The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
RECORD OF THE RECKLESS.


In speech made during last falls
campaign, Hon. Geo. FL. Pendleton
gave very good resume of the career
of the Radical party, and brought up
some things which, in the whirl of the
time, we are apt to forget. He said:
When ventured lately to condemn
the whole policy of the Republican
party, an influential party newspaper
exclaimed-"b but what remedy does
MI. Pendleton propose? He exhorts
us to return to and stand by the Con-
stitution-we do not exactly under
stand what he means by that"
Gentlemen, that is true !; that is the
whole difficulty. The Republican par
ty does not now, and never did, know
what it is 'sto stand by the Conititu-
tion." They have never made it the
rule of their conduct-the guide of
their action. They have never appre-
ciated its wisdom they have never
cultivated respect for its binding obi
CATION, and so they have never studied
its spirit or its letter. Whatever thew
desire to do, whether from a sincere
belief that the good of the country de-
manded it, or that their party interest
required it, that they always have
done. Their own will, not the Con-
stitutien, has been their rule ~ And to
this standard, and none other, they
have always been perfectly true.
/ In 1920 they opposed the establish
ment of the Missouri Compromise
7bine. In 1854 they opposed its abro-
CATION. In 1850 they opposed its re-
enactment. -at-.s - --..ffis-i.5 .a
In 1916 they refused the use ofState
jails and State magistrates to execute
the Fugitive Slave Law, on the ground
that the return of fugitives was the
duty of the Federal Government. In
1850 they refused to vote more strin-
gent Federal law, on the ground that
the return of fugitives was the duty of
the State Governments. In 1856 thew
passed. personal liberty bills, on the
ground that the State should not as
sist the Federal Government and in
1861 they repealed all laws on the SUBJ
ject on the ground that neither State
nor Federal Government should exc
cute the Constitution. ...ti ae 1.s...9
In 1868 they had possession of the
State governments they magnified
State rights, adopted the resolutions
of '98-99 at their conventions, exalted
the idea of confederation against unity,
and prepared to array the States in
armed conflict with Federal authority.
In 1862 they had possession of the
Federal Government !; they denonnc-
ed States rights, called the Kentucky
resolutions treason, and have, as far
as in their power, by mere brute force,
as well as by Legislation, reduced and
degraded the State governments.
In 1856 they declared thatlfsno war
could be right, and no peace could be
wrong" that if the South desired to
change their political relations and
form of government, their right could
not be denied. In 1862 they declared
that the trinity of our salvation was
!. taxation, emancipation and war"
In 1854 they declared that the inter-
| ests of the country required the re-
lstrietion of suffrage, and that the Ger
mans and Irish, and English and
French ought to be disfranchised.-
In 1867 they declared that the interest
of the country required its extension,
| and that it must be given even to the
negroes. 81 il.'1-5ia 3i 5iqfsi avsst
t9an 1859, Mr.. Chase, then Governor
which The Ea5eJro1 "ao noe
,o+ - inrs7o y mus ~
noIvaI. on I2b;c5 +o,,,. soPo,.n; sopnaa ~ ioS
pends and W. wap maon sgno, ~ asaa,.t s4 thso oeo
riobts i againsf ali 10 tT,ann;oaT esSeas asS' .nese
! lions of antbor;t1 n Ioe7 Soea,lo
ToEas wbo JTas 49,, o's e9n Senec "a. al
Goye,.nor IF nb;o a eaat1 otalui9f1oe u iIr tor
S+o+es ho,,a "a M o>, asseIIeu IllaI the'
In IsS4 tbeV sSse,.tag 4hs+ tha Ma1epef poe
dent had the ~ I .e 1,,.oc1a1at; s1 t.sn-
to emancinate fonr m;Il;mp,,s m of e1oI,oa'
In 1857 thew denv that ba hos 90 S,o nar,a1. uuS.
to remove q member of his sc o1vI, n" COR b
met. i,.5gs5I ~ Gis2as>91s - : 49, !" ~
| Tn 1899 Marty ,.oo,,;,.oa
4heI,i to e;. i,,.ei.s ~ o
n T,omisiana tba ode,ai Itl IiaD, GAem
had nossassio,, IF NJ y =.
TbeJ adroitfed Honn 90 E1aJ ta,One. t"
tbai; scots oS Panroso,.+at;ans n = iaocs 49, "
tbo+ s+ofa In joeE - In3 veg iIonl
IF &c a1lo;.u foo+ of AZ cto4 81 tr'u poseessloil
,,aa,, ,,;.oso,,t II 4hoIod< ~ - 'itSse saille
-, r ooe11o % "o hoehaIofs,
afI I c o. ~ ooveo oaS osGause tlle otaCe
" JneIoe9 ett. ILL ,r''5 oGaseu ~ " eAIse.
v:na. Ill IcoN tLey uesiIea 10 create West
- Ia Stc.a inusI AZ iiaye tle " consent
p;eaoOt % rme Otu osa.eTaley elecI governor
tL:i iea pHnI 1al alla LegIsiaGure, ana take
~ e4I iaM as l,e soieilin act 20. oI tne State
y = asst1i =, ose " ies Owl als-
lfftstlS. II aooo uey SeI up
and L;: Ss;s,a +1,1,o IseL lieIp1n!
ro, @ 9 70 b;s $500 ~ ene groInu % eia' Ia
It,oraS p.Gr - the I aon So seoession ilau ue-
'f IN a Sef az 80 '.1s9 1890 -, - 1890 1oc.
ond 1877 aad ~ Ioee 1 an., !oIS 9ls anu LOU
| afta,. IT. H. ~ - 81 tiI uuaI elle W1r .auu
S.n+,+i11es Fsa,,, So ~ Ts,4.nii illie'eu nepre-
.tba,-'',.sio.t - tha,,1 lAen.uehy' I., anu now
ca,, ;,,C,.; .lnI ln., unt1l q coIllllltlee
IS,n Pa,,,,1iu,, iy ae MneIier Aentucky mas
/ In 1908 they established military
citizens, and by their Judgment sent
them to death or exile. In 1867 the