Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-25

| and valleys Of tie nnrth, aud from camp
| ing ground tt battle field, from fortified
ton to redoubt, it pursued the. country's
foes, crushing them bv might Of right,
| restoring every star to the old nag and
permitting not a single stripe to be torn
Away.
Furthermore In history whatever of
country's or a rulers carcer mag be osnit,
Ited, there is always recorded anything
| done to anelioratc the oppressed, 10 riise
| the down-troddcn. What a record the
| Republican party can chow in this res
pectl II has been the friend of The
| stricken and the saackled hosts kept
| kept down by the Snathern Democratic
obligascy. i. eiaancipated four niilinn
uleD. women and cilildsed from calling
! bondage. And this 1t did in the face of
danger because it dared to do right
| when ii seemed to all who would' act
| merely lis pofirT dictated. tc be sorrtdfng
| the knell Of the pation's hopes, Bat it
| WAS Gods misslon, and may Republicans
be asked to sat aside and forget their
| record in 4 fulfilling that mission. In ad-
| dition to all this, the Republican party
! has taken the nation through the shoals
npou which it drifted during and sue
| ceedirg the rebellion, and has given it
financial soundness, paid the national
debt, secured honest money, and has re-
| constructed the union upon a more sub
| stantial ard mannapimous basis than ever
was securedfor any ether country On the
earth. livery step of the record SO made
has been after years successfully indorsed
by the Democratic party, however butter.
iy and reieutlessly il may have been OPP
posed when first attempted. AS we have
completed each differeia garment of
national policy, the Democracy has come
along in three or four years thereafter
and iabilitated itself Herewith, always
keeping behlnd the times.
Why then leave the party which has
dene so much for the country, and done
it at precisely the right ti,nes Some will
say because the party has grown corrupt.
Where Is the wrtng-doer who has not
been brought to justice, aud that, toe, by
tine party itself. Where is the embez
cling sfticiai upon whoa condign punish
meat has not been iuflictedy Gould any
better state of things than now exists be
expected If government were turned over
TO the oprosltionr Did you ever hear Of
a Democratic gress appointing a Dem
ocratic Investigating committee TO ferret
out Democratic fraud and corruptiony
Again: Isn't it the fact that the solid
south is made up of the material which
grew there into the rebel,ion2 Is there
a single man that ever wore a blue coat
sel.t from that section to congress? Is
not the solid south attempting 10 do by
ballots what it failed to do by bullets?
The south ruled the Democratic patty,
and shall Dakota help that party to rule
the patton? We are out here on the
skirmish line, as it were, and shalt news
&c from Dakota that she has gone over to
the enemy? Those of you who were
soldiers know with what sad heats we
used to hear OF it when some little out,
post, possibly only trifing in Importance,
was taken by the enemy. Let US give
the Friends of the union everywhere the
assurance that Dakota is with them.
About myself: 1t is said that | am a
"earpet bagger." Has Mr.. Tripp always
lived here? Has he absof bed from the
soil some peculiar virtue which especially
entities him to your sufffages? Who has
fixed the limit OF residence in Dakota
which n man must reach before he Can
hold Officer If extreme length of time
be the essential, why not make Spotted
Tail or Sitting Bull your delegate? ! am
in Dakota because | wanted to be, aud
not because / was sent. If office holding
has contaminated me-, then don't sol
Bartlett Trip by giving him a position
| am already soited, if to hold a consais-
sion from the president of the United
States be a disgrace. Again: 1t is said
[ nm from the Hills. Well, what Of it
Aren't the Hills in Dakotas Isn't it 4
respectable region? We have there al
the elements of thorough civilization
aud will this fall cast mere votes kl4sn'at
Dakota ever did before the last election
land the voters are all carpet bagaers
The opposition say | will if elected work
for a division Of the territory, in order X
please my Black Hills supporters. Tht
people there do not want and never havt
wanted q division Of the territory. They
want us to remain together so that W.
can go into the union and make a state
which can boast of the golden products
Of its western mines, of the golden pro
ducts of its eastern fields, of the innumer
able herds that shall Craze between, and
of it's ssalwart, incorporating rcpubli-
canism.