The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02
Wayne Co. Democratic Convention

wayne GO. Democratic Convention.
We are glad to witness sucI positive and
gratifying demonstration or the part Of the
Democracy of Wayne County. Il was in str-s
king contrast with the state of things which ex-
isted but few brief years ago. when Democrats
were scarcely allowed to give utterance to the
sentiments they maintained. But things have
changed, and the country already feels the bene
fetal influence ofthe change. The results ofthe
recent elections have inspired fresh hope and
confidence among the masses of the people, and
if there is one popular wish that exceeds and
out eighs all others. it is that the Democracy
may again CONTROL the admins, ration Of the
goyernment.-Canlbrdse City Mirror.
We have only room n the Palladium for .
portion of the proceedings of this conventions,
embracing the resolutions passed thereat ee
Committee resolutions reported for the
consideration of the Convention he folio wing
resolutions which were read and unanimously
adopted: a TesafT - p
Resolved that opposed to the, recon-
struction policy of The present Radical Congress.
which cnfranchises the blacks and disfranhises
the whites. thus placing the government OF the
Southern States under the control 81 ignorant
and degraded negroes
Resolved, that we are in favor ofequaf taxa!
ton, and opposed 20 exenpting any class Of
capitalists from bearing their Just proportion Of
taxes for the support of the Government, and
paving the public debit FaG 90
Res lived. that We are in favor of paying the
bonds Of the Government in the same currencI
that has been made a legal tender for the peo-
pie in their business Transactions, also to the
patriot soldiers in defence OF this country. eX-
cep.ing only cases where it is specially provi-
ded that payment of bonds shall be otherwise
made. .ia5e.q ses aEs os @18z4e g.
Resolved, That we opposed 20 negro suff-
rage in Indiana and We viii oppose every effort
that may be made by tie Radicasto strike the
word white" from our Constitutions, sop 2
Resolved, That we are in favor of strict adj
herence to the Constitution believing it to be
the fundamental basis upon which the union OF
the States is founded, 49, "a 4gfflE a.
We find the following IN exchanges, the
author of which had certainly similar laudations
Of the 'so-called' Democratic party like the e2-
tract We copy above from the Mirror and reso-
lutions like The above of so called Democrat
ic convention, before him, when he penned the
article g It is pictureof the Democratic Par.
~. true to life, and in it the leaders ard wire
workers OF that party cannot fail seeing them
selves in their naked deformity: f
sIfimpudence were virtue, and the possess
ion Of one virtne, in an extraordinary degree,
would make one yirtuous, then might we speak
of the virtuous Democracy. gEysaa
Democracy and Empudence, in these days, are
synonymous.
SO great is their impuience. We can compare
it with nothing but their ignorance.
Their claims to purity their professions Of
devotion to country their reverence for the
Constitution-,heir love for the soldier and
their profession OF patriotisn1-sre all the bold
est impudenee. @
After four years struggle to overthrow the
government wherein they failed not for want
Of will but for want of power they ask at once
to be restored to the control of that government.
A fter revolutionary attempt to overthrow
the authority of the Constitution, they claim
to be PAR EXCELLENCE its friends, and charge
those who saved i. from general ruin with be-
ing its enemies.
With their hands yet red with the blood o!
loyal men, and their mouths yet foul with
their praises of traitors, and their hearts yet
black with sympathy for rebels, they ask the
survivors of Belle Isle aid Andersonyile to
i aid them in their attempt to get into power.
With a record yet fresh in our memories oil
their resistance to drafts, Of words of comfort
sent to enemies, of rejoicing at the rebel
victories, and of slauderous epthets, Gas trnur-
dere:s.' ".hieves' - "h elings." sc, heaped
upon our soldiers they now turn to those
whose loss they then counted their gain. and
ask them to vote for their traitorous leaders as
the true friends of the soldier. II l. f.s. rra
it'll the facts recorded IN history that our
immense public Debt occasiened BY their
resistance to the laws of our ,csuntry--by their
persistent opposition to the authority of the
government = and by their efforts to depreciate
the credit Of the nation-they charge the blame
for this burden upon those who defeated then
attempts to overthrow the authority of the
government and Bankrupt the nation.
ava With, hands, hearts and souls black with
treason-they scorn the thought OF loyal men
whose skins are black, being allowed a. eqna
voice in the government. S
With the yilest of the vile Clown or citie
and the most illterate of the ignorant, in thcll
ranks they protest against the blacks voting
on account of their ignorance! ~ 1858 e 3A@$
Impudence! ImpudeHce!s Great is Inipu
dence!
"As impudent as the devil" is phrase
that looses but little Gifts roughness, and meme
OF its force by the substitution of "Democ
racy" for devil as3''
81 Some of the Democratic organs tina
have noisily earned the designation o
Constitution shriehers, by their eterna
.harping upon that much abused instru
lment,are now in a twitter least the Re
spublicans s mary in 4 possible emergency
take advantage of the power granted II
4 the Constitution in reference to und eeid
/. ed elections Would it no. be singular
/ if the application OF the ten Thousand
times over reiterated doctrines of tn,
Democratic party on such points as Sc
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