The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
The Two Records,

low We give them, interpolating In
brackets why The CoMMoNER Is not 4
Republican,, 80 that the reader can
have both nf our reasons IN the same
article; or II our Republican friends
are two picjudi cd to rc;tl more tlan
one side Of the subject, they may
just read and skip the part In brack-
cts, and then they will have 1ngcr-
sollism without criticism. It Is us
follows:
Il am opposed to the Democratic
party, and want to tell why: Every
ordinance Of secession ever drawn
was done by Il Democrat. Every
man that tried ~ tear the old llag
was u democrat"
Which Is I'LL true; but many Of
those persons are now running the
Republican party. Instance Mosby,
Longstrcct. Logan. Key and others.
now leading Republicans.
Every enemy this Republic has
had for twenty-five years was u
Democrat
4 mistake, John l. Davenport who
imprisoned men to prohibit them
from voting their convictions Is Re-
publican. Senator Sharon, who
swcars that no other than Il Rerub-
lican President shall take his seat, il
elected, is Republican. Senator
Sessions. who bribed Senator Brad
ley to defeat Il fair election, Is a Re-
publican. james G.. Blaine, now
Secretary Of State, who piled voters
with rotten whiskey and kept them
ina drunken stupor from Saturday
night to Monday morning, so rs to
get them 10 vote the Republican
ticket, is Il Republican. Gen. Grant
Bclknap. Robson, Mcdonald, Joyce,
Boss Shepard, Dorsey. Brady and all
those thieves who have SO unpatri-
otically robbed the Government are
Republicans. The Wall street
thieves. who sat around their curb.
stones, waiting for u reverse to our
armies, that they might coin the
blood, the groans Of the dying. aud
the sobs Of tho widows and orphans
into intcrcst-drawing, non taxable
bonds, were generally Republicans
: pious, praying God-and- morality
Republicans.
Every man that starved Union
soldiers, refusing them n crust Of
bread in the extremity OF death, was
a Democrat"
| Yes and many of even these are
now Republicans, while the men
whom they starved arc either Ma
tionals or Democrats and arc starv.
ing yet.
/ 1.-The man that assassinatcd Abra-
ham lincoln was Democrat. Every
man that sympathized with the as
sassin-cve.y man that was glad
that the nobiest President that ever
was elected was dead, WAS Demo.
crat."
The man that attempted TO assas.
sinate Garfield was Republican
and il he has amy sympathizcrs, the,
, too are Rcpublicans.l
Every man that wanted the priv
ilcgc Of whipping another man t
make him work for nothing. and pa,
him with lashcs Oh his back, was ;
: Democrat"
Every man who now wants tn
privilege Of starving another to make
him vote his privileges and right
away by voting Il Republican ticket
every man who wants to suppress
strikes by calling out the army, ant
wants to compel men to work 70
such stingy wages rs their employ
ers see lit to give them, is i Repub
d lican.l
Every man that raised blood
!. hounds to pursue human beings wa
I Il Democrat
Every man that connived ut law
! for the impoverishing Of human be
. ilfgs, and then made laws FOR the i'm
: prisonment Of them as tramps va.
) and is Il Republican.
. Every man that clntched babe
: from the breasts OF shrieking, sliud
! dcring, crouching mothers. and sol
!. them into slavery was Democrat.
III Every man that went into tn
!. homes OF the poor tailoring men I,
take from them the money tina
: should pay the rich hams take:
! thus starving babes to death, drivin
. girls into prostitution and boys int
+ the highway, was IL Republican.
i Every man that impaired tn
q credit Of the United States was
! Democrat
n Every man who has abused tn
! credit OF the United States by eA
cccding necessary expenses Is Il,
II p uhlican.l
4 Every man that swore he woul
never pay the bonds. every ma
that swore he would never rcdcel
the grecnbacks, every muligner {
this country's credit, calumniator /,
his country's honor was Democrat
Every man who converted o,
} grcenback currency into IL bondc
debt, every man who repudiatcd ii
{ bond obligation to the pc,
pie; and nearly every man WI
helped to increase our public del
q by the contraction OF the currcn,
Has u Republican,.
$. Every man that resisted Il
draft, every man that hid in Il
y bushes and shot ut Union men b.
cause they were endeavoring to cl
n force the laws Of their country, W,
u Democrat"
And these are now the men wi
e. run the Republican party.l
Every man who cursed LincO
to because he issued the cmancipatit
u was Il Democrat"
lTheseDemOcrats are now mar
Sc OF them prominent Republican Of
y. cials.l
Every man who believed that
to state couldgo out OF the Union at
z. pleasure, every man who believ'
nc that the grand fabric OF Americ;
+. government could be made to cruz
le BILE instantly into dust ut the tou
OF CT treason, was u democrat"
=. Every man who believed in 4
abolition OF state Government "
ny in 1887 Il Fedcralist, in 1912 Is
G. traitor. and in 1881 u Republican.
u Every man who put out the iii
under our engines, stopped our mil
ed and turned thousands Of persons o
Eli OF employment, thus starving tho
sands of children, knowing that til
ne were applying the torch OF the