Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-09-07
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. /, 1876.

days which preceded the war when
the mutterings of the storm were
heard all round the political horizon;
not in the darkest hour of this couL
try's peril during the stern conflict of
arms which followed; did ever Amer
lean liberties and American destinies
stand in such great hazard.
The thought is solemn it is awful
to contemplate, but it is true, and
the risk is imminent and the shock
is coming.
Said Democratic member of the
House to Republican representa-
tive, in the heat of conversation,
ave a0iU haze the Government, damn
yod in spite of you and yours, If not
by fair means then by the next best;
and when we do get il look out, that
is all
They want it2 What for For
power! For payment of the rebel
debt For reimbursement in full val
ne for every slave owned by South
srn masters aud freed by proclama-
ton.
A comparison between the man
who betrayed his country in 1861
and the man who now stands for
ward as the candidate of the Democ-
racy to-day, will not show any great
dissimilarity, Both have the same
smooth assimilation of manner,
both are trained and skilled in that
same school of politics which has ev-
or been the bane of this country,
which has in highest days of prosper
ity plunged it into war or diplomatic
entanglements They have ever re-
quired the help of their opponents to
rescue them in the political world
and when with full treasury they
have taken the reins they have relin-
pushed Thorn bankrupt. These are
not mere assertions, they are suscep-
tible of proof from printed records
of the country and are within the
reach of every reading man..
And now for slight look into the
letter cf the immaculate reformer
wherein he accepts tho high trust re-
posed in him.
Mr.. Tilden starts out from false
premise and consequently reaches q
false conclusion. He says, "The
present terrible crisis 10 the CONNER
cial and monetary affairs of the coun-
trv are due the blunders and reck-
less course of the present administra-
ton"
Are they indeed, Mr.. S. J. Tilden?
That assertion is just about as true,
and you Just as much believe it, as
you did the oath which you took to
the amount of your Income on that
memorable occasion which has passed
into history.
The true reason for the present
paralyzed condition of the moneyed
interests of this country is due to the
immense sums borrowed by yourself
and your clients, the railroad gam
bIors of this country, who to make a
show of your non-payiug lines IN the
market, borrowed, aud placed the
amounts to the last dollar in stocks
that did not pay-you knew you
could not pay-and then when the
interes,. became dino and the crash
came, you slipped out and left the
farmer, the mechanic, the widow and
the orphan to lose their last dollar
with calm unconcern. Am [ not true
in nv statement? Was not the fret
keystone in the arch-upon that day
whom all seemed serene-to fall q
railroad banking house; and it was
not until they had oil gone and Ia
ken the savings of tho merchant,
the mechanic, the tradesman, the
widow and the orphan that the coun-
try aroused found its credit in chaos
and it's energies psralyzed2
Again, you charge the high rate OF
taxation to republican rule and re-
publican policy. | challenge the
proof. Take Now York, Kentucky
and Maryland, three of your Demo-
cratic states where you have had the
sway-New York City-for the
State, for there you have cooked
your goose from time immemorlal:
and then take Mississippi, Louisiana,
and South Carolina, three States that
you and your friends are fond of
quoting as under Carpet-Bag, Scala
waq rule, and look in the Merchants
Almanac for 1873 and following, and
see how you feel over it. You will
not blush for you cannot; but you
will find tho lie branded upon you in
those pages that know no political
school, that serve no partisan ends,
and tell only stern truths.
The heart and soul turn sick in
contemplating the possibility of the
destinies of the country being confid-
ed to such hands
Great God is not the burden
enough to bear as it ISL With patient
care and toll the Republican party
has fought its way from amid the
breakers of civil war through the
shoals and quicksands of reconstruc-
ton with every obstacle placed in
their way by treaoherous enemy,
who has for fifteen long years been
trying in every way to thwart and
defeat them. No pledge has been too
solemn to be broken; political alli-
ance upon matters Of finance has
been impossible, on account of the
bad faith on the part of the Demo-
cratic party by legislative action at
home and influence abroad. Their
very leaders have been identified
with foreign capital to take advant-
age of any and every chance to drain
the life blood of the county, and by
tongue and pen to soil and disgrace
the heritage of their fathers.
Yet those who barred their bosoms
to the foe, who stood in tho red-hot
front of battle, who now walk the
earth Scared, manned, wasted by dis
ease, should be living campaign doc.
uments that through the eye TO the
brain teach an nnforgetful lesson.
And further yet, the martyred dead
who starved TO death in Rebel pris-
ons, 10 hope that their death might
not be in rain, have joined mar
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