Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-09-24
A TRACT,
FOR THE
haboring Hen of the United
states. on Democracy.
BY THE son OF A BLAcKsy1rH.

am the son of blacksmith. I
e was brought up to hard labor in the
q shop and in the field. Knowing bv
D experience what it is to be poor and
: to labor for my bread, have always
felt deep sympathy for the poor and
3 iaoormg class of men. My father
c was revolutionary soldier, and was
t a Democrat in the true sense of the
, term. myself have, from my boy
hood, been Democrat. Democracy
. is right-it is the strength of
{ the people; that is the meaning
: OF the term. A Democratic gov
ernment is government founded
t by the people, in which all exercise
7 their rights equally, the rich and the
poor alike. The home-born citizen
, and the naturalized foreigner have
equal privileges.
Although | am Democrat. do
not belong to what is called the Dem.
Ocratic party, and l will now give
some of the reasons why | do not
belong to that party, and will not
vote with 1t:
1st. There is no Democracy in that
party except the mere name. For
merry there were some Democrats in
that party, but they have all gone
out into the Union party The men
who are now in what is called the
Democratic party are Aristocrats.
They do not teach the doctrine that
all men have equal rights; they do
not hold, as our fathers did, 'sthat all
men are created equal" and there
fore have equal rights.
I'd. 1t was branch of that party
that rebelled against the Govern
ment, and involved the nation in the
most desperate and bloody war, kill |
ing hundreds of thousands of our best
men, andinvolved us in debt of
thousands of millions of dollars. The
other branch of the party. by their
influence and opposition to the gov
ernnient, encouraged the rebels to
hope for success against the Union.
And now they aim to restore their
rebel brethren to power again. / can
not vote 10 sustain such party.
Sd. The leaders of that party are
bad men. They deceive the people
by misrepresentation l heard one
of them make speech that was full
of lies "frae end to end," as Burns
said of some books. He deceived
most of his hearers. The most of
them believed that all was true, and
shouted applause, and doubtless,
voted for him to oe legislator.
good name, Democrat, enables them
to deceive the people. I
There is a Republican party in
which there is true Democracy, and
with that party intend to vote; and
for this intention l will now offer
some reason:
lst. Republicanism is but another
name for Democracy, and there it is
right. Our government is Republi
can. The Republican party is prop
erly called the Union party because
there is in it union Of good and
true men from all parties, and because
it sustained the Union of the States.
In this party the doctrine OF equal
rights is maintained both in theory
and practice. The Civil Rights bill
and the laws for the reconstruction
of the rebel States are the most Dem
ocratic laws ever passed by Nation
al legislation. And these laws were
enacted by the Republican party.
For those members of Congress who
call themselves Democrats voted
against those Democratic laws, and
thus they clearly prove that they are
not Democrats. Hence l, Demo
crat. stand with the Republican party
because it is true Democratic party.
Cd. The Republican party has done
more to promote liberty and protect
the poor than any other party in the
world. OF this the Civil Rights bill,
reconstruction laws and reveIrne laws
are uncontrovertible evidence. The
rich men are taxed to pay the ener-
nous debt the rebel Democrats
brought upon the nation, and not
dollar is. by direct tax, exacted from
the poor, laboring classes. l am
poor; do not own a horse to ride,
or house to dwell in, and yet the
government might have exacted from
me five dollars or more every year;
but have not been compelled to pay
one cent. Something might be ex-
acted from almost every one, but
unless man is so rich as to have an
income of more than q Thousand dol
lars he pays no direct. tax. Poor
men ought not to allow themselves to
be deceived by the false representa-
tiops which designing men make 10
get themselves into office. NOW 1,
as a poor man, feel that it is beneht
to me and every other poor man 10
have party at the helm OF govern |
ment that has compassion for the
poor, and does secure to them all
their rights. We ought not to vote
! AGAINST our best friends while they
are doing right, and the best they
can do for us and for the nation.
Sd. The Republican party, while
there is some bad men in it, has the
great mass of good and loyal men OF
the nation, and these predominant in
the party, and hence we have the en-
actment of more equitable laws than
were ever before enacted BY our ma
tional legislature And it is the
party that delivered 2thenation from
the most, powerful rebellion tne
world has known. 1t embodies, Will
little exception. the brave solale,' ar
that fought our battles, and conade;; ,,sl.l =
). ed the rebels. How ungra'e'as
. would be to vote against sucn : 9a.
ty, and for the party that n,,,, s@gG asSiaers
: ali the rebels and rebel symP P,;oaI A.n
ID the nationl Such Is tne nn
!, Demooratic party HOW car any
honest hearted man sustain, oy nis
49, .Litl hoo dnno an Ynnch