The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-01
Miscell
iFrOm the n. Yr Revolution, May 21.l
The Republican Party Daguerreotyp-
ed by Radical and Loyal" Pen.

Republicans elected Andrew Johnson for
party success; they impeached him for party
success: aud since the day the scepter of pow
er came into their hands, they have worked
for party success rather than the nations
life.
While they have deceived the people with
the cry of Constitutional amendments, loyal
ty, negro suffrage. and impeachment, they
have shown themselves disloyal to the grand
principles of our government by their at
tempts to drag down the Federal Constttu-
ton to their low platform; TO force negro
suffrage on the South while repudiating it in
the Northern States; and after proving the
President guilty of high crimes and misde-
meanors, strangling impeachment with their
own hands.
And now the handwriting on the wall
warns them that they are ''weighed in the
balance and found wanting" The Repub-
ican party stands to-day with its ranks bro
ken, divided, distracted, blasted, and the
sccpter of power has passed from it forever.
But this is no cause of sorrow, for the soon
er this party is scattered to the four winds of
heaven, the sooner will the scales fall from
the eyes, of the people, and they will see
that thir leaders have been but blind leaders
of the blind "ss-
Jeremy Bentham says, ''the people cannot
be too distrustful of their rulers" When
the American people learn that men and par
ties are nothing unless based on principle,
and that whether under Republican OF
Democratic dynasty, we have the same re-
suits, they will awaken to the responsibility
of self government.
As we turn over the pages of history we
can see how nations, groaning under taxa
ton, ignorance and poverty, have been de-
| iuded, blinded and destroyed, without
dreaming that we, ourselves, are to-day the
| thoughtless victims of selfish and crazy rulers
who think only of their own aggrandize-
ment. Just as Rome, with fetes and feasts,
holidays and deadly conibats between man
and beasts, with gladiatoriaI exhibitions il
crowded amphitheaters, turned the people:
thought from their wrongs--so do our ruler:
to-day, with caucuses, conventions, cam
paigns, impeachment trials, and the coarse
brutality of the press and politicians, amust
the people; degrade the public taste, anC
destroy the virtue of the nation, Unthink
ing leaders infiame the North against rebel
dom, and damn every man who dares put il
plea for justice and mercy to the South
with the unmeaning name of ''copperhead.
To rouse the peoples wrath they point then
to the homes of their brave sires and son
bleaching on all those Southern plains, for
getting thai with their own hands they bull
that S,.pulclrre where our brave dead nov
! sleep. The chain that held the black boy i
the cgeralsIcs of Florida and the slave gil
in n New Orleans market was fastened roun
their neck by New England's sons & dangh
tiers. Through our avarice and selhshnes
the land of orange groves and flowers lie
bleeding and desolate to-day. Blame NJ
the South, but our own constitutions, creed
and codes.
But whiles we ended with the sword
slavery of brute force, and overturned th
Southern oligarchy, by cunning legislatio
we have substituted another form of slavery
in our own system of finance. In our nj
tional debt and taxation; we have placed Il
whole labor of the country at the mercy of
monied aristOcracy of banks, bondholder
and land monOpolists, Having just escape
from the yoke of 100000 Shareholders v
: are about to bow our necks TO the yoke {
8 400, 900 bondholders. Flushed with COZ
; quest, these ''High Art Swindlers" hay
bought up the nations virtue and choke
our prophets WI have dared to speak.