Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-23
IMPORTANT ADDRESS,
From the National Democratic
Executive COMMITTEE.
What the Democracy Intend to Do
if Placed i'm Power.
tADICAL MISREPRt SENrAII ms REPELLED
The Real Parties to the Con est, and
thu True Issues Involved.

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th5 True Issues Involved.
New York. Oct. 21--The Democratic
National Committee have issued the follow
ing address:
New YORK Oct. 20 1868
FELLOW CITIz zeNs:-It is great priv
lege and duty TO address you on the eve
of the great battle which we are to fight
and which is to decide whether the Gov
ernment OF this Republic is to remain fauI
years more in the hands of the Radical
party. or whether, by an energetic, united
and last effort you will wreEt the power
from its grasp, and give to us, under
Democratic Conservative Administration.
a Government based upon principles OF jus
tice, economy and Constitutional liberty.
The issues OF the present campaign arr
selt-evident. They appeal to the intehi-
gence and patriotism OF every voter, in the
uost unmisakable terms; tneY have beer
discussed by distinguished orators or on
party since the nomination of onr candi-
dates. What the Democratic party intend
to do if placed in power by your suffrages.
is:
To restore peace and union to our coun-
try;
To heal the wounds and sufferings caused
BY the rebellion; 5-l .7-i
To give to the people of the South the
rights to which they are entitled und r the
Constitution. and by which alone we can
bring back prosperity and quiet to that dis
tracted section;
To reduce materially our military sn
naval establishments, kept up now OH an
immense scale at an enormous cost;
To introduce into every department OF
Government the strictest economy:
ND tn Rtsup1nD hxy a hlp
of imports and taxation the growing re-
| sources OF our country. and thus place the
Federal finances on a stable and solid foot
ing, and to pave the way to gradual and
safe return to specie payment.
We are charged ty the Radical party
the party of violence aud usurpation--
which, for the last four years, to prolong
its existence, has set at naught the Consti-
tuTiOn and the fundamental principles OF
our Government-that we intend revolu
tion and the defiance of established law.
The accusation is unfounded and absurd
1t can not be entertained fer a moment BY
any Intelligent voter, who has the most su
perficial knowledge of the history OF hi,
country. The Democratic party can point
Co every page of its record. 1t has nev'l
violated a single obligation OF the funda
mental compact by which these United
States entered into the family of nations
It's watchword, in peace as in W ar, has beeIt
and always will be. THE UNION, THf
CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS" aud NJ
man nor set of men, however high they
might be placed by the sufffages of theiI
fellow ci,iZans, can ever expect to receive
the support OF this great conservative par
ty in any revolutionary attempt against
established laws. The ballot box and tht
supreme will of the American people art
The only means of redress to which we
LOOK.
Fellow Democrats, you are fighting for a
a good aud righteous cause! You have
tor your leader tried statesman-a patriot
who stood by the Union in its darkest hour;
a man equally beloved tor the purity of his
private character as hone red for his public
virtues. Opposed to you are the men who
| have subverted the structure of their own
system OF representative lf-eovernment.
vindlcated to the world by more than hall
| II century OF prosperity and greatness; the
men who have increased our enormous
debt by profligacy and corruption unpar-
aleled; the men who, in two successive
Congresses, have demonstrated their incom
potency to diminish our burdens by econ
omy or apportion with equity; the men
who have. SO distributed our burdens that
they press with excessive weight upon the
labor and industry of the country. maxim 2
rich men richer, by making poor men
poorer.
denied Tor three years of peace-and will
COZ tinue to deny, until your votes arrest
them-Self- government to the people OF
ten States; the men who have taken away
the power of our Chief Magistrate to i'll
sur faithful execution of the laws. or to
command the army and navy of the United
States; the men who did their worst to
expel the President from the White House
fuI obrying faithfully the behests OF your
supreme law !; the inen who, being con-
scluus of their crimes, dreaded to have the
supreme Court declare their quality, and
therefore abridged its jurisdiction and ST.
fenced its voice: the men who have uSurp
ed and are grasping and welding powers
not possessed to-day by ally monarch
| among civilized nations,
Against tht Sc mtl.-'heir crime in the
past--their nefarious designs in the future
you are soon to make one final anG de-
| tailed to eXpel them from power, thougi
| we predicted then, as we now predict, tiieiI
| incompetency TO give the people peace:
declaring them as we now declare the rev
olufionary purposes of their most active
leaders who ruled the party as they would
rule the country--with a despotic sway
| But these Iour years have justified ouI
| warning. Our worst predictions then ar
their enactinents now; wnat we teare,'
| they have done; tue revolution has made
|
stt ady progress.
Once more we call every patriot to joii.
ouf ranks! If the people will now rise il
their majesty and might, they can sav
their Institutions aud rebuild them. II
they are supine al d regar less OF their sa-
Ecred interests-so- much in the last fOul
years has been accomplished and so much
| in the next four ears may easily be accom-
| plished, that no obstacle will then BIZ re
| manning, that the revolution will have be
come fixed fact, the structure OF our Gov
ernment will have been completely re
modelled. 1t may be a Government still
but it will no longer be your representa-
tive self-government. -l
For this final struggle, then, fellow.
Democrats of the United States, let US in.
vIgorate every muscle and every
heart. The time is short: the Zoe is stub
born and des sperate; our victory would bt
the death blown to the Republican party
1t could have been held together by ne
other nomination; it can not survive your
fsuccesstul assault. One victory is enough
your triumph in November will finally re-
establish the Union and the Constitution
for another generation OF men; it will re
store peace and good order to the South
tprospeiity to the North, and wise ant
frugal rule to both. The great prize il
worthy your most strenuous endeavor
Our ranks are unbroken, our courage un-
abated. Once more to the breecb, and thi'
lime for victory.
By order of Democratic National Com.
1 AUGUST BELMONT.
Chairman. e.