Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-06-20
many days had passed, that the lsbOrsr
seDdelh . letter unto the "Lora," and
asketh the "Ldrd' for his pay.
fro be CONTINUED,
The Union as it Was and
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The Mor1iiag Journal has ~ eaito-
rial comparing thS Union rs was to the
so.caIlsd ynien asst il, which The writer
commences in the ~SOpbomeric style,
thus :
"THEN AND NoW,-The Union OF to-
day bears DO more resemblance to the
Union Of ten years ago than the soaring.
butterfly does to the crawling caterpillar.
Refined 10 the white heat Of civil war,
We are as unlike our former self rs the
bright gold is to the dull lump Of ore
slumbering in the mine. We have been
purged Of many cruditieS, have cast OH
many superauitieS, attOned for many
misdeeds, and are almost ready for the
Great Kefner's stamp. The nation is
done with shamsg The era Of bumbugs
is about at 40 end. The rule of iDjus-
tice is almost ended. We stand on the
threshold Of q new spOch.''
We agree that "the Uoion Of to-day
bears no comparison to the Union Of ten
years ago" aud, as q lover of our coun-
try, we sre sorry that truth compels the
admission. Ten years ago, the Union
was truly 3 union-tho term "Dnited
States a true ono, and the people there
in prosperous and happy, and, with the
exception of 4 few fanatics IN the North
and about an equal number in the South,
not a breath Of disoOrd was heard. No
taxes for national purposes we're then
levied or collected-ihe laboriDg man
could then light his untaxed pipe. filled
with untaxed tobacco, with an uutaxed
match, and smoke il between the sips OF
his untaxsd lager-his good wife could
sip her uusaxed tea or coffee, and pur-
chase her calico dress for ten cents per
yard. The currency of the country was
then gold and silver, OF bank notes worth
their face in money.
Now the people are taxed on every
thing they consume, eat, drink or wear.
The hated Stamp ACT passed BY England
in 1775, snd attempted to be enforced 10
the Colonies, is revived and enforced 10
this land Of the free and is placsd on the
taxed medicine tie sick man takes, and
on the permit which authorizes his body
10 be committed TO his m.other EARTH
Englaad, with hsr great resources, pays
q much less amount in interest on heI
public debt than do our people, with {
commerce crippled, and industry failing
to meet Its proper reward 10 consequence
ef a deprecated currency.
The Union Of ten years ago, was
Union in which all men OF all s%ectionI
had all the rights which the Constitution
guaranteed. Each State exercised all tn,
powers properly belonging to States
which they had not ceded to the Fedora
Government, and their Senators ant
Representatives in Congress were Away
present to protect the interest and til,
honor of their States and their coustitu
ents.
The "Uniou of to-day" is not Oh,
Union Of our fathers. That Union, 40
cnrding to the Radical programme, hal
been dissolved. Ten ~States-sone o
them a part of the sold Thirteen"-aF
out Of the Union. The party now il
power has done that which hundreds o
thousands of lives we're lost and thou
sands of millions Of money was spent, &
prevent. 1t has dissolved the Union
and in its place has erected a despotisn
which treats ten States as conquere,
provinces, and proposes to hold them, no
by the bonds Of affection, but by the fsa
Of the bayOnet.
Agreeing with the Journal that thI
Union of to day bears but little re
sembIance to that Of the Union ten year
ago, it will be the duty, as we feel that !
is the destiny of the Democratic party, Il
bring it back to the better days of tn.
Republic. This can only be done b,
driving the Vaudsls from Che Capitol
and restoring the Constitution and wit
it the rights Of the States and the people
Ohm .Ntntesntan.