The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-05-09
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEN. j. w. GEARY
THE TWO PLATFORMS.
OF CUMBERLA ND COUNTY.

1t is seldom we deign to notice the
low, dirty, schemes entered into by the
copperhead party 10 accomplish their
desired ends, but the case before us is
one of so fagrant character, ofsuch I'M
beetle design, that it compels us to say
some little concerning. We observe of
late, a card in circulation among the
citizens of our community, entitled the
"rwo PLATFORMS" Upon its face is the
picture of white man and negro side
by side, under the former the words,
"Clymer's platform is for the whAe man,
and beneath the latter, "GEARY's plat
form is for the negro" Upon the back
of the card are the names Of a great
many of our Representatives in Congress
and the Legislature who have in some
measure befriended the blacks OF our
land. A more minute description than
this we have not time nor inclination to
give, all we wish to do is to herald to
public the wiles and infamy resorted to
beneath this cloak by the unscrupulous
and yenomous political demagogues who
are recognized as the leaders of the cop.
perhead party. They expect that pic
ture Of the dalkey to accomplish great
work for them in the coming crisis, it is
the magnet by which they intend to
shape their course, You honest, sturdy
farmers, you men of Greene county into
whose hands these msslves of treason are
intended to tall, to you we say, hurl back
the imputation conveyed! Is it not a
, slur upon the Democratic party Docs
it not plainly say, "Ws the leaders OF the
Democratic party, knowing that those
who uphold our doctrines among the
masses, are an unthlnking, non reading
ignorant class we deem it an easy mats
ter tosway them by any pretext or de-
sign whatever ?" Most truly it does,
They laugh In their sleeve to think how
easily they dupe ycu. They have no
interests common with your own, they
merely wish to accomplish their own
purposes, it matters but littleupo whose
heads fall the consequences. Most hap
ny are we to note that the recoil is ope-
rating with far more execution than the
g%sdischarge. We are not so base as to
think thatall those who call themselves
n Democrats are the kind OF men their
y pretended leaders take them to (bc,
Among many classes the name of De.
niocracy is an hereditary one. A name
swhichthey dislike to yield, and if still as
. pure and antainted as in the days Of
Jeferson,;gs name which we would not
call upon any one to part with, But
"those days of pure Democracy are
gone, the last vestige of resemblance has
long since passed from those who would
still uphold the name as a standard tor
the people. 1t is fact which, perhaps,
many Of you will be 10th to realize, but
upon careful delberation, and an examil-
nation of tho history Of our country tor
the last twenty years you will find none
the less true. The pure, untainted Jack ,
sonian Democracy you will recognize IN
the great Union party tfto.day. 1t is
no disgrace to abandon bad cause
Howimany of you are sorry far past
actions in.sunport of these false leaders?
Come, summon your courage ard show
yourselves men ! DO not be hood
winked by such frail devices as that we
have alluded to. = If you are called a
renegade, .turn.coat, &C., it will not in
lure you. We love to hear the railing
accusations Of bafled villiany. Especial
ly such consistencies as are common now>
adays What soldier is there. who
served three years or less in the Union
army, but delights in the appelation OF
DIsUNloNlsr, if enduring the tolls and
prlvations of war entities him to the
termY We are willing to accept any.
thing with Union in it, with or without
the Dis, but God preserve us from
the cognomen Of Conservative. Synony-
nous with the term, are thoughts Of
. stay at home editors, draft skedadlers,
men who sent negro substitutes to the
army II awakcns old and unpleas.
ant memories which are not conducive
to such friendly feelings as we would
wish to exercise toward those persons
g We look upon the Union party as the
great, intelligent, thinking, reaa'ng,
working mass Of the inhabitants of our
country. Men who have sustained our
interests through all the strife, turmoil
and danger of four years Of intestine
war, and who now are not to be swerv.
cd from duty by "trihes light as air."
Let those who do swerve 60, 1t were
better had they never been among us
Aud, Just here We aight demonstrate