The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-09-20
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WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 20.
The Campaign.

government. Party lines are being drawn
with a yividness scarcely known In po-
litical contests. But there Is In the strug-
gle now going forward, something Inn
nitely above mere party supremacy.
as understood in the earlier days
OF the Republic. The Republi-
F, can party has had control OF
! tbs government for Is years. long enough
to demonstrate it's capabilities and it's pur-
poses. The people are now called upon to
pass Judgment upon It's policy aud achieve
ments, its follies and its crimes. IL was
proiuse In its pledges-sn have been orok-
en-. Nothing could exceed the moekery OF
its sincerity in its profession of devotionsto
the well being of the people, and events
have proved beyond cavil, that the pur-
pose was to deceive. The Republican
party is to-day conspicuous for lying, for
thievery, for frauds imp aralleled, for cor
ruotion unmeasured and for schemes to
rob citizens of their rights by the employ
ment OF military force, well calculated to
arouse feelings OF bitter hostility and tc
accomplish the destruction OF the peace
and prosperity OF the entire country.
and vensl r .dicsl parry make no efforts
to explain away the multitude OF crimes
that have been fastened upon it. They
wear the brand of thievery with as much
complacency as hit were sdiadem, and with
AN effrontery that should make the devil
blush, ask the people 70 retain the guilty
party in power. For ten years the
Radical party has put forth Its energies
to throttle progress and bankrup the PEG
pie. To accomplish this infamous work.
Offices of the highest trust and interests
OF the most vital importance have been
confided TO notorious scouudrels, who
have been retained in power long after
their crimes were made pubic, and the
people, with united voices had ut
tered their condemnstions. IL has been
the policy of the organs and orators of the
Radical party, as official stealings were ex-
posed and piled up until, like mountain
range, frauds rose above frauds with ele-
yations of scoundrelism as conspicuous
as Pixies Peak or Chin borszo, to
divert attention from the importsnceo of re-
form, by appeals to the passions
of she people, to secure re-
viv6l OF the animosities incident
to war, to obliterste all evidences OF
peace, aud fraternsl feeling, aud to create
everywh here In the broad land, discord,
strife and blood. By such appeals the or
CANS and orators hope again to mislead the
masses, but the people demand peace.
they desire q revival of business, and they
have long since determined upon
an honest administration of the
government. Thousands of Re-
publicans are satisfied, notwithstsnd
ing the declarations of the msndscious
tramps who outrage truth and falsi'y cur
rent history, and who are encouraged and
applAuded by a venal and debauched
press, that tie country mas been
robbed OF millions, and that the men
who are directly guilty and those
who apologies for their crimes ought
not to be entrusted with the work of
reform. Iu few days B. h. Brstow is to
speak in defense of this party in Indian
apols. He will, while he bears about
upon bis political person, the black and
blue spots as evidences of the official kicks
bestowed by bis master, the president,
plead for continuation of party in
power whose sppointees from 1869 to June
10, 1876, according to bis own re-
1888, and this amount, be it remembered,
does not include the millions stolen by
corrupt officials, who combined with the
whisky rings and smugglers to defrauc
the governments, and who succeeded at the
lowest estimate In securing $50 000. 600 of
the peoples money. Such facts as these
are doing the good work of giving to the
centennial campaign q loftier significance
than mere party triumph or defeat; and it
Is the determ alton of r publicsns who
are superior to the appeals OF such
demagogues Is Morton and Harrison to
cast their votes for Tilden and Hendricks.
But the figures We have given above
represent but a fraction of the financial
wrongs inflicted by Radical officials. The
facts drawn from oficisl sources, and that
can not be refuted, develop an amount of
squsnderiDg calculated to startle the
most stolid voter in the country,
and only those whose obtuseness
Is the result of msligni y. fail to compre-
hendshe infamy OF the rsoord. This re-
cord shows that from 1889 to 1860 the ex
pendItures Of the United States govern
ment for the army aud navy, for Indians,
and for miscellaneous purposes, exclusive
of interest on the public debt and pensions.
were 20 follows.
Army tF4s 9l2 6212
navy. SiI.6 90lI0d
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