The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-09-25

do you want with themi They will oc.
cupy the place left vacant by the mur.
dered white men-men who have been
murdered in order that negroes should
get chance Of settling here. They will
come here, and they will be bired for
wages, for one half Of what the laboring
white man now gets, and they calculate
they will make up the balance Of the
wages by stealing at night. In other
words, you are called upon by this Abo-
lition party to reverse the old original
course, by bringing negro from the
South up to the North, from whence they
had been sent. That is not the ulterIOr |
object; they want to have q kind Of pop.
ulation that will serve to do the work |
that is now done by Irishmen and Ger.
mans when they FIRST come over to this !
country. They want to keep off foreign.
erS, because they vote the Democratic |
ticket; they want to substitute the free
negro for the free white man. They
tried to exclude foreigners In Adams
time, and again by organizing secret so.
cieties, called Know Nothings-and pre-.
cious little did they know, these leagues
Of Know Notbings, who would get into
the cellar oat Of the SUMS light to hold
their meetings. The Democrats have no
secrets; they ask nothing but to be al.
lowed 10 assemble under the glorious
sun, in Its full meridian. Here we meet,
here we think, here we speak, and here
we decide. We do not 60 into closets
and cellars; we do not take binding oaths
to act as spies upon our neighbours We
don't swear men to act as caves. droppeFs
,-"on their brothers and fathers; we don't
ask any n;an to swear that he will not
vote for All; man hut the one of his
choice. We say all we want u, 10 'air
6eld, bright sun, and a fair contest.
[Cheers,
Bringing in the Negro to push
of the Irish and Germans.
If Catholic behaves himself, pays bis
taxes, goes on improving the country,
and becomes citizen, we say, "Stay
there, my good fellow" Over bis head
are the stars and stripes; let him know
that from the very moment be takes the
oath Of allegiance to that banner, he in
herits all the rights that that banner
confers upon the descendants of Wash.
ington himself. Cheers. But these
fellows don't want this. They commence
bringing in the niger to push of the
lrishman and Dutchman not because
they ore altogether angry with these
people for voting the Democratic ticket,
though that is great reason, but will
tell you, my friends, if this Abolition
party succeeds in breaking up our Gov.
ernment in breaking up the State gov.
ernment, by the emancipation Of negroes,
and, by implication, breaking up the
State governments, trampling on the
Constitution, the next thing they will do
will be to inaugurate religious war
They will appeal to the religious preju.
dices of the country-they will band the
disciples Of Knox and Wesley against
the followers of the head of the Catholic
Church. They will say, 1--WE have sue.
ceeded in one crusade; we have succeed.
ed in sending our legions 70 emancipate
the negroes Of the South, when we had
no right; we sent our army to Syria to
6ght for the Holy Land; now let Peter
the Hermit, make another crusade against
the Church Of Rome" They will have
Methodists to decry the danger that
Popery threatens. Every old and every
young woman 10 the country will be
taught 70 believe II she did not cry,
slaughter the Catholic" Burn him."
Down with the Pope;" and il they did
not cry ont that, the Pope would overrun
this country and burn it up.
This Is the question that will be dock
eted for trial after the Abolition question
is settled their way. First, a civil war
about Abolition; then q civil war about
religion; hatred Of slavery, and hatred
of popery.
1t is your sacred duty to guard this
country against this dreadful calamity.
From this to October you may do much.
Remember that no rights you have en-.
|joyed, all put together, are so sacred as
that one right embraced in the right Of
speech. For the right of that would be
OF no account without the right oil ex.
preston. Remember that in support.
Ing Vallan6igham you support your own
right, and by neglecting to sustain him,
you open your door and iavite an armed
despotism into your house. Loud ap.
plause.