The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15
THE Two Party PEATeORMs.
The Nov York Herald, the zeaiing wevsr-
paper America, Expresses ite Opinion
on Their Relative Merits.
Tho TleaubIican PIatsorn,.

| t'a Ngse{ iI5ia ----- 5A{ts 'ft
The Republican Platform. 5
! a closer examination of the republican
platform oompels us 10 regard t. az {
joke. It is impossible to iTnaRipe thal
the gentlemen who drew it regarded II
as anything else. Take away from IL the
brag and the bluster which constitute ils
comic portions and there 10 nothing len
bat commonplace.
It begins with Dragging. The repub.
licau party, says tho first section, eun.
pressed the rebelliou, abolished slavery.
raised the value OF the paper currency;
from thirty.eight cents 20 par, increaSad
the foreign trade, paid the pensions, tja;d
| of g third of the debt, revived Industry.
ltseems. q pity 10 stop just there. !, WHY
ncs have added that The republican marty
raisad che great crops of the last fef,
years, caused the droughtg aud rains In
Europe which made so great aud prof.
table an expectation of our product.
created the fine wheat and corn weather
with which we have .baens blessed for
yeara, put stop TO the cattle plague.
discovered and developed The new mines
Of precious metals and dug out the Erie
CanalY - So "
IT the republican party, really furnish.
ed oil the soldiers OF the war ana paid
oil the, taxes eince the war undoubtedly
it did all the other things we, have enG.
gested. The plain truth of courss is
TINT the republican party has had con-
| trui of tho government for twenty years
on the whole has mismanaged public
affairs very badly, and Is not bit sorry
for its misconduct! In putting down the
rebellion and in freeing the slaves. Mr.
Lincoln took counsel nc everv step with
leading democrats es we'll as republi.
caIs; ne was the President Of the whole
country, and democrats were constantly
among his most intimate and cherished
councillors, AS for paying the taxes,
the democrats have not been exempted
from that; the pleasing and republican
part WAS to collect Them aud spend them
paying their ehare and no more. az,
The republican chiefs have fallen into
the habit of looking backward. Itlis
The common habit of parties which have
been in power twenty years. IN that
time, and indeed before that time, par
ties, in the nature Of things, become
efsete. Like old men they live In tho
past; there Is no future 10 theni. Like
old men, also, old parties conveniently
remember only the pleasant and cfedita!
i;oop T9 ps,iI io9sor " .qe'i paa an9S tne repu6t
e.,,a H," ro.h;na - g d, anus.ps .sts9sPesF
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nath;.nS m .a M 2 20 q. a,one tesPohsioiei
aora.s ,;.t. ~ 'uE sa.s ~ Mnion sns tAni
psssr WIN .ss cuhseIcy sha 9fppgnt
sn4 SonnILy ~ .he'r S4wAtulce sne
pi;agII;;o, e.esihoa,inelSi i., notaing OF ms
iso.S'ouo nnaotns e,eG..on laws 1nlon .nsy
onaSu vsnmL;;. auu ,n.oue:u uosniug OF tne
hIpnn.nIia .eas, WIN iess stan d9sen
nvloioiG nsanahiI SaIepJi'ons, haye Dssn aiset
seeSViap,y .nny.ssu no.ns9g ~ tne Rfeesl9
I'LL ,Ln1 pvobi9s ? ,loley TIlcn iwas tproWn
m;nd, mt.d iasssn nnnuS -. IGpPels o, Yarion9
n,ana A,nus u ye;n.s, ;n Ia.isn snS Gemnciata
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an iais '.lu iiiipoyefiSileu cosinf
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Siu ouSi,n ~. " p,us.SI, .sus conHeGt,on uellg
maao' W DEiaI secaon an 5Wnicn ,poiyt
sa.;;y, s,;yy,a tn.;ssaa lnPioss,nsnts anu psot
Ss eU.,sS ,e,d ia..S 49,. aio MsSale sogetner;
;9m 9 oS,u mytus ~ Hytninenuation o4 ~ n.r.
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SnN.h st va vvaeeius, shn, hshlrs' tsn' sns Pug
,,bn.a o,,i,, s nS;eo, ;t'uut ~ e uselnoclavs
Mn9so 1 on,y onjecs, -. seoins' ~ 20 turn
.ne only oDlsSe oI tne Iepupnc1?1 chiefs
we're nos 10 net retain possession ot the COY;
elnnens. ~ ne ptuster ls, on the whoiei
nose sti9nS,y ,cot.ic tpah taS Drag y
draws plcsure OF the aeGocrauc iIust
=. onGe nn9 pntlonage,,W Whlcn ,it 10 were
nu. NV ihosiieI ..ueLnocracl Hoaia .ne gen.
any yIi: Ils.esel aor . 9escfiptlon OF itne
Teypuylicciils c utaTnE ny t1enseiyea..7
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