The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-30
ion. Gen. Hancock goes further. ant: say.
hat hA vOs,1N vntn al Ia~solo g.. 49, 80.

never Will Oe, l would go turtle" still, and |
h0ld that all sucn legislation. no matter by !
whom approved. or how passed, is void amt |
OF no effect. In this view the whole Dclnoc- |
racy Is with Us, or Will he when the subject j. |
fully considered. The body Of the SO I,hern |
people assent to II as fully as the rest o. US |
and the most popular of their representative |
men in both Houses of Congress have said
that such claims ought not to he made or al. |
lowed. To them, as to all men. we owe equal |
and exact justice, according to the law of the |
land. Ii they wanted more, as Il condition Of
acting with us In the cause of honest govern
mcnt, they would have tn 60 out from among
us. We will neitherbuy them or sell them ana
lrcjOice to know that they are not in the mar
ket or open to any bids
THUS THE QUESTION Is SETTLED
~ far Us the Democracy is concerned. But
mark the acknowledged corruption of ourop.
ponents on this very subject. They them
selves have paid uncounted millions of these
same illegal and unfOunded war claims.
can not give the amount, and donot sup
pose that any body knows il accurately. bur
have stem estimates which put it up to- nearly
sl0O,OW,OOO, which may or may not he above
the mark: but the amount makes no differ.
rnce in the principle. You all know how they
passed one urtwo special acts apprODriating
large SUMS us II donation ont OF the public
Treasury which were put into the hands OF
partisan Commissioners to be distributed rs
IL eratuity among their political friends in the
South. The Commissioners were expressly
ordered by the terms OF the act itself to con.
fine their taNOrS to loyal men, and 50. i'll the
language of senator Morton, "buiId up
loyal party in the south" We al understand
what is meant by loyalty in their vocabulary,
Il loyal man is one who votes their ticket.
And | call this distribution of money among
that class OF persons Il corrupt gilt to bra"
them. The Republican Congress, took the
public money out of the Treasury Ivy Il pro.
cess not whit hOncster than stealing. and
/ placed it, "a Cakes AmeS placed the stock of
! the Credit Mobilier, "wherc it would do them
the most good
The speaker then reviewed at some length
the
( ROASTED FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
of the Republican party while In power, the
/ direct result OF which, ne showed, was that
more fortunes were lost by honest people
engaged in legitimate business, and won by
mere spec,l atOrs, than were ever lost or won
in any other country in the same length OK
time. A large proportion of all the wealth We
had passed from the many to the lew. Never
in the world did the process OF making the
rich richer and the poor poorer go on so rap
idly or to such III extent II there be one
thing which the Republican party ought TO be
more, ashamed OF than another. it is its
financial bungiing. You remember that at
one time three hundred millions Of our bonds
were sold in Germany for an equal amount in
ercenbacks, when srcenbacks were worth
here at home only thirty five cents on the
dollar, and would not pass Mt all anywhere
else. Really and truly, we got for these three
hundred millions OF bonds only II little more
than one hundred millions. Other trans
actions of IL similar character were nude
during period of many years, which
when taken together, will SNOW that
probably VIC did not realize more than
an average Ot 30 per cent. on all tne Dohd-
, that were sold. Thus one result OF our sy stem
was tn ma Ike u debt of six thousand millions
' for n CON, i,ierltion Oi three thousand millions
received. The people were taxed To- pay the
whole sum. We stood up to 1t faithfully. but
it was the heaviest burden ever borne ny MI
, man shoulders. The taxes, National, stat.
and MT" icipal absorbed all the PROFITS oi III
! the labor OF the country. The men who crca
I ted wealth by their work were obliged TO par
, with i'll their earnings, above what kept IN
in their bodies, to swell the colossal fortune
l of spectators.
Y EVERYBODY knows how much distress th
u brought on I'LL except the favored classes
i Legitimate business was every where III md
cous ruin, AMI hundreds Of thousands of men
!. the most mertOriOnS among Us, were actua'i
:. starving in the midst of the wealth whic'
@ their pwn labor had created: and when the
!. became turbulent Gas hungry people al"a!
}. dO), the only relief offered them was present
e ed on the point of the bayonct; starve, am .
II starye quietly, or else he slaughtered Xix
q Wild beasts. Thcy buckled to it again, and ye
I. they are at il and still their earnings are swal
d lowed up by the Government which take
It them 10 pay the debt Of II hundred dollars IL
~ fifty received.
EEFECr or HANCOCK'S ELECTION
Nj The Republicans pretend to be afraid that ]
IS case Of Hancock election some poiic! VIII
III adopted detrimental to the interests OF bus
Df ness The expires sion Of this fear Is cnniine
D. mainly to otfiCeholdcrs among whom II Is NJ
n impossible that Gen. Hancock may think it
4. his duty to- make sone changes. But 10 ~
n that he would assent to any measure 'lneu r
It, iniuriously the private rights Of his fellow
q. citizens. at diminishing the general prosperi
id of the Deople or gripping the industry OF u
in country, is mere absurdity. That the rev
I'd nue. laws need some modification Is extreme
I'll probable Modification of them IS denanut
i'm by men of all parties and all classes. 10y NJ
re body will this demand be nnadc more ,ouu
t. than by Gen. Garfield ithe speaks accord'lig'
Is histrle convictions. ButGcn.llanc0ckls a ]lis
o. prudent and conservative man. ! nave ]
ut authority to speak for him. but know whcr
he of affirm when say that he will assent on
ly to such legislation ON this subject rs VIII n
he stability to business and certainty 10 the
he wards of industry; no sudden OF iiGic
IL. changes To iniure any body, but only s''ch
the best practical business men of the count
ID will say that their true interests require Ge
:. Hancock is of all men the least likely 10 wre
w. w. the shin of state by running her wild upon
W. breakers. Let no man 1901 You in'o ieai
a. a. her safety while that steady hand Is on u
w helm and that calm eye looks out upon
!" waves.
as REPUBLICAN ELECTION FRAUDS.
ty There is one other thing which you m'
AK not omit to notice. l mean the propeh,
m of our opponents at all times ana unuer
Ell their different names to chcat as cieet'oh>.
At call 1t the Unconstitutional party, rs
I'm only name that fits them through u
Tor through but it has II long string OF aliases Il
nd many DISCUSSES In all of them. however
w, shows ont one plain, broad marx Oh iut'l y
that is its utter contempt Tor the it4tt w y
9TH suffrage 1 think that nobody now ue"
Al. tn1t .1,
ut yania and counted out in 1866; no. can IL u
cir sonably be doubted that the MAJORITY a7ai
us in Philadelphia has been cho'iHou
". swe!ied by the frauds of every year. IN
n, southern States no pretense was ever n,"i.
,r the Administration party OF decent fes'
an for the rights of the legal voter. cnuer II
,,', of CONGRESS. which that body had no M
,st right to make than the Town 'ohHeh
49, York. nearly all the qualified electors "
thc forced from The POLLS and others i.,,n 81
stun the balo. boxes with Adlninls.ral
.,s ,icke,s, It was by intimidation. rufiian'
,at und false counting that the Carpet Dag n
,r; eru,nents kept themselves In existence ior
md years. But the incOrruptiDle Denaocius
,vs equal to all this. Unawed by influence
I'd u,,yriicd by gain they elected Tiiden ana
.e,v terry routed the corruptionisis. The MAJ
II ity ot the white people was 10000, redu
oy to- 200 900 by the black vote. VI the hleo!
duly appointed thnre was clear i',ai ur ~;
tan 'NVh 3,thiev "S"''ss n;an Il, q, il cnunt,
I'M ever eicc'eo w uh. ,, H.. ~ tha I nj
his Ilideh was hot eiec'eo iie'i'oo ~
i'm. states.
I'M $500. THE FRAUD Of 1910.
ase Thcn came that enormous outrage wi
not made the name of our opponents imam
ans forever. They fraudulently altered the
to pointment of twelve Electors, enough 10
Ow. HAYES n majority of one and on that II
they put him in. The corrupt knaves
!. assisted him are billeted on the Treasury
rely reward Tor their crImes' a," neat;mv p ms
the are taxed 10 pay thGM aol H"o Guy y SSonsa
ring Ot our Dhthr,Sht. IMeir VIZ .s,, -" "a " init
ent. this tnat can De accep,.u 1 as .nv nr,
ring ton Oh the cfiheL"v p ,.a,en &, n.r;nrv
'ure. AZ an thas Was hos a.o, r., hnsnne.
III; ia thousand fold. confess am disappol
But IN the enect oi tilis uIo. ."v p'pf ,n;v,
title DeileVeu that tne nie 800 tho he,,
,inal condemnation Wou., ~, D' .n;," i,mt they