Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-08
SHARD TIMES"

no magnanlmlty; II we are not admOniShed
by the fate of other nations which have op-
pressed and fallen, let us look at this ques-
tion from the stand point of the almighty
dollar.n There is a sympathy between a
mans belief and his pocket. Self interest
is the standard of belief as well as of prac-
tice. Taxation drives money out of circu-
latiou. You will not keep money in circu-
lation when it is more profitable to invest
it in bonds. You will not build a house
for one thousand dollars because the rent
of that house less the taxes thereon will not
net one-halEas much as the interest (which
aeerues Oh that sum invested in bonds. -
Hence the mechanic does not get employ-
ment. The labOrer is idle and business
stagnates. England keeps the Canadas at
a cost of three millions per year waged
war with China; keeps standing army i'm
the Indies For aotat purpose? To create a
market for The produce of her people. We OF
the North are manufacturing people, those
of the South are agricultural people. We
sent them plows, locomotives hoes, and
every utensil even, to the knives and forks
which were used at their tables. Every
thing the South wanted the North supplied.
Did we do this for nothing? agl1o ~
The South converted its cotton and pro-
duce into gold, and poured stream of
riches into the lap of the North Our wise
Radicals, instead of fostering and protect
ing, absolutely destroy the prosperity of
the South They have destroyed the best
market any people ever had for their pro-
duce. and that too at our very doors In de-
stroying the prosperity OF the South. they
have prostrated the industry of the North
Our wise Radicals killed the bird which
laid the golen egg, and compensatory you
for the consequent poverty and want pre-
valent at the North by abuse of The Demo-
cratic party! ttEHl Hs-a IH 4. az
You see, my friends, that while making
Poland of the South, we are establishing
Russia at the North. The verdict of the
late war pronounced the people of the
North and OF the South one and the same
people, Our Interests are identical; our
destiny insepGrable. The liberty, the prosperity
of The North and Of the South tdH or fImish
together. We feel some OF the effects of
Radical policy. 1t destroys alike our liber-
ty as nation and our prosperity as Il pco-
pie. In depressing the South
The but teach
Ri oil Instructions which. being taught, return
To plaque tAs inUentor. This even handed Justice
GOUmsnds the Ingredients Of our pOisOn'd chaice
To UuI own lips"
.. -,t WHAT IS THE REMEDY?"
No wise man. no patriotic citizen can
desire the existence of this state OF affairs,
much less contribute To its continuance.
If we would avoid the consequences zoe
must remote the cause. The Radical party
ought not to be trusted in the future with
that power which it has so outrageously
absued in the past Radical policy has
been tried and found wanting in every es-
sential which could promote the happiness
or protect the liberty of a people. With
brazen effrontery it claims to be Union
party" when that party alone has prevent
ed a restoration of this Union. It seeks
your support for unequal taxation and for
negro suffrage solely TO perpetuate its DO
litical power. White men of Ohio, will
you sustain such party or vote tor such
measures? Rather let your right arms
wither before you cast a ballot for the de-
graduation of your race. The logic of
events forces the conclusion upon us that
the only hope of the republic rests In the
Democratic party. If the republic would
regain its prestine vigor and surmount the
dangers which seem to overwheIm it, the
Democratic party mast rile.. Although ever,
effort that malice could suggest or false
hood invent, tas been resorted to in order
to blacken its record, yet every in
telligent man whose eyes are not