New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-02

Another Reason for not Supporting
Pehler for Congress,
| Is, that the policy of the Democratic
/ party is to be shaped and controlled
by the South. It is fact that for
twenty years previous to the war,
the Northern wing Of the old party
had no voice in the councils Of its
leaders. The old masters of the lash,
ruled their Northallies with the
same imperious spirit that they ruled
their slaves on the plantation, and
for the Northern Democrat who
possessed too much of the spirit of
true manhood to tamely submit to
their dictation, there was no course
left but to leave the party, which is
well known, tens of thousands did,
and it was out of this material that
the Republican party was made;
men who had both minds and wills
of their own; and thus these men
whose love Of party was not stronger
than that love of justice laid the
foundation of the party that has
made the rights of man the cardinal
element of its political creed.
Let it be remembered that every man
who votes for Henry Pphler this fall
votes in favor Of paying the rebel
war claims; bills for which have al
ready been presented by the South
ern members to the enormous a.
mount Of $500, 600, 900. But say you,
Henry P@hler will never vote such
a tax upon the people, but say We,
he will, or he might as we'll pack his
trunks and come home, for anything
that he will be able to- do for himself
or his constituents. Have you for.
gotten how Northern Democrats,
both in Congress and out, secuted
the idea Of again opening the ques.
ton Of Hayes title to the presiden-
tial Office, and how unanimously a
resolution looking to that end was
at first voted down in the House.
and have you forgotten how subse-
quently every democrat in the
House with the exception Of Alex.
Stephens and dozen others, voted
for the Potter resolution, and there
by started the infamous POTTER
Smelling Committee on its travels
over the country, at an expense to
the people of forty or fifty thousand
dollars! and for what! solely to make
political capital. If Mr.. Pehler we're
to be consulted as to his opinion Of
the Democratic idea Of reducing the
army to mere skeleton, he would
undoubtedly say II am opposed to
it" end would speak the honest sen.
timents of his heart; but the South
has resolved on tearing the army,
under its present organization to
pieces, not because they are opposed
to a standing army, and a large one
too, but because they are opposed to
the army as now Differed, by men like
Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Miles,
Hancock, Mcdowell and others who
fought against them and finally
brought them again into subsection
to the government of the United
States. For these men, the South
ern Democracy entertain an indy
ing hatred, and have in their secret
councils resolved on driving them
from their commands, and to &C
complish this, they will go, ifneces-
sary, to the extremity Of wiping out
the army, then get up a war with
Mexico or some other fuss, that will
demand an army organized anew,
and officer 1t as before the war, with
Southern men.
This will be done as sure as night
is to follow the day, if the Democrats
succeed in getting control of both
houses Of Congress. Now we sub
NIT to the candid consideration
Of voters of this district
whether we as Union men, can af-
ford, by voting for even SO good a
man as we all know Mr.. Pehler to
be, to strengthen party whose poll
cy must inevitably be unfriendly to
the interest of the country at large.
Glencoe Register.
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