Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-10-07
WHAT no TELL THEM.

Republicans ask why the Dem
cracy urge velorm, tell them that Il
. Republican President signalized h
entrance into the Office by gift takiI
! and appointing donors to lueFati'
offices.
Tell them that he pensioned his r.
latives upon the government 10 Lib
I manner, aud was IN the habit of givin
! his brother the wink when fat jo
was about to be engaged in.
Tell them of the San Domingo rim
by which the government came nea
losing $2,000,000 and did lose vas
amount in preparing for the job, il
which Governor Babeoek and other o
the Presidents friends were pecuniar
! lily enlisted
Tell them the story of Black Friday
BY which corrupt ring, consisting o
Corbin, the Presidents brother-in.
law, Babcock, Jay Gould, Jim Fisk
and others, attempted through the sub
Treasury of New York to control the
price OF gold by which the President
wife made $4,000
Tell them of the lawless usurpatiou
of the State governments Of the South,
! to suit the whim of his brother-in-law
Casey, and for other like unworthy
4 reasons.
Tellthem about the district of Colum-
bia ring in which Boss Shepherd was
manager, wasting millions of dollars of
the peoples money, in which Grant
was believed to be secret partner, as
Boss Shepherd is Grants confidential
friend.
Tell them of the conspiracy to de-
feat exposure of the safe burglary
business, in which Babcock, the Pre-
sident's private secretary was incul-
pated and is now being tried.
Tell them of the whisky ring, COM
posed of Grants confidential chums,
Mcdonald, Joyce and others, bywhich
the government lost a hundred million
dollars.
Tell them of the defalcation of Rad
ical office holders, by which, accord
ing to the showing of Secretary Bris-
tow last June, the government has lost
five million five hundred thousand
five hundred and ninety-fve dollars.
Tell them of the Radicals robbing
the trusting freedmen in their savings
bank of three millions of dollars.
Tell them of the Sioux war and the
Black Hills ring infamy, led by the
Presidents son and the son OF the
Secretary.
Tell them that the Administration
has expended in the last seven years
more than $4,000000,000, and they
would have spent thirty millions of
dollars more this year If a Democratic
House had not checked them.
Tell them that under the present
Administration $500, ,000, 900 have been |
expended on the navy, which, accord
ing to Admiral Porter, lis worth moth
ing as navy"
Tell them that in 1869 there were
ouly 81, ,267 Office holders which has |
been increased until the number now |
to "a, ,119, being an increase I
of nearly 10000 under Grant.
Tell them that the reconstruction |
policy of the Administration sending /
down to the South disreputable carpet
baggers and thieves has saddled upon |
the Southern States an enormous debt |
of over $194,000,000.
Tell them of the enormous railroad |
subsidies and land grants that have |
been voted away by Radical Con-
gress.
Tell them that the rich lands of the |
West have been squandered and that |
the Government is now paying the in |
terest on $64,000,0 900 of Pacific railroad |
bonds.
Tell them of the Credit Mobilier
scheme, by which thousands and mil /
lions of dollars were made by Radical |
the agents of the scheme |
putting money where it would do the |
most good--in the pockets otmembers
OF Congress.
Tell them of the fraudulent Secor,
McGarrahan, Chorpennlng claims, aud
others like them, by which the treasure |
of the country was to be stolen.
Tell them that the Radical party |
has ostracizee every prominent mem-
Der of the organization who has raised /
his voice against these corruptions.
Tell them it slew EOrace Greeley, /
sacrificed Sumner, laid Trumbull on
the shelf, sent Doolttle into retire
ment, and exalted Blaine, honored |
Chandler, reinstated Cameron, prefer
red Garfield, and made Morton a lead /
er-all the servile supporters Of the 1
administration and friends of the
rings.
Tell them that under Hayes we have
a promise of the continuation of the |
Grant dynasty, for Morton says the
Presidentwill be what his friends make
him, and the same corrupt men who
run Grant are foremost supporters and
controllers of Hayes.
Tell them that there can be no re-
form inside of the party for the Rad
ical orators are now proclaiming every |
where that we have the best and cheap
est government in the world.
Tell them that the leaders who con-
troll the party will not reform it, for |
they do not see the necessity for re-
form, and openly declare in their
national convention that the Admin
merits cOmmendation for its |
honorable work in the management of
domestic aud foreign affairs, and Pre-
sident Grant deserves the continued
aud hearty gratitude Of the American
people for his patriotism and his i'm
mense services in war and peace.
These are the reasons why the Dem
ocratic party demand reform, to the
end that taxes may be lighter, foreign
goods cheaper, that business may be
revived, that the currency may be made
stable, that labor may find employ
mcnt, that public immortality shall
cease, that honest men shall rule and
the people no longer mourn. For
these ends the people are moving,
honest and capable statesmen are
striving, and Christian men are pray
ing; and unless the people are given
over in the hardness of heart and blind
ness of prejudice to suffer for the sins
Of the rulers, the hand of the Lord
will surely bring relief the 9TH day Of
November next.-Iadiancpohs SIN
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