Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-03-01


yond the Rockies Millions upon mill
ions OF dollars were iaken from the
California mines, ard much OF il was
sent TO the eastern homes of the miners
and there put into circulation. Lots Of
good money made and Kept up the cord
times inaugurated by the Mexican wsr,
and not by free trade. But about 1856
the mines had ceased to readily give
their wealth to the gold hunter without
heavy expense. The miners returned
to their homes and owing TO the free
trade policy of the democratic party,
the wealth of the mines had largely
gone to Europe 10 purchase things
which common sense dictates shall be
manufactured here at home, giving
employment aud wages to our own
people. Money gone, credit was also
gone and the United States had 10 sell
bonds in Europe at a big discount
while they bore high rate Of interest.
In order to supply the place Of the gold
that had gone out of the country a
paper currency was allowed. How I'M
satisfactory it was many of our older
readers will remember without difficult
ty. The fact of the whole matter is the
country was prosperous in spite Of the
democratic party and lis false theories,
and not because of them as claimed by
the Chicago Herald. When the repub-
lican party took up the government
after years of democratic mal-adminis-
tration, it found everything in a state
of collapse. No money, no credit,
aim ost no government. The national
treasury looted of every dollar arse
nails stripped of their guns and muni-
tions of war; what few ships there were,
scattered over the earth. and gigantic
rebellion ready to break at word.
This was surely pleasant condition of
things. but it seemed a fitting result of
domocratic misrule and democratic
theory The history of the country
from the time the republican party
came into power until it went out a
year ago is wonderful one, and one
that has won the plaudits of the rest Of
the world Rebellion crushed slavery
wiped out; cities built; industries es.
tablished deserts turned to gardens,
cities and happy. homes on montain
and plain, perfect net work of rail :
roads and telegsaphs, and the hum of
prosperity everywhere, until by glitter
ing generalities and false promises this
party of incapacity and inconsistency
again got the reins of government.
Well may some of its. leaders cry
Where are we at?' while others are
alarmed at the results produced by the
mere threat of their pet theories to say
nothing of the calamities that will come
from an attempt to make practical
application Of them. Factories shut
down, mines closed. thousands upon
thousands out OF employment, public
relief organizations and soup houses in
our great cities. hundreds of families
made bankrupt, iails filled with crimi-
mails, new enterprises stopped, the gov
eminent Inundated in the Hawaiian
muddle, credit going. the national debt
on the increase, and incompetency in
every department, these are few of
the things brought about in one short
year by the old time mal-administra-
ton characteristic of the democratic
party. And yet the great Chicago
Herald has the gall to point back to 40
and talk of the good times in connec-
ton with free trade, and try to mislead
its readers into thinking that free trade
was the cause then and will be the
cause again just as soon as the Wilson
bill is passed. For shame.