The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-09-22
The Corrupt Republican Party.

The corruption which sprang up during
the war in every department of State, be-
came more bold and bare faced at its
close. Even to such an extent was it car
rled, that appointment to an office seemed
to give the officer license to make all hi
could out of if by barter, bride and down.
right theft. So corrupt has that party be-
come, so sly and adroit in their populations
that If even an honest man received ar
office ut their hands, he can hardly expect
| to escape the censure This fellow citizens
Tor his honest hard working countrymen
look upon the word Republican as synony.
nous with dishonesty.
Upon what grounds, then, can the Re.
publican party expect to continue in poweri
Is not every handwriting mechanic, every
honest farmer, tired of paying taxes, direct
and indirect, to keep such men in power
DO they not, these tyrants, levy their own
amounts and rule him with despotic pow
err Can they for one moment suppose the
honest intelligence of this country does
not know the arguments they advance are
nothing but the song of the spider to the
| fly, and can they imagine the people are
| foolish enough to believe that the election
| of Hayes to the Presidency would destroy
the concentration of the Republican
party. Is not Mr.. Hayes the creature of
Conkling, Morton and Hartranft, beautiful
trio and will he not be their tool? He
reform the Republican party Reforma-
ton in that party is like plunging n
drunkard in hogshead of "rot- quit
The only way to do it is to drown him.
The Republican party can never be reform
ed until the hydra with its many heads is
totally destroyed.
The principles of the Republican party
are power, extravaganza, plumber and de.
struction. What does the annals of this
party show in the high places.
The disgrace and censure of Vice
President. Three Senators prohting by their
votes. A late Secretary forcing balances
in the public account. A late Attorney
General disappointing public funds
A Secretary of the Navy enriching him
self by levied percentage on the profit
of the contractors. A Minister to Eng
land censured in dishonorable specula-
ton. The Presidents Private Secretary
connected with frauds upon the revenue;
and Secretary of War impcached for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
We might go on adintinitum !; for if all
the crimes committed by the Republican
party were collected in one great volume,
the Capitol of the U. S. States would not
hold it. And yet this party has the au-
dacity to claim that they are the only
party whose principles can ensure the pros
perity of the country. Is the country
prosperous 1t is under their administra-
ton. Arc its citizens growing wealthy and
happy2 Has the mechanic plenty of
work and good wages? Does the farmer
sell his grain to advantage; and pay light
taxes? Let any man look over the country
and see the condition of things and what
will be his answer to their questionable
StructiOn and ruin.
The true question which the people will
be called upon to decide at the coming
election is shall corruption continue in
power? If you destroy the power corrup-
ton will cease, and the country will again
become prosperous. We will not have
the wife and children of the mechanic
starving and the farmer unable to pay
the monstrous taxes imposed upon him.
w. II. D.