Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-02
FROM THE PEOPLE.
An Open Letter From the Rev.
p. M. Hatfield on the
Two Parties.
The Inconsistency Of Carl Schurz Rec.
ord Shown BY Extracts From
His Past Career.
OPEN LETTER TO THE REV. ]. S.
Froln ~ NO. 0eean

of the claims of the prohibition party +"
Won assume certain positions which
seem 60 me untenable aud to which I
desire to take exceptions in frank and
hratherly way When confronted with
the fact that you arc giving the demo-
cratic party such aid as may lead TO it's
success in the approaching election.
your reply is that such a result would
cause YOU little or no sorrow. You tell
me that the republicans have been in
power nearly quarter of a century.
and that during this time they have be-
come so corrupt that there is lutte to
choose between them and the democrat
CIV. You 80 further, and say there Is
now no great issue before the country
except that of prohibition, ana, as one
of the old parUes rs about as good as
the other, g change Of administration
might prove q blessing rather than a
calamity. You hold tacse views hon
estlv aud it Is your undoubted right to
proclaim and defend them. GOu, OF
course. do not expect them to pass un.
challenged, and viii, ! trust, give can
did consideration 20 the Obiecn0ps that
are urged against them. AS honest
men we have common interest
in rca, hing the right conclusions
ON this question. What, then, is the
CHARACT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
whose elevation 70 power we conteM-
plate with so much cOmp.acencyg We
90 not forget ia this connection that
every party numbers among It's mem
bers individuals who are better men
than the majority Of their associat s..
Still, every party makes for ltselE q
record that is an open book, 'an epistie
known ana Ie%o 81 5lS men, = lieS
Is kto"h 1y lts ilul'' W NAV eng or y.
run Hts thi9 c9iiiogl ,''Ic tlee yi5l,l9u'
4" 20 no lut0uei t'NA, SUi aug "a"
lAaI the "EiteAetlo" "a itAo7 @l'l ~
war WIN AieA.Vo "os usilloo4@ a., ~
measure ID the lhleI esl5ot slavery Ahe
Kansas ana NeotS''i'a outrdses we're q
Ioul ploG upon Iae escuteheoh oA OUT
country piece" theie ~ Ihe osihoctHVic
party Inns same parry 'aus ilI seee'-
SION, ano adVoceteA treason OF years
aha ilhaliy piulsea D'ls iSlio,l llllS t,ie
horrors OF ciNl Wan Inc leauSIS ~ 1Ale
rebellion We're Tor Lhe most part 0eAlo-
cfats, ana those Oh lhfAi VINO are now
alFe are 9eAeIaltF aCIFe lleiiloeIs oi
tle democratic llaItJ' AL oyer "iiell "
ing majority OF slle men WIo at tiis
Dfeakihg oU1 OF Ih5 tepell,ou' h!aue
haste - ciolle themselves WIN perjury
as Win Sathhenti aur WHO thre"
themselves heart ana soul ihJo the war
for the destruction or the government
We're democrats. W@Su ISQei armies
Were preparing 10 captuIe " -9lllS,oil
ana dislielS yer we nation tlis9e sal.l.'
men qehleu tlls Ilt5no oL vl,e soF0i iiliiell'
10 take up arms IN seu-peiei'7e'
THEY DISCOURAGED VOLUNTEERING
for the war and denounced the draft as
oppressive and tyrannical. This was
done with such effect toat their demo-
cratic friends IA New YORK ana else
where organized mous tnaV burned
orphan sylums, mbrdefed patri0tlc
citizen s, ana threatened whote citles
with destruction. Inc organs OF et'is
party denounced Union soldiers as LIN
coins bnelings and dogs VINO wore the
collars he had fastened ABOUT CheG
necks The president OF the United
States, one Of the grand asI men ever
born OF woman, was foiloWed 10y. per
sistent abuse, and scotied at as en- llnoe-
Gle fanatic. During the four years OF
the war, while the southern wing OF the
party was moving eartn ana helI 20 de-
stroy the government, Jnelr Aliies IN the
north were extending tAem ana and
comfort in al' practlca pc ways. ihelr
sympathy with the repetition profactel
the war Tor years ana lea 90 the sacfi-
flee Of faous .ndS oil nVes' IDS same
party Yas furious against employing
coiore@ men IN the army, ah9 resisted
with al ITS power tlle emahcl pagloh OF
the slaves. w men III sPi'e OF JAg" op-
post on the slaves were oeeidteu free;
the democracy true 10 us instincts aho
It's traditions opposed eAifanchs7li's
the freedmen. oince tne close OF tAe
war,
-HE RECORD OF THE PARTY
has shown little or no Improvement.
During all these years it has been a
''dveadfully hungry and thirsty party,
80 70 fsbee p II ,gas rasdv ia sup-
mort an old-tirAe abolfTionist when doing
So promised to give them access 10 the
public crib. Failing in this, the party
was equally ready to vote for patriotic
Union General when there was q pros
pece that under ME leadership they
might secure the spoils Of office.
The managers of the party have made
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