Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-03-15
UNDER FALSE PRETENsEs.

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UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
1t is not hard to reach the conclusion that
the Republican party stands conspicuous
among political organizations AZ n party of
false pretenses. Its record is standing per.
version of PRINCIPLES, and it has lived since
the war upon plumber and deception. 1t
came into power twenty-eight years ago
through accident, the Democratic party ut
that time being divided.
Its claim that il has saved the Union has
been proved false by the military records of
the government Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Hancock, Hooker, Rosecrans, McClel-
Ian and others went into the war as Demo.
Gratis, and figures have been produced time
and time again which show that the major
ity Of the volunteer soldiers were Demo
Gratis. While the rebellion was in progrcss
a man would have been deemed insane if
he had said that the Republican party was
doing the fighting. The newspaper accounts
from the front "said nothing about battles
gained nv the RepubIican party" At that
time the victories were won by "the Union
army~ of which good Democrats, as Off.
GERS and privates, were very important
part Although the draft pressed more Re-
publicans than Democrats into the service
il was no, aimed particularly at them. In
calling for troops President Lincoln did not
invite Republicans to rally around the flag.
but he appealed to all patriots to preserve
the country.
At the conclusion of the war the Repub.
licans took the Democratic conqueror of the
Confederacy and made him President for
eight years Then they stole the Presiden-
cy for Hayes. Next they elected Garfield
on fictitious cry and by intimidation, and
now after buying the election they have in
augurated Harrison.
The especial virtue the Republican party
most persistently claims IL that it liberated
the slaves, that il freed the negroes Ga the
strength of that it insists that it has only
transferred the black man from physical 10
political bondage Its orators have reiter
ated that lie about their patent system of
evolution 81 often that perhaps some OF
them now believe it, II the Republican
party has anything in it OF merit, any latent
principles worth having, 1t is time to make
them known.
At q very recent banquet Hon. Warner
Miller, a very prominent Republican poll
tician OF the State of New York, INDUCED
Ul1 Of ha Rannhii
can party, and announced that its future
policy will be ITO educate the people and to
set in motion all the great forces of moral
life" He proclaimed It to be the province
of the general government to provide uni.
yersal education and to secure temperance !;
in other words, he says his party means to
give the country paternal government
The Democrats will be reioced to see the
Republicans undertake that. But he could
not resist the temptation to descend to nv.
pocrisy and he sought to convey the i'm :
preston rather than say directly that the
Republican party was created to abolish
slavery. declaring that IL acame into exist.
ence as the organized, awakened conscience
of the American people" Asa plain mat.
ter of history the Abolitionists were the only
body of men who pronounced for the de.
struction of the "twin relic of barbarism !"
and thew stipmatized the United Stntes Con.
stitu,ion "a "a covenant with hell" The
Ren,h,;cans did not recopnize Jobn Rrown
"a one them nor svmnatbize with bis raid
At Harper's Ferry. The arst Republican
nlo,,o,n, adonted At Pb,lsAelnh,a IN lime
1850. act forth in the preamble that il ION.
posed the repeal of the Missouri Compro.
mise" that is To say it was in favor of geo.
graphical boundary between free and slave
territory. In formal resolutions II adyo
Gated keeping slavery out of the territories
hut had not a word to say against the insti.
tuition within the limits IN which il was
then confined.
In the platform upon which Abraham
Lincoln was nominated at Chicago in 1850
the Republican party declared for estates
Rights, especially the right Of each State to
order and control its own domestic ipstitu
lions according 10 its own Judgment exclu.
SlVely. Infee months DetOfe Lincoln 49,
sued his celebrated proclamation of emanci.
patton, he issued a preliminary proclamation.
in effect, permitting any rebel TO come back
into the Union, slavery and ALL The sub.
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