Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-08-25
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 "It will pay democrats to remembe, that fos more than quarter of a cen- , tury they were ostracised in their own country"
 Thus lamen,s the Courier of the 7Is, instant.
 But the writer of the above lamenta- ton forgot to tell its readers, why they, the democrats were ostracised.
 The history of that ''qusrter of cen- tury," tells woeful tale against the dem. ocrsts.
 Democrats n congress and out of t were the only instigators of the great rebellion. Democrats of the south, waged four years war against the gov- ernmen, of the United States and thou sands of democrats of the north gave the rebellion aid and comfsrt.
 This IS why they were ''ostracised.H F Democrats also, opposed the war suppress the rebellion. and declared in their national convention of I864, that 1t, the war, was failure and demanded of the administration that tt cease the struggle and permit the ''wayvard sis- ters" to 90 in peace. This was why democrats were then ''os,rac,sed."
 While democrats ~efe firing a, the heart of the republic with shot and shell, m the south, the democrats of the north were firing in the rear, and discour aging enlistments for the Union army, 10 take the place ef so d,er. killed by bull lets. fred from guns in the hands of dcrn- Ocrais.
 This IS why democrats were 'os,ra- cised."
 Democrats in congress after the var, while reconstruction measures were being perfected m order ,o heal the great wounds inflicted upon the republic, placed every obstruction ie the way of reconstruction. their ingenuity could devise. They not only opposed all the measures proposed by the republicans to righ. the ship of state. but failed and refused to inrr roduce single measure for relief themselves.
 This vas why democrats were ostra- eised.
 It is true the democratic party is nov in power in the national government But tt is SO because I "ostracised" the republican vote Of three or four southern states.
 ''Curtailed expenses" says the wise man ef tho Courier. In what respecie Not by the Deficiency Appropriation bill, which congress was compelled to pass. to make up the amount of money necessary to cary on the fiscal affairs Of he government
 Add the deficiency appropriation to the regular appropriations of the 18th. congress, and the ''cur.ailed expenses rill be on the wrong side of the ledger. The Courier further says the admins l ration has ''set,led some differences with Oreign powers" l suppose the trucking of Prime Minister Bayard, the moush-piece of the in the fishery con,rove,- 7, and the bravado vaporings of the anne func,ionary with Mexico. are two of he differences settled by this great ght of this century.
 "It is clearly to the interest of all good itizens to uphold the law and ;he con- ti,u,ion." says the sapien, editor.
 If citizens are ''so,d' who support he law. those who violate 1t, are bad itizens. Presiden, Cleveland is therefore O, a good citizen, tor in defiance of law, nd courtesy due ,he,senate, he has re- ppointed and commissioned W. C ia,hews tS be recorder of deeds, to lcceed Fred Douglass. after having cen rejected by a large majority of he senate. The same IS true of many thers.
 The Prescott organ should no; pu; the ,aders of his party in such straits.
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