Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-10-25
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

asked III some paper: Wny are you q
Republican?' / will endeavor to tell
whyI am not Democrat. Because
the Democrat party is a record of in
fanny and shame and treason. 1t tried
to tear the stars from the American
flag, would even now haul the flag from
its high eminence in our foreign pos
sessions. 1t is the party that enacted
the fugitive slave law of 1880. 1t Sc
cretly planned and plotted to overthrow
the Government. 1t robbed the Gov
ernment of its arms and munitions of
war, and stored them in the armories
and arsenals of the South. 1t under
took to dissever the American Union.
1t almost destroyed the National credit.
1t disgraced the Nations honor. 1t
made the most determined effort to
carry slavery into the free states 1t
threw our country into bloody war;it
drove Southern loyalists from their
homes with blood hounds for being true
to the Union. 1t opposed the war and
demanded a cessation of hostilities. 1t
resisted the draft with all it's power.
1t burned down colored orphan asylums
and is now disfranchising colored vot-
ers. 1t shot down defenseless negroes
in New York city and the Democrat
Governor addressed the murderers as
"his friends" 1t perpetrated the
shocking cruelties of Libbey and And
ersonville, Belle Isle and other prisons
1t denounced Union soldiers as Lincoln
Hirelirgs and lawless cut-throats. 1t
opposed the soldier the right to vote
1t rejoiced over rebel victories and
mourned over rebel defeat. 1t buried
3O0,O brave boys in early graves. 1t
saddled an enormous debt of many
millions upon this country. 1t was op-
posed to the emancipation proclamation
freeing 100000 poor human beings
from bitter slavery. In the South it
has arrayed itself against every propo-
sition to secure to every citizen beneath
our flag the equal protection of the law,
and the enjoyment of life, liberty and
power. 1t has stolen more money from
the Golfers of ring ridden New York's
treasury alone than all the loans of the
Federal Government under Republican
rule 1t defended the Tammany ring
and mid it's inequitous doings until ex-
posed by the Republican press. Itvoted
to pension jeff Davis, who to the day
Of his death boasted of his treason to
his country. 1t opposed the policy of
protection to American industries by
judicious imposition of tariff duties up
on imports. Ithasrepeatedly disturbed
the prosperity of our country by fooling
with the tariff laws. 1t is an enemy to
labor Notwithstanding its vociferous
boasts to the contrary, and would rob
the sons of toll of their God-given
rights to fill their dinner pals. 1t is
trying to rob the workingman of the
means by which he feeds, clothes and
shelters his family. 1t has declared
war against the present prosperity and
Unsuccessful our industries would suffer
and our present good times be succeed.
ed by want and misery. 1t is and al
ways has been the champion of free
trade which would surely lower the
workingman's wages and put them on
a par with England's pauper labor. 1t
manufactured the tissue ballot in the
South. 1t oppresses free speech by
trying to break up Republican meetings
and stoning and clubbing the speakers
not only in the South hut in the North
during this present campaign. 1t was
willing to gibbet President Mckinley
because he did not declare war sooner
against Spain and then would have
guillotined him because he did 1t can
not point single act it has performed
in interest of good government in the
last 40 years. 1 could keep on indefi-
nitely telling of the rottenness of the
party but will wait another time. /
cannot for moment think that intelli-
gent voters will entrust the welfare of
the millions to party with such re-
cord.
A DIsFRANCHIsED VOTER.
Driftwood, Pa, Oct. 18th, 1900.
The Philadelphia Times announces
that, beginning with their Sunday issue
of October %, they will publish weekly
a series of articles descriptive of Tour
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