The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-07-03

icauuiuiy tell US Inat TIE. only pOlit
ical object they haye in view is sue
cess--nO: the success of principle
for this they openly disclaim, bu
the success of the party. They wan
to win, that is all. Ii the principle
they have advocated SO far will serv
that purpose they will stick to them
if not they will simply throw then
overheard and take new set. Wha
new set2 Any within the range o
human Imagination that bids fair I,
make them win.
They are actually considering to
day whether it will be most profita
bic to speculate upon the rascality o.
upon the honesty of the American
lpeople. the same newspapers anf
POLITICIANS who for years have beer
trying to prove to the world with
phiIeaophical profundity that the
dangerous conformation of the ne
|gro's shinbone aud the alarming
fact that.the negro's heel makes 1
hole in the ground demogstystes the
negro's entira NnStaess for self.goy
yrnment. Tie same papers and pei,
fticians to- day prepare to swallow
shinbone and hoei and all. and to GO
in foF negro suffrage. merely to buy
the service of an old ADolitionist as
an available candidate.
They are like a gang OF sharpers
as yOU see them ON the streets oi
New York, setting a trap for green.
horn from the country, for such they
take the.American people to be. How
can they best deceive the unsophisti-
Gated creature2 How can they best
fatter his fancies to win his conf
dence, to decoy him into q dram shop,
get him drums, and then to rife his
pockets That seems to be the only
question before the Democracy In
council. Has the greeahOrn a secret
itching of raseallty in him2 They
have nice bit of reputation to Offer
him, and will introduce PendletOn as
a capital fellow. Has the greenhOrn
q liking for blue cloth and brass but
tons3 They will quickly dot their
Confederate gray aad DRESS up in
HapOOck's regimentals. Is the green
horn one of those proud Caucasians
who are afraid of negro competition.
They win give him q powerful dose
Of "white mems Government well
seasoned with the mast savory dam
ningl of the "nigger." Does the
|greenhorn feel kindly toward the
emancipated slave and the cOlored
soldier? They are ready to puta droI
af negro suffrage into tue "whits
mems Government" and get up q
pleasing "visible admixture." Does
the greenhOrn after all feel somewhat
distrustfdl among such strange and
sinister fellows They will show hin
a respectable face behind the bar, the
kind face of good old uncle Chase, te
quiet the misgiYipgs Of fhe victim
Anything to make the poor fellow
unconscious OF himself, and thea u
90 through him.
And all these plans are not laid IL
secret cOnclave, they are openly dis
cussed In the newspapers, and thu
very worst characters in the party
this country ever had are chucklinl
aloud over the magnidcent deceptioI
they are going to practice upon th'
smartest nation on earth. Their pO
litical programme as they advertise l
In their organs, may be summed uE
in one sentence: "We are ready tC
promise you anything to-day, tha
you may give US the power TO chea'
and plunder you to morrow" Is j
not so2 There is GOODNESS in thii
effIrontery, an assurance in this shame
less juggle, which would challenge
our admiration were not the Ameri
can people to he the victim.
What does this meani II signi'
ties the utter bankruptcy of the Dem
ocratic party, bankruptcy in princi-
pie, for when they want to captivat'
the masses they must look for aplat
form outside of their traditions, out
side OF their record, outside OF thei
prOfessed common oreed-hankrupt
cy in men, for when they want al
available candidate they must lOol
for a man who has been their OppO
nent for at least quarter OF centu
ry,
Yes, since the day when slavery
was abolished the old Democratic
party is utterly bankrupt, and nov
1t falls hack upon the last ignOmini
Gus resort of the bankrupt; it Ii
laying schemes how to obtain means
and credit on false pretenses.
But is 1t indeed conceivable tina
so wide awake a people as the Yam
KEGS should be deceived by SO shal
low an artiiice, so bare-faced fraud
What ever the DemOC rats may prom
Use, can there be doubt as to wha
they would do If successful? Loo
at them and see who they are, an,
you win know at once what they will
be capable of. Imagine them pounc
ing upon the powers of the Govern
ment, the unrecOnstructed OF tn
South, and the copperheads an
knights of the Golden Circle OF tn
North, hungry for the spolls an
thirsty for revenge--can you douh
what they will dor Read their pa
pers, and listen to their orators, an
they will give you clearly to under
stand, even while trying to deceiv
you, that however meek and concili
atory their platform may be, the.
will at once strive to uproot every
thing that has been accomplished il
the way of reconstruction, to unse1
tie everything that has been settle
since the close of the war to reOpe
those fearful questions, that tryin
to agitation again, from which W
now are on the point of safely eacaI
ling, but a repetition of which migf
prove dangerous strain upon th
elasticity of our institutions. A Den
ocratic organ in this city, one ofthes
days, defend the consequences of
j democratic victory with praisewol
thy candor: 1t will not he mere n
!, action-s'it will be counter revOlr
tion 70 OF course it will. A Demo
cratic victory must be that, or
!, would be no Democratic victory.
can have no other meaning.
Now, 1 beg leave to suggest tn
the American people understand tn
matter, and that all the Democrat
ljugglery will be in vain. Thepeop
: have spent half a million lives al
/ several thousand millions Of mon,
D Ito nut down a rebellion for which Il