Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-02
WHICH?

morals and intelligence of The people
is u saying long since become trito,
& We have become so accustomed to
boast cf our progress, of our intell'-
gence, ana of our liberal education
that the thought of losing u Iiber-
ties through lack of these never oc-
ours to us. And yet, If we were to
Judge from speeches of the politicians
we would conclude that a large part
OF our people are anything but intel
ligent.
Professional politicians are shrewd
observers; they can generally tell,
to a dot, Just what the public ear
will bear. Let any one read the
campaign speeches of the Radical
orators, ard he will conclude that
either the speaker or the audiences
are fools. The election in Novem.
bsr will determine which.
In Iowa a Radical orator.informs
his audiences that the Democratic
legislature OF Missouri has allowed
the claims of shareholders to remu-
nera:ion .for loss of their emanci-
pated slaves, and that if the De-
mocracy gain possession of the gov
eminent at the next election they
will increase the national debt by
paving the South for their slaves.
The only salvation from so dire a
calamity, be tells them, is to vote
for Hayes and Wheeler.
At every presidential election
since the war, the bloody shirt has
been Haunted in the faces of the
Northern voters, frightening them
into voting the straight Republican
ticket. And now, In this year of
grace 1876, each Radical speaker
draws a piece of this Same discolorsd
old rag from his coat-tail pocket
and, holding it under the intelligent
voters nose, exclaims Behold what
you'll come to if you lot those dread
full Democrats carry the election
The honorable Senator Morton, of
Indiana has the brazen effrontery,
in the face of the credit Mobillier
frauds, the whisky frauds, and the
thousand and one other frauds, to
tell the intelligent voter that
Grants administration is pure,-yes,
even purer than the admi n%istration
of the revered Washington. He
boldly exclaims to the intelligent
voters that the Republican party
needs no reform; that the man who
talks about reform has 70 business
in the party. Then he takes out his
piece of the tail Of the gay rag and
waves it before the affrighte ted eyes
of the intelligent voter.
The great German reformer,
Sohurz, tells the same intelligent
voters that the CORFU ption OF Grants
administration is awful, and that
there must be reform, and that
Hayes is the man to do it.
He tells the INTELLIGENCE voter that
he must not vote for Tilden, because
Tilden might die, and then that
awful soft-money man, Hendricks
might be president.
We might give men examples OF
the kind Of stuff the intelligent
statesmen of the Republican party
are dealing out to the intelligent
voters, but they r too we'll known
to need repetition.
Now the point Is this; il the Be
publican orators are right in their
estimate Of the intelligence of the
average voter, the American people
have sunk too low in the scale Of
intelligence to be capable Of self
government. If the people can be
deceived and cajoled and plundered
and frightened after the fashion the
Radical party have set, our republic
in near it's end. The coming cleo
ton will show. We cannot believe
that such il the case, and we antici
pate victory in November that
shall cover these blatant demagoguei
with shame and confusion. But
there is another sign of evil. Il il
to be feard that the people have los1
somewhat of that stern sense Of jus.
tice that ia essential to the preserva