The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-17

two hundred dollars are gobbled ur
by bondholders and the national bank
sharpers, and every mechanic tin the
country finds himself, under the rule
of rampant Radicalism, the slave OF
the capitalist, who viii leave him
when the mist Of age shall dim his
| vision, his blood Begins to- to run thin,
and his dpulse"ibeat SLOW Under the
weight of years, fto' bbeg his crumb
from one bondholdeer's door to an
! other. u !.aa 1sadl 99nie,a
Suppose we, pay; the bonds to-mor-
row IN greenbacks,id does it increase
the public debt? Not one dollar, 1t
changes the form not the amount. If
we can afford to owe, it in bonds, we
can in greenbacks. nIf we can afford
to owe it drawing interest, we certain
ly can can afford to oWe.iti drawing no in
terest- # we can survive an increase
of taxes, sNfelylitwiH notscost us our
national existence, to decrease our tax
es. AT. this time banks; insurance
companies, and eapitalistsinvest large
ly in bonds and lock themrHp in their
iron safes. Why?i. First, because
they draw not only interest, but high
interests secondly, they are exempt.
from taxation I'll thirdly they can be
readily sold Oh hypothecated, and,
finally, they may be used as bankiug-
capital. This runs private or business.
loans out of the field of competition.
What is the first result? A limited
circulating medium, and the money
market is q tight" trade is paralyzed,
commerce languishes. Who suffers
Not the WalIl7street, nabob, but the
ploW-holder in the country, and the
mechanic in the city, Pay off the
bonds, and do it at once in greenbacks;
a! and 2 money then will leave the throng-..
ed thoroughfares of brokerdom and
penetrate the rqral districts and the
mechanics n workshop I'M quest of in
E'estme1nt, :. Trade will hold up its,
head, commerce will revive, the far
mer will rejoice in his teeming fields,
and the MECHANIC in his busy shop
Men Men now now poor will feel new energies
spriln1giing up in their sinking souls,
new hopes viii light up their dreams
of the future, and destiny will dawn
upon our country agnifeently grand.
The bondholder does not only de-
mand gold for bonds. which do'notI
themselves demand gold, but does, it
in blasphemous, spirit, Of lleeyity, for
he hypocritically Puts. it upon the
ground OF. honor. Suppose, we scru-
tinize for a moment the conduct of
the honor-harpers and contrastit with
that of the Soldier under precisely sim
ilar circumstances. When did thesol-
dier enlist an when were these bonds
bought 1t was about Tie. same time
and sthe se1fzsd11fle hi i purpose. ,fhe
hour was DARK with gloom and preg-
na11t with peril. s'The trrui11nnpeet's trrui11n peet's clang-
or and the cannon's roar W We're resound-
ing from the tented field and embat-
tied pIaini."f sSPeace had " spread her
soft wings and He'd Weeping away"
This continent was trembling under
the martial tread of serried hosts. The !
Ship of State Was iridfdhg pillows of 1
blood through'a a storm of fire. The,
Stars and Stripes were in trouble and
was needed TO 9EeefP} them
fl wing defiantly aloft 'waf-clouds were
Lowring heavily upon. your Southern
horizon and threatning to burst with
terrible fury upon Washington and |
Philadelphia ii Nv hat was it this Gov
was fighting for? It was it's
very existence. 1t was not for mere
territory or the freedom Of the seas or
The establishment of fundamental prinG
,iples eff international law. But for
ife. Had the South, succeeded in
seeding, the States left iu the Union
would have had to haYe been recon
'tructed; and New ork demanding
rec trade, and Pennsylvania insisting
lpon tariff, never, would have enter
d another union together; and such /
States as New. York, PennsylYaniayh
)hio, Indiana and Illinois never would Il
ave consented, to meet such gpigmy
Republics as Delaware and Rhode Is
and on terms Of equality in. another
senate, and the upshot Of the, whole
rtiness must have been the founding
f four Of FIVE. small Republics; aud
Then the United States caveated the
ight of the South to secede, they made
he issue,"i upen"the adjustment of /
7iich hungInumbered the hours and
avs allotted, them to- live. a1Undert
so vitality critical, what s
7as to be expected to naturally lake, \
ossession of an Ahonorble Nortlferna .
osom and control its impulses 1.-the ID
,ftiesti iandlnoblestithat ever thrilled I .
18th emotion the chords 6fithe human G
earbs Its depth is''fatho1nless, it's q
readth boundless, its height illiniita- y
lie, and its purity incorruptfble.h 1t is y
allied with honor wherever the light d
civilization has fallen, Christianity d
rs a temple, integrity an altar or :
uty- a, votary9 1IhtotirB iand's lam p
uage there is but one word that ade- q .
uately describes it, and that is patri- Il
ism. WHAT isn patriotism? Char r.
,tte Corday gave an excellent defini- s
on of 1T when, in speaking of cner7 Il
y, she,said a,H Tt is, that feeling which Il
lduces lis to cast aside selfish consid- n
lations anhsacrifice ourselves for our o
1untry,rt and mo definition of itican ifpr,
c complete that leaves a high sense eiofl Ii
onor out,oor correct that takes low "
lists for lucre fGd It's the crystaliza- h
on ofan honorable and disinterested u
lection for oneas country. 1t is the n
vin-sister of piety and the brightest o,
fall tho virtues that have descended =