Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-08-13

nOmlnallon, lnlnS ne intended TO
do all the time But the sly and
tricky bent oe his mind has led him
to daily with the honor, in affected
coyness, as if its acceptance was a
great burden he desired to escape.
He accepts in long letter, perfectly
characteristic of the man, skillfully
dodging the past history of his party,
which has made it so Justly odious
to our people, and assailing the
Union party as the cause OF all the
woes the country has suffered since
the war. The burdens of a large
debt and heavy taxation are all the
fault of the Republican party. Re-
construction, the hardest work ever
imposed on legislative body, is de-
nounced, the usual wall over disre-
garded constitution is made, and the
democratic party, which by long
absence from power certainly has no
measure of its own to defend, is held
up to us as the only savior of the
country and the constitution from
radical ruin.
1t is plausible letter, and one
that would inevitably come from a
man, whose whole political life has
been to never clash with others by
expressing an honest belief, but
rather to weeken his opponents in
their faith by suggesting plausible
doubts. But one thing Seymour
does, and to which he must stand: he
places himself upon the revolutionary
platform, framed by rebel Generals
and adopted by the democratic con-
vention, with "thc scope" of which
platform he claims to be familiar.
Its escope," as seen in its revolu-
tionary article, and as explained by
Wade Hampton, embraces the COM
piete destruction of all legislation
and all changes of the constitution
since the war, either in peaceable
manner, or by high handed revolu-
ton and war This is the real issue
we must fight in the present cam
paign-give up all accomplished by
the war, or be forced to resist another
reyolution-and Seymour's letter, as
well as that of Blair, and the demo-
cratic platform, fully commit that
party, to this revolutionary course.
~ In the 18th Congressional dis
trict the worEingmen nominated for
Congress Hon. CHARLES COOPER, a
mechanic and a workingman-the
Republicans indorsed the nomina-
tion, making him likewise their can
didate. The copperheads don't like
it. The Dispatch speaks Of him as
"one Charles Cooper" Other demo
cratic papers characterize the nomi-
nee as no gentleman, and the nomina-
tion as unworthy the support of gen.,
Hemeni Herein you find true spe-
cimen of democratic sympathy for
workingmen. If they happen to
think and act as the kid gloves lead
ers of the party desire them to, they
are all right; but the moment they
choose to show their manhood, and
act and vote from their own convic-
tions of right and duty, independent
of these leaders, who assume the
prerogative to think for them, then
they are the mere "scum" of the
earth-"mudsills, unworthy demo-
cratic support. Workingmen should
remember this.
H The Mexican war was a dem.
ocratic measure--the administration
at the time was democratic--and all
matters connected with the prosecu-
tion of the war were in democratic
hands. Well, the necessities of the
case required money-the democrats
borrowed it, and issued therefor their
bonds in precisely the same way and
in the same form that the govern
ment did during the late war. Did
they tax them, or did they even talk
about taxing them2 They had all
power and could do as they pleased
Did they say then that bonds could
md ought to be taxed2 Not a word
Of anything of the kind. Why2
Simply because they knew, as every
intelligent person now knows, that
the courts had decided that a State
could not tax the bonds of the United
States. This simple statement
proves that there is no honesty in
their present position on this subject.
We have no objection to the taxation
of government bonds, provided it
could be done consistent with good
iaith to the holder and the law of the
,ase. But what we do object to is
he dishonesty of the democratic
,arty upon this question-their at
empt to deceive and mislead the
people. If they get power. they may
epudiote these bonds, but in the
natter of taxation, they will do as
hey did with the Mexican war bonds,
efuse to place them on the tax lists.
They had an opportunity to do it
asst winter in the Ohio Legislature
-(they certainly had plenty of time,