The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29

rv-as sacrcdly as IL Do you.--respect
my rights as do yours? by that
criterion they must be iudgchN ~"
Do not. my friends, suppose that we
Democrats stand alone in asking such
questions mol Tho Hungarian asks
il of the German, and he has Just cue.
ceeded in getting fair guarantees that
in the Austrian Union tbe' Germans
will no longer spoliate theHungarians.
In Germany itself the same question
aPtates its people, Thesmaller Ger
man States ask for guarantees that
Prussia will not abuse the taxing pow
or Of the Union for purposes such as
Now England now docs in our General
Government Loo9 Immediately
northof us TO Canada. What was and
is the stumbling block there TO cor
dial Union? 1t is fear Of the abuse of
the power " lich takes men ard money
without leavel " ...
,.Tlis, thsn, istny aecnsatlon against
tho Republican party of Ohiol 1t is
holding us, their fellow citizens, down,
while New England takes money
fiom our pockets. Is this hones2
] am q States right Democrat to day,
os have been for thirty years, be.
cause States are the only feasible or.
ganism by which this people or th cir
children can eventually resist organ
ized tariff swindling. All individual
opposition is fceb;e against this kind
of tyranny. It is like that ola single
man to a mob
Z Don't let us mistake oursefvcT. Our
elections are only dragnets for the
dominant p1rtv Persuasion rs frst
used tn catch the gudgeons. noxt fraud
TO beat the obstinate, and force is al
ways prepared to put down any re.
sistanre, which cannot be reached
by rhe other two wavs '''-e,s
~ All the Niger questions are proven-
der for eiec;iJneering purposes. They
arc means to an end, That end Is
money-money for New England cap.
ital. l'"i '.4' 'ti 'if 'lh-' -
There is, therefore, but one.d I again
say bVt one act worry OF our seripus
attention, and from u radiate all the
other grievances. It is. first, that We
have among us several States and tho
people thereof who are not satisfied 10
get.rich under equal laws, = and who
want tariffs and bountics through
which 20 levy tribute upon other
peoples Industry. Second, that this
craving for TIE abuses of the Federal
nnlh nritv hns-spreaG over the eouh-
I y Ike n contagious pcstilcnce, 4and
now has IL ra niict Tons IN our Ma
tionnl Banks, in Insurance companies
- owned East, or part East--in whis-
kcy smuggling,in vast rnilroad schemes
undiWali kinds Of enterprises. All
our public immortality all our politi-
cal corruption, arises from this now
| prevailing public vlco in It part Of our
/ people, whose virus is To want 20 live
through some abuse of Federal power
without regular work. t. .,......a
This vice is represented and incor-
! porated in tho Union Leagues and all
the workings of trc Republican party
That organization lsnot, aswas charged
IN 1874, "a union Of the Puritan and
! the blackleg;" 1t is. the union of am
! hiuols mon, the small office -seoker,
the banker, the manufacturers, and the
Puritan. Verify il is a strong conlbi-
nation. 1t rs the. conjunction OF tho
social fanatic and the political kpave.
Negro snfffage ! More degradation
/ for the halot-box We'll, and what'of
lit? We have notlhad " flir ballot box
for some tlmoG OuepaIty conventions
bahd the Um,n Leaguers have stolen, it
long ago, Now the negroes are to try
tllpir hard Mt it, Much good maylit
1dN thom. For thirty years h0VeI,
with the help Of good friends, tried the
4 ballot box to keep out bad men, aud TO
put in < iod men, and when you ask
! nc. "Nyatchman, what Of the night 2"
| lIhave only to admit the bad men arc
aba What differences will black votes
make p Elections vii! only cost more,
for The moro votes tho more ambition
las "a pay to get in, aud the more il
. cheats after IL gets in The peoploare
Il under an iniiltuatiomIa They sec ain
every DemoGri,t a fearful ghost, They
have beaten US again and again, and
still they are afraid ofus. This can't
Hast always. Even sVallandightGfn, has
; ccascd to frigite1 crowds. The rest
OF us traitors, rebels aud copperheads
e will vet. If we viii but bear untlring
testimony against evil, be recognized
! ns fellow citizens. good for something
. else besides being knocked ovoraat
elections. There is too mpch wrong
in the Republican party TO last very
long. Lotus then abide our time, Ca.
ing only 70 be right in our principles
and To testitysonmlt proper occasions
in their behalf FOE This / haye spo-
, ken to. day, aud l feel thankful for The
opportunity Won have afforded nee.
& s6y- Allowing negroes TO vote IN
. Ohio win bring thousands OF them m
o to tile State. White labOrers wilfthuI
\ be brought into ocompetnioha awithIhem
? The prices oflabor Will eo downl with