American citizen., 1876-09-30
THE HAYES PLATFORM.

THE HAYES PLATFORM.
An Administration Which Gov.
Hayes Approves and is Ex-
pected 10 Initiate.
The National Administration merits
commendation for its honorable pork
in the management of domestic and
foreign affairs, and Presijent Grant
deserves the continued and heart
gratitude Of the American people for
his patriotism and his immense SER
rices IN ,car and peace.
The above ia the most significant
plank in the Republican platform
adopted by the Convention which
nominated Rutherford Il. Hayes for
President. Among the most char
acteristic and important features of
Grants Administrations which in so
highly commended, are the follow.
ing:
rENSIONlNG RELATIVES ON THE
TREASURY.
II is notorious that Grant has
bur,lened the Government with the
support of all his worthless rela-
tives, most of those who are con
nected with his family by marriage,
by appointing them to Offices that
they were usually incompetent to
fill. His sOn Fred has been given
rapid and undesery ed promotion
for lettering in Washington, and on
his graduation from West Point
xas sent on a European tour at { 9
expense of the United States, in
violation Of army regulations.
UsURPING STATE GOVERNMENTS.
Twice President Grant, in utter
defiance of the principles of repub-
iican government. has without au-
shortly of law used the United
States al my 20 overthrow the legally
elected State government of Louis
lana. in order to Obl,gc his brother
(in-law, the notorious Casey, who
wished t. he elected United States
Senator. He wanted to do the
same thing in Arkansas but was
overruIe.i by Congress, notwith
standing his personal efforts to III
flueuce the membera.
|. THE wHIsKEY RINGS.
Since Grant has been in office
va, iOus whiskey rings, in consider
alton Of contributing liberally to
Republican election funds, and for
other considerations which Gen.
BabcOck could best explain, have
been permitted to defraul the
revenue 0s selling untaxed whiskey.
It is . moderate estimate to say
that moro than Ose Hundred .HIi,1 N
Dvllars have thus been diverted
from the Treasury by the Whiskey
Kings, all of which must be re-
placed by taxing the people. Mr..
BristOw was driven out of Grants
Cabinet for endeavoring to break
up these Rings and punish the
thieves who composed them.
RoBBING THE FREEDMEN.
The failure of the Frredman's
Savings Bank, with an Indebtedness
Of over &3, ,O0O, 900, has defrauded
over 10000 poor freedmen of their
little earnings, which they had
been induced to entrust with the
rotten concern under the false pre-
tence that il was q Government in
stitutiOn. This Wholesale robbery
Of poor negroes was mainly com
United by the most int innate per
sonal friends of the President, and
he could have prevented it had hp
wished 10, for tue Irregularities in
the management of the Bank were
fully exposed in the New York Sun
four wears before the swindiing in
stitution closed its doors. The Sen
eca Sandstone Company, in which
Grant was financially interested,
p participated in this robbery Of the
negro depositors in the Freedman's
Bank.
THE SIOUX WAR.
The hostilities conducted against
the Sioux, which have resulted in
the expenditure of millions Of dol
lara, in the Custer massacre, and in
q threatened outbreak of all the
Wild Indians in the North west, was
entirely unnecessary. 1t was caused
i,y q violation, from avaricious
motives. of q treaty made in 1868
This violation of o solemn agree
ment with the Indians was made in
order to afford some personal friends
OF Grant an opportunity to seize
aud speculate upon mineral tracts
aud town sites In the Black Hills
and for no other reason.
It was simply national infam,
for private gain. 1t
is believed that young John Delano
and Fred Grant were two of the
most active members of the Black
Hills Ring.
INCREASED TAXATION.
The expense of the United States
under Grant have been
beg Ond comparison for |
! time of peace. For SIX years of |
iis administration, ending June 80,
1873, the public expenditures have
to more than -Four 1hous
ind Million DO lars, all of which has
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