Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-10-30
The Vote for President-D Duty Of the
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! human lsrcertain which we don't make so
BY our own exertions. The heathen max
i'm is fortuna facet foy,ibas-fortune ne favors
the brave. Onr Christiun ma kim il that
God works together with those who trusi
in Him. We must do our part, and cur
part no,o is to take care fhnf we poll erery
rote on November 3D. ,eAich zee did on De-
fcber 18Th, and many more. We shall be
Joined by thousands of Democrats who
will vote for Grant-and we shall have
thousands less 10 vote against us because,
on the Sd Of November, imported voters,
who we're poured into Pennsylvania, win
not be there We must put into the bal
ot-boxes in November the whole Union
Conservative Republican vote to make
Grants majority so large that il will be
morally decisive, and zoe shall hsee peace.
! Ii Grant is elected We shall have peace in
about six months, and from the moment
Of his election the whole business Of the
country will spring into. activity. Any
doubt not merely upon his election but
upon that election being decisive 'of all
the questions of the day. will simply cod
tinue the clouds and anxieties which have
been so prevalent. General Mcclellan in
one of his letters said the truth, when he
said that the war was divided into two
parts. only the iirst OF which was ended
al Appouauox Court House. The other
has been going on ever sincesr aud can
only be ended by an ocer,ohsi,aiag prjority
for Grant "a NorenfJer. This is as much
to the interest Of every Democrat In the
country as IL is of any Republican. All
Americans have the. same real interest.
Why not, when a question is really deei-
dcd as the question Of the Presidency is
substantially why not accept IL, aud try
to make the decision absolute. and make
II OF permanent benefit to the eounfy9
What is got by making q factious oppo-
sitioh? We believe this view will be t.keu
by thousands Of Democrats all over the
country. Look al the letter Of Judge
Pierrepoint, in New York. one Of the
lending Democrats Of Tammany Hall. He
saw aud declared that Bair's letter and
rebel speeches mean repolution. and that
the success Of Seymour would reduce the
property Of the country TO half It's value
Thls may be q strong Abatement, but IL IL
near the truth. To undertake any more
rsyelplipnv nv,Yhlsh.nlhe ai'smpi g over
si'ss'- -'rcfsa al f1c6hstruction VIII >r'55sf'
certainly produce, would throw the Busi
nese Of the country Into utter confusiun,
aud reduce the value OF all property.
Can Democrats afford that any more than
RepublicanS Ii, au is claimed by come of
the Democratic leaders, the business OF
the couutry IL obslrocied and progress
retarded by the political agi,ation csnsed
by the Republicans then, when the do
cision ID clear " rendered aud II ia no longer
In the power ei the Democrats party TO
prevent Republican measures, why any
longer keep up useless agitotlonY Let
any intelligent Democrat look at the case
precisely as II l., and he will see that II 10
NJ hopeless to expect Democratic success
on their present platform NJ Il was for the
Federai,ts TO have expected success ,alier
the war Of 1912 To- The next Senate
will be more than three fourths Republi-
can; the house OF Representatives. nearly
or quite two thirds What will follow that
iacIY These things will follow Il:
|. The Reconstruction measures oil
Congress will bo sustained. The South
must either submit quietly or be forced
est reason Why Democratic Constr.
yallses should support Graet, apd muke
his election moral as well as political
decision, authoritative on the public
mind. A contrary course may induce tho
wild parliuans Of rebellion Ia the South
TO attempt resistance to the laws, aud
continuance of their past violent conduct
"a course which would compel the gov
ernment 10 use force, aud result In coohici
aud disaster The reconstruc,ion meas
urou will not be changed, unleos TO makO
them more stringent on the rebels.
Negro suffrage Is feed .fiei IN the
South, which nothing can change. II
Was not Intended, at first, by the Kepubli
cans; but II was forced on the South, by
the conduct Of the rebels 10 rejecting tho
Fourteenth amendment. Then II became
necessary TO meet rebol votes with negro
votes. But since then the question has
risen to higher level We are advancing
We can not stand still Ia The career OF
human progress. Negro suffrage Is now q
moral aud commercial, hs we'll as politi
cal, necessity. IL is now necessary for all
the friends Of human rights 10 riaiicate
poiifcai equality a,iong an races Of nsn,
Nothing Tess than this will give tranquil. |
lity TO lha public mind peace to nations,
aud STABILITY to eommeree And what Is
hi. bn lie doctrine Of Christianity clr-
red into ,ractice? And what Is this but
what merchants practice In every par, Of
the world. whore they are compells led 10
meet men on equality. aud respect the
common rights of mau2 Christianity,
com merce aud political stability, all 70.
quhe rhnt We should utterly discard all
IDEAS Of b. ndaee, seridom aud carte from
the polite. code Of nations. llul, NJ any
rate negro suffrage 10 the South ia lxed
laoi which can not be got rid VI by any
possible means.
3 BaR,0aihg,will, sflef the eles,ieat
cease to be a political vocation. Me PEN
dleiou = eloris in this line have been yeryI
cTediabie, aud II is, perhaps, the best
performance he could have made, consid-
ering his political situa,ion. Hs had a.
ieaf' yii ssis ~.