The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-10-28
IMPORTANT ADDRESS.
FROM THE NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
MET1 Re.
w rAT THE D1cMOCR ACY
INTEN ID TO DO IL PL AC-
ED IN WEIR.
RADICAL INTERPRETATIONS RE
FELEED.
The Real Parties 10 the Contest
Andthe True Issues Involved.

ne hSeal FaFttfS W tAt COnkcSiS
Andthe True Issues Involved.
NFw YoRK, Ocfo' cr 81 The Demo>
cratic Nati,inal Committee have issued the
address:
NEw YORK October 20 1868.
Fellow CITIZENS: 1t is a graf pri 'lege
and duty 10 address you IN the ey, Of tie
q, at battle which we are to fight, aSd
which is to decide whether the Government
rf the Republic is to remain four years
more in the hands of the Radical party, or
whether, by an energetic united and last
Effort YOU will wrest the power irom It's /
grasp, and give io us. under Democratic |
Conservation Almini~Ii aticn, Govern
mcut based upon principlcs of justice,
econ my and Constitutional liberty.
The issues o. the present compaign are !
self evident Thev appeal to the intelli-
gence and patriotism of every voter, in the
most unn.is,akahle terms; they have been /,
discussed by distinguished orators of our
party since the nomination ni our can'i,,
date. What the Democratic party int ~
to do if placed in powr, by yaur suffrages rs:
To restore peace and Union TO our cHuu
try
To heal the wound and suffering caused
by the rebellion:
To give TO tn, people OF 'he South the
rights tn which they are entitled under the
Constitution. and by which alone we can
bring back prosperity and quiet to that dis
tracted section;
10 reduce materially our military and
naval establishments, kept up NV on an
immense sca,e at an rn' rm0us cost;
To iutr.duce INTO every department oi
Government the strictest economy;
And to develop by an equitable system
of imports and taxation the growing re
soumes of our country. and thus place thp
Federal finances Oh stable and solid foot
ing, and to pave the way to a gradual and
safe return to specie payment.
We are charged by the Radical party
the party of violence and usurpation-
which 70, the last four years. to prolong
its existence, has set at naught the Cunstltu-
ton and the fundamental principles of our
Government-that we intend revolution ard
the d, 6ance of established law.
The accusation is untounded and absurd.
II cannot be entertained for a moment by
ary intelligent voter, who has the most
superficial knowledge of the history of his
country. The Democratic party can point
to every page of its record. 1t has never
violated single obligation Of tho funda>
mental compact by which these United
States ente ed into the fanny Of netions -
Its watchword, in peace as in war, has been
and always will be, THE UNION, THE Con-
sTrTUTIoN AND TIE LAWS" and no man
nor set Of men; however high they might
be plac d by the sufflages of their fellow
citizens, can ever expect to receive the SUI
port OF this great conservative party in any
revolutionary attempt against established
laws The balot-box and the supreme will
of tha American people are the only means
of redress to which we look.
Fellow Democrats, you are fighting for
good and righteou' causcl You have f r
your leader tried statesman--a patriot wiz
stood by the Union in its darkest hou; a
IN an equally beloved for the purity of his
private character as honored for his pub c
virtues. Opposed to you are the men wi o
have subverted the structure OF their own
system Of representa- We self-government,
vinuicated to the word by more than ha /
century of prosperity and greatness; the
men who have increased our enormous debt
by prohigucy and corruption unparalleled;
the men who, in two successive Congresses
have demonstrated their iDcompeteDcy to
diminish oar burdens by economy or ap-
portion with eq ity; the men who have 30
distributed our burdens that they press with
excess i've weight upon the labor and indu,>
try ct the country, making lich men richer,
by making roormen poorer.
Opposed to you are the men who have
denied for three years of. peace and will
continue to deny until your votes arrest
them selfgovernment to the people Ci
ten States; the men who have taken away
the power Of our Chief Magistrate to insure
faithful execution of the laws, er to COM
mand the army and navy of the Unit,
States the men who did their worst to ex-
pei the President from the White House
ior obeying faithfully the behests of your
supreme law, the men who, being conscious
of their crimes, dreaded to have the Su-
prcme Court declare their quality, aud
therefore abridged its jurisdiction and 81
lenced it's voice; the men who have usurp-
ed and are grasping and welding powers
not possessed to>day by any monarch
among civilized nations!
Against these men--their crimes in the
past-their nefarious designs in the future
you are soon to make one final and de-
termined onslaught. -Four Years ago we
failed to expel them from power, though
we predicted then, as We now predict. their
ircompetency to give the people peace de
claring them as we now declare the revolI
tionary purposes of their mCst active lead
ers, who ruled the party as they would rule
) the counrry-with despotic sway But
these four years have justified our warning.
Our worst predictions thea are their enact
ments now; what we feared they have done;
the revolution has made steady progress.
Once more we call every patriot to ioin