Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-10-28
Address OF the Democratic Ma,
!, tiOilaI Committee 10 the vO-
4 tcrs OF the United states.
VEw YORK, Oct.. ::

! FELLOW CfT1zENsAI is a. a'priyilege and
! ldutyto address you on the eve ofthe great
battle which we are tos6ght, AMI which is
to decide whether the government of this
republic is to remain four years more, in the
hands of the Radical party or whether by an
energetic, united and last effort you will
| wrest the power from its grasp and give to
US, under Democratic Conservative admin.
istration, government based upon princi-
I,les of justice, economy and constitutional
| liberty. '
The issues Of the present campnign are
plain and sclf.evident.i They appea.Nto tho
intelligence and patriotism of every voter in
the most unmistakable TERMS. They have
been ably discussed by distinguished ora'
tors, and leaders of our party since the nomi,
nation of our candidates. ,,.y ,.,l,-
| 20 What the Democratic party intends to do,
If placed IN power by your Suffrage, is to
restore peace and union to our country; to
heal the wounds and sufferings caused by
the rebellion; to give to the people of the
South the rights to which they are entitled
under the Constitution, and by which alone
we can bring back prosperity and quiet to
that distracted section; torcduse materially
our militaryand naval establishments, kept
up now OH an immence scale and at an
enormous cost; to introduce into every de.
partplent of government the strictest econo-
my and to developby an equitable system Of
imports and taxation the growing resources
of our country, and thus to place the leder-
al finances on solid and stable footing and
to pave the way to a gradual and safe return
to specie payments. We are charged by
the Radical party, the party of violence and
usurpation, which for the last four years, to
prolong its own existence, has set at nought
the Constitution and the fundamental prin-
ciples Of our government, that we intend
revolution and defiance of established laws.
The accusation is unfounded and absurd
it cannot be entertained for moment by
any intelligent voter who has even the most
superficial knowledge Of the history af his
country. The Democratic party can proud
ly point to every page Of its record. 1t has
never violated single obligation Of the
fundamental compact by which these United
States entered into the family Of nations.-
Its watchward, in peace as in war, has been
and will always be the Union, the constitu-
ton and the laws. And no man, nor any
set of men, however high they might be
placed by the suffrages Of their fellow citi-
.zcns, can eyer expect to receive the support
Of this great conservative party in any revo-
lutionary attempt against established laws.
The ballot box and the supreme will Of thc
American people orc the only means Of re-
dress to which we look. ... ..'
Follow Democrats, you are fighting for a
good and righteous cause. You have for
your leadera tried statesman a patriot who
stood by the Union in its darkest hour;
man equally beloved for the purity of his
private character as honored for his public
virtues. i1'fi s'..'. ...i'.'
Opposed to you are the men who have
sllbverted the structure of their own system
ofrepresenative self government, vindicated
to the world by moro than half q century of
prosperity and greatness themen who have
Increased our enormous debt by prohigacy
and corruption unparalleled the men who
ip two successive Congresses have demon.
stra.ed their incompctency to diminish our
burdens by ecoiIoiny orapportion them with
equity; the men who have so distributed
our burdens as that they press with eyces-
sive weight upon the labor and industry Of
the country, making rich men richer by
making poor men poorer. "
. Opposed to you are the, men who have
denied for three years ofpeace,i andwi!l con-
tinuc to deny until your votes arrest them,
selfgovcrnment to the people Of ten States;
the men who have taken away the power Of
our Chief Magistrate to insure faithful ex-
ecution of the laws or to command the army
anl the navy Of the United States 1.-THE men
who did their worst to expel the President
from the White House for obeyihg faithful
iy the behests Of your supreme law the
men who, boing conscious of their crimes,
dreaded to have the Supreme Court declare
their quality, and thereloreS abridged its
jurisdiction and slenced its voice; the mem
who have usurpod and are grasping and
welding powers not posses ed to-day by any
monarch among civilized nations. - .' .'
Against these men and all their. despotic
purposes, which General Grant would be
as powerloss to hinder as he whom they
elected four years ago has been against
these men, their crimes in the past, their
nefarious designs in the future, you are
soon to mako one final and determined on
slaught. q. ~ y. ~ ~ Z"
-Four years ago we failed to expel them
from power, though we predicted then, as
we now predict, their incompetency to give
to the people peace declaring then, as wc
now declare, the revolutionary purposes of
their most active leader, who rule tho party
as they would rule the country :, with a des-
potic sway. /. But these four years have jus, |
titled our warning Our worst predictions
then are their enactments now. What we