, 1880-09-19

have been given great and measureless album
dance for which we have every reason to thank
Providence, still. to utilize and enjoy all these
blessings, good government Is most essential
These arguments that the wonderfpi @ m ~ 1mpEoye %
largely false, as our crops have been good ever
since the War, our harvests lave been those OF
teemipg plenty still III the mnst Or ana .ns co nas-
merce !angulshed and suffered IN ena& con-
tinued depression known as the panic
which has been remedled in part by wise tarin
laws, and the other entirely removed oy nonsss
laws. The panic was caused BY overpurchastng
abroad more than we earned at home, and, as
consequence, the balance Of trade was iar9ey
against us, and a day OF reckoning had 70 cem9'
and the othef reason was simply want OF ousf-
ness confidence. This confidence was restored
by the unhending course Of integrity adopted
by the Government
it the Democratic party had been in power, and
their measures, such as paying the interest on
the public debt in paper instead OF gold and Of
been pG successfully carried out, and had they
been given opportunities Of discreditin9 the Ms
tional obligations In power. they would have
wrecked our Naqonal credit IN the same way as s
they have deprecated and ruined the credit OF
their State Governments in the South:
Or as In tes Tes
identically the same basis as does the success
or failure Of private commercial business; and
Wuen uOnpr auu lu4t&E1t5 Alo 1BtlokeA VI 3uVu
served by any Government in the repudiat don
OF IT'S honest debts, or In evasion to meet them
with full and exuct payments, that Govern-
ment like the individual, Loses Its credit and Is
on the high road TO financial ruin. The Repuh-
IicAn party NOT only snved the country, but It
OF tho country, until it stands to-day higher
than ever before since the establishments OF this
Government. Should not every thinking, In
telflgent, loyal citizen look upon this achieve
ment with pride and admiration, and bless che
party by which 1t has been wrought7 1t would.
sense OF the Importance and grandeur OF the
great acts In the marvellous history Of this par
tv as they have for years successfully passed
before us in rapid review.
Now, If a brief summary Of reasons IS wanted
why the Democratic party should not be sup
and the crimes OF its general history the past
thirty years. Compare the Hepuplican parry
with the Democratic party. and what do we nnd!
One has been the party Of right. the otner tne
party OF wrong; one the party OF freedom, the
other OF slavery: one has been loyal. the other
one sustained and saved the Union. the other 10
bloody civil war sought its destruction The
first has built up and Reconstructed, the lattef
| has aimed to tear down and destroy. The for
mer is the party Ut progress, and has been sup
ported BY men who have had q regard for the
party OF reaction, and has been upheld BY those
who have tramped on human rights The For
mer Rustalus home industries. while the latter
announces as its policy that it favors those that
are foreign. The retention in power Of the Re-
publican party guarantees justice, good GOV
cession to power of the Democratic party i'm
pcrils all these. In short, to compare the Re Ke-
publican party to the Democratic party Is hke
comparing Heaven to Perdidon.