Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-23
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courses. Its object is to beguile young
men into the support of Radicalism. It
would have them shun the Democratic.
party as though infected with pestilence.
| The time was" it says, ''when the word
/ Democratic had great power to carry voters
into the party bearing that name; but that
\ is now changed" 1t is represented as
/ party that sshas huge and unseemly biem.
ishes, nothing short of crimes against Lib
Il erty." 9 fks2i -
4 Fhe manner in which this seditordiscours-
Il es, would necessarily lead the reader to
4 conclude that there was time when the
adverse political party accorded to the
Democratic party purity and patriotism.
H Than this there is nothing further from the
truth. According to the representation
of the Opposition, it always was the pur-
pose of the Democratic party to impover-
/ is6 Iaborin@ men and destroy the liberties
of the people. We have before US an arti-
Gle which we have copied from the Opposi-
tien papers published in 1882. tits headed
the advantages proposed blythe re-elec-
| tieh of ANDfEw JAcKsoN."ie You know
that shortly after the War commenced, this
school of politicians expressed great adj
miration for ANDREW JACKSON, and were
profnse in their regrets that he was not
then IN the Presidential chair. Now a man
of this kind, whose praises they thus so re-
cehtlVshng ngmust have offered great induce
ments to the people to vote for his re-elec-
ton. Not so, however, did the Oppositiono of
that day represent matters. Said they, in the
article to. which we refer, the " advantages
proposed by the reelection of ANDREW
dickson y are "a repeal of the Constitution ;
no settled government whatever; VAN BU
rem Dictator; no Supreme Court; no Bank OF
the United States; Senate disregarded, or
according to ISAAC Hills paper, the NJ
Patriot, cut doecnl Congress overawed by
bravadoes; Tariff destroyed; Land reduced
80 per cent; wages down to 80 cents per
day; the whole country overrun with Brit
| fsh manufacturers ministers ofthe gospel
Imprisoned our eountrymen transferred to
a foreign power as you would transfer
sheep" s3zg--T g-...-.g --r
All this, and even more, was to result
from the re- eleetionief ANDREW JACKSON.
Then the Opposition to the Democratic
party manifested 8, deep solicitude that the
Constitution should not be touched with
rude hands, and expressed great fear that
the Democratic party would not treat it
with the respectful consideration to which
| it was entitled. ~--,-t-.--e7g i
JACKSON was reelected and no harm
befel the Constitution either through
his administration or through subse-
quent Democratic administrations. And
to-day theaDemocratie party pleads that
the Constitution be not violated. 1t is the
Opposition party that administers the Gov
ernment in antagonism to the spirit and
letter of the Constitution; it is that party,
(which, according to the unwilling testimo-
my of some of its organs which have not
yet lost all regard for honest dealing with
the people, rules without the Constitution.
For the Supreme Court, when JACKSON
was candidate for reelection. the Oppo-
sition professed the utmost reverence. The
suggestion of the idea that they should by
any possibility be deprived of it, thrilled
them with horror. To-day the Opposition
to the Democratic party revile and villify
that Court, and do their utmost to bring it
into reproach with the people. They
have cut the Senate and House of
Representatives down by denying to ten
States their Representatives, and to make
sure that they shall not obtain that repre-
sentation anyway. soon, they have cut
those States up into five Military Districts
and are now ruling them through the mill
tary power. SteadfastIy and true does the
Democratic party, which is accused with
having ..unseemly blemishes" and with be-,
ing guilty ''of crimes against liberty" up
hold the Constitution and the Supreme
Court. Its ''crimes against. Liberty" con-
sist of this and nothing else. Bid the
Fathers, when they found the Articles of
Confederation Intellectual, in adopting the
Constitution ana providing for Sdpreme
Court, commit 6 crimes against Liberty ?'
If they did not, then does not the Demo-
cratic party commit ''crimes against Lib
erty', intjustifying their great work and
Insisting upon its perpetuation.
Pass down to the Presidential campaign
of 1910, and do yon find the Opposition at
that day giving the Democratic party
credit for the possession of any merit
whatever? The campaign documents of
that day-speeches and editorials-arraigh
the Democratic party on a charge of con-
spring against the prosperity of the coun-
try. and the welfare of the laboring man.
These publications, copy of one of which
we ohave before us as we write, said
s Disguise-it as they may, the VAN BUREN
party are iaboring to bring you Jewellers
IN Log Cabins aud men of the Shantees)
down, so as to produce the results-as will
be seen below. By all your hopes and
privileges, we ask you to pause-to retrace
your steps-to leave a party SO desperate
as to wish to force you to subsist on hum
bic diet-EBG "a piece OF, meat to boil in your
pot only once a aoeek- gland grapple with
the sdfferings of the most desolate portion
of mankind.' And then a scale of prices
was given of the prices secured by laboring
men in foreign countries, ranging from six
to ten cents per day, L. is, it was al
legged, the Democratic party intended con-
stituting the scale of prices for laboring
men in this country. The now ascendant
party has nearly, through its folly, corrup-
tion, thieving and profiigacy, reduced the
poor laboring men of this country to a con-
dition that it keeps them scratching with
the utmost diligence to procure more than
ga piece of meat to boil in their pots once
a week."
We might make citations of similar char
acter from the campaign documents of the
Opposition for every Presidential cam
paign; but these must suffice to-day. These
ought to be sufficient to induce all young
men who are about to cast their votes for