The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-24

questioned control OF their bodies and
minds, and ga visible admixture" Of
whose blood flows through the veins Of
large portion of them9 If ''barbar-
ism" be the best result of two centuries
of white domination, is it not time 10
find out whether some other policy
may not he better! If neither the gov
ernment, the teachings nor the blood oi
Southern Democrats is sutfi :jent to raise
them from the degraded condition ol
barbarism, why not try change, as an
experiment, if nothing more9 1t is
very plain from this platform, that the
rule Of the Democracy neither made
themselves loyal nor the blacks fit for
civilized country. Hence the infer
ence that in that region, at least, De-
mocracy is "a failure"
But the Pendleton plank, par ercel-
lence, Of this platform, and the one on
which Mr.. p, and his friends chiefly re.
ly for his nomination and election, is
embraced in the 7th and Sth resolu-
tions. These contain the greenback re-
demption and Bond-tax advocated by
Mr.. Pendleton during the last campaign.
This is very adroitly set forth, and its
reputation features so skillfully sand
wiched with protestations of adherence
to the national good faith, as to be
deemed very plausible device for
catching the votes of the ignorant and
superficial. Put stripped of its verbiage
and deceptive professions, it simply
means that if Pendleton is elected Pres
ident and his party gets the control Of
Congress, the national debt shall not be
paid as both borrower and the lender
understood it was to be when it was
contracted. Mr.. p. claims royalty on
the discovery of a techDicality under
which he can induce the people to play
the part of the repudiator for their own
advantage. Like the rascally debtor
who seeks to evade the payment of his
obligation on the ground that the words
in which he expressed it do not mean
what he said it did and the purchaser
thought it did, when twas issued, Mr..
Pendleton thinks the American people
will be sufficiently grateful TO him for
his alleged discovery of a pretext for
a similar transaction, 10 make him
President of the United States. This
is his stock in trade in the campaign for
the Democratic nomination, and as no
rival has yet discovered a more plausi-
bic subterfuge, it seems quite palpable
that he will command the support of
all his party who regard his scheme a
rgOOd card" From the action of the
Ohio and Indiana Democrats on the
9Th, we Judge this class must have the
ascendancy in The party in these States.
Whether they will be sufficiently num-
erous elsewhere TO dictate the Presiden-
tial ticket and platform, remains TO be
seen. But it is very clear that this
policy has strong hold on the poll
ticans of that party.
The 10th resolution reads as follows;
ReSolred, That all the property Of the
country, including the government bonds,
which receives the equal protection of the
government should bear an equal share in
its burthens.
Ii would no doubt surprise many Dem
ocrats TO be told that government
bonds" do "bear an equal share" with,
and in many cases more than, other de.
scriptions of property. Yet such is the
fact. We doubt if there be piece of
real estate in Toledo that pay as heavy
a tax as do the 5-20 bonds used as cap
ital in the National Banks of this City.
Nor is there any considerable portion
of the money in the City that pays as
much tax according to its productive
ness as such Bonds. But however
this may be, it is sufficient to know
that the manner of taxing them cannot
legally be changed without the consent
of the holders. This is a principle of
law so plain that it seems strange that
any intelligent man should think of un-
dertaking to impose the contrary doc.
trine upon the country. The govern
ment has the same right to repudiate
the whole debt as any one of its con-
ditions.
The Democracy give President John
son a patronizing "pat on the back,
to encourage him to continue his oppo-
sition to the policy of Congress. They
will Sustain" him in any way that will
contribute to the advantage Of their
party; but beyond Mat, he must look
elsewhere for Support" So the mon
key was ready to Sustain" the simple
cat in pulling his nuts from the fire.
The Democracy of Ohio resolve .'thst
the fortitude and gallautry of our sol
diers in the recent civil war in defence
of the Union, entitle them to the graft
tude of the country" &c. So it sOas
"a war for the defense of the UnioU,"
after all, notwithstanding the uniform
declaration of the Democratic leaders
Turing its progress that it was ''an un-
holy war;" 'an Abolition war;" &c.,
tc., &c. And the "soIdiers" who vol !
lnteered in it against the protests of
he Pendletons, the Vallandighams and
he other managers in the recent
Columbus Convention, actually did
rood thingl The "Lincoln hireliugs
md cut-throsts," The "Hessian murder
VS." &c, Dc, DC, of 1861, 2, 3, a
nd 3, have, by some strange process,
'ecome sour soldiers!r' The men who
n 1864 resolved that all ths ..fortitude /,
nd galllantry" disptayed at Gettysburg,
'icksb6rg, Fort Donelson and on scores
f other victorious fields, were only
art of the unqualified Failure" Of the
hen "wicked and unnecessary war;" {
ave now come to view the matter from Is
mother 'tstaGd-poinb" aud hepce their |
hanged 'theofy:" 4he votes of 8
ne soldiers are now needed to give the {
arty success, and hence the new esti-