Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-11-27

STIcKINe 10 PARrr-One OF tho remark
able things in this world is the adherence to
partt, and the devotion that grows out Of IT,
man will do that for his party which he
will not for his family, and still less for his
church,. c., deny hmself. In the time of a
campaiga you viii see him giving time money,
labor, Eeal-and all with the greatest cheerful
ness. He will leave important personal inter
ests to button-hole an unfortunate acquaint-
ancc on the corner, or to argue with a waver-
ing opponent Yet, ask him why he is so
esgaged and for the life Of him he can't tell
you. lie has ne AK 10 grind in the event of
the election of his candidate; possibly he does
not know his candidate even by sight there
are no vital points at issue that may involve
National disaster in the event of the defeat OF
his candidate; and he could tell you of no
reason why he should BE- SO nterestcd-only
that the candidate ts his candidate-of his
party.
From this alonc-hmself unable to point
you to any other reason Tor it-he is ready to
whip oil his coat and do battle, either through
Bght or work, for the election of his party
man ThcTc are men who will scrmp the
contTihution.box for the Lord to swell the
amount for party purposes and some will rob
the time of the Lords service on week night
(possibly on Sunday for the pushing of n
party measure Even "bcnighted Ashtabula"
has flashed open her wit wide enough to detect
such acts and facts within the radius of her
name.
But the most remarkable thing is, that as
earnest as a man may be for n party measures
he will argue up to party, no matter how the
party may vccr. In the second election OF
Lincoln the rallying-cry of the Democracy
was "niggerH Now that the Fifteenth
! Amendment bids fair to pass and become a
law of the land, the DcmocIa attic cry bids fair
to be the same, but from an opposite stand
! point. In the one case it was cry against
negro equality; in the other, ii is an acknowl
edgmcnt of the equality of the ballot
Yet, even the glorious work of the Freed
mans Bureau and Missionary Societies have
not yet transformed the negro race into another
race than ii was
Three years ago, on the c., G. and G. X. II.
we met n man who labored for an hour tc
convince us that the strength of his party Uht
Dcmocratic) lay in the holding of the negro as
near as possible TO his normal condition.
that of scrvitude. Quite recently the same
man took n seat with us in car on the i. S.
and W. $. r. r., and with the same face, same
gcstnc rs, same earnestness, strOve to show us
that the policy Of the Democratic party had
been TO prepare the freedmen for the ballot,
and that the safety o. the party lay in securing
the ballot to him.
We called up the history of late campaigns,
and of late legislative enacth. ents; and then
called up the story of the oralNr who cried
(after speech): Ladies' and gentleh en-, them's
my sentiments, dyed in the wool, nL Nsed ir
from infantcy, and froze TO me like the 10, Dart
to his spots, but ef they don't suit, they can HI
changed"
! In the absence of the Editor from his chair
it would be unscemly for the irresponsible
! local incumbent to discuss doctrines in politics
which might require rctraclion on the part
of the Editor but, as Pelcg Doremus would
say" Just to fling out an ideo, moughtn MT hur
nobodNn