Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-29

that a majority of the legal voters il that
State are colored and are Republicans !?
Does he not know, besides, that the~l3S
electoral votes of the South are already
virtually counted FOR Hancock, regardless
OF the vote that may be casls And does
he not know that no free or fair election
can be held in any one of the late rclel
Slatess This is the record of the Dsmu
cratic party.
On the other hand, look at the record
of the Republican party. 1t suppressed
the rebellion, aided by war Democrats, of
which Mr.. Groesbeck was ole. Ii met
the opposition of the Solid South and OF
the Democratic party, in It's organized Ca
pacity. 1t amended the Constitution
1t adopted those amendments which Mr.
Groesbeck says are sacred. Ii restored
every one OF the disloyal States to their
places in the Union, aud placed them
upon sn exactly equal footing with the
Northern States, IL passed no laws for
those States that were not equally oper.
alive at the North. 1t provided for free
ballet, and guaranteed the equality of
every citizen before tho law 1t entran.
chised the rebels 1t admitted every one
of them to the ballot box. Then il re-
constructed the finances of the country.
IL provided the best paper currency
known to the civilized world. 1t restored
specie payments. 1t raised the credit of
the country TO a level with the most IA.
yored nations of the world. Under the
last Democratic administration money
could not be borrowed st better than 10
per cent. per snnum. Now United States
per ceut. bonds sell at a premium of
per cent, and our paper currency, wheth.
or greenbacks or national bank notes,
which are good everywhere at home, are
also equal to gold in London, Paris, vi
emma and Berlin.
1t also reformed abuses in the govern.
ment, until now the administration is
without spot or bemish, or even suspic
| ion. The vast revenues are collected
without loss, and the expenditures are &C
counted for to the last dollar. The adj
ministration, too has been more economi
Cal than the Democratic Congress. Mill
| ions that had been appropriated have been
| saved and returned TO the Treasury.
And this is the party The record OF
which fills the brightest pages in the
history of civilization, that Mr.. Grces,
beck wants turned out to make room TO.
the Democratic party, covered as 1t Is
with the blood OF patriots, and controlled
as II is by the States that sought TO destroy
the government.
And Nh. Groesbeck talks as if the Re
publican party desired an empire or
sought to reduce the States to provinces,
and he does this In the interest of party
that sought to establish an empire, the
! corner stone OF which should be human
slavery, end of party that, now the war
is over, excludes from the ballot box, not
by law, 1t is true, but by force men who are
citizens under the Constitution, because
they are poor or because they are colored
! If Mr.. Groesbeck wants "change" in
order that 100000 Office holders may be
turned out and 100000 hungry Office
seekers turned in, he ought to say so, In
that case he would be understood Let
him bid plainly for the spoils, If that is
what he wants. If that is the measure OF
his craftsmanship, let it be SO understood,
The country will then know how to take
his measure