The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-06-28
A Few Plain ThouRhts.

From the accession ofMr. Jeffer.
son to power in 1901 until the ad.
vent of Mr.. Lincoln in 1861, the
Government was conducted on
Democratic principles. There
were, it is true, long intervals,
men belonging to other political or.
ganizations chosen; bat after they
were installed in Office, they found.
it impracticable to carry on their
administrations upon the narrow
and contracted views of the faction
accidentally in power. This was
the case with John Quincy Adams
John Tyler-so of Fillmore, and so
also, of Andrew Johnson, the pres.
ent encumbent of the Presidential
chair. We appeal to every un.
prejudiced mind if such Is not the
fact.
This being the case, then, let US
study the history of the Republic
for the sixty long years above re.
ferred to. Can we find anywhere,
in any age of the world, or in any
nation, a parallel to the happiness
and prosperity of the American
people9 Crime was almost un-
known, and the taxes were so light
as to be scarcely felt by the peo.
pie. And, by way of contrast, can
we find such wretchedness any
where as followed the overthrow
of the Democratic party in 1902
1t is literally true, and so impartial
history will read, that the immense
national debt under which we are
staggering, the whole cost of the
gigantic war through which we
have passed, its vast slaughter of
men and destruction of property,
and the enormous taxation entail
ed upon us and our children for
generations to come, are the re.
turns the people have received for
their misplaced confidence in the
Abolition party.
If the Abolition party had not
obtained control Of the Govern.
ment, it is admitted that there
would have been no war--no
slaughtering of tens Of thousands
Of men, no destruction of thousands
of millions of property, and no
weight of taxation that will for
long years cripple the industry Of
the Nation and reduce TO serfdom
the laboring classes. The Aboli.
ton party cannot shift the respon.
sibility on the Democratic party.
The representatives of the Demo.
cratic party in Congress voted for
every proposition for a compro.
mise-voted for the resolutions
which the late Senators Douglas
and Crittendon declared would re.
suit in a 'just and honorable set,
tlement of our national difficult
les and the representatives Of
the Abolition party voted against
and defeated them, and loudly cried
for the shedding of blood!
These are all facts which cannot
be controverted, and the only hope
for the nation, the only security
for the future, is in the restoration
of the Democratic party to power.
The Government of this country
never has been, and, what is more,
never will be, successfully admin
lstered upon any other than the
Democratic theory. Other parties
have tried a different theory and
failed, and the Abolition party of
the present day will be the most,
conspicuous failure of them all.
Its leaders are fanatics-not states
man. Its policy is inconsistent,
extravagant and mischievous, and
SO long as it holds the reihs ofpow-
or the prosperity of the country
will be made to suffer, and decay
and death to our political institu-
tons will be the final and inevita-
BILE result.-[Lancaster pa Intel
ligencer. #..tF.i
A SANITY Republican. .r-'
Il Il.