Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-07-22
Democracy and Dishonesty.

Democracy and Dishonesty.
A prominent paper of the SO call
ed Democratic persuasion is greatly
distressed at the indictment pre-
ferred against the Copperhead Leg
islature of Ohio by the recent Re-
publican Convention in that State.
The charge preferred against the
Legislature was as follows:
That the late Democratic General
Assembly, in it's reckless expendi-
lures ofpublic money; its utter neg
lect of the business interests of the
State, by failing to enact the wise
and much needed financial measures
providing for the assessment and
equalization oftaxation prepared by
the commission appointed by the
preceding General Assembly; its
hostility to our benevolent and lit
erary institutions; its failure to car
ry out the repeated pledges of the
Democratic party to secure econo-
my in the State; its extraordinary
length of session in time of peace,
resulting in an expense to the State
amounting, for the pay of its mem
bers alone, to more than double
that of the preceding General As
sembly its malignant attempts to
disfranchise soldiers and citizens of
the State, its attempt to take from
the General Government the right
to pursue, arrest and punish those
who violate the Constitution Of the
United States, and the vicious acts
intended to destroy the power of
the nation, to preserve and protect
the liberty and safety of its citizens
has shown the Democratic party
unworthy of the trust, confidence
and support of an honest and patri-
otic people.
| This is serious arraignment of a
party of profuse professions of
economy and loud proclamations of
immaculate honesty. But every
charge made is too notorious for
denial. or even equivocation, and
the Copperhead leaders of Ohio
stand before the betrayed people
confessedly guilty of every count in
the endictment. The Copperhead
paper referred to groans over the
mischief such misconduct does to
that party in other States. It has
|, no regrets for the cheating and
stealing, per Sc, but being detected
at them is what grieves it's heart. 1t
fears that the ''charges of corruption
and extravaganza against the late
Ohio Democratic Legislature can
be substantiated," and that 'sthe un-
terrified, while in power in that
State, have not kept themselves free
from taint." 1t adds:
"Inasmuch as the Democrats OBJ
tanned control of the Legislature by
pledges Of an honest and prudent
management of affairs, their chan
ces of future success would depend
largely upon the redemption Of
those pledges Is"
AS they redeemed none Of those
pledges, but de. .iberately violated all
Of them and 70 bbed the Taxpayers
without mercy or compunction, theil
chances of future success for lons
time to come are slim indeed. We
| fully coincide with this Democratic
: paper when it says:
r ''There is one point connected
:, with the arraignment of the latt
Legislature of Ohio which is of th'
: greatest interest and Importance tt
a the Democracy of the nation: ant
: that the strength of the party in an,
+ section of the country will be affect
!, ed by the manner in which the Dem
ocrats discharge official duties when
It ever they may be devolved upol
: them. This consideration make
the Democracy of every localit,
and of every State responsible u
the party of the nation
/ And it is because of the irrepressi
/ BILE tendency of the Democrat
e leaders to plunder and rob the peo
pie and be guilty of all manner o
corruption and rascality, that til
II people so seldom entrust them wit
$ the discharge Of official duties, ant
4 so rarely re-elect them. The mis-
q conduct of the Ohio Copperhead
e will be warning to the people o
II the surrounding States for severa
y years. For the past sixteen year
/ the people have not, in any North
5 ern State, with the single exceptio
l Of New Jersey, voted twice in sue
e cession for the Democratic ticket
= One experience generally suffice
!; for half a score or more years
u Ohio has gone Democratic but twic
e e in sixteen years and there is littl
Is Is probability of its being again unde
u u the rule of that party while the men
- ory of the Infamous and corruE
l. doings of the last Legislature re
:. :. mains in the minds of the people,
~ Chica00 Tribune,