The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-29
10 THE DEEMoe,RAcr o. or rHE UN1o,
An Address from the Democratic Nation.
- ~r- ~ al Committee.
4he lDelfpotfstiG National Commit
tee have issued the following address
p -cNEwYoRHQet. 90 1889

t privilege and duty to address YOU c
the eve of the great battle which "
are to fight, and which is to deciG
Il whether the government of this II
, public is to remain four. years more j
the hands of the Radical party, {
whether, by an energetic, united an
last effort, you vii wfest the -pps31 -ppowtt
l' from its grasp and give to us, under
: Democratic Conservative adninistrs
aon,a government based upon prime
pies OF, Justice, economy. and constitr
tonal liberty. The issues of the pres
ent campaign are plain and seifeiyti
dent. They appeal to the ilitelligene
4 and patriotism of every voter, in tn
most unmistakable terms. They haV
been ably discussed by distihgadishe
1oratorsief enr parity lsincesths nom
nation of our candidates. o What til
p}emoeratief zen noe ratio party intend to do, i
placed in power by your sufragees,, /
to restore peace and union to on
country; to healthe wounds and suf
ferlngs caused1 by ,the rebellion; tt
glve-to the people of the, South tht
rights to which they are entitled un.
der the Constitution, and by which
alone We can bring back prosperity
and quiet to that distracted section
to reduce educ materially m our military, and
naval establishments, blis s lll kept up now ON
an lr1Hma Immense mems scale and at an, enormous
cost; to introduce ,intof,eYery depart
mefnnt lfefntt Of the, government the. strictest
economy, nom and to develop, byqan equit-
ABLE system of imposts and taxation,
the growing ttgrr resources. of our country,
and thus to place, the Federal finances
on stable and solid footing, and pave
the way to q gradual and safe return
to specie Payments, eelRettes, + are charged
by the Radical party7rthe party of vi
iolepce alnqd4psurpation, alnqd which, for the
last fourIyears, to prqlong. its own ex-
lstenee, has. set at naught the, Consh-
tuition and the fundamental principles
OF our goYernment-lthat We intend
revolution and defiance of established
laws The accusation is unfounded.
and absurd ii It. cannot be entertained
fora moment by! any intelligent voter,
who ahasthe most, superficial knowl-
edge of the history of his eountry.-.
The Democratic party can proudly
point to every page of, its record; 1t
has never violated a single obligation
OF the fundamental compact by which
these United States entered into the
family of nations. Its watchword, in
peace as in war, has been and, will. al
ways be-: g The Union, the Constitu-
tion,f the Laws 81 and no man, or any
set of men,,howeKar, high they might
be PLACED, by the suffrages of their
W1eitizens,3 can ever expect to re-
;elVe the support of this great Con-
serNaaEe party in any revolutionary
attempt t'against established laws. The
9allot-box andfthe supreme will of the
people are the only means
of redress to- which. we look: III. f.aaa
Fellow Democrats, you are fighting
or good and, righteous cause. You
AVE fer yeurleaderatrieds statesman
patriot who. stood by the Union in
ts7darkest, hours !; man equally be-
owed 2for the purity oof his private
haraeter as 9henored for his, public
'irtues. Opposed to you are men who
ave subverted the structure of our
ystenl) offepresentative government
indicated to, the5world by more than
alf a centuryiof prosperity and great
essi; the men who have increased our
normous debt by profigacy and cor
uption unparalleled the men who in
wo successive Congresses have dem
nstrated their incompetency to idi-
llnlsh our burdens by economy, or
pportion them with equity; the men
rho have SO distributed our burdens
lat they press with excessive weight
pom the labor and industry of the
ountry; making rich menficher by ]
taking poor men poorer. Opposed
you are the men who have denied
II three years of peace, and who will ]
to deny,@uhtil your votes ar
st them, self government to the peo-
e of ten States; the men who have |
ken away the q power Of our chief
agistrate tednsure a faithful execu-
on of the laws, or to command the
my and navy of the United States:
e men who did their worst to zexpel
e President from the White house,
r rlobeying faithfully the behests of Z
'uf supreme law; the men, who, be-
8 conscious ofztheir crimes, dreaded 9
have the Supreme Court declare u
cir quality, and therefore abridged n
jurisdiction and silenced its voice g
e men who have usurped and are 2
asping and WELDING powers not Il
ssessed to-day by any monarch D
long civilized nations iiHf1 eHl'5'iS :"
Against these men and all their des-
tic purposes, which General Grant n
'uld be as powerless to hinder as he II
nom they elected four years ago has :
these men-their crimes K
the past, their nefarious designs in Il
E future-you are soon to make one g
al and determined onslaught. N
Four years ago we failed to expel 81
sm from power, though we predict %
then as we now, predict their in W
to give the people peace,
ciaring then as we. now declare the ;s
Tolutionary purposes of their most h;
i've leaders who ruled their party, n,
they would rule the country, with NJ
lespotic sway. But these four wears =
We Justified our warning. Our ~
'rst predictions then are their en- -
,ments now. What we feared, h;
" have done. The revolution has 90
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