The Republican Party

The Republican party representa the Kip Van Winkle of American politics, lts political boing ia in the memories and assooiations of more than a decade ago. It saunters through the political oemetaries of the dead, and wheti it comes into the presence of tho living, it is to bring with it the twin ghost of a dead rebellicm and a dead slavery. It belongs to the sect of the Pharisees, and aasumes to itself all the virtue and patriotism of the American poople. " I am holier than thou ! " is the sign upon its hand and the frontlot between ita eyes. We propose to iliRrobe the ghosls and exposé their nakedness, and in to doing shall be compelled to go back to the past, although tho Doiuocratic party pref ers to deal with living issues and louve the rolo of Don Quixote to be played by those who know no better. 1. In 1856 the Republican party was founded. Two yoars afterwardg its Representativo in Congress voted for the Crittenden Eesolutious, which affirined the right of the people of a territory to decide for themselves vpon slavery or no slavery. In 1861 the Republioans brought into Congress and passed through both Houses the following proposed Constitutional amondment: "No ainondmeut shall be inade to the Constitution, which will authorize or give to (Jongress, the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the douiestic institutions thcreof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State." This passed the Honse Feb. '21, 1861, and was adopted in tho Senate, lïarch 2d, 1861. It received the vote of Seward, Morrill, Logan, Windom, Chandler, Anthony, Shernian, Colfax, Wade, Pessendeu, Win. A. Howard, of Micb., Gov. Rice, of Mass., and the other Ropublican leaders. And it is for fnvoring this measure that James Q. BUine is to-day branding Charlos Francis Adanisasa traitor tolibertyand hiscountry ! In his inaugural address Mr Lincoln himsolf approved this meas ure, saying, " I have no objeetioi to its boing made expresa and irrevoc able." Again, when the battle of Bul Run was pending, the Republican passed through both Houses of Con gress, resolutioiig asserting that the; wonld prosecute the war without inter fering with slavory or the State govern ments. Hereaft(T, let us hear less about the Democraey's recognition o the constitutional obligfttions in regare to alavory. 2. The party takes great cradit t jtself for giviug the ballot to the negro and would heup infauiy pon tba Demócrata for originally opposiug it. They forget that Mr. Lincoln was opposed to it, and that Senator Mortou made a bitter speech against it at Richmond, Indiana, gept. '29th, 1865, predioting that such a systeui would produce a war of races. In the sanie toue the venerable oíd Repubhcan of Massuchusetts, Gov. Andrews spoke, declaring that negro suffrage in tno Souther States would be to hand those State over to aranesty and chaos. The purpose of the leaders who succeefled iu es tablishingjiegro sufi'rogK wns tCMjnabl tbo86 Stateü. This may be seen fron their platform of 1868, which proposed to eBtablish suffrage in the South, and to leavo it to the Northern States to decide for theinselves. Now that they can uo longer control thenegro, the President is of opinión that no one should vote who cannot read or write; and Southern Demócrata in Congress reply : " We will stand by the colorud inan's right of suffrage." 3. liet us see the loyalty of tho party. The Kepublican platform of 1860 donounced " the invasión by armed force of the soil of any State, no matter iinder wutt pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." Win. Loyd Garrison mude a speech in New York, Aug. 1856, in which he used the following language : ' This Union is a lie ; the American Union is a shain, an impostor, a covenant with heil, and it is our business to cali for a disolution," On a petition of John J. Woodward and others, praying for the dissolution of tho Union, the yeas were Salmón P. Chase, John P. Hale, and Win. H. Sewanl. See Senate Journal, lst session, 31st Congress, p. 129. Senator Wade, of Ohio, mudo a speech in Uaino in 1855, and said : " I go for a Union where all mou are equal, or for no Union at all." The Massachu6ett8 Abolition Society mot in Boston in 1855 and possed the following resol ution : " Resolved, That the one great issue before the country is, the dissolution of the Union, iu comparison with which all the other issues with the Blave power are as dust in the balance ; therefore, we will give ourselves to the work of l annulling this ' covenant with death,' as assential to our own innooenoy, and ' the spiiedy and the speedy and ever, lasting overthrow of tho slave system." So we inight go on ud injinitum, but we will oall attetition to but one more fact. The Supreiue Court of the United States did not understand as well as the Kepublicau party, henee a resolution was iutrodvced aud passed the Senate Dec. 9th, 1861, instructing the Judiciary Committe, to bring in a bilí abolishing the cöurt and oetablisliing another. Tha Committee, bping eomposed of lawyers, asked on Deo. 20th, to be excused írom any such monstrous proceedings. Republicana would perhaps do well to pause in their mad denunciation and malicieus slandering of Deraocracy, and review the history of their own party. THIS is supposod to be a. reform campaign, and Gov. Ilayes the liepublicun reform candidato, and Z. Chandler the reformed and reforming Chairman of the National Committee. This accounts for Kilpatrick's " reform " letter to the eminently " reform " Huyes wbo scorns corruption in public lift, telling the latter that it is necessary to send barrels ot moneyinto Indiana in order to carry it, and to hold up the " bloody shirt " in order to impresa the weak-miuded. A fine letter indeed to seud to a " reform " and corruption hatiug man like Hayes. It is woll known, too, that Chandler and Cameron, who conduot thia paign tor Mr. Huyes, are assessing all Federal officers a certain per ceut. of tluir sulary. 'J'his is a diroct violation of tlio laws of the Uuited Statea, and in violation of all the profossionH of the party and ita candidato. Boluw is the luw : SEOTIOK - . Tint all exicutive officers or employees of the Tïnited States not appointed by tha President, with the advice and consent uï tho Senate, ara prohibitiiig from requesting giruig to or receiving from any other ofticor or emiüyotí ot the Government any money properiy "r other thing of value for politica) purposes ; and any SQOh officor or employee wlio aliall offend against tho provisions of this section shnll at oncu he diHchaiged tïom the forfi.'e ot the United Stntos; und he símil also bu úeemeil guilty oi' u tmijdoniunort and on convictiou thcreoi, shull bc Üned in u sum not excceding I5U0. What confidonce is to be placed in the reform promises of a party which thus auts in tbe very face of the peovle and before an election whon it is Bnpposed to be on its good behavior. Mark what that great English philosopher, Mr. Ijocko, had to uay about such proccedings : " It is to cut up the governui t: ui by the roots, aud poisou the very fountain of public security." In Eugland an ofiice-hokler wlio attempts to improperly forestall an election is at once discharged. In England uo officeholdor can oven vote at an election nor speak upon tho stuiup. Much leas can he practico that purnicious and destructivo policy by which thia great reform p"rty seeks to olect ita reform caudidate for the presidency. Let the manhood of the American people ovorthrow the party that destroys the eflicaoy of the ballot, and poiaous the public virtue.