Year: 1870

which we take from Tuesdays Examiner:


Is it not time the constant aggression that
has been carried on against the Democratic
party for the last ten years should cease?
From the year 1901, when Jefferson took his
seat, 10 the year 1861. when Lincoln be-
came President, the Democratic party held
the reins Of government 1t is true, that
from 1925 TO 1929 john Quincy Adams was
in the Presidential chair, but he was a cipher,
Congress holding him powerless during his
term. 1t is worthy Of remark, too, that he
alone among Presidents made name for
himself after having been President, making
no mark while in the chair


Harrison died in one short month, and
Tyler, who succeeded him, was Democrat
in all essentials. Taylor, too, was elected
by the Wings, but after one year was sue
ceeded by Fillmore, who, though elected az
a Wing, was so much inclined to Democrat
ic measures that lis administration gave
small comfort to the opponents of Democra-
cy. With these slight exceptions, then,
land they are even slighter than they appear
The power of the Democracy was unbroken
for sixty years, and its policy carried out
without interruption. What was the result?
The Government was raised to power and
i wealth that astonshed all Europe as well
as all America. No man alive would then
have believed that country divided could
have borne such taxation, could have secur-
ed such loans, could have raised such armies
and navies, could have endured such losses
by war and misgovemment, both at the
North and South, as did ours. Still this
wealth and power have been conferred upon
the country by the unostentatous policy Of
the Democratic party. Though the war OF
1872 severely tried the weakness Of the then
country, yet it was at that moment gaining
power rapidly, and until 1861 continued to
develop in constantly increasing ratio. 1t /.
idle to say that the country would have in
creased in power as it did, under any party
rule. No country could so increase except
under the best of governments, administered
by party long in power.


And now let us look to the moment when
the Democrats lost power and the Republi-
cans assumed entire control Of the Govern
ment, and let us look to the few years since
No government, from the days of Washing
ton, has ever had such a support Demo-
Gratis and Republicans offered men and mean.
10 render the war brief one on the part OF
the North; but the Government thought that
fifty or sixty thousand troops would pu
down the rebellion. Soon, however, more
were wanted, but until the very close Of the
war the Government undsryalued the power
If the Southern combatants, and the conse-
luence was that lives and treasure were


brown away in immense and unnecessary
Quantities Republicans, from the commence
ment of The war, would undervalue the South
would insist on the ease with which final vic
tory could be at once secured, and a Nation
Al debt of three thousand millions was the
result, with State, county, city, village and
town debts, which add to this largely. And
since the war what has been done by the
party in power? No resumption Of specie
payments, no attempt to make the currency
what it should be, but a grinding taxation
Kept up in defiance of the wishes of the peo-
pie, that positions may be given to Republi-
can tax gatherers to keep the party together
lhey boast, indeed, of reduction OF Nation
al debt, but that is poor boast where at
The same time they reduce National means,
where they have reduced our shipping inter
est to almost nothing, and will reduce many
other interests, unless they meet with a
check But we have made a treaty with
China whereby we can get cheap labor for
the whole country, whereby we can replace
the slaves Of the South, now free, whereby
we can build roads, till farms, raise cotton
and sugar at low prices and fill all manuflc-
tories with the cheapest laborers. We go,
rid of slave labor because it was n military
necessity to do so in order to finish the war
and now we are filing up its place with a
7ervie labor far more profitable to capitalists,
doubtless, but remember what it is. The
Chinaman is not citizen, nor does lie mean
to become one. lie despises us and our
country, our laws and our religion, and he
only comes to offer us serye labor for hire.
and means when be has saved enough to re-
turn to China, buy wife and small amounl
Of land, TO leave Government he despiscs
and people his labor has aided to degrade.


The tendency Of the Democratic party was
for years, during its entire possession of pow
er, to make labor honorable IN the land, and
it succeeded wherever there was no servie