The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-07-12
. We believe in economy in pub

menAmen of broad and compre.
hensive views 10 high positions,
and in leaving in obscurity those
who are but clowns, robbers, or
simply low wits l2oA .ig0dirN ia9.
\ We believe white men should
govern white men---that white
men should not be compelled to
support negroesl b .I-l ".- ?
|. That the rich should pay taxes
on their millions of United States
Bonds now exempt from taxation,
at the same rate as the poor man
is taxed for his COW, his horse, his
farm, and his earningsl9 .ce 5di
We believe in GoD--in GoD's
Religion--in broad and liberal
views of national matters-in
DEMooRACYl aas ayr. .ieh. /
We do not believe in Puritan
ism ..gI-' -ga laI yau. esoo
We do not believe in the religion
which stirs up hate, strife and dis.
cord. ' .gdI tgft a,G . t1.'ga
We doaot believe in teaching
States and people of a common
brotherhood to hate and war upon
each other. Nrs. 4u..Ib ao a ~ IT
We do not believe in Congress-
ional interference with the rights of
States. .'l5. .rTg'- ..gra'G
We do not believe it right, Con-
stitutional or just to make United
States Bonds exempt from taxation
and make poor men. who have tax
es to pay support the rich ones
who do not asl do RI, ..s..rr I'm
This country was once Demo-
cratic. .J.'r'.... .s.m'. .....r.-. .j..i
1t was ruled by wise men. ,- 0
1t was counseled by statesmen
and not by clowns and reckless adj
venturers. .aHsmos ri.igi5 9so5Yu.
1t grewato prosperity under
Democratic, administrations suc-
cessively and successfully adminisr
tered. T. .ef zoe -egr assi, vi bet
1t became great nation of free.
men--a land where millions of peot
pie met on the level, and where
the poor came to escape taxation
1.-The oppressed to find a home
the ignorant to be educated the
man of thought to enjoy the con-
stitutionaI right to think and speak
as he pleased. L .ra.1 rsG.
And this was, and is, and always
has been DEMOCRACY. ts .'r.s-
In the days of Democracy we
had pc ce, plenty and prosperity.
The poor man came here-the la
Dor of his hands made him a home
and competency. The foreigner
came to our shore with his house
hold gods, was welcome, he had
no such taxes to pay ase,now-he
came here the equal of white men
and not whit below any man in
nobility. ... e. ric. Il
The States were governments by
themselves--the mosaic of bounda-
ry was the most beautiful in the
world--the wheat field nodded to
the rice--the corn to the cotton
the Northern pine to the Southern
palmetto-the SNOWFALL to the
magnolia and we were all happy
together. And when the labors of
the day were over, the fishermen
of New England and the farmers of
the West sat by their firesides and
talked of the greatness of our Uni
on. And the new conner from for
eign shores gathered at sundown
his little ones about him and told
them legends of the wonderous
Fedreland-the dusky laborer of
the South blessed with muscle but
not'with brains sang and danced
on the plantationIlawns and DEM
oCRACYa was in the happiness Of the
people fully realized. ra ..'.alo
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d Then came the fife and drum. ii,
To arms Ito arms H. 7,s sst-as
By the thousands, and the thou
sands, and the thousands, our men
went forthl A blue wave reach
ing from the Atlantic to the Faith
er of Waters On foot and on
horse. Musket and sabreH-shot
and she'll The men from the
pines are now corpses under the
palmettoes. The warriors from
the wheat fields, the corn fields arl
prairiss are sleeping in the rice
and Gotten fields. The lovers from
the rose bush are at rest meath the
sod their life blood redeemed under
the pale magnolia. The land is
dreped in mourning. Widows and
orphans--debt, poverty, unjust tax