The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-28

to alude to them, nor to the chapter OF cruelty
they fill; nor to retry tho issue OF tho war.
My purpose il quito different 1t il to show, IL
! can, what IL actually ut stake now, who and
what tho contending forces are, how much the
result may mean, and which way prudence and
wisdom point.
GENERAL GRANT LITTER TEXT FOR MANY
| SERMONS.
You have listened to letter from one to
whom ut least AZ much AZ to any other man
the nation owes its preservation, prosperity
and primary. This letter, instinct with COM
mon sense, hits tho nail on the head. \
writer generally does hit nails rebelhons and
preenders on the head. Ho says:
| This meeting should awaken the people to
the Importance of keeping control Of the gov
eminent In the hands Of the Republican party
until we can have two mai ional parties every
member of which can east his ballot as udg
mcnt dictates. without fear OF molcstation or
Iostracism, aud have IL honestly counted; par
ties not differing in opinion rs To whether we
are nation, but rs u the policy To secure the
greatest good Ia the greatest number of its
citizens. Sincerely believing that the DEM
cratic party, as now constituted and controlled,
| Is not II III party Ia trust with the control of
the general government, believe IL To the best
interests at all sections, South as well rs North,
That the Republican party should succeed in
| November. Yours very truly,
U. :. GRANT.
Lord Chesterfield said that letter shows
the man II il written to- ~ we'll AZ the man il
is written by. This letter bears Lord Chester
field out. 1t il written to Gen. Arthur, and
il reveals the confidence and esteem ia which
the writer holds him. Informed by many
years Of intimate acquaintance, Gen. Grant
knew and felt, M we know and feel, that he
was writing not only to n friend, but to one Of
the most genuine patriotic and honorable of
mon. Loud applause.
HOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Is CONSTITUTED
AND CONTROLLER.
This letter furnishes text for many ser
mons. "The Democratic party as now con-
stituted and controlled" How il is constitu-
ted, how controlled? There Is vast number
OF upright, patriotic men mia vast number
Of men who gave all and did all they should
have given and done 10 uphold their govern
ment and their flag In tho supreme and dire
hour OF trial. A vast number who imperilled
their lives, rs other Democrats laid down their
lives for Their country. MANY Northern DEM
ocrats who cast all their weight and sympathy
on the nations gide, after the war was over re-
turned To their former party associations (;
many Others never did 20 return. We're such
Democrats to guide aud influence Democratic
congress and Democratic administration,
their party would not DO CONSTITUTED and con-
trolled ~ it is. Because such men and their
views and interests will not and can not con-
troi IN the event Of Democratic SUCCESS, much
grave peril arises.
As the Democratic party il constituted, not
the men OF the North, not the men who were
for the Union aud the Constitution. but the
men OF the South who wore against the Union
and the Constitution, men whose policy aud
purposes are still hurtful to the country, are
bound aud predestned to control Democratic
administration and u Democratic Congress-
Applause In the Senate and in tine House
the South has M overwhelming majority of
the Democratic MEMBERS and most OF them
are men who led III the rebellion Every Earty
measure in Congress is settled in party caucus
by party maj prity; thus the Southern men,
bers hold absolute sway. In possession OF the
law-making power, OF the purse and of the
power to confirm or reject treaties and appoint
ments, the South is also to furnish all the votes
to elect the Democratic candidates, save only
the forty-seven votes which must be rallied, or
counted, or certified, or produced from the
Northern States, particularly not excepting
Oregon. Should the election be close, there
il no knowing but the two Democratic houses
may find ground on which to throw out a part
or all of any STATES electors. With much I'M
employed leisure on their hands, with the
danger which the electoral commission of
! 1877 alone oyerpassed, for that time, staring
| the country III tho face, these Democratic
, housea- have adopted no measure to insure
order and right in ascertaining the result Of
! the Presidential election Should controversy
arise, and the election be thrown into the
house, there, the vote being taken 10y states,
the South would cast nearly all the Democratic
votes and i'll tho Senate the vote for Wee
President would come from the same source.
In every event Of Democratic cess, the
Southern end OF the Democratic party mu / be
to the Northern eni as the locomotive IL To the
tender rs the horse il to the cart. This il as
plain "a any truth in gravitation or arithmetic.
THE SOUTH CONTROLS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Perhaps this point will seem to you to chal-
lenge some attention. For tho population Of
the Southern States, we must go back to the
census OF 1870 That count OF the people was
made by enumerators not selected by Southern
senators and members of the House as "non-
partsau and professional reformers. Ii was
made by the regular marshals and their dspu-
ties and the compensation was 40 adjusted as
to induce thorough visitation and, at the same
time, to guard against exaggcIation OF num-
beers. No imputatiou OF fraud was ever cast
upon the .sork. Such thing AZ a plot to fab
ricate a monstrOus increase OF population IN
one section, in order to bailla the course OF ma
turo and the logic OF events in another-a pot
to change the balance of power and population
in order to aggrandlZs one section by eStab-
fishing ia 80 basis OF representation aud APP
portionment, thus robbing other sections OF
their share IN governing the country, in levy
ing taxes, and appraprlating money, had not
AT that time occurred to the conservative foes
OF raiicalsm. That particular spoke ia the
wheel OF deviltry had no. turned up to the
shifty patrioG of that dav. Now, such schemes
seem TO wax apace. We read OF producing
false heirs to thrones, but to multiply false
heirs without anyone To per ,onate them on u
scale NJ grand III seems now in process, would
stupefy tho ingenuity OF a French novelist, or
anybody else except thorOu sh-gOing, nom
partisan, conservative disciple Of tbs Demo-
cratic persuasion, wanting nothing for himself,
but ready to do and suffer for d white mans
government with "refOrm" and ga change"
lApplause.l
The suggestion now in that the census
takers OF 1870 under-counted their neighbours.
Paid by the lead and b. the mile, not by the
day, il il now alleged they robbed themselves;
they neither travelled or counted, nor charged
fer doing il. They were "carpet-bag GERS"
too many OF them, IN the South; their States
were Republican, they had their ambitiousand
motives for increased political numbers and
power; there was not the remotest danger Of
any direct tax; aud yet, with nothing to gain
and everything to lose, they wronged and
swinded themselves for the sake OF being dis
honest. This all may be. II Is the only way
OF accounting for the awkward wonders Of
the census now progressing. i cannot be
called ingenious, because it il plainly tho only
possible explanation, and It hmps badly.
Ecumenic Il councils may sit on these recent
fabulous census revelations, but mon will still
wonder how i3 per cent. was added to the
population Of State in ten years, during
which she received exactly 1877 foreign immi-
grants-a fact established without the AID Of
any census. Su,h an increase OF population
M where would crop out in unnumberea dlrec-
tons. Production, CONSUMPTION, buildings,
titled acreage, railway traffic, postal returns,
Immigration would tell the story of su,h
growth. Whether thee tell-tale tests, which
cannot be- smothered, sustain or dem )lLsh the
proposed count in the Southern States will III