Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-30
MINNESOTA REPURLICdN REPUDI-
ALTON.

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The Dispatch, which is a kind of monkey
accompaniment TO the morning organ grind.
err, says, that the State railroad bond debt
"has never been a party question in the
State, and both parties must be held about
equally responsible for the dishonor it hiss
brought on the States otherwise unsullied
NAME" Why so, in a State with ten thou
sand Republican majority, and two-thirds
vote in the legislature? Now hear this
new-risen Solomon's reason, and only rea-
son. 1t was incurred by Democratic adj
ministration." That's the reason for not
paying it, is it? tbs a dishonor not to pay
it, because it was an honor to contract it.
Formulate it in another way, it is a dishonor
not to pay it, but the Republican party with
its majority is not to blame, because the
Democrats contracted it.
1t is marvellous how 80 much falsehood
and unadulterated nonsense could be COM
pressed in SO few words. The statement is
a hypocritical centortion, iand burlesque on
both truth and reason. We are not going
over the bond question neither in detail nor
in general, but repeat that the Republican
party, while denouncing reputation at the
South, is repudiator in Minnesota, and
has been for twenty years. The party has
not only repudiated, but its organs and lead
ing men have published that dishonor to
the world, and attempted to make the name
of the State reproach in the financial
centers of the world. The Democrats have
had nothing to do with it, and have been
utterly powerless either to prevent
or to remove the damning faint. The dis
honor belongs to the canting radical bloody
shirt shriekers of Minnesota, and they shall
wear it.
1t has never been party question in the
STATED" Why2 Because the Republican
majority were too dishonest and too COW.
ardly to make it party question. Too dis
honest to pay the maturing interest and too
cowardly to risk their hold on office, the
Republican party has preferred to sacrifice
the honor and credit of Minnesota, to entail
shame and degradation and humiliation on
the people for generations, rather than to do
right and to act nobly although the heavens
might fall. There is not an honest
man in Minnesota but knows this to
be the truth. There is no palliation,
no excuse, no extenuating circumstances.
1t is case of downright dishonesty and DO
liticsI coWarf1ica cophipod
And it is exactly on par with the conduct
of the party elsewhere. 1t is not intended
that there are not honest men in the Repub-
lican party. No one but fool would init
mate such SANDER. There are as honest
and true men Republicans as any men on
earth. But the Republican party no longer
exists. Its organization is in the hands of
thieyiDg Philistines, and whatever these
banditti do, is endorsed and approved by the
masses. Take for instance the Southern
State debts. Every one knows that no soon
er was the war ended, than the whole machine
~ of local governments at the South was
seized by wandering Republican tramps,
and the States and people plundered with |
rapscity and cruelty that would have put to |
the blush the barbarians of Attilea in their
descent upon Rome. A mountain of one
hundred millions of debt was heaped upon a |
conquered, ruined, starving people, of the |
same memories, of the same blood, of the
same government, co-heirs to the same i'm. |
mortal heritage of civil liberty. 1t is too |
shocking to be remembered. It should be
blotted from all the pages of our history.
and yet this same Republican party, with its
garments, here in Minnesota, reeking with
the filth and terrible stencil of renndistinn