Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-14

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! THE DESPIsED GREENBACK OF THE OLD WAR
TIMES.
They repudiated it in 1862, and declared
it unconstitutional. When We wanted
money to carry on the war and put down
rebellion; when we needed food and cloth
ing for our brave boys in blue, your ''hon-
est" Democrat denounced the greenback
as device of He'll. Now they coolly de-
mand that We issue 5000, 900, 900 of them,
and knock them down again to forty cents
on the dollar. l tell you, fellow citizens,
this is flank rebel movement. We want
no imitation to ruin our credit. What we
want is enough subsidiary coin to meet
the business wants of the nation. We
have enough silver here in Nevada to pro-
dace it, and this Democratic greenback
movement threatens the dearest interest
of every citizen of this State.
We hear great deal of talk just now
| about
| REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE AND DEMO-
CRATIC RETRENCHMENT.
| We first begin to hear of this wonderful
retrenchment in 1860, when money was
needed to put down a Democratic re-
bellion. We have heard of it ever since
whenever the Republican party has wanted
money to redeem the pledges of the nation
and keep secure the public credit. In 1876
| the Democrats had control of the House.
They began at once to retrench, and they
now tell you that they saved $50, ZOO, 900
in that year. 1t ia a lie They didn't
! save one dollar. The next year there was
deficiency of SIS, 1000, 900, and they had
| to vote the money to pay it. That was the
way in which they retrenched.' The
| appropriations which they were compelled
! to make in 1878 amounted to S2S 900, 900
more than those of 1876. There is moth
! ing in that kind of economy. 1t is simply
creating a debt for a future Congress to
pay. l approach now with uncovered
head, and | may almost say with unsan-
daled feet. a feature of the Democratic
party which you will all recognize instinct
lively.
! ITS REMARKABLE "HoNESTY AND PURITY.
The Democracy, it is true, has not en-
ployed much of the power of the nation
for the last eighteen or twenty years, but
whenever they have been given the
chance, the boys have done we'll l need
not refer to the TEeeds of the past. The
history is interesting nearer our own day.
1t is but few months ago that John B.
Breslin skedaddled to Canada with few
millions of stolen money. In Ohio las
counties, and in tWenty-one of them there
were defalcations. There's Democratic
honesty for you 1t is but three months
ago that the Democratic Treasurer of Mis-
souri, stole 100000, and they haven't got
it back yet. I only mention these little
facts because if Republican official steals
a postage stamp terrific howl Is made,
and the whole Republican party is charged
with corruption. such things really
amount to but little. There are dishonest
men in both parties, and neither one can
make any peculiar claim to purity. The
Democratic party assumes to be the
friends of labor. Great God
THE PARTY WHOSE VERY FOUNDATION STONE
WAS HUMAN SLAVERY,
Who inaugursted bloody war to prevent
free labor from coming into competition
with slave labor, now calls itself the friend
and protector of the workingman Put
your hand, if you can, on one specimen Of
legislation that has ever been enacted in
favor Of labor by the Democratic party.
You may search the records of the country
from its birth, and you will find no such
thing. The Republican party IS the friend
Of labor. We Northern mudsills are the
ones who have striven to dignity and ele
vate labor-not slave labor, but free, in
telligent labor. That labor Kepublicanism
fsvors, because it is of and with it. The
Republican party never has looked, and
never can look, upon the cries of poverty
or the distress of wOrkiDgmen with indif
ference. 1t has ever been heart and soul
with the cause of labor, and every intel
ligent laborer knows II.
In the Democratic platform the charge
is made that Chinese immigration has
t1a Iii
and the implication is that the Republican
party is to blame for that. That treaty
was made at time when all Europe was
contending for the trade with China, and
when it was concluded we congratulated |
ourselves upon having accomplished a
wonderful thing. Precisely how much, if !
any, good has resulted to this country, !
do not know. But do know that it was |
under a Democratic National Administra |
ton that the first Chinaman came to this |
country, and that it was under a Demo- !
cratic State Administration that they first |
came and were welcomed to California. l |
know, further, that 1t was Republican |
Senate, at the suggestion Of Republican !
Senator, that amended the Burlingame |
treaty, 80 as
TO PREVENT cHINAMEN FROM BECOMING |
CITIZENS.
That is the record of the Republican party |
on the Chinese question. The evil is here,
and the remedy now is to stop it by legis-
lation at once. II we cannot unite the
Gordian knot, then let us take the sword
and cut it. II go to Congressman God
knows will Il will use all my energy
and ability to put an end to this curse, and
if break this pledge, take me and cruelty
me as coon az ! come back. We have
many grievances in this little State from
all kinds of rings, small and large, but
the king grievance of them all is the
UNJUST ExACTIoNs OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILROAD.
1t is a huge devil fish, stretching out its
tentacles from one end of the State to the
other. In any country in Europe the men
who acted as the managers of this road
act, would be assassiDated. We ask only
Justice from them, and God knows we
should give them payment enough for
that in the profits which they may legiti-
nately make off of US. When | go to Con-
,ress shall make it my business to intro
luce bill for the protection of the citi-
zens of this State against the exactions of
his company. IF any member of a COM
nittee puts that bill in his coat-tail pocket,
will take my knife and cut it out and
bring it to the light of day. / assure you,
ellow-citizens, that l will make a pick