The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-24
Facts Worth Pondering.


No one can successfully deny the
fact that the southern statesmen con-
troll the democratic party, and with
the same arbitrary rule they did
before the rebellion under the admin
istration of Franklin Pierce and
James Buchanan, or whenever the
democratic party has been in power
since the days of Andrew Jackson.
In Jackson's time, though himself Il
Southerner, the southern fire eaters
could neither coax or coerce him into
favoring their mad schemes of Scces-
don or dissolution of the Union, hut
their degeneracy from that time for
ward was very rapid; their northern
allies had succeeded in securing the
well earned cognonien of dough.faceS.
and no democratic president had been
found quite bold enough to take the
stand taken by that prince of north
ern dough faces, Buchanan. who said
that while he could not Join them in
the work of treason, he would do
nothing to prevent them from the
accomplishment of their dcvilish
purpose, a pledge which he very
faithfully carried out. And it Is
equally we'll KNOWN that the rebels
during their four years struggle
found their only sympathizerS north.
dn the democratic party.
The same is true Of the party north
and south, since the close of the war.
In all their disgraceful attempts TO
secure the political control of their
own states, no matter how infamous,
hsw violent or disgusting to the civil.
ization Of the age, they have found
the same trucking, servile dough-
face apologists in the democratic
party that they found under the lead
or James Buchanan.
The same greed for place and power
that prompted their sympathes then,
prompts them now, and with the
same cheeky impotence with which
they met in their national convention
In Chicago TO nominate George b.
Mcclellan for the presidency, and
passed the UNANIMOUSLY reasonable
resolution declaring the war q failure,
and demanding an immediate cessa-
ton OF hostitities; they now demand
that the control of this government
shall be turned over TO the control of
those who so long fought to destroy
tt. They demand that the financial
interests Of the country shall be en-.
trusted to those who bear less than
one-sixth of its burdens; less than
me-fourth Of our exports, and only
about 3 per cent. of our imports;
produces only o per cent. of our man.
ufactures, has not more than 3 TO !
psr cent. In the mineral interests of
the country, while the exports of
bread stuffs from the north alone,
exceeds by nearly 800, 900, tho en-
tire products, cotton included, of the
south.
More revenue has been paid into
the national treasury by Illinois or
Ohio. and three times as much by
New York, than by all the late rebel
states combined. With this damag-
fpg record of the democracy before
them, with the full knowledge of the
superhuman efforts of the leaders of
ths party 10 destroy the credit of the
country, and that there are bills now
pending before congress for rebel
war claims, amounting to nearly or
quite three hundred millions of dol
tars, awaiting only the election of n
Democratic president, to be rushed
through, swelling the national burden
b. % much, Of which the loyal states
wtll DO compelled to pay ut least So
Der cent. Is 1t possible that the loyal
republican people Of Minnesota will
hn to poll their full vote for the re-
publican nominees at the presidential
election In November ? Is there one
tn the First congressional district in
Minnesota that In view of all these
fncts, and with the well known pur-
pose OF the democracy to use every
e0ost In their power through their
majority In both branches of the
naHonal legislature to thwart the will
q the loyal north and place II demo.
Crst In the presidential chair, and
vho win carry out the wishes of the
leaders OF that party, that will take
the responsibility of withholding
bis vste from M. ii. Dunnell, and
thereby risking an addition to the
nsbsl strength by one vote from the
"a and ever reliable First Minnesota
congressional district
We trust republicans will take
these things into consideration, and
cot only the facts mentioned in this
article, but the population practice
OF the rebel states, and consider the
disgrace and humiliation the rebel
Democracy may bring upon the loyal
psgtion Of the nation by carrying
their dishonest policy into the ma
Akcpsl government.
Gen. Weaver Is indignant at the
democrats claiming the loaves and
0shsa IN Maine. when in fact the