American citizen., 1876-10-21

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6uk,d :setd arrest. Il. The spff-I:ng
WHITES Of the South may lit their
'.ea,ls to greet the dawn of a better
lay for them as well as fhe Nation
IT large. The colo. ed ciliz II may
share he genera joy that Ire will
sooD cease te te the stcck in trade
of corrupt politicians, ut sha!. en-
Joy his riehtful liberties and his
equality before the law amid uni
eIsal good viii. AS for the re
fOrra Democracy, to whose stand
ards victory has been tied wi, Ii all
her garian,.S on, it only I, mains ter
hem to welcome every ally, every
'riena, close up the racks and
press ON, shoulder to shoulder, uu-
der tlie banner and with the one
watchword-reform. Fellow citi-
z ms, peace between all re tions,
prosperity in all our homes-oi
these you have been for years de
prived, by the mistaken solicitud..
of patriotic Republicans played up
Oh Ey selfish and corrupt leaders
who have kept waral tire dying EN-
bers of civil strife in 0i der TO es-
cape.tbe Inspection of the trusts
wii h they have betrayed. For
eleven years you have had the
name of peace, but at no time have
you had the substance Of peace. In
ieu.thereof you have had the grind.
ing taxation and.wasteful exp l.
tufe of war. Jest before every
eloc ion every year you have had
the preaching of a new crusade
aeainst a section atterly deftate ed
i'll war and anxious only to be com
pletely rcooneised in peace. Fui
eleven years tire power of the men
who have seSze1 away the Con
troll of their party from the hands
of its stateslnen aud founders
has been supreme in almost every
department Of the Federal Govern
ment. Discarding the hopes OF
prolonging their domination by be,
niflcent pubic measures, they have
created and traf1icked upon pubic
calamities. The policy they adopted
has bcen worked out. Its flilure
has been a5solute. In place OF past
performances these sanre corrupt
and selfish leaders nowiproffer prom
ises already broken as their titles
to further trust. Having prostra:ed
our manifold industries by vast ag
gregatcs and the worst methods of
Federal taxation they now again
solicit Your confidence as insfru-
ments of retrehchlnent ard reform.
Having slebauched the pabitc ser.
vice, and having just HOW in the
face of open day assessed their arm,
0f l0O, 600 officeh0!ders, the peoples
paid By the peoples taxes,
in order to create immense cOrrup-
ton funds to Illustrate the peoples
will, they now profess TO be cham
piuns of civil service reform. Hav-
ing imposed upoD the Southern
States the rapacity. fraud an;! pluE.
der of carpet-bag government; hav-
ing almost ruined the prosperi of
The North by destroying the pros
peri;y Of the South, and having
treated terror, uncertainty and con-
fusion in all the productive indus
ries of the South, which furnish
most of the exports of oer whole
cUunrry, keep in motion the con-.
nerce and manufactories of the
North and East, and furnish a mar.
set for the agricultural products of
the West, they now propose by
OF the same fatal policy 10
Drolong their own power, in the hope
If concealing their misd .eds, and
.or this purpose they do not hpsi-
ate to renew the cry of intolerance,
20 revive the dying memories OF
'raternal strife. aud to appeal to the
ears and prrjudiees of the timid
md ignorant.
Fellow citizens, these men and
heir measures have thus complete
) failed. Oppressive taxation, an
exhausted South, an impoverished
Nor,b, tiuctuating currency, the
N erprise of an Industrious people
Ocked fast in the paralysi of hard
imes-such is the outcome Of their
POLITICAL policy; such are the
of their long suprem-
ICY. Your ballots in November can
lone dictate a change of measures
'ad a change of meH. Shall not the
IprIsiDg of patriotism along the
1alley of the Ohio 60 on to CON-
'lete and beneficial rcvolatiou in the |
Administrations of the Government
t the United States? Will you not, |
y the Voice of overwhelming una
orities at the polls, proclaim your
nvincible faith. afi er all these years /
( corruption and passion, in the ]
Ugh, immortal principles of Gov:
rnment by the people iu simple
honesty and strict economy as the |
ui,reme wisdom of public policy,
II justice as the mother of power,
IId in civil freedom as tic hallow-
ID end of a true Republican uation-
liry? Will you not bald up a
lew prosperity for all the people
N the old foundations of American
elf goyerRment, on peace, recon-
iliation and fraternity between all
ectiDns, classes and races, en-
raced within our system of Amer
;an commOnwealth; on frugality
nd economy in all governments;
n the honesty and purity of the
administration, and having los;
our prosperity through gov IN
rental misrnle, regain that prosper
y through governmental reform
We commit this great issue to the