The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-31
TITS A LIE"

The Republican party is the party
of bigotry, arrogance, and false pre-
lenses. Their whole stock in trade
consists in claiming for themselves all
the virtues, all the intelligence, culture
and refinement of the land, and in
charging upon their opponents all the
vices and corruption imaginable. Their
claim to have put down the rebellion
is false pretense. Show us a man
who asserts that there were no Demo
Gratis in the army and we will show
you man who never saw the smoke
of battle. He either hired substi-
tute or secured a fat Office that kept
him out of reach of rebel bullets. Show
us a man who says there is no truth in
Democratic newspapers, and we will
show you man who cannot dlscrlmi-
nate between truth and falsehood in
his own private affairs. Show us a
man who says that Democrats are all
scoundrels, and we will show you n
bigot in politics, religion and ebusiness'
The cry Of the Republican party for
years, when corruption has been traced
home to them, has been "It's lie. y
This is their argument, this their only
answer. When charged with stealing
the Presidency in 1876. they say "Its
lie." When told that the platform
of the Democracy is as strong for pro
lection as theirs, again comes the an
swer ats lie. Democrats are free
traders, no matter what their platform
says. We are for protection because
our platform says So" When accused
of having brought business to its pres
ent condition by maintaining a large
surplus in the treasury, and by legisla-
ting solely in the interests of monopo
lies, they answer "It's lie. The cf
fort to pass the Morrison bill last win
ter was the cause of the present de
preston" They forget that the de-
preston came long before the Morrison
bill was thought Of They heap scan
dal after scandal upon the heads of op
posing candidates, and when in retalia
ton some unpleasant fact connected
with their candidate is made public
they howl "That's Democratic lie.
When the Credit Mobiler, the Pos
leadership frauds, the Whiskey Rins
jobs, Black Friday, the Star Rout'
robbery, and poor, neglected, iraut
Hayes are held up before the public
with all the corruption in then
traced to the Republican party, the ac
customed answer comes echoing bacl
from all the organs and all the bigot
of that party, "It's lie.' We accus
them of corrupting the ballot in lndi
ana in 1880 by the wholesale purchas
of voters under the hand of that ar
dent Republican and unconvicted Sta
Route thief, Steve Dorsey, and the.
reply 'You lie." The Associated Pres
dispatches are controlled by the lie
publican leaders and moulded to sui
their purposes regardless of facts, bu
when Democratic papers which wan
the truth obtain their information from
more reliable sources, and give tn
public the benefit of their advices, tn
same old cry greets their ears, "lt's
lie." The fact is, the Republican,
have been in power so long that the,
look upon Democrats as foreigners wh'
have no right to interfere with them il
their extravagant administration. The.
act and talk as though it were piec'
of impudence on our part to attempt t.
''turn the rascals out"
But the day of retrlbution is at hand
The party of arrogance, bigotry, falls
pretenses, fraud and corruption mus
60 We think it will start next Tues
day for the briny waters of Salt River
but if any Republican should happel
to read this he will from force of habi
exclaim "It's lie."