The Morning herald., 1876-10-11
THE s'CLAlMS'' OF THE REPUBLI-
CAN PARTY.

claims? Not On the white people
of the South, for the Repub-
ican administration has inundated their
Legislatures and broken up their Govern
ments, and the Republican carpet-baggers
have added S2OO,OOO,OOO to the debts OF
the Southern Statas-debts which the
Democrats must pay. Not upon the black
people of the South, for it has arrayed them
in hostility to their real friends, their old
masters, and stolen their hard learned say
ings out Of the strong box of the Freed
mans Savings Bank. Not upon the tax
payer, for it has spent in the last six years
more than twice the original amount of
the National debt, and increased its esti-
mate for the support of Government dur
the present year, when times were hard
and threatened to be harder, by the enor-
nous sum of S55,000,0OO-a sum that
would have been eminently useful in the
illicit work Of the Republican campaign.
Not upon the reformers, for every State and
National Republican Convention for the
past eight years has Endorsed all the crimes
and corruptions Of the Administration; for
not one Of its countless pledges of Civil
Service Reform has ever been fulfilled; for
during the past six years the number of
Office holders has been doubled, there being
now more than 100000. Not upon honest
ofice-holders, because there have been
nearly 700 defaulters under the Grant Ad
ministration, whose escape from punish
ment has reflected disgrace upon all Office
holders. Not upon men who desire honest
government, for the defalcations Of the Ad-
ministration have amounted in the last six
years to nearly S6,000,0O0, and
the robberies of the whiskey
rings have amounted to between $5O,OOO,-
600 and $lOO,0O0,oOO. Not upon those
who desire specie payments, for not one of
the hundreds Of pledges of specie payments
has been fulfilled, and not one step has
been taken towards it. Not upon the peo-
pie Of the frontier, for their lives are i'm
periled by policy which supports the In
dian in constant warfare upon The whites.
Not upon soldiers, for they are held by a
Republican Secretary to furnish the black
mail which he demanded Of post-traders,
and his extortions, though exposed by a
distinguished General, were tolerated four
years longer. Not upon sailors or officers
Of the navy, because our navy has! become
the most extravagant and the worst in the
world, and the shadow of the corruption
of the head has been thrown over the
whole body. Not upon citizens who are
jealous of onr good fame abroad, for our
diplomatic service in Republican hands
has been disgraced by widespread corrup-
ton and almost invariable incompetency.
Not upon citizens who are jealous Of our
good fame at home, because a Cabinet
minister, convicted o. many corruptions
is still retained in his place; for in the
words Of Charles Francis Adams, corrup-
ton is everywhere prevalent in the Re-
publican organization; for every depart
ment of the Government has been dis
graced by exposure Of Republican corrup-
ton which has not been disclosed. Not
upon the honest voters Of either party, for
the only remedy. which it proposes for the
evils of our political condition is
The continuance in Office Of the men who
have, brought 1t about. No republic was
,yer before ruled by party SO corrupt, and
he time has home to hurl it from power.