Year: 1869

The following article, which we clip
! from the Fort Wayne Democrat, ought to
be read and well pondered by every one
who has vote to cast, or q good thought
or word to bestow upon the welfare of his
country. Let all read and compare the
past with the present. ~ G.


In the good old days of Democratic rule,
when peace and prosperity smiled all over
the land, a distinguished traveller visited
the United States to view the workings of
our form of government IS administered
by Democratic statesmen, from that purity
of motive which had no other desire than
to be just and impartial. This visitor was
great scholar, an explorer, q philosopher
-Alexander Won Humboldt On return
ing TO Europe he said, sThe Government
of the United States IS the best in the
world, you can. neither see il nor feel II.
Were it necessary to pFoducs proof that
this man possessed great intellectual power,
this terse and unequaled sentence would
alone be conclusive evidence. From the
adoption of the Constitution Of 1887 to
1851, this Incompatible description Of our
Government was true 70 the letter.


You do not fesl it, for no oppressive
taxation visited you, your land was not
filed with tax gatherers, and stamp act
did not wrench from you the last pittAnce
left in your pocket =


You could not see il, for no bayonets
bTistied In times Of peace to disturb the
pecpls and deprive them Of their rights
States in this GLORIOUS Uniono were not
held in subjectiOn by military despots, and
the despicable carpet bagger was q thing
unheard of. Negro supremacy in part
of the Union was not the pet scheme of
the American Congress, but that body, N
the COED old days of the Republic, was the
subject of praise all over the world. It's
action was then dictated BY patriotism,
and the love for the Union was its guiding
star.


How is it nOW9 Verify, you can both
feel and see the Government-feel and see
it TO your sorrow. You can feel 1t IN the
enormous taxes you have to pay; IN the
inequality through which the bonded aris-
tocraey of the country are exempt at the
expense of the toiIing milions yon can
feel it IN ths high prices of al articles 81
Consumption; you can feel it in the de-
passion of trade. 1t is your annoyance
through the day aud the incubus (which
hAunts your dreams at night. Yes, you
can feel the Government IS administered
by Radical vampires, and will continue to
feel it as long IS they are permitted to sap
the life's blood from the nation. You can
see it too, IN the standing armies at the
South where thousands of soldiers are mar
shalled for political purposes Only, at the
expense of millions of money Wrung from
the labor of the North, and for WHAT
Simply to place the feet of three millions
OF negroes upon the necks OF eight millions
of white people and thereby control the
elections to save the Republican party and
! its official thieves and plunderers from de-
feat. You can see 1t in the desolation,
want and. poverty of innocent white Wo-
/ men and children who are left 70 starve
In sight of bureaus, where idle and lazy
negroes are supplied and trained to vote
/ the '9oil ticket" You can see it in the
riot and bloedshed that tsok place at the
nations capitol, last Monday, during 8
municipal election. Yes, you can see Il
everywhere as well IS feel it. If the Ia
meRted Humboldt could again visit the


'1and of the free and the home Of the
brave, how different would be his report
of the American Union. eco