The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-08-20

What EM the Democratic Orators
Sqy7- Great Prosperity ef the
Country Wealth and Reconstruc-
tion- Harrests-The Argumtn.
Ended.
TINS BsEcHEs, Wednesday, July 10, 1888.
Since the Democratic nomina-
tions, i have been thinking what
the Democratic orators could pos.
sibly cay, in the coming campaign
They will not attack Grant, for
even Vallandigham has publicly
cautioned them against that Mr..
Seymour has already, at Cooper
Institute, made q charge on the
republicans for Debt and Taxation;
but, seeing that the Democratic
party made the debt. by stirring
up rebellion, and that the taxes
are laid to pay the interest on a
debt created by Democrats, be
doesn't take much, among the
homes: farmers, by that demonstra.
tion Of hypocrisy. In 1867 they
made great wailing over negro
suffrage, but, negro suffrage has
gone to the tombs. 10 tho North
ern States it is decided agar st and
in the Southern States it exists us
an established fact, which will
never be changed. What IS to be
done2 Heretofore, they have bad
one staple, which never failed them.
They charged the Republicans with
preventing reconstruction and keep
ing up fragmentary Congress;
but, now reconstruction is practic-
ally accomplished. and that, too,
when the Democratic party voted
against i'll voted against VI hat they
had constantly declared was neces-
sary to the prosperity Of the coun-
tryl Reconstruction also has gone
to the tombs. 1t is fait accompH
There is another thing that had
furnished q constant theme Of
charge and reproach and assertion
against the Republicans. This was,
that the country was not prosper.
ous, and could not be prosperous,
on account ofthe Republican policy
OF Reconstruction. / observe that
: Seymour did not mention that in
Ills last speech, and for very good
reason. This country has never been
more prosperous, in my memory,
than it is now. There are only
, two incidental matters to mar the
. general prosperity-one is the
Democratic organization Of Kuklux
) Klan, which. through parts Of Ten.
:. nessee, Kentucky and Georgia, are
: numbering or driving away al
!, many Union men as they can, and
disordering the country whore they
are. The other is tho frauds ofth,
% Whisky Ring, countenanced by
Johnson's honest officers. Excep
u these incidents mover knew th,
, country more prosperous. To b.
= sure, the thermometer is near lO'
degrees, but, then, it has been capi
tai weather for harvest, and sucl
J harvests as are found in many part
:. . of the country have not been seel
~ for many years. The corn wa
> planted late, but never looked bet
!, ter. Wheat, oats, hay and potatoe
q arc very good. The South prom
= ises US great crop of cotton, an
Louisiana says she will raise
good crop OF sugar. Tho health G
the country was never more NH
formly good. The unity of th
10 nation is practically restored. Th
u. Republican Congress, with th
~ obstinate hostility Of the Presiden
70 with severe censure from man
IN Conservatives of their own party
and with continued denunciatio
D. from their opponents, and tcrribl
10 threats Of what would happen froi
en- the war of races in the South, wit
On an opposition which has rarcl
en- been endured by any party, hav
D. triumphantly succeeded in rcsto
We ing the country to unity, peace al
he prosperity. Will their opponcn
ay honestly acknowledge this, or wi
they invent some new series
N charges and pretcxts2 The o
ones won't do. Reconstruction
:, successful, tho country is prospe
~ ~ GUS, there is no war OF races, the
~ y, is no refusal of the negroes
n.o ...'' work. The system of free labor
~, inaugurated. The South is raisil
tn from its depression. The on
'o' ~ thing on earth which depresses
* deranges it now, is the howlil
~, OF their miserable rebel dem
.eu W gogues over the acts of Reconstru
u. ~ Lion, in the vain attempt TO elm
'n0 ~" ate the negro from tho polite
w w system. You saw them in N,
w. York,-where Forrest, of Fort 1
'n' ow massacre: Wade Hampton,
South Carolina, and hosts Of sill
;er, lar characters wero there TO
pct welcomed by Seymour, Valland
jol' ham and Thurman. Hands re-
ted ing with tho blood of massac
at were shaken by the magnates
ana the Democratic party. All this
llch might forgive, but who can forg
ieir this constant attempt to stir U
Tor war of racesp 10 reinstatc the q
bet perheads in power2 In fine, to
or back, like tho Bourbons, to a {
lare rupt dynasty and obsolete ide
Americans arc apt to learn sol
~, thing as they go alongi and th1
, ,oa' they have. console myself W
'a'. ."So the idea that If there were a
,;oh , thing wanting to make assura
' T. sure, it was done at New York.
" On all sides l hear Of Dcmoc