanty laurelc
to q Confederate market who're de
coy signals were scarce and in large
demand.
There was the sore-head Republic.
an, whose neglected claims for office
had shaken his faith 10 civilization
and convinced him of the necessity