The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-06-28
REPUBLICAN MISRULE.

With feelings OF pride upon the past
'ecord of their party. But since
1867, at least, its record has been
such as should cause every honest
American citizen to hang his head
IN shame. While protesting to be
party of high moral principles,
it has violated every commandment
Of the decalogue.
While protesting to be the party
Of reform, it has introduced and sus-
tcnanced abuses in the administra-
ton of the government, which would
not be tolerated under the most des-
potic government of the old world.
While protesting to be the party
of retrenchment and economy, it has
collected from the people, in revenue
and taxes and exclusive of loans,
more than twice the amount collect
ed from the organization of the gov
eminent to 1860.
1t has increased the number of
government employees and officials
from $4,000 in 1859 to 100000 in
1876.
1t has increased the ordinary net
expenditures of the government from
1921, 900, 600 for the four years end
ing 1861, to $3.50, OOO, 900 for the four
years ending 1876.
Under Republican misrule 1885,
000,0 600 acres of the public domain
have been squandered upon greedy
corporations. An area greater than
that of the States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio and
INDIANA c0mDlneQ.
It has loaned the public credit to
private corporations to the extent of
$1OO, 900, 900.
By its curse it made possible the
existence of the Credit Mobilier, by
which fifty millions of dollars was
stolen from the government and the
people.
Since coming into power five mil
lion nine hundred thousand dollars
has been lost to the government by
defalcations of government officials.
Under the Constitution, Congress
has supreme control over the Dis
trict of Columbia. From 1871 to
1876 thirty millions of money from
the public treasury was sq~uandered,
ostensibly upon the public streets
and buildings of Washington city,
but principally stolen by the Dis
trict "Ring."
The expenses of our Indian Agen-
cies were increased from an average
of three and one-half millions ayear
for the ten years ending in 1860, to
an average of six million eight hun
dred thousand dollars q year for the
ten years ending in 1876, although
the number of Indians have largely
decreased.
The San Domingo job, the Vene-
zuela fraud, the Whisky Ring con-
spiracy, the Post Trader frauds, the
Freedman's Bureau and the Freed
mans Savings Bank swindles, the
Pension frauds, the carpet-bag mis-
rule in the South, all combined, fur
nish a record which ought to sink
the Republican party to eternal oh,
livion or infamy. The legislation OF
the Republican party since 1866, has
been constantly against the interest
of the masses and in the interest Of
the bond-holder and the capitalist.
With the government largely in debt,
with every State, municipality and
village in the land carrying large
volumes Of Indebtedness, the resump.
ton act was passed, to which the
Republican party is "i~ndissolubly
pledged" and under which, if car.
ried into operation, all must on and
after the first of January, 1879, pay
their Indebtedness in gold or repudi.
ate.
With such q record, and under
such m~isrule, is it a matter of sur.
prise that our country lies bleeding
and PROSTATE? Is it a matter of sur.
prise that every business enterprise
is crippled or ruined, that suspen.
sions and bankruptcy is the order Of
the day?
We look with anxious solicitude,
hut with trustful confidence, to the
time when the people will arise in
their might and hurl from power 9
party which has thus abused the
confidence and trusts imposed in
it.