Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
ADVICE TO YOUNG VOTERS.



During one OF his tariff speeches in
Wisconsin Mr. John f. Seaman spoke
as follows TO young voters:
And now / have word to say to the
young men who have houorcl me with
their presence this evening. Many OF
you VIII cast Your first vote this fall
and no doubt the Democratic party will
try MS she always tries. to induce YOU
to cast your political fortunes with her
Before you do SO pause on the threshold
of that important act, and examine the
conditions of the country wherein God
has blessed you by creating you native
of this land. By that act you are blessed
beyond the people under the sun. and
the vote that you are endowed with was
perpetuated and handed down to you by
the sacrifice or blood aud treasure be-
yond computation; hence YOU should not
use that vote from motives of prejudice
or association, but from principle of
handing down to those who come after
you that great boon Of an honest ballot
to be honestly counted. and the majority
~ ,uio. Turn to the history of the
democratic party, which asks for your
suffrage. ii was established to perpetu.
ate slavery, and as a necessary auxiliary
1t had TO espouse the twin sister Of evil.
free trade, both of which were establish
ed for the purpose of wiping out the
wage workers and substituting that of
serfs to be a class to do the drudgery Of
life. In the interest of these two prjn-
cipcs the Democratic party carried this
Nation into a war and deluged this land
with the blood Of its children In the
interests OF these two principles she has
on three different occasions joined hands
with q foreign nation to crush the in
dustries Of this fair land, and while pur.
suing her political policy she has sat like
Chinese god. blocking up the path OF
human progress, trying to stop legisla-
ton in the interest Of the working
masses. She porsistcntly fought
the homestead law, which gave
every poor man farm; the protective
tariff law, which gave every worker
home and happy Saturday night: OPP
posed the war, opposed the issue Of the
greenbaclS, the abolition of slavery, the
endowment of citizenship on the black
man, the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. In fact she stands before
you to-day, after 46 years OF existence,
old and wrnkled, blear eyed and painted
like prostitute, to hide her history.
With the lash of the slayc.driyer around
her neck for necklace; with black
blotches Of slavery covered by the Union
Jack, which she tries 10 hide with the
bandanna Of anarchy; with the false teeth
OF reform that set as hdeous on her as
smile on "A corpse; with indian rubber
breasts. cold as they are false, she holds
ont her wrinkled free trade arms and in
vites you TO her bosom with the hypO-
critical cry OF / am virluous On the
other hand, | invite YOU TO examine the
history of the Republican party. that at
the call OF higher Power arose like
morning star to peri rm a mission for
the human family, gave every man q
farm through the American homestead
act, preserved the Union, established
and perpetuated the poor mans money.
the greenbaCk; freed the slave, protected
the industries of the Nation, and gener-
ally speaking did more for humanity
than any political party that ever existed.
The history Of one party IS blurred all
over with great crimes enacted against
the progress Of mankind; the history OF
the other is illuminated with the great
deeds Of its martyrs, statesmen, and
soldiers, whose labors in behalf of hui
manty has given US our present high and
prosperous civilization. TO you submit
the history Of both, aud feel certain that
You, to whom the dcstines Of this Ma
ton will soon be entrusted, will turn
your back on the evil principle Of free
trade democracy, aud look toward the
light Of the future happy Saturday nights
By supporting Republican protective
tariff"