The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-09-05
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Facts for Young Men to Remem-

Much is said to-day by those who are uneasy
in the political harness. and by others who are
regarded by the world as sore-headed Office
seekers about the need of forming new party;
about the twenty-five years of Republican
misrule," and the consequent necessity of
Q! eat and sweeping change that shall be pam
acea for all political ills. Probably there new
or was or never will be any social or political
organization perfectly free from faint or cor
ruption and this fact every student of history
well knows. So it is manifestly unfair and I'M
inst for men who may chance to fad, after
careful and searching investigation, some dark
places in the history OF the Republican party,
when such history in the mainis clear and
open to the light, to decry the whole party or
gauzaton. If it could clearly be shown that
the record of the Democratic party, or the his
tory of the Fusion or Greenback organizations
is better than that of the Republican party; if
the platforms of these political bodies were
broader and wiser than that to which the Re
publican party stands pledged; II one might
reasonably suppose that the country under the
administration of any new party would be more
prosperous and freer from corruption than it
now is, there would be some reason in demand
ing the sweeping change that is loudly called
for in certain quarters.
But what are the great facts in the TWEEN
tv two years record of the kepub-
still challenge the admiration and party
fealty of the great masses of men who
to-day vote the Republican ticket? Coming
into power when the country was being
plunged into the greatest civil war the world
has ever seen, when the national treasury was
depleted and the public credit nearly ruined,
the Republican party raised and equipped a
magnificent army which in due time brought
to It's knees people who had fought manfully
and we'll in a hopeless cause, and this when
again and again the Democratic party in the
North through its papers and in its platforms,
declared the war failure. After the war was
over there was enacted By this same party
m eaSureS of reconstruction not perhaps the
best that could have been devised but such as
to bring about in the shortest time good feel
ing between the North and South. Then
means were taken to pay off the public debt,
and to put on a sound basis again the currency
of the country. Hindered at almost every
step the Republican party in the II years fol-
lowing the war, reduced the public debt one
thousand million of dollars. Affairs have been
SO conducted that we are now paying off this
great rational burden at the rate OF ten mil
lions of dollars per month. After twenty
years of Democratic rule the United States was
obliged to pay II per cent. on money that the
country borrowed with great difficulty. SIN
1882 says the Traveller, latter twenty-five
years of Republican misrule, we can borrow all
the money we want and more 100 at 81 per
cent. In 1860, after twenty yearsofthrifty Dem
ocratic administration, 1t was necessary to raise
a loan of 1926, 100000 to pay current expenses.
In 1882, after twenty years OF corrupt and ex-
travagant Republican administration, it is es-
timated that there will be surplus in the ma
tional treasury of $150O0O,000. Iefcit under
Buchanan, $25 100000. Surplus under Arthur
$3.50, 100000. Alas! poor country no wonder
the Democratic heart beats for you" No
country in the world is more prosperous to-day
than ours, and this fact is recognized by the null
titudes who are focking to our shoes. Ameri-
can manufactures find their way into almost
every port in the -world The millions of spin
dies that are constantly hummng in this
country argue much in favor of tie wise pro-
lection which, under Republican rule, has
saved our industries from unequal competi-
ton.
Let men, and especially those young men
who are about to exercise the Franchise for the
first time, consider we'll these things, to the
end that they be not deceived by the tongue
and nen of the cunning demagogue