Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-07-31
. What the Republican Party
has Done.

!
When the Republican party as
sumed control of the national Gov
eminent it found the business of the
country paralyzed, the Treasury emp
ty, the credit of the Nation almost
destroyed, its paper being hawked
about the streets at a ruinous dis
count, and treason, dishonesty and
incapacity permeating every depart
ment of the Administration. The
deplorable condition of the country
had been brought about by Demo
cratic policy and Democratic malad-
ministration. Even President Blu
chanan recognized this, and in his
annual message to Congress called
attention to the fact that the indus
tries Of the country were paralyzed
and almost wholly destroyed by the
freetrade policy Of the party He
urged that unless something was
done speedily the whole country
would be bankrupted. Such was
the condition of the country twenty
three years ago when the Republi-
can party was placed in power.
Contrast the condition with that of
to-day. Within that twenty.three
years the Republican party has ac-
complished much.
1t crushed out treason and rebel
lion and gave new vitality and force
to the sentiment, Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and
inseparable."
1t gave freedom to 100000 of
bondsmen.
1t raised servile race into citi-
zenship.
1t restored prosperity to the indus
tries of the country aud dotted the
country over with busy factories,
furnishing employment to multi
piled thousands of working people.
1t has increased the wealth of the
Nation more than three-fold.
1t has extended our foreign com
merce until the Nation sold S3,000,-
100000 more Of its products in
twenty-three years than had previ-
ously been sold from the first settle
ment Of the country to 1860.
1t has spanned the continent with
railroads and made the desert places
of the West to blossom with busy
life.
1t has given to the country sta
bic currency in place of the wildcat
issue fostered by the Democracy.
1t has raised the standard of the
Nations credit to a point never be-
fore attained by any Government.
1t has paid off the national debt
faster than was ever done by any
nation.
1t has reduced the interest bur
den from $4,000, 900 to less than
$50, 100000 annually.
1t has reduced the losses by en-
bezzlements from 1891 on every
81 900, under James Buchanan, to
less than one cent on each $1,000.
1t has reduced the cost of collect
ing the Federal revenue far below
what it ever was before.
1t has constantly and steadily re-
duced Federal taxation, the last Re
publican Congress reducing it four
fold more than the Democratic party
did in eight years.
1t has kept every pledge made to
the people.
1t has made the Nation great,
prosperous, rich beyond the widest
dreams of the people.
While reducing the national debt
at rapid rate, it has paid in pen
sions to the gallant soldiers, who
fought the battles of the Union, the
enormous sum of $3.50, 100000.
Such is the record of Republican
policy and administration for twenty
three years During all that time
the Democracy has met once In
every four years, passed columns of
resolutions, and then gone up and
down the country, grumbling and
finding fault. Indianapolis Times.