Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-23
Moral Depravity OF the Democratic
Party.

THE Democratic party, instead of ar
raigning the party in power before the
great popular tribunal, as culprit to be
tried for alleged ofienses, has, in effect
abandoned the prosecution and placed
itself in the criminals box. To all intents
and purposes it has entered ROlio in the
case of the People pS The Republican
party, aud now we have the singular spec
tacle of party out of power for eight
years arraigned on an Indictment of nu-
merous counts, including the greatest
offenses that rogues, conspirators and
brigands were ever guilty of, as follows
l. 1t not only rebelled on the ground
that secession was State right, but now
1t still avows the right, and in the face of
the blood, destruction and debt ofthe war,
goes to the people for a verdict that they
are right, and the Union can at any time
be destroyed.
o The Democratic party of the North
not only supported the rebel Democracy
of the South during the war by secret
societies, but the Democracy of the South
are now manifesting their gratitude by
aiding their brethren in the North
through secret societies that threaten,
Danish and assassinate unoffending Ameri-
can citizens, for no other reason than be-
cause they are not Democrats.
3. The Democratic party of the North
approve of the Democratic murders at
the South, either by their silence or by
attempting to ridicule the monstrous
facts.
f. The Democratic party of the South
urges all its followers to commit perjury,
in denying their treason, and their breth-
rem of the North encourage them in it.
and even urge them to swear falsely, for
the purpose of evading the laws.
5. The Democratic party has the shame
lessness to ask the American people to in
cur the moral turpitude of breaking their
contract with the public creditor knowing
that single citizen is poweress as against
the Government and, if rascally enough,
the Government can refuse to comply with
its agreement After such an example by
the Government, of whom can honesty be
expected
6. The Democratic party proposesto de.
stroy the national credit, both at home and
abroad, by paying bonds held by foreign
ers in currency which is of no value to
them, except for its market value in this
country. Behold the ludicrousness of
offering to London banker notes 'ciHtOR
interest to pay note with interest-the
absurdity of paying to citizen of Cal
cutta paper dollars that are in suspension
and irredeendJLe, and without interest, for
a Government bond that brings six cents
in gold interest annually.
Z. The Democracy propose by taxation
to drive all the bonds to Europe, and then
to pay the most of them in currency
that does not even represent what is recog-
nized by the whole world as money.
8. The Democracy propose, by driving
our bonds to Europe, to keep upa specu-
lator's redundant currency for half a CEN
tury-a currency that is perpetual swim
die on the working classes.
0. The Democracy of the South whips
schoolmasters and burns schoolhouses un-
der the open encouragement Of the De-
mocracy of the North.
10. Rape, when the victim is colored, is
no offense in the estimation of the Demo
cratic party, South or North.
II. Starvation of poor citizens for not
voting the Democratic ticket is openly
avowed as Democratic duty, and the De
mocracy of eight States and three Terri.
tories are conspiring together to refuse
labor to such voters, without which they
cannot live.
12. The Democratic party propose to
trample down the laws of the land, in spite
of Judges and juries.
But we need not enumerate dozen
more counts covering the pertidy of the
Democratic party during and since the war.
They are yet remembered by the people,
and are testified of by So, 100000, 900 of debt,
100000 loyal soldiers graves, $4,000 loyal
cripples, 100000 widows of loyal soldiers
and 100000 orphans of those who fell for
the old flag while the Democracy were
fighting against the Government under a
foreign standard.
The verdict partly given in October,
will be fully and more etfectually rendered
in November. 1t is to be decided that
the nation shall be honest, the people shall
all be protected, peace shall be secured
prosperity shall be established, and the
Republic shall stand up in proud nation,
hood before the world. -EUShdHge.