Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-10-14
The Record Of Republicanism.

I Look at our record" say Repuhli-
e4ps; "upon that we are williilk to stand
orfail" Well, let US look at this record.
6lt will be twenty years on the 4th OF
March next since the Republican party
csme into power, and the first result Of
Fifs supremacy was four yeefs of civil
war. Whether Republican rule from
1861 to 1881 is worth the price paid for
it at the outset, we leave the people to
determine. The opinion prevails in
some quarters that the article is ex-
ceedingly dear if the country had re-
ceived it gratis. But it is significant
fact, that Republicans pride themselves
more upon their war record than upon
anything else. They resemble the
famous doctor who always threw his
patients into fits, because SHE was
heavy on fits" One of their most distin-
guished leaders, the late lamented
Chandler, declared that "the country
would never be worth a curse without
little blood-letting." and there GER
tainly was blood-letting" enough to
satisfy even the patriotic thirst of the
Michigan statesman. Republicans claim
that they /" saved the Union" meaning
thereby that their party did the fighting
which secured National salvation. If
this were true they would be entitled
to no more credit than the man who.
having set his own house attire, sue
ceeds in extinguishing the flames
without the assistance of his neigh
bors. But it is not true, "by
large majority" In 1850 Mr..
During the war which lac superintend-
cd fhnr - q
teers. Republican lightning calculators
may rise and explain where the 1872, 645
extra Union soldiers came from; and,
several Republicans who did not go
within smelling-distance of rebel
powder. The war having been brought
to a successful conclusion by Demo-
cratic aid in purse and person, Repub-
called 'the restoration of the Union"
1t is another and equally significant
fact, that Republicans do not pride
themselves particularly upon the per-
fOrmances between 1865 and 1877. They
are inclined to ignore. as far as possible,
the twelve years spent in an effort to
Republicanize the South by machinery
composed of negroes, carpet-baggers
and federal bayonets: though nobody is
likely to forget that the machinery was
used until popular pressure compelled
a Republican Administration to adopt
the Democratic policy in Southern af-
fairs, and that then its abandonment
was denounced by more than nile
tenths OF the party as an act at once
suicidal and unnecessary. But saving
and restoring the Union did not mo-
nopolize Republican energies from 1861
to 1877. With tho war began that
system of organized corruption and
rascality which plundered and dis
graced the Nation, and which came bold
ly to the front no longer ago than the
Chicago Convention, when a Republican
exclaimed: "What are we
here for, if not for the oifices?'' In
deed, the candidate who came so near
being the nominee of that Convention.
was himself the representative and
champion of rings the like of which the
world had never seen before-one of
them, according to the estimate of 4
prominent member, rObbing the Gov
eminent of nearly S3, 600, 900 ina single
revenue district in six years. And we
may remark while Grant thus narrowly
escaped nomination for a third term,
and is still the exhaustless theme of
eulogy, Bristow, the hon
est Secretary of the Treasury, who en-
deavored to punish the whisky thieves
whom Grant protected, has been driven
into political obscurity by "the party
Of great moral IDEAS When such
fate has overtaken such man, it is not
strange, perhaps, that the same party
has never thought it necessary to apol-
ogize for any part of the ring iniquIty;
and that it's Presidential candidate
to-day stands convicted before a
Investigating Committee,
Of participation in one of the
most shameless of these steals
which he supplemented by perjury. Asa
lifting crown to the Republican column, |
We have only to point to the conspiracy |
If 1S76-77, by which candidate whom
he people had rejected was thrust into
he Executive chair. In that infamous
too, the present Republic
IAN standard-bearer figured conspic-
lously; first helping to fix the fraud as
! Visiting statesman" and confirming |
md concentrating it as an Electoral
Such, in brief, is the Republican
ecord, upon which that party processes
o pride itself, and which it urges as an
Insufficient argument for its retention
n power. Possibly the American peo-
lie may accept and indorse the argu-
nent by electing as their President q
nan whose name is indissolubly con-
lected with Credit Mobilier, DE Golyer
nd the Electoral swindle; and electing
8 their Vice President man who was
licked out of the New York Custom
louise in order, as Mr.. Hayes said. "to
insure an honest administration of the
fflce." But we do not believe the
american people have yet reached that
epth of decentralization which such ac-
eptance and Endorsement would re-
uire. st. Louis Republican,.
There is more dirty work for the
republican Supreme Court of Maine.
f the County Canvassers fail to count
a Corporal Davis the Supreme Court
, to be called on to tinker the law so
8 to crowd him in any how. The Re-
ubicans invented double-edged Con-