Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-08-08
PoI.Ir,CAL.

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Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge
CThat tempts ambition. On the summit see
The seals Of Office glitter in his eyes
He climbs, he pants, lie grslsps Iisem! AT his
heels
Close 1t his heels a doniayoguc ascends
And with dcxttO us Jerk Soon twists HIN, down
And wins them, bit 10 lose liz m in his turn.
eo~per.
Grover Cleveland, through the
force Of his exalted position as the
head Of his party and chief lnayis-
trate Of The Nation, may in the
mistaken effort to attain better pop
ularity and keep his place, plunge
the nation into discord and his
party into ruin. We can realize no
spectacle so hiimiliating than that
Of the man who permits himself to
become the dupe end instrument OF
d political party. The popular suf-
fringe should never be squandered a
second time, on any man who for
the purpose Of bis party, or his per-
son Or my purpose whatever has
encouraged influences hostile to our
institutions, or detrimental to the
future welfare Of the Republic.
Having fed ut the public crib"
Or fixed their hearts upon the at
tainn,ent Of support from that
source, it will now be very diff
cult thing for the Democratic party
to let 60 their possessions or their
expectations.
The destruction Of their party
means the ruin oftheir hopes. Tho
natural law Of self-preseryation will
stimulate them to hold the material
Of their party together for triumph
this fall and for four years more Of
government.
A short time prior to the nomi-
mating convention, seeing victory
impossible, upon the old issues,
they resorted to new (tsrmed chest
erHutly) party me assures, and the
democratic perty is now shrewdly
attempting to blind the eyes Of the
people and trying to convince them
that these measures have within
their limits some features Of public
necessity to and in the nation. For
many years the democratic party
have vainly struggled to rally its
partisan under variety Of extrane.
Gus issues but with nothing 70 hold
Il together but the antiquity Of its
empty title. As the blue jeans
back woods-mcn, Of Indiana, are
said 70 this day to 60 to the polls
aud vote for Andy Jackson. Proud
old Democracy.
The Republican party has always
advocated the protection Of Alneri.
can industry and American genius
against foreign competition or "free
trade" The democrats have oppos.
ed the policy always. It is now a
very stale issue for il has been prac.
tically demonstrated that extreme
Of protection or extreme Of free
trade would neither Of them be 81
/ utility TO the nation.
| Tie Blizzard, short timo ago
made the statement that .'the reign
n The Republican party was con.
spicious for nothing but the accu.
nulation ola large surplus in the
treasury. Let us see. They had
been IN power "a years and lefl
l about $50 millions 0f dollars to the
National Credit, and the country
Hpeacefs,l and prosperous.
Prior 10 1860 The democrats had
IN holding the reins Of govern
nasnt nbout 90 years and see the
ondition III the country, financial
md otierwise, when they left II.
The treasury depleted on The verge
% bankruptcy, and the people IN
yclvsd n MAJ with each other.
ominss,t Il entixcly unnecessary.
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