Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-09-18
Facts for Northern Men
TINrER 0GEANl

What is the Democratic party,
and what are its aims
In the first place, it is controlled
by. and largely composed of, persons
lately in arms against the govern
ment. These persons are not "re-
constructeds and honorable men who
accept the results of the war, but
scheming, plotting, dangerous per-
sons. who proclaifa their continued
adhesion to State sovereignty, defy
the amendments to the Constitution,
and boldly trample upon the laws.
The proportion which the So
called Union Democratic sentiment
of the North bears to this Mexican
element will be seen by the relative
strength of the two classes in Con-
gress.
The Senate has 40 Democratic
members, II OF whom are from the
North and % from the South
The House has 1875 Democratic
mew5ers, So from the North and
100 from the South. Ia both houses
the ex-Confederates control every
important committee, and the whole
legislative machinery of the country
is therefore in the hands of those
not only disloyal to the Union, but
full of hatred of the North and her
Institutions.
We call particular attention to
few interesting facts regarding this
dangerous predominance of the I'M
refined, unprogressive, and semi
barbaric element of the South in
our politics.
Ia the States having q majority
Of Democratic members in Congress
There are 3,722,3S8 persons who can
not read in the States having a
Republican majority there are, of
this class, but 697 1898.
In the Democrat States aboye-
named the wealth, according to the
last census, was $9,l14,6 81, sol in
the Republican States, S2l, lS9,329,-
SCI ; and this counts Ohio as Dem
ocratic, which, of course, is unjust,
is at the last election she cast IL, 900
more Republican than Democratic
votes.
These Democratic States paid to
the government in customs revenue
last year 81 ,487 ,094; the Republican
States paid Sll6,2l2,S19.
From 1866 to 1878 the govern
meut was compelled to collect from
/ 2de uoaple over two thousand mill
j ions ot dollars as internal revenue.
! OF this amount the late rebel States
paid q trile over two hundred mill
ions, while the rest of the country
paid over eighteen heoadred njltons.
The single State of Illinois paid
$4,000, 600 more than the whole
COntedcracy combined, while New
York paid nearly twice as much.
Attention is called to the facts
now to show the supreme folly of in
trusting to the impecunious and I'M
prnciped banditti of the South the
vast interests of this great section,
rich in wealth, intelligence, arts,
manufacturer, and all that goes to
make people grand, prosperous,
and powerful.
We have wealth, but the men with
Sl0tguns control it. We have in
luStrious artisans, brilliant invent
ors, gallant soldiers, eminent liter
ateurs, but the disciples of the
Nwle-knife estimate the value of
their services and determine the eX-
lent to which they shall be encour-
aged They exercise this control
pot through superior bravery, not
IS the prerogatiVe Of valor, not be-
taQSe they are conquerors in battle,
o0. seemingly because they are
themselves the conquered and the
'anquished, and because Northern
men are prone to trife with danger
4atll it confronts them IS an imme-
nate peril which threatens their
'ery existence
Il these people were one with US );
they acco pied the war as final if
4eg were ready to leave the fight
slnd them and take hold honorably
u the upbuilding of the whole
latgy, there would be no com,
amt But they do none of these.
'4ey tear down what we have built
SO much cost, deny the deal est
'"leges Of citizenship to those up
whom the Constitution confers
l'G privileges, and seek in all posi-
ways to destroy and neutraize a
story which the North dearly