Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-05

Constitution and the interests of the peo-
pie by the Republicans in power. 7"'
Grandly has Kentucky opened the cam
paign that is to redeem the country from
misrule. Te ltti7 Z L ali-l3 - as9
50 For More shan Forty Years!
The orator who on Saturday night last
undertook to enlighten small squad of
Repu blicansl at GAINESVILLE, said oe4a
it'For more than forty years prior to the
rebellion, the administration of national
affairs was in the hands OF the Democratic
party
For more than forty years-it was forty
eight years that the Federal Government
was administered by Presidents elected by
the Democratic party-the Democratic
party administered the, Federal Govern
ment, How was the Government admin
istered in this time? Wasit so admins
tered that one section, Of the Union was
engaged with the other section in deadly,
devastating war;? Not bit of it. -o5.
BY that party, while administering the
Government, the immense territories of
Louisiana, Florida, Texas, New Mexico
and California-empires in themselves
were acquired-acquired despite the oppo-
sition of the leading parties in those days.
The honor of the country was yindica-
ted in the War of 1912 and in the Mexican
War, which were fought to a successful ter
mination, Notwithstanding the opposition
parties OF those days reyiled it and threw
all imaginable obsticles in the way. Mo-
body was imprisoned for denouncing the
War or criticising the acts of the Admins
istration. The Constitution was found to
be equal alike to a condition of War and
Peace. It was not found necessary to roll
| it up and putit to one side. = e ~ q q
So light were the taxes OF, the Federal
Government, that they were scarcely per-
ceptible. No Federal Assessor or Tax
gatherer oyerran the country. From a
revenue tariff on imports the Government
realized enough to pay its expenses. Then
everything from the cradle to the grave
was not taxed g-.g hEar ysa-vbqi 3t
ioWith each recurring Fourth of July,
"the orator of the day" grew eloquent as
he eontrasted our freedom from taxation
with tax-ridden and -tax-cursed England.
White Supremacy was recognized. fsa
In fact, we were the freest, the lightest
taxed, the most prosperous and the happi-
est of people. 1t was not necessary then
for the mechanic and laborer, in various
formss of taxation, to contribute two hours
of eSeh days work to the support of the
Federal Government and the payment Of
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the interest on the public debt. g.fi
There was Difference paid to the Consti-
tuition. An oath to support and maintain
it was consid cred obligatory. and as not
giving warrant to legislate outside, above
and in defiance OF it in regard to any Sec
ton of the Union~ While exacting and
jealous OF the rights and honor of the Uni
ted States, the administration looked upon
it as, becoming and in no ways disreputable
to knit the ties Of Union with compromise
Civil war was regarded with adherence
and as scarcely allowable under any cir
cumstances, and accordingly it was pre-.
vented.
| THE Republican party, through one de-
vice and another, successful. upon seq;
tional issue-an issue warned against
by WAsAfNGToN, JACKSON and CLAY
the Southern States;Y animated by ar
apprehension that under such rule
as would be extended to- them by
the party thus successful, -eDdeavored to
force their way out of the Union. Mr.
SEWARD, in possession of the knowledge
that he would be the Secretary of State
under President LINCOLN, asked Presiden
BUCHANAN to do, nothing that would in
volve the two sections in War; but to hant
the Government over to them without
blood having been shed, and expressing
the belief that, if it were thus handed over
in thirty or sixty days they would so sat
isfy the South that War would be avoided
and the Union be preserved.
President BUCHANAN did do as requested
He sawSABRAHAM-L LINCOLN peacefully ant
successfully inaugurated. =
The over forty years administration o
the Federal Government by the Demo
cratic party, is such as forever to commend
thatparty to the favor of the people.
Look at the seven and half years ad
ministration of the Government by tn
1t has nothing to recommend it to favor
but that it allowed our people to DRIFT int
civil War, the most deadly and calamitou
that ever occurred, the result of which is
colossal Public Debt; ten States desolated
stagnation of business in the other States
an inferior race exalted over a. superio
race insten States of the Union. and thi
unnatural condition maintained by
standing army, at the expense of th
Northern people. ss,7s a
Is there not change required?
Who Was the Cause of the War