The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-08

Inheritance handed down to ussby tht
patriots of the Revolution! VIVA
sacrifice of blood and treasure woul6
they not have made to pergetuate th.
priceless inheritancei How3eEery ont
opposed to them was ''disloyal cop
perhead and traitor" How the Dem.
ocrats brought on the war! All this
in the light of this record, coming
from the mouths of these toyalpatriots
is peculiarly rich. And now, what say
the honest people of Portage county
don't they think they ought to elect
the leader of this band of loyal pat,f.
OTIS to represent them in the Senate OF
the great State of Ohio? ta.,s -=1.
Extract from the Speech of iCoIonel j. w
Howard Delivered at Ravenna, Oct. 5.
( So far as / have heard the Radical
orators and Congressman in this cam.
paign, uniformly it has been their aim
TO create a sympathy for the bond.
holder by dwelling at great length on
the sacrifice he made in behalf of the
Union when the government threw
herself on the market as, borrower
and the rich man took up her bonds
And on this subject the whole range
of poetry, of history, is ransacked tc
supply them with polished periods
and rounded sentences. g, Senator
Chandler, of Michigan, usually speaks
so pathetically and feelingly Of the
sacrifice made by the bondholder as to
move old men and imaidens- to tears
Under; the. influence of his rhetoric
and oratory and parallels, tears lay out
on the cheeks of his auditors as large
as nickel centsi But of the sacrifice
made by the poor man at the same
time, and for the same purpose-the
glory and honor of the Union-you
never hear your Radical orator. so
much as utter a word. All their sym
pathy is directed toward that class for
whom the Radical party specially and
particularly legislates while the de-
serving and poor cannot as much as
claim OF receive cone brief sentence. !"
Now what qcas the sacrifice made by
the rich man !? In i6l and '62, procla-
nation after proclamation was flying
with the electric flash over the North,
and the prayer was: f'Men and money
wanted !-"l It was at that time that
the rich man-who,y in the words of
Thaddeus Stevens, had stayed at home
and amassed handsome competency
by specQlating in shoddy contracts
took 100000 Of Greenback notes and
loaned them to the GoYernment for
in gold interest bearing
bonds. 1t. was at. a time. when the
Union troops were being pushed back
all along the Potomac, the Ohio, the
the Atlantic coast and the
Gulf board. Itwas questionable with
many men. at, that time whether the
Union would succeed OF not. If the
Union was. defeated, if the rebellion
was triumphant, the man who invested
in Government bonds would lose not
only interest but principal! The, sac
rlfice he. made was. simply the risk he
ran. But the Union was not defeated ::
The rebellion was crushed, and from
the day therieh man assumed thatrisk
TO the present time, has he been, re-
ceiving his reward. E'The sacrifice
mas expiated ITSELF" and it is shameful
for the Radical orator TO longer use it
rs a means of working on the sympa-
,lhies of the people. And while on
his point, let me, too, draw parallel,
o Show what Unjust, unholy, ave,
wicked determinations have been
made between classes efb.American
,itizens, by the, Radical Congressional
)arty: Just across the road, perhaps,
rom where this rich man IivedMo.Wh6
'eceiEed $1G0,OOO in bonds for 100000
N ,Greenbacks-lived a poor day la |
lerer. A man with six children, and
lothllngg u g to spbsist them upon except
What he earned by the. sweat of his |
'roW and the Tabor of his hands. This 4
norman as hepassed to and from his /
york night and morning, saw posted |
p in every available place, bills, half |
s large as that window. And those |
ills read: -" Rally for the Union!
len Wanted ! Forty d6le-6odted men |
wanted to complete. the Second Regi- |
aent! Thirty men wanted to man |
he First Batteryl" and so on. This |
oor man, seeing these bills at every |
arm and corner, and loving his Gov |
because it had ALWAYS Dro4 |
ectedi him and his family-could no |
onger resist these silent appeals. Co
1g home one night, he says TO his
rife: s'' Wife, my country is in dis
fess; she needs money and she needs
len: / am poor-E cannot buv, her
onds and thus furnish her with sim
Ws of war, but can 90 as a soldier.
o-morrowS TshaH enlist" And the
oor woman, without throwing any
bstaele in his way-for the women
ways, were patriotic-goes to her
er humble couch and all night fosses
and fro, with tears and nioans, be-
iuse the morrow will come that NAV
lft heiuperhaps forever from her
And the morrow comes j:
Id with the rising beams Of the. sun.
ie poor man, with a change Of linen
a handkerchief, that under his arm /,
KISS from the wife and children, and !.
kes up his line of march to the rem
'zVous. He enlists. One or two
lys at the rendezvous, and he is sent {
the front, One or two days at the {
ont, and one morning, aWav off nm II
the right of his division. a sound Is :
ara. HaFk lis the long roll! And :
1t passes along down the line, it
lfnds the death knell in the ears of d
my a, poor, brave man.. This poor +
IN, with his company, is called into ;,
Le OF battle. Two OF three vo1levs i
I'M the enemy, and a rebel bullet b
dsilts way to his heart. He falls a S
rpse-his comrades pass on in the s
tn OF glory and renown, while his !;
nes are left to bleach on the barren Il
ste of southern battlefield. Thai II
s the sacrifice made by the poor
N w hen the county was in its hour O.
darkest distress, that you never .,
II your Radical orator talk about. :
t the parallel does not end here. q
e Government, through its proper
Ger, find out the widow and chill HI
IN Of this poor man, and pension Sc
a hundred OF q hundred and forty, -
lars is doled out to her. Now 'e
nes round the semi-annual period ca
en- the interest is to be paid on theI
lonal debt, and the money due the Ldi
lsioner. The rich man, having 10
de has sacrifice, takes his bonds and 4 -
his easy carriage rolls off tootkef feA
K, lie enters the bank, and a smil- an
bowing, obsequious clerk, seeing, eli,
: amount of interest due on the -.
pom, turns back to a big safe, un- "
IS its doubly-locked doors, throws pc