The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-08-19
The Good the Republican Party Has,
and the Evil 1t Has Not, Done.

The Good the Republican Party Has,
and the Evil 1t Has Not, Done.
When the Republicans came into
control of the Government they were
confronted by an armed rebellion; the
authority of the Nation was defied in
nearly one-haf of the Union; they were
opposed by hostile and rebel Govern
ment; the army and navy of the Union
were dispersed; the arsenals were de-
pleted; the Treasury was beggared; the
credit of the Government was de-
stroyed, and all this was the work of
the Democratic party. The Republican
party proved equal to the perilous stu
alton.
They denounced Southern nullifca-
ton.
They declared secession impossible.
They affirmed the supremacy of the
Nation.
They called out the militia to sustain
the laws. e" =
They raised enormous armies and ma
vies to suppress rebellion.
They encouraged enlistments.
They raised money to sustain the
war. - =
They emancipated the slaves.
They armed the negroes.
They sustained and upheld President
Lincoln.
They conquered the rebellion.
:. They preserved the Union. usft-. =
They were mercful to the captured
rebels. .sf,,i. ...-:.] +; ,t:a:f} ~ =:
They disbanded and restored the vast
army to peace footing. -. sr "a
. They adopted the Constitutional
amendments giving freedom, the fran
chise and civil rights to the slaves.
They cared for the soldiers and sail
ors of the Union. a ~
.,a They cared for their widows and, or
phans. izfi ga "- ;i-i, -
They found war and restored peace.
81 They found slavery and, they gave
freedom. f s.-l -
70 They abolished the wildcat curren-
cy of the States. @
They gave the people the best secured
currency in the, world.
They have saved the people from the
loss of millions of dollars each year in
broken bank bills.
They have saved the people millions
of dollars each year by making the cur
rency of equal value in every part of
the country. .,t.,-.s - -
They have restored the credit of the
Government. t - .,- ~.
They have reduced the interest-bear-
ing debt of the Nation S627, ,537, 1874.
They have reduced the annual inter-
est charges from $50, 977, ,697 to S79,-
633, 981-a saving of S71,343,716 a
year. .=s ..i 10 q -.
They have maintained the National
faith and honor.
They passed the Resumption act.
They defeated initiation and opposed
''fiat money"
They made the greenback worth 100
cents on the dollar. -.
They have fostered American indus
tries. - -E.7F7 -.
They have protected American me-
chanics.
They have collected the public .reve-
nues at a less percentage of cost than
ever before. So
They have handled the moneys of the
Government at a less percentage of loss
than ever before.
They have secured peace to the coun-
try at home and abroad.
They have made the name American
respected in all quarters of the world.
They have secured for the Union a
foremost place among the Nations of the
earth.
And all this the Republicans have
done in the face of Democratic obstruc-
ton and hostility. l.-t7e.
Why should a party with this record
be set aside to give place to a party that
opposed and resisted these measures at
every step, and would, if possible. have
defeated every one of these Republican
acts of wisdom, to which the country
to-day owes its unity and prosperityP
The Republicans have done some no.
BILE things things that will be remem-
bered as long as there is history But
there are some things they did not do:
They did not use an army to force
slavery into Kansas.
They did not fire upon Fort Sumter.
They did not attempt secession. j
They did not plunder the Nation of
its arms. - :
They did not inaugurate rebellion.
They did not drive American COM
merce from the seas. r.9n,,. :; .s-..t .
They did not ....hpzza" over Union
disasters. a. ,..., .--...' i ;;. ..,I -. -
They did not "huzza'' over Rebel.
They did not mourn over Rebel de-
feats. sI
They did not oppose enlistments in
the Union army. aral - -stH a
They were not draft rioters.
They did not hang Union colored men
in the City of New York. or burn their
They did notrebel against the Union
in that city, or require troops and gum
boats to overawe them into obedience
to the law.
They were not "Knights of the Gold
en- Circle" -.' t'
They did not commit the atrocities of
Libby, Belle Isle, Salisbury and Ander-
sonville.
They did not oppose emancipation.
They were not .'Ku-Klux."
They did not commit the butchery at
Fort Pillow.
They did not commit the horrible
massacre at New Orleans. -+..a.
They dfd not naerdar Dixon.
They did not butcher the Chisholm
family. .,.z--.,..-
They did not massacre black men at
Hamburg.
shoot, and murder men for opinions
sake. .. .,,.-.- ...........,
They did not organize the Louisiana
White League or the South Carolina
rifle clubs.
They did not drench the South with
the blood of inoffensive colored men.
They did not invent the Mississippi
plan" ~ .t1at
They did not use the 'tissue-ballots.
They are not "Moonshiners.' "a,
, They did not resist the National au-
thority. - -' iS-'-
They did not set up their States above
the Nation.
They did not try to destroy the Ma
TONS credit.
They did not try to pauperize the