The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-10-22
An Appeal to Democrats.

but not against dollars. But to those VINO
vote the Democratic ticket from some IN
tended reverence for the former principles
of the Democratic party; to those who
have come to believe that the Democratic
party is truly conservative to those who
have the notion that some feature OF It's
financial policy would be favorable to tax
Dayers-=to any who from honest motives,
design to vote for Seymour, we put the dl-
rect question Can you yourself afford
to have Seymour elected?
8 I. e Eou are opposed" you say, ITO the
Congressional plQp Of Reconstruction. =
Very we'll. What could Seymour do about
it if he were President? You had a Dem
ocratic President and Cabinet in Office du-
ring the whole contest which resulted In
the abandonment of Reconstruction on the
Democratic, or White basis only, aud the
substitution Of the Republican plan of
Universal or Negro Suffrage If we had
had the aid of a Republican, President for
the adoption of this policy, there might be
some hope that you, by the aid of a Dem
ocratic President, might overthrow it
But Andrew johnson fought this policy
from the outset, tooth and nail, inch by
inch, with an ability at least equal to MIR.
Seymour's, and courage far greater.-
He entered into the fight with majority
In both houses of Congress, and Of the
people, on his side. He tried his policy
fully, uninterruptedly, with despotic COM
pleteness. He did all that Seymour could
have done, had he been in office then, and
a hundred times more than Seymour could
do now, or after the 4th of March next.
He fought the Republican policy until he
was shorn This usual powers, and at last
| escaped by barely one vote from losing his
office altogether. Yet his opposition prac-
tically availed nothing, and he was Il
nally Obliged to execute the laws he had
opposed, and to be himself an agent in car
rying out the Republican plan of Re-
construction. What, with Democratic
| President in Office, you could not. pre-
vent, how would you by the assistance of
another Democratic President reverse and
undo If with your bulrush you could
not check Niagara, how would you with
the same weapon set it running backward
The Southern States are TecOIISUr uCUou UI
the basis of Universal Suffrage. Some of
them are restored to the Union. More
than two-thirds of Congress passed and
will maintain this policy, whoever may be
President This majority cannot be over
come in less than four years. After the
!, Blacks have voted four years, do you hope
then to disfranchise them Z Seymour as
President, therefore could do nothing to-
ward s'White Mans Government" which
johnson has not already done unless, as
indicated by Gen. Blair, he should use the
army in defiance of Congress and its laws
This would be revolution and rebellion
You tried those remedies under Jefferson
Davis Do you need to try them again tt
recall their effects Seymour, therefore
could avail you nothing whatever in tht
matter of reconstruction.
IL You acould IKE" you say, ''to Sc
tareS diminished" No tax is so disas
trous as the depreciation of the currency
r Yetyour Democratic party proposes to con
= vert the entire national debt into currenc,
!, by paying it IN greenbacks. This woulC
y reduce its value to a nominal figure o
destroy it altogether, so deranging tn
: business of the country as to bring ruiz
on millions of people. Your Democrati
0 party would have President assume tn
. rod of dictator, prop himself up by
:, standing army, and defy the laws whicl
e he is sworn to enforce. Such cours
Y, would call your sons or yourselves agai
II into the field to fight, willing or unwilling
u and would drain the country of counties
: millions of treasure to be destroyed in civ
wars. Can you afford it bse
III. g You adhere" you say, tto the al
Client principles cfthe Democratic party
}. If so, that forms the most conclusive srea
son why you ought not to support its pres
ent platform and candidates. The Den
: ocratic party believed anciently in speci
r. currency. Now, it would food the cour
try with irredeemable paper money. ]
L. believed anciently in free trade. Now i
platform contains an insineeres and hyp
/ critical clause advocating protective ta
iff, put in to catch gudgeons in Pennsy
h Yania. 1t was jealous anciently of de
potic Executive, and labored to maintai
% the liberties of the people and the pow,
y of their representatives. Now it endors,
'n one President for attempting to overric
a. Congress, and nominates another on h
promise to repeat the effort.
in The Democratic party was former
to Jealous to preserve the rights of States
- But if that question is In any way invol
= ed in this contest, the Democratic party
on the Federalist side of the controvers
1t acknowledges the power of Preside
1g of the United States to annul and destr,
ten State Governments, some of which e
~ ~ isted from the formation of the Union, al
= to substitute for them new governmen
b. dictated by himself, without any authori
of law What power can be more Fede
O. alistic, more subyersive of State rights,
20 more autocratic and despotic It tn,
:, denies the power of Congress to enable
:" law the whole people of these States
form State Governments of theft ow