The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-12

war what do we find? The powerful,
conquered Confederate States which had
performed in the great war prodigies Of
coayAge and vaIor as q. nadon. and n
whose borders dwelt millions Of newly
liberated slaves who, az q race. we're ig-
ncrant and penhilebs. And over these
conquered southerfiers stood the gpand
and victorious army Of the ftepublfc,
with the great North and West TO back
| 1t.
Enhance and trade, and, in many in
stances, the social fabric OF our govern
ment was dethroned. The rehabllitated
Union, with the conquered territory i'm
poverished and destitute, was staggering
under debt Of $4,000, 900, 900. What men
and party guided the ship Of state then?
What nation in the worlds history ever
lrecuperated and made such prodlgious
strides in prosperity under any party
or system Of government as did this
Union? 1 simply ask these questions
for the unbiased reader to make COM
parfson OF the conditions which con
fronted the dominant party then, and
the conditions which confronted the
Democratic party when It took control
Of the government in 1893. DemocraticI
history would have US believe that dur
ing the time prior to 1893 this was al
government OF great corruption, fraud,
pillage, rapine, and plunder. Now, III
under this regime of alleged crime wei
have grown to such greatness, why
should we have made such a retrogradeI
movement under the honest and patri-
otto government which has had full con-
troll since March, 1893? l repeat, why
should we have had the greatest panic
the world ever witnessed since this
honest government took charge of the
affairs Of state? Many Of you say thel
panic was caused by the corrupt and dis
honest rule Of the Republican party.
1 think 1t was DR.. Talmage whoI
once asked an old colored brother why
it was the negroes were all Baptists.
The old darky replied, Why. boss. de
reason am as plain as de. nose on er
mans face. Yer see the colored folks
hain't got sense ernuf to splaln away
der Bibul and has ter take 1t just der
way 1t is So 1t is with the, charge that
the corrupt Republican party is respon-
sible for the death Of the nations pros
perity." i
One does not particularly need flow
cry style or strict regard for the rules
OF grammar, when a writer hits the
nall on the head now and then after
this fashion, Thus, in another place, he
says: sa 5eaa Il,
''Workingmen, don't be gulled AnyI
longer by this free-trade claptrap, and
the bait of cheap tin pans, cheap cut
lery, etc. Estimate what you would
save In year II you could purchase
your tin pans and pocket cutlery at |
25 per cent less than you have been pay
Ing for II. Then estimate what inyou !
would lose in a year in order to save the {
tin-pan, money II your wages are cut /
down from 50 to sl.5O per day. Can't
You see what internal ignoramusses we
have been? -. /, When Clevelandl
was elected, capitalists became fright
sned at the probable free-trade legisla-
lion during his administration. And
hundreds of millions Of dollars, which
or years had been used in ,commerce
IND trade, was called in. This shut
lown mills, turned out men who pre-
,Iously had been able to live and eat
gell, thus taking from them the means
0 buy your wheat and corn. Then came
he cry Of cverproductdon. There was {
IN oyetprodlction, truly, not of wheat S
md corn, but Of free-trade, sentiment