The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-09-25

Will be accomplished without shock
aud without disaster; and all good men
everywhere will rejoice at the result. !"
AOEuOCUATIC CHAMPION.
The Detroit Leader, which claims TO
be the "only organ Of the wine. beer,
and spirit trade in the northwest is
most jealous champion Of the demo-
cratic party. There ia nothing inap-
propriate in this organ of dying cause
giving its undivided support To the
Democratic party, but when il pretends
to give advice TO the workingmen of
the country as 20 what they ought 10
DO. that is quite another thing. A
journal which supports the sale OF in
toxicants that can have no other effect
than 10 degrade mankind has but little
interest in human welfare.
In its issue OF September 5. the Lead
er warns the workingmen Of Ohio from
forming a new party. but 10 give their
support to the Democratic party. IL
says: "If man does n good piece OF
work for you once, you are very apt 10
| employ him again. Why not apply this
principle 20 politics? Under the Dem
ocratic party the country was prosper
Gus, then why not place the Democrat
ic party in power again?"
III the Democratic party had no
shameful record hanging 10 IL the logic
of the Leader would seem plausible,
but the very mention of its name brings
10 memory the most atrocious deeds of
oppression and corruption that ever
disgraced the history Of any political
party. We have only to go back TO
/ 1861 when the democratic party rent
/ the union assunder % find the working
men Of the north aud oil true patriots
| Joined in common cause 10 protect
| the government from being destroyed.
Democrats began that war, democrats
! furnished the means for rebellion, aud
that party is responsible for the lives
sacrificed and expenditures occasiOned
| by that bloody conflict. Thousands of
| worklngmen now Ill soldiers graves,
aud thousands Of their comrades are
now paying of debt caused bv this
/ unholy democratic rebellion. And yet
/ the Leader says under the Democrat
ic party the union was prosperous. 1t
is often urged in palliatiOn OF this great
/ crime that the trouble all came from
the southern wing of the party. but
this can be easily refuted 10y pointing
TO the action of the Chicago convention
I OF 1864. which declared the war u fail
ure. There were many noble patriotic
/ Democrats in the north, but whenever
/ the party showed its hand as party
/ it's sympathies were plainly with the
/ southern wing Of the party.
It, black and damning record back
| OF 1851 ia its championship of slavery
was probably all for the good of the
workingmen. especially Of the colOred
men of the south from whom the Re-
/ publican patty removed Democratic
claims aud shackles.
] The word prosperous is generally
used IN connection with finance, and
this Ia probably where the Leader in
tended 10 have the word apply. But
when We come 10 the Democratic man
agement OF finances, ia the nation,
state, and municipalities We End the
condition of things under its manage
ment anything but prosperous. AT the
| close of the Democratic rule under
James Buchanan the national treasury
was bankrupt and the Government
credit was at low ebb. 4 loan of 81, :
! 100000 was effected TO pay salaries and
make good the stealings OF the hungry
tribe OF Democrats who were then go
ing out Of Office. and the lowest rate of
interest that could be secured was ~
per cent. How IS IL under Republican
management? To-day no nation in the
world can borrow money as cheaply as
the United States, with the exception
OF Great Britain. The rate paid for
the last loan was four per cent. In
other words the L. S. Government can
now borrow money at just one-third
the rate il could when we were having
prosperous times" under good old
Democratic management. This condi-
tion OF affairs has been brought about
by Republican management while car.
rying on a four wears war 10 put down
a Democratic rebellion.
New York city, the stronghold OF the
democracy in the north, is saddled with
a debt which viii require years Of the
closest economy 20 wipe out.
But the history Of our own State per-
haps affords the greatest contrast be-
tween Democratic and Republican
financial management. IN the first ! :
years of our existence as State the
democracy created bonded debt OF
nearly 81, 500, 600 which left the Repub-
licans as legacy in 1854 Democratic
politicians have never been able 90 tell
FOR just what purpose the debt was Gre
ated, but the people knew they had
this burden on their hands 10 the time
the Democracy stepped down and ont.
Under Republican management Michi-
eau raised 80. .36l ,0Sl as her share in
putting down the Democratic rebellion
besides providing for all the State in
stitutions, many of which have been
established since the democracy went
out Of power The bonded debt has
been reduced to 81 ,30l 1877. There
Is no State ia the Union with better
credit than Michigan, the result of Re
publican rule.
The only class in Michigan who were
prosperous under Democratic manage
ment was the little ring Of Democratic
politicians who used TO pocket the ia
terest on the public funds which right
fnlly belonged 10 the treasury.