Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-09-16

at par,into coin, at the will Of th
holder, and should take prompt an
efIlcacious measures to raise ou
$ bonds to where the security the
offer, and the interest they bear
ought to place them; so as to draw
greenbacks after them to par, witt
] the least possible delay. This will
+, relieve all classes, and especial,
, laboring, and augmenting the val
, ue Of our circulation twenty-five
per cent, give a healthy and Wig
orous impulse to every department
= of business and industry This,
am happy to say, is precisely til,
principle involved in the Funding
Bill, which proposes to put the hot
and the bond on the same footing
to be convertible into each othel
Until both advance to the standard
Of gold. I am now happy to know
that General Rosecrans agrees will
me exactly, and l need no Longer
fear the fierce denunciation Of my
Democratic friends for pressing, as
l mean to do, this indispensable
measure of financial legislation
"Gen. Rosecrans says; Regard
ing all officers as servants of the
people, and trustees of power fol
the common veal, Democracy ia.
vors such modes Of appointments
and tenures of office as reason and
experience show best calculated to
secure good conduct and efficiency
in the public service, without
regard to private interests, public
customs orindividuals pretentions.
This sounds very much like an ap-
proval Of the Tenure of, office Act.
But | did not know before that the
Democratic party was in favor OF
that measure.
Again, he says! The Demo
cratic doctrine Of suffrage requires
distinct realiirmation Democra'
cy has always held that suffrage is
not a natural right of every human
being, nor Of particular sex or
race This looks as if the Demo
cratic party, in its 'reafllrmations'
| of principles, intends to be before
hand on women suffrage, for he af-
firms that neither race nor sex is
ground for exclusion. Where is
Nasty ? Again he says: 'The Dem
ocratic idea favors q broad rather
than a narrow basis of suffrage, 1t
is not unmindful or regardless of
the rights Of women, of minors, OF
property or of inferior races but
seeing other effective and advan-
tagcous ways in whichf these. can
have their influence in all legisla
ton affecting their interests, at
present it prefers giving the right
Of voting to manhood and qualid-
cations which will tend to create
bonds of political brotherhood be
tween the rich and the poor, based
on mutual interests, and to avert
conflicts between capital and labor
Here he is out-and- out for manhood
suffrage, with promise in the fu-
ture to go further.
"Thus Gen. Rosecrans assumes
and adopts all our Republican prin-
ciples, in whole and in detail, and
calls them Democratic; and then
gives formal notice to all unheliev-
drs to take back seats. He says
Democrats whose mental organisa
ton or temper does not permit
them to recognize existing facts,or
conform their action to great pop
ular changes, let them for the pub
lie good abdicate the leadership,
and leave the energies Of the peo
Die free to act in the line OF life and
progress.
Mark his words, Life and pro
gress.' Then the leaders must have
been, heretofore, in the line of
death and reaction. Most truly
said. And now the Democratic
party falls back upon the old line
Of death and reaction, and romi-
nate Mr.. Pendleton to stand in the
shoes Of General Rosecrans. Par
ties sometimes commit strange
antics, but this is the most marvel
ous of all. In this last sentiment
of Gen. Rosecrans we heartily con-
cur. believe / utter the senti-
ment of all who hear me when I
say that no man who has opposed
the government, AMI stood in the
way of it's progress during the tri-
al time of war, should ever be in
trusted with power Applause.
Now, the TACT is thaG the men
who undertook the new departure
did not understand their party. A
few men would concur in the wise
sentiments of General Rosecrans,
but the masses of the party never
would, and therefore their commit
tee nominated, who? Pendleton /;
a man who politically represents all
that is unwise and vicious.
"Let me read d few extracts from
his speech, made after Sumter had
been fred upon, and cannon
planted on the banks of the Missis.
sippi, and our Government hum
bled. Then he made a speech in
which he said: Sir, the whole
scheme of coercion is impractical
BILE. Then, sir, let seeding States
depart in peace. If they must leave
the family mansion, l would sig
nalfze their departure by tokens of
love- &c. And thus lfyou insist
in waging this unholy war;, &C.
His unfortunate education in the
baneful tenets of Calhoun Democ-
racy, would have invited these States
m 0o ont npacefnllv from the I'm