The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31
TEE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
It Exhibits a Record OF Treason,
Infamy and Shame.
4 Party Whose History 3. = Warning te
the People Never To Trust II With
Power A~gain-spesoh d
John ii. IandIa.

" NtaksfN tfGiD Tree tETTfigf4-
IL opp"sed the passage o. the Homestead
act
II secretly planned and plotted TO overthrow
the Government
II robbed oar Goycrnm. N; Of its arms and
munTIOns % war. ana stored them ia tae
GrmJrie- and arsenals OF the south
81 robbed our Treasury and stripped IL Of is
means.
II stole our ships and BATTERED our navy
into foreign seas.
1t diegraccd the Nations honor.
II slIBo 81 drstroyc3 the National credit.
IL undertook To discover the American
Union.
1t tried TO tear the stars from the American
Tag.
fl hu-lcd our country into a great Civil War.
n ciaImed that the Government Wa power
less 10 cocrce "A seeding state.
|tpavc AID Hud COTniorj 10 our country
enemies ia time ct var.
il iargnincd 10 barier away our country's
birttright for a mos OF political p~p'tas".
1t HcOfgd ana Snrsrci at our boys IN blue
Cor TaiIyIns around the old Tag.
II drove routnern SOCIALISTS from their
homes with biOodhoands for beng loyal TO
The I niOn.
II murdered. in cold blood. men, women.
and children VITO loved their country and
who remained true 10 L Lag.
IL opposed q vigorous prosecution OF the
war for the Union. and scfnandcd II cessaLIou
Of hgsti!itics.
1t re-is:ed the draft wfyh ali it's power.
IL discouraged enlistment for tine Union
army while II encouraged drserton from fs
ranks-
Il burned down cOlOrpd orphans nEylums.
Ia Shot down dciens less negroes pa New
York Cty while IN" DemOct ATTIC Governor ud-
dressed the murdcrcrs ~ his friends"
IL Ierpctratcd Ia" smoking crueltics of
AndcrsOnyille salisbury, Libby and Belle
lsge.
IL shed every drop 90 bio ID that flowed NJ
the massacre of Fort Pillow
IL denounced Abraham Lircoin as "a tyrant
and II usurper.
Ii denounced Grant, Sherman, Sheridan.
Meade and Thomas IA butchers for leading
49, -.a.L 90 aaalW ~.s,u So. 800
hosts of treason.
II denounced Union soldiers IA Lincoln
hire iHgs and ~"IawIrss cutthroats."
Ii opp lscd the RIGHT OF the l Mon soldiers
10 vote in the and they saved and made. free.
IL encouraged those WHO were engaged in
an Effort TO take the Nation 5 life. while if
never had one word OF encouragement for
our boys in the front
IL opposed the appropriation OF the public
moneys TO vigorously prosecute the war
h Opposed the raising OF funds TO suppress
the Rebellion II inGugurated.
II declared the war y failure when victory
began TO dawn upon our armies IN the field.
II relOlced ia rebel VICTORIES and wtpi over
rebel dcieats.
IL buried aGO. 900 loyal boys in early graves.
II saddIed nh enormous aebi OF many mill
ions uDDn the people nf this country.
IL under. ooh TO spread smallpox and yellow
fever in Tue North as an instrument of civil
lied warfare
J. oppOssd the emancipation of "A poor and
oppressed rae" Of 4.At.do0 of nondsmen.
Ii has defended the awicsSness and domcst c
violence which has Existed throughout the
South ever since the close o. the war.
IL has AL "aNs been ready ana willing to o"cr
al SORTS of excuses and apologies for ali out
RACES lcrpctraied upon loyal men III iLc
SouIh.
IL was opposed To cCufcrring upon the col
orcd frcelucn the rights OF CITIZENSHIP and
guarantee ing 10 them The equal protection o'
th" laws.
II organized Ku-KluX and WhI'e League or
cnnlzajioIs al over the South. for the par
pose oi IT.tlinida'ing coiorcd voters.
ii has orpo ed every manner OF legislation
which prt.yIdci for the protection OF Amcri-
can itHtnS IN their rights
II has arrayed Itself against every PROPOSE
ton To secure TO every citizen meath our tag
the equal protection of the laws and the fun
enjoyment of lie. liberty and property.
II imposed upon the people OF our country
heavy taxation to meet The necessary eN-
Venses and 10 paw the debt Incurred by the
war.
1t has favored rcpu iiation.
II has been opposed Ia The government car
ryIng ont its contracts and fulfilling lis prom
iSeS.
Ia has favored the ir~rcdcemahle paper cur
rency. one of the greatest Culamities that can
lefalI the people of our counJry.
II has = olcn more money from the Golfers
of rlug-ridden New YORK Treasury alone
than Il / the losses of the Federal Government
under .sepub lean rule.
II dcfcBde I the Tammany ring and covered
Up IFS DARK doin-- unil They wers brought II
Light bk the tcpub lean press.
IL elected Boss Tweed 10 the New York Sen
ate after Re mad been proven To be one Of
the greatest thieves OF modern times
II shielded Tweed. Sweeney and Connolly
and al Tie Tammany thieves until they were
sent To the pcnItcutiary 10y Republican oih.
c.3is
II Is opposed to popu ar education, the
grear hulwark ~ American liberty.
II Is prejudIced against our system OF com
mon schools.
In abolished tho frec-school system in n
number OF southern States
II has favored the pensiouinC Of eN Rebel
soldiers and putting them on equal foatlnG
n voted so pension JEFF Davis. although 10
rnis DAY he boasts OF his treason tn the coun-
Try
taking many millions OF dollars from the Va
unnal Treasury Tor the payment o. Re rel
cisims.
late .~.aNc-owncrs of the South tor the eman-
cipaied slaves, should I; ever get INTO power.
II removed fifty crippled 1 Mon soldiers
who were employees IN the Lower House oil
Congress and substituted fOrty-Seyen exon
tolerate spiders N their Stead.
Ii opposed the passage OF the ClvilService
II slaughtered politically tho only Demo
h craft. Senator who publicly advocated It's
passage
siblity ana trust as rewarus Tor political
services
those who held public positions under II and
refused 10 Toe its psIanT tools
IL turned the civil service Of The country
into n political macnln ne 10 serve the purpose
OF poit ca orrupTiontSts
. In ourosed every reform that has Deen
brought about i'll the civil service or the
country during tn" last quarter OF al ceniir!.
IL tccat the infamous "spolis system and
first rocked il in las CT sGie.
II ~iuaugurated the practice of collecting
political assessments from pubic O hciss
1t threatens voters IN the South with intimi-
dalton aud violence unless tEey Note the
Democratic ticket
In a,as INTRODUCED a system OF balldozirc in
the South and thereby has virtually distran-
crised many of lis citizens
II introduced the shotgun policy into
Southern politics.
II mas murdered the law-ahidIug citizens in
nearly eyerg State of the South for the sim
Pie reason thai they were X, puoi.canS.
II oppo Ell every reform that has been
brought nboIt in the C;yIi service OF the
country during the last quarter OF n century.
IL opposed the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and
FiffeeEth amendments and the ena ,tment of
allaws providing for the enforcement OF
these prnvisionS Of our fundamental law.
II il dominated by the most dangerous e q
ment in the country, and shou i II get posses
zion OF the Government II would be cor
trolied ny the class II men who ran the Gov
eminent machinery under buchanan.
Ii has repeatedly disturbed the business OF
the country 10y imprudently tnheFlnS a. III
Tariff laws.
Iii the author of the Morrison Tariff hill.
and made q most desperate effort 70 force II
through congress
1t Is the financial agent Of England and
other foreign powers for the purpose OF cs
!, seminatIug freeIrade literature amon- the
people and Influencing legislation in the in
lcresr of foreign capitalists
Ii opposes the policy Of protection 10 Amer
lean industry by n J~udicIous imposition of
tsrin duties upon imports
1t has arrayed Itself against the wool iH-
serests, and If il gets the power 10 execute
vSos II mas SO desperately attempted IL Wal
bring ruin upon the woofgrowcrs.
Ii is an enemy 10 labor and would roS the
son of toll OF his God-giyen right 10 earn a
comfortable livelihood.
IT tries to roothe wo,k ingman of the means
I by which he shelters. feeds, clothes aps eJu-
Vcfres his children.
II mas declared wa. against the industrial
interests of the country. aud If succ essful our
present prosperity will be succeeded by want
and distress