Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-10-04
There Must and Shall Be Change.

For the past ten years the people
have wanted to change the Admins
tration. For that length of time they
have been weary of Republican, mis-
rule and DESTROYS of getting rid of it.
Why have they been unable to do SO?
In 1872 the Democrats committed
the blundrr of nominating Horace
Greeley for President. At that time
the country would gladly have released
itself from Grantism, but the Opposi-
ton was speedily seen to be farcical.
The election was carried by the Repub-
licans by default. The popular vote
for Grant was 1897, 200, and for
Greeley 2,S34,O00. The Democrats re-
Trained from voting. This is shown by
the fact that in the next election at
which the opposition to Republicanisrn
could show its strength-the Congress
ional election of 1S74-the Democrats
elected nearly two-thirds of the MEM
bers of the House of Representatives.
After 1872 came the Congressional
elections of 1874. 1876. 1873, 1880 and
1882 and the Presidential elections of
1876 and 1880. aff- -; :.
In all of these the people expressed
their determination that the Republics
ans. should yield up the power they had
welded so long. and that there should
be change. I'D: r.. .-eA
In 1874 the people elected Demo-
cratic House of Representatives. 1t
was all they could then do towards a
change.
In 1876 the people elected Mr.. Til
den President over HAYES by popular
majority of $500 They then as they
supposed, secured Il change. s....il, D.,
In 1876 the people also elected Dem
ocratic House of Representatives to sup
port their Democratic President. b.
Mr.. Tilden was cheated out of the
ofiice-the Presidency was stolen for
Hayes, and the will Of the people was
defeated. f 3D. l.. ..tii es1l.s!3 %
In 1878. on the heels of the PresT-
dental fraud, the people again elected
a Democratic House of Representatives.
They determined that there should be a
change. .lr g. r s.s' DIT =
Then came 1880, when the Republic
ans purchased the Presidency they had
stolen four years before and defeated
General Hancock and the viii of the
people by the power OF '.crisp and new
tWo-dollar and five-dollar bills, which
fell Ike shower from heaven
In 1882 the people once more swept
away, the Republican, spoilsinen and
elected a Democratic House Of Repre-
sentatives. They again demanded a
change. s' .-ts -
What will the people do in 1882
They will set the stamp of reprobation
on the party which has confessed to the
purchase of the Presidency in 1881,
which assassinated Garfield, which has
protected official dishonesty, continued
to plumber the Treasury through bogus
prosecutions, and kept all its public
thieves out of the penitentiary. The
people will again demand a change. as
they did in 1874, in 1876. in 1878 and in
18S2-as they would have done in 1880
but for the heavenly shower from the
Star-route clouds. The question is, can
they get the change they want?.
VIII the oligarchy maintain its pre-
scriptive right. to office growing out of
long possession and again defy the pop
ular will? Having stolen power in 1876
and purchased power in 1880, will they
peaceably yield power in 1884? Do we
still enjoy a republican form of Gov
eminent?
Every citizen of the United States is
interested in deciding now and forever.
whether the people rule, or whether the
Republican party rules and shall indefi-
nitely continue itself in office. Every
citizen is interested in uniting with the
Democrats in the cry: There must and
shall be a change IN. Y. World.