Birmingham age-herald., 1894-10-16
THE TWO PARTIES AND THEIR
 RECORDS,

RECORDS.
 The Republican party came into control of the Federal government on the 4th of March, 1861, upon principles and purposes of avowed enmity to the South, it's institu- tions and its rights guaranteed by the Federal constitution.
 From that time until March 4, 1898, @ period of thirty-two years, that party was the only power that could pass a Federal law; and it is responsible, therefore. for all the legislation of that entire period. Let us look at it's record.
 First of all, it expressly refused to gov- ern the country according to the constttu- ton and laws as construed and expounded by the Supreme Court. This gave an ex- cuse, if not full justification, for seces- sion and brought on the horrible war that followed, with all it's woes.
 It suspended the habeas corpus and ar- rested and incarcerated citizens by the touch of bell.
 It forced amendments into the constitu- tion by military power, which were never sanctioned nor ratified by the States.
 It conferred the right of suffrage on mill lions of ignorant slaves, just emancipated, utterly unfit by nature for it's exercise, and to maintain itself in power attempted to ne- groize the South and destroy it's civiliza- tion.
 It disfranchised the intelligence and vir- tue of the South and subjected it ts the domination of the negro, the esIpet- -bagger and the scallawag,
 It enacted reconstruction laws, whose provisions were intended to subvert the governments of sovereign, indestructibje States and rob them of their rights; to make of them military satrapies, ,close their courts, depose their officials, rob their treauries and plunder and oppress their people.
 It enacted Federal election laws, intended to perpetuate it's power and to override the just prerogatives of the States, by taking from them the control of their elections and placing it in the hands of irresponsi- ble ruffians appointed inspectors, super yisors and deputy marshals by corrupt and partisan judges holding office for life, who had arrested and imprisoned thousands of citizens without cause, merely to keep them from voting, and who were after wards discharged without examination or Htrial.
 - It has attempted twice to pass force bills more dangerous to the rights and freedom of citizens than the alien and sedition laws of old federalism, for which the people of the United States condemned tbat party with an everlasting overthrow century Ulego.
 ,bN In the interest of capitalists it converted llue\e bonded debt of the Unit dStatesS which ,rdeR contracted payable in lawful money, pms ofXb not 50 cents on the dollar, into In 1S73Sayable in coin, thereby doubling the lereby mof those bonds and increasing the ,ld only,P of the people by hundreds of mil. llue to thedollars.
 ,ondiugly Nit furtively demonetized silver, ent on the \aking all public debts payable in tland still further enhancing their reduced by tN rich holders thereof and corre- It stolo the Prlincressing the burden of pay rated it's defeapeople, and at the same time on, perjury andhe money value of everything ilitary force by Gem.
 In 1880 it nominesidency in 1876 and inaug- resident one of theted candidate by corrup- ,e unpardonab able crifraud, and the menace of ,vereignty of the peofrant.
 ection, in form, byated as its candidate for lameless purchase ant chief perpetrators of ,d again in 1888 placed epe of 1876 against the me otfice. largely by thaR Rle and procured his cans. \the wholesale and In 1890 it replaced the BlaN bribery of voters, n years before, mainly by its nominee in the rts, and which partially same nefarious lver and provided for it's fre\ 7 the sherman act, which redpd bill-passed a mere commodity like pRemocratic ef- beat. This bill was passed by A remonetized Rlican vote over every DemocraE coinage Rngress against it. So ruinouPced silver
 ts of the country was this N iron or
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