Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-09-19

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''They have seen the day when they
could use the bullet" said the Richmond
Enquirer, sand, if God in his anger per-
again"
These are common threats They all
prophesy, not the peace which the ccun-
try so greatly needs, but revival of the
war, which, since 1860, has never ceased
to distract the country. Horatio Sew
nour promises no less in his letter of
acceptance, i'm case of his election. He
boasts that hewill place himself in oppo-
sition to Congress, as if anything could
be gained by continuing that strife be-
tween the Executive and the Legislative
departments that has already done so
much to embarrass the business interests
of the country. This is the attitude of
democracy now, and such arc the men
who sustain it. On the other side, We
find Grant sustained by the men who
crushed the rebellion. Sherman and
Sheridan, and host of old democrats
who tOrsOok party when the war began,
are with him. The lines are broadly
drawn. - lItiis scarcely too strong an an
1lIiSois " say lIidI Sh0l -SHSihl VI INT
Union in. 1864 is, for Seymour in 1868,
and that Grant has the full support of
the opponents of the rebellion. asi|
The ran <, AMI file of the Democracy
do not see these truths clearly, or there
would not be. q, ghost Of chance for the
Seymour TICKET III any State of, the Union. |
Many of them are deluded, by subordi-
nate issues, and have their minds bewil
dered by the dcxterity with which demo-
cratic politicians. make n the republican
party responsible for all the evils which ]
were caused by the. Rebellion. Thus
Mr., Seymour constantly presents to his
hearers the magnitude of the debt, as a
reason why Grant should be defeated
yet it needs but q little reflection to CON
vince the mind that, but. for Grant the ]
debt might have been. twice as largemj
The democratic, Generals like Mcclellan.
and the; bitter opposition of democratic
politicians like Mr., Seymour to, the Cow
ernment, added, hundreds if millions 10
the debt, by prolongipg the war; but
probably the majority of the rank and
file remain. with the party, because of
their belief that it is a discreditable thing |
ioi d Hiau 10 leANe nls party. 1ley 90 /
not perceive that it is much more dis
graceful for man to leave his principles. |
Party rule in the United States is an evil
against which honest, men cannot too
resolutely contend, and it is especially |
foolish and wicked to submit to it in
times of great national trouble. Then
every voter should choose measures and
men, and not be enslayed by a. name.
The democratic party what is it now?
1t is far different from what it was fifteen |
years ago. Suppose we had all clung
to its name in 1864, when it formally de
elared the war a failure-what hope |
would there have been for making the
war success Suppose that we All up
held it now, when it declares that the
whole issues settled by the war must be
reopened and settled upon the theory of
the rebellion when should We have peace
and prosperity? No nothing is now
left for the American voter but to judge |
honestly himself; to abjure forever that
allegiance to packed conventions and |
party cries that threaten to make him
the subject of a monarchy in the future,