Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-03-15

usual by disagreement, followed by
murder, and the band breaking up into
factions the authors aud instigators
now taking the leadership Of the band,
with the constant threat and menace
from the other faction that at the
first opportunity, unless fair division
shall now ensue, that q repetition of
assassination shall follow, with the
spectacle constantly before the eyes
of the nation of president constant
ly Swallowed by detectives to keep off
would-be murderers. 1t has come TO
this; that q man fills the executive
chair of this nation, not placed there
by vote of the people, but by and
through the crime Of murder, us has
been hundreds of times openly charged
and published by the minority faction
Of the party and its press, instigated
by the present head of the govern
ment, his aiders and abettors. How
any honest man can now be and re-
main d member of either faction Of
that party is beyond my comprehen-
sion. Every department Of the gov
eminent is rocking with fraud and
dishonesty, MS admitted by themselves.
The two factions are now designated
stalwarts, meaning assassin; and the
other halfbreed, meaning thief
Under such circumstances can l be
expected to become a Republican :?
Could the ghost Of my honored father
be called up and Intercepted, | know
what his answer would be. During his
life he was one of the honored ones of
that party; was present at its birth
under the old oaks at Jackson, and for
many years leader Of the party in
the south part of this county. There
is but one party, then, that | can go to,
and that is the Democratic party.
am well aware of the many charges
that have been brought against that
party. Many of them ! for years i'm
plicitly believed to be true, without
looking for other proof than the Re-
publican papers that l have been ac-
customed to read But since l have
had the matter under consideration, /
have spent much time in trying to veri-
fly from authentic sources. The charge
of want of patriotism, l know per-
sonally to be false. Many of my brav-
est comrades in the army were Demo.
Gratis, and almost without exception the
successful generals during the war then
did and now do belong to that party,
while many others that were Republi-
cans then have become members of it
now. So with almost all our noted
Statesmen, that did most towards aid
ing the armies to restore the union dur.
ing the war and complete its restor alton
since, are acting with that party. The
action Of the Democratic party while
in majority in congress, during the
past few years, has entirely satisfied
me. That party remonetized silver,
stopped the retirement Of the Green
back currency, passed bill to reduce
the interest on the public debt to three
per cent, and reduced the expenditures
of the government very largely, and
would no doubt, have so amended the
national banking law as to have made
it more satisfactory to the people, in
fact had introduced bills to that effect.
They had restored harmony and peace
between all sections of the union, and
had adopted such wise measures in the
southern States, where they had ma
jority, as to put them in prosperous
condition, and in a way to help us pay
off the national debt. For all these,
and many other reasons that / could
give, | EN- satisfied that my best inter-
ests, as an honest man, will be best
subserved by again placing that party
in power.