Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-22
Address OF the Democratic state
Committee.

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To the People Of fsnnsylpania:
h The political contest just entered into Is
laden with grave results to your business
The Radical party asks renewal Of its
Defeated in every recent eieotion, % Il now
disguises its PRINCIPLES, and trusts for n sc sue.
cess to the military prestige Of an available
candidate. -. = W t"IF
1t offers to Grant tho shadow Of power,
as price tor securing the reality to Con.
gress
Its success will briug you continued mis-.
government by Radical Congress, the con.
tro! OF every department Of the government
by Radical domination, aud tho pcrpctua.
ton Of its iniquities, its extravaganza, its
elevation Of the negro, and its prostration Of
your business interests y, y..... d, ii.
1t came into existence In benefit the negro;
its devotion to his interests gave US four
years Of ,war, grinding taxation and three
thousand millions Of debt; its deterinina-
ton to place tho negro over tho white man
has for more than three years kept society
shattered, commerce paralyzed, industry
prostrated, tho national credit below par,
and the Union divided. "E
It has governed us for near eight years;
tho history Of its first administration is writ
ten in four years of blood and recorded in
an enormous national debt; the history of
its second administration is near four years
Of peace, with absolute power, and Union
not restored, a govt rnment Of the sword,
business destroyed, taxation crushing the
energies Of the people, and the negro vested
with the balance Of power.
Its end and aim is the preservation Of
Radical power through the votes of negroes,
and to this will be sacrificed your material
interests, and, if necessary, your personal
rights and your form of government.
Military rule oppresses the nation and
eats out the substance of the people. 1t il
fit that Grant should lead the party tina,
maintains that rule, for his laurels were
gathered by the sword alone.
The Democratic party, placing itself upor
the Constitution, pledges itself to strict obe
dience thereto, to the maintenance Of the
government created thereby, to the suprem.
acy Of law, to o refol IN Of abuses, to ccono.
my in administration, to equal taxation, and
to justice to oil.
1t antagonixes and denounccs that infa.
nous policy which, during more than three
years Of peace, has ovcrtaxed the people,
has governed by the sword, and has de-
stroyed the credit of the nation.
Its policy is one Of thoughtful foresight,
of cautious craftsmanship; it seeks no new
path; but by the line Of the written law
in the light Of experience, it will guide the
Republic back to the highway Of progres.
and prosperity, and will restore to it ma
tional credit and fame.
1t presents to you with pride its candi
date for the Presidency: Horatio Seymour
Of New York, statesman and an homes
man. Capable and pure, possessed of large
experience and gifted with the rarcst quail
ties of the head and Of the heart, strong il
intellect, sound in judgment and prompt il
action, none more competent to lead us bacl
to the haven Of law and order.
Pennsylvania owes him debt OF graft
tude for his prompt aid when her border wa
attacked.
The issues are before you: they are,
|, The statesman against the soldier; intel
lect against force; the law against th
.. sword
{ 1t is for you to determine which Of thes
will best suit our present unhappy condition
, BY order Of the Democratic State Com
miitec. William i. WALLACE,
Chairman