Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-16

that we we're bound by law and pubic policy. after
the war was ever 10 advance these notes to ar In
coin, and that we could not take advantage OF cur
own wrong ia postpsning the redemption Of United
States notes IN order to pay bonds in depreci-
atet and dishonored paper money; anc this princl-
pie the basis Ct the act TO strengthen the puche
credit, passed March. 1863 Well, we have at last
redeemed cur pledge to the noteholder, and We
have now paid these very hve-tgenty bonds in
United States notes with far greater saving than
II we had paid them in greenbacks ten years ago,
credit.
Taere Is aow no public debt about which any
question exists TO the terms and conditions upon
which il must be paid, and yet 1t Is proposed to
violate these conditions by the wholesale, and
place the United States Of America in a far worse
position Of dishonor and reputation than Missis
sippi or Louisiana, or Egypt or Turkey.
IL II posE Bile 10 go farther in the road of dishon
or than is proposed in thsse platforms? and get
the Democrats Of the state Of Maine, members OF
the Old, powerful organization which for half a
century controlled the des ines Of the government,
are asked AZ the end of great war to su port and
maintain dogmas which strike at the public honor,
tne public faith, and al the cherished principles
ana aiis o. that party il its palmy days. You are
now expected % adopt the crazy dogma of extreme
Opinions, at war with everything thai was said by
jefferson, OF Madison, or Jackson. any Of Your
y ne-honored leaders. know thai It Is against
the Judgment againt the instincts Of od-fashioned
democrats to train under such a banner, and
appeal 70 them now TO come TO the rescue Of their
couhtry-not to be carried by party name or q
party badge to the dishonor of their count y and
the shame Of their children.
have sometimes thought that the Democrats Of
the northern states have been led through devious
paths enough by the rebels Of the south In their
EFFORT to destroy The government and in their later
movements to sap and mine all the grea. powers Of
tne national government; put these extreme Green
PACKERS, az they are called, ask you now to follow
them IA voyage more dangerous, upon dogmas that
cannot m ret the plain common sense and reason Of
pa.Eotlc citizens, such as compose the great body
VI the democratic party.
One OF the members Of congress from the state
o. name, Hon. q. W. Ladd, is reported TO have
pau NJ attention TO me, In speech in this city, Ia
ths iouoWing language:
" Dir. Sherman has sold one hundred and ninety
mlhions Of four per cent. bonds in one day TO
DOouhuckers who were choking the country, and
ue SHOULD be impeached."
~ this act, in a single day the treasury depart
meut saved TO the people OF the United States the
sum ~ tl,g0u,000. The "bloodsuckers " to whom
ne refers are those WIN purchased the forty mill
nous Of ten-dollar refunding certificates, who
IoImsa IN long lines IN front Of eight hundred
Postohces IN the United States, each demanding
the sum OF hundred dollars or less of those
eetslncates in exchange for United States notes,
az ne purchasers Of $l5O,O00,0O0 United States
o9nas taken by banks to be sold
again 70 citizens and corporations through
OUT the United States and in Europe, bearing the
lowest rate of interest at which the United States
nas ever been ab 10 negotiate its securities. The
proceeds were, within ninety days, applied TO the
payment Of bonds upon which for sixteen years the
govern mtnt Of the United States had been paying
I'VE Per cent. in gold TheEe bloodsuckers " are
among the most prominent and enterprising and
industrious citizens of the United States, anxious
ana willing to trust the government with their
earnings, in the full faith that the promises made
to them upon their bonds and certificates will be
faithfully redeemed, al yet they denounced by
this Congressman with terms of reproach and l.
for doing what the law commanded me TO do, and
which, proudly say, able to do through
resumption and confidence in the public faith
observe impeachment" There must be some
thing feow-citizens, in this craze which destroys
the reason Of men.
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
81
fyends, that invited TO desert the great party
to which we belong. II may be that the Republican
party has made in the last twenty yea some mis-
takes. IL may not always have come up to your
aspirations. Sometimes power may have been
abused To err is human but where it has erred
1t has always been on the side of liberty and jus
tice. II led country in the great struggle for
union and nationality which more than all else
tended to make it great and powerful. 1t has
always taken side with the poor and feeble 1t
emancipated whole race, and has invested them
s with liberty and all the rights OF citizenship
1t never robbed the baot-box. 1t has never
deprived any class of people, for any cause, of the
elective franchise. 10 maintains the supremacy of
the national government ON all national affairs,
while observing and protecting the rights of the
states. II has tried to secure the equality of all
citizens before the law. IL opposes all distinctions
among men, whether white or black, native or nat
ural zed. IL invites tn m all to partake of equal
privileges, and secures then equal chance in
life. II has secured, for the first time In his
tory the rights Of naturalized citizen to protec
ton agains claims Of military duty to his native
country. 1t prescribes religious test. While it
respects religion for its beneficial influence upon
civil society," 1t recognizes the right of each indi
vidual to worship God cording to the dictates Of
his own conscience, without prejudice or inter-
ference. 1t supports free common schools as the
basis of republican institutions. 1t has done more
than any party that ex sted to provide lands
for the landess. /. devised and enacted the home
stead law and has constantly extended this policy,
that all citizens, native and naturabzad, may
joy, without cost, limited portions of the public
land. IL protects American labor. II is in favor
AZ A dean ind Ia 70 Ifuane
auctions. 1t has steadily pursued, an obj act of
national importance the development Of our COM
merce, on inland waters and on the high seas. 1t
has protected our flag on every sea; not the stars
and bars, not the flag Of state, but the stars and
stripes of the Union. 1t seeks to establish IN this
republic OF ours great, strong, free government
of Tree men. IC would, with frankness and SINGER
ity without malice or hate, extend the right hand
OF fellowship and fraternity TO those who lately
were al war with us, AID them in making fruitful
their waste places and in developing their immense
resources, II only they would allow the poor and
ignorant men among them the benefits conferred
by the constitution and laws. No hand Of
oppression rests upon them, no bayonet 70 nts to
them, except in their political lmaginings. We
would gladly fraterniz with them, if they would
allow us, and have but one creed--the con-
stitution aud laws of our country to be executed
aud enforced by our country and for the equal
benefit Of all our couutryEcen. If they will not
accept THE, but W II keep up sectionalism, maintain
the solid south upon the basis of the principles of
the Confederate states, we must prepare to stand
together the loyal north, true to the Union
to liberty aud faithfulto every national obligation.
appeal to every man who ever at any TIME be-
longed TO the Republican party, to every mon who
supported his country in the time of danger, to
every lover of liberty regulated by law, and every
intelligent Democrat who can see with us tn evil
tendency Of the dogmas l have commented upon,
: join US in reforming all that is evil, all the
abuses Of the past aud in developing the principles
aud policies which in twenty years have done so
much to siren then our government, TO consolidate
institutions, and to excite the respect and adj
snrAtion of mankind.
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