National Republican., 1878-11-25
THE pLUNDERERs ARE COMING.

Our young friend of the Baltimore Gazette
has q versatility Of talent and ambition.
Having recovered under the influence Of re-
storatves from his recent attack Of rich
and exhaustive humor, he now puts on the
more serious and contemplatiye aspects Of
the historian and reasoner; but with very
frugal resource Of knowledge or sense of
truth. He takes The NATIONAL REPuBLI-
CAN to task for having referred to the meet
ing of Congress with the rather incautious,
perhaps, and not ovcr-lattering remark,
that "the plundercrs are coming" How
ever, we made the declaration and we pro-
pose to stand by ii and brave the conse-
qucnces, be they what they may. 1t may
be an act of temerity on our part to take
issue with the infant HERCULES Of the Ga
.ette as to the historical and logical correct
ness of some of Lis statements that seem to
have been made in seriousness Take, for
instance, the following:
Whatever the desires of the Democratic
party and its followers may he the party has
yet to make record for inscriptions thiev-
ing aud reckless plundcrins in Washington.
Our advice to our young friend would be,
il we had a deep interest in his reputation
as journalist, that he lay down his pen,
pencil, paste-pot, and scissors aud betake
himself to the study of the party political
history of his country between the years Of
1892 and 1861 when the Democratic party
had power in the nation and made history
for itself; then he may avoid n smile of rid
icule, such as is excited with intelligent
people, by the above very singular claim for
his party. Since 1861 the Democratic party
has had no power in the General Govern
ment, except for mischief and that it has
excrted to the extent of its ability. Prior
/ to that period it had, under JACKSON, VAN
| BuREN, POLK, PIERCE, and BUCHANAN, the
control of the Government, for most of the
time, and made "a record for unscru-
"pulous thieving and reckless plumber
" ing in Washington and elsewhere i'm the
Government that is unprecedented in
the history Of this country. During JACK
sons and VAN BUnEN's administrations
the "thieving and reckless plundering" was
to an extent so astounding that in 1910 the
people rose in mass and hurled the Demo-
cratic party from power, as just reward
for its uuprincipled and rasCally manage
ment of public affairs. The embezzlements
defaultngs robbcries, and outright theit'
from the Government during the JACKSON
and VAS BUREN administrations-the lat
ter being the worst of the two-a9gregatcd
q sum the bare interest on which would
scarcely be covered by all the embez1le
ments, deiaultings, thcits, and plundering'
that have occurred in all the anti-Dcmo
cratic administrations put together since the
foundation Of the Government.
Then take the administration Of BU
CHANAN. 1t proved TO he the most treason
able, disloyal, and plundering of all tina
have occurred in our history. 1t not only
plundered Treasury that was plethoric a
It's advent without q national debt to tax il
resources. When that Administration ali
licated power the Treasury was found /,
have been plundered and empty; the nav.
of the nation was scattered to the iOu
quarters Of the globe, and the army wa
rendered unavailable by disloyal desertion'
aud its power paralyzed by being distribute
into disloyal sections Of the country. Th
arsenals and depots Of our munitions Of WI
had been robbed unscrupulously, and til
nation was left peuniless with its miitar
: and naval arms crippled by Democrat
/, "thieyiug and reckless plunderings," to col
5 front Democratic rebellion that cost for
. years of bloody strife to conquer, and whiC
, left the present and future generations wit
. u heavy debt to wrestie with, and whiC
c WAS the pure creation of Democratic tire
Y son, rebellion, and robbery This is pa
c of the historic record of the Democrat
l. party. More could be cited, but this is su
n dcient, and we commend it to the caref
d study of our young contemporary before
if makes another sad exhibition of his ignO
n ance or dishonesty.
i The Gasette charges that THE REPUBT
is CAN represents party which has ma
5, tagged to identify itself with the Cred
r Mobiier rascHiity, the BELKNAP thieyeI
Y " the great navy swindles, the squapderi
10 of the public lands to railways, the Pac
le Mail swindle, the Washington ring II
l. cality, the st. Louis whisky ring knavel
y, "and the stupendOus stealings of I
De DELANo Indian rings" &c. Here Il