Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-03
Thoughts for Young Men.
No. 8.

4NOs
YOUNG MEN SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE
CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF
THEIR COUNTRY, AND TIE EFFECT OF
THE POLICY OF THE DIFFERENT AID
MISIsTRATIONs UPON ITS PROSPERITY.
Young men consider earnestly and
honestly as good citizen. what has
been and what is to day the standing
of each Of the great political parties.
We judge men and parties alike. by
their record and character as evidenced
by their actions We can study the his
tory and composition of the past and
the present of the two parties. and read
lily decide which has the nobler history.
which has done the grandest and most
patriotic work, into which have formerly
drifted the best men of the nation-On
the whole-both PROFESSIONALLY include
many good men-and into which pass
most generally the brutal classes, the
demagogues, the wreckers and the
bride takers. Where are the lifes history
of the great men of the generation just
closed? Where are the permanent
marks of the master minds of the days
of 1860 to 1892 manly? Casting bal
auce, where would man of pure heart,
of patriotic spirit choose TO go? Into
the party of pro.slavery proclivities, of
secession principles. of traditional ito
the victor belongs the spoils" practice.
or to the party that abolished the foulest
crime that ever disgraced a nation, that
preserved our country when in danger
of disruption; that met every financial
crisis by wise legislation, sustained the
nations credit through period of trial
such as no other nation ever experienced,
and paid its every obligation despite
the protests at every step OF the oppo-
sition.
In 1929 President jackson first pro-
claimed the doctrine, ITO the victor
belongs the spoils. Every citizen who
is posted in the political history of our
country, knows that the Democratic
party was the stanch supporters of slsv-
cry and its aggressions, and tried to
force slavery into all the Free Territor-
les. 1t passed the massachusetts
bill which protected slavery IN all the
territories. 1t was the apologst for
treason, it opposed the emancipation of
slaves, and in congress and the various
legislatures opposed and INSTRUCTED the
adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment,
which forever prohibits slavery. 1t
opposed in Congress and in every State
Legislature with unbroken front the
fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments.
For the last fifteen years, the last two
Amendments have been null in six of
the southern states. Which party has
done the most to bring about the period
of prosperity, which has enabled us
to become the most prosperous nation
on earth? To which party should we
be allowed to trust the preservation of
that which 1t has won for us? No good
citizen need hesitate at this point. We
can all readily see which is, or at least
ought to be the safer party with which
to work. What shall we, individually,
do to assure our future? Shall we unite
our fortunes with party of which the
whole history is one which neither the
good citizen nor the patriot can be
proud. or shall VIC unite with the Re-
publican party, the greatest and most
faithful friend American labor ever had?
No good American citizen, who has the
best interests of the whole people at
heart, wishes to unite with the free trad
or or revenue reformer, whose greatest
expounders say, cit is science founded
on assumption. 1t IS the abstract
theories of readers, of dreamers, utterly
ignorant of the conditions of business,
and if applied to the business affairs of
life would be Of incalculable damage to
themselves as well as their neighbors.
The history of the Republican party
is the history of the Nations wisest
statesmen. truest patriots, saintlest
martyrs, and most illustrious warriors,
the party of the Union soldier, the party
of freedom and of the protected Ameri-
can labor. j. A. CURTIS.
Patch Grove, Wis.
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