The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-08-04
A Great Work and Men to do 1t.
Democrats of Ohio!

Democrats of Ohio!
From the shores of the East to the
prairies of the West, more than friend
ly greeting
Thus curly in the field and a glol-
ious work to do-and thank God there
are reapers ready for the harvesting.
Though we have moved our line from
La Crosse to New York, our heart is
still with the gl,r,ous men of the We t
and their efforts to win independence
from Eastern corruption, and this Is
our only excuse for earnestness.
Ohio must be redeemed this fall
1t Il be. 1t is for you who love the
West and protection for Western i'll
terests to say whether you will make
be a-taii for the bendholdinG kite of
the East or q dividend for New Eng
land monopolists.
While you men III the West are
working, Eeastcrn politicians are steal
ing your earnings-Eastern mOnopO-
lists arc running your enterprises
Eastern brokers are compelling bust
ness men to pay twenty per cent. a
month interest, which eventually
comes out of the pockets of the pro
ducers.
Our watering places East are full
of ar~istOcratic sons of shoddy, who
drink the wine you men of the West
pay for-whose wives are harlets go
clad in silks and ~resplendent i'll dia-
monds, while your loved ones work
carly and late at farm and household
duties to educate the little one and
care for the aged. 1t Is work in the
Wcst-steal in the East.
Toll in the Wcst-idlcncss in the
East.
Honest labor and tenfol3 taxation
i'll West-bonds, interest, gold &C
counts, and high living in the East.
Follow the pillow sweltcr the scythe
sweat under the hot sun as it burns
the backs of mcn working on the
fields of the West to enrich the miscr-
ly, corrupt, unprinciplcd, labor-rob
bling a~ristocrats of Wall street, Fifth
avenue, and Central Park, who do no
work, pay no taxes, live like princes
Mt the expense of honest men every
where.
Redeem Ohio!
Stand for Western rights, protec-
ton 10 Western interests, for these in
terests are the true interests of our
whole country.
Last year New York was redeemed
from Radical misrule, and this year it
will add still more to her Democratic
strength. Last year New Jersey
wheeled into Democratic line, and
here we stand on Democratic ground
fairly won after n terrible political
contest to bid you rescue Ohio.
Last year your Democracy was sold
out, sneered at, insulted, slandered and
ignored by the tricksters and agents
of b~ondholders in the East. In Gods
name unite, forget Ci ~ferences of the
past, if any there be /; work, and that
earnestly, to redeem your State and
be ready for 1872; when, if there
does not come q Democratic victory,
will come a destruction of wealth and
Il redeeming of the land at the hands
of workingmen.
The East now boasts that the West
is III chains, in bondage, in debt, and
unable to move except rs Eastern mon
ey lenders dictate. The men of the
West are making this country-they
marched from Atlanta to the sea-they
lost their bravest in battle.
The East has grown rich--her thieves
are the bondholders-her shoddy con-
tractors and unprinciplcd spectators
are by aid of Eastern Legislation turn
ing your sweat into choice purfume
f1r chambers of dissipation, and yet
Western men will not awaken to their
interests and vote for self-protection
Democrats Of Ohio!
Men we love as brothers. Glorious
workers for the fulfllment of a great
destiny. In behalf of the toiling
working men of the East, who are
robbed by scoundrels, we appeal to
the Democrats - the farmers the
workingmen of that great State, an
empire of itself, to do as we did in
this State last fall, and step in line to
halt robbery, and the rapid march of
imperialism. In Gods great name we
ask you to defend the children of