The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-26
BURrs CAUSE FOR ALARM

IN M own mind, at the drift of af-
fairs In this nation. You may ask at
my time OF life why 1 should care SO
much about 1t. But let me say to yo,,
In answer to that question-fathers,
mothers, don't you desire to leave
this country in a better condition than
what you have been placed in, as a
heritage to your children? 1 come be-
fore you tonight to plead with you
concerning the dangers of our nation,
the dangers OF Its being wrecked
Mr.. Burt may have been reasonably
alarmed before the election four years
ago at the dangers that beset the ma
tion-the danger of the possible triumph
OF Organism, and that is the only dan.
ger that besets 1T today.
Mr.. Burt is not the only Democratic
politician who has been alarmed at
the dangers that beset the nation. :,
Here are q few excerpts from past
history:
| Under the pretense of q military ne
cesslty OF war power higher than the
| constitution, the constitution itself has
| been disregarded in every part, and
| public liberty and private right alike
| trodden down and the material pros
| perity of the country essentially i'm.
| paired.-Democratic national platform,
| 1864.
The Republican party, instead OF re-
storing the Union, but so far as inits
power, dissolved it. Under its
repeated assaults the pillars of the
government are rocking on their base,
and should 1t succeed in November
next and inaugurate its president we
will meet as subjected and conquered
people amid the ruins of liberty and
the scattered fragments Of the consti-
utlon.-Democratic national platform,
1872.
charge upon the Republican party OF
having been the means of making our
divided families, widowed women,
blood-stained fields, starving orphans
and lonely graves OF our honorable sol
diers where no tombstone marks the
spot, and the pale and emaciated brides
of the land. They have caused death
to rove throughout the land, bringing
weeping and anguish to the cities of
the Union. casting the infuriated and
flaming visage Of death throughout the
And even in the loyal states where we
have not heard the groans Of the dy-
ing or the roaring Of cannon, the party
in power has used the mailed hand OF
military usurpation, des potism and
tyranny to strike down the liberties of
the people and trample upon the bleed.
ing and desolate constitution.-Hon An
drew J. Rogers, OF New Jersey, at New
York, Sept. 8, 1864.
Your constitution is in danger of being
destroyed by the hand of military des
potism unparalleled In the history of
man. There is not @ man,
woman or child in the West that does
not believe that this man (Lincoln)
cannot conduct this war further with
safety to the country.-Ex.-G Gov. Wyck
life, OF Kentucky, at New York, Sept.
8, 1864.
II Abraham Lincoln is reelected
president, the liberties of the people
are gone forever. Military despotism
will rule There will be no liberty of
speech or press. Anarchy, bloody an
archy will follow. Taxation without
limit will grind the people to the dust.
there will be more widows and orphans
and more tyranny and oppression than
the world has seen for centuries.-Niles
Republican.
By arrogatng to himself powers
not granted by the constitution and the
laws, Mr.. Lincoln has exercised, or
attempted to exercise, despotic
power over the people such as only the
emperor of Austria can exercise. He
has given himself over to those who
declare that the constitution is league
with death and a covenant with bell
Col. Gray, of Detroit, Mich, Oct. 3,
1864.
The war for the suppression Of the
southern rebellion has been made the
instrument of usurpation and oppres-
sion and the patriotism of the people
turned to an assault upon free govern
ment. The power and influence of our
government among nations has been
frittered away and a monarchy estab-
lished on our very borders without as
much as a protest from the Washing
ton administration. York World,
Sept. 4, 1864.
There is not 4 man here whose life,
property and everytnlnS-WnoSe wire,
children and home will not be In danger
should such deplorable result follow
as the election again Of Abraham Lin
coln.-Hon. John McKeon, to the Demo-
cratic Convention, Sept. A, 1864.
Abraham Lincoln was reelected and
not one Of the dangers that Mortified
Democratic statesmen were realized.
Fathers, mothers, you know that this
country is in "a better condition" than
1t ever was under Democratic rule, and
you know that the dire disaster and
dangers referred to by W. j. Bryan
and w. r. Burt are no more entitled
to respect than were those uttered in
1864 against Abraham Lincoln.
Your interests have been safe and
your prosperity made possible by such
patriotic men as William Mckinley
and Joseph w. Fordney.
You can only endanger your condi-
ton by sending such men as Mr.. Burt
to congress to assist In und DING all |
that has been done to make this nation |
prosperous and great.
Don't you do IL,
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