Citizens of the United States to Brother Jonathan, or bather the Government We do re
member, Brother Jonathan, tnat in the fall campaign of -1874 the Democrats talked hard times
to us people, and promised that if we would elect a Democratic Congress, it would give us bet
ter times. We all kiiow that on that plea a Democratic Congress was elected The people
voted for them by thousands. That party has sadly disappointed us. If they knew they had
no grounds for such promises they should not have made them. Instead of the times lettering,
they have gotten worse, until almost all kinds of paper, excepting (J. S. paper,- is at a fearful
discount, and business is more than at a stand-still. Instead of doing something to better the
times, they helped to destroy the confidence in the Southern Pacific Railroad enterprise, which
actually employed thousands upon thousands of hands and honestly paid them, and besides that,
kept hundreds of other men employed m making iron for it. The Democracy in Congress not
only did that, but it cut down all Governmental appropriations, which also threw thousands
upon thousands ot others ttgain out of employment ; and now they are again coining to us and
saying to us, "See what we have done in the way of economy."
Brother Jonathan My children, it saddens my heart to witness the evidences of hard times,
in the thousands upon thousands of, unemployed citizens ; and what you have said of promises
made to the country is true. Congress will meet in June, and it may be well to remind the
men who were playing fast and loose on the stump, of their broken promises. If they can not
help us, as they promised, they are only time-servers, and should be remembered for their deception.
