Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-09-16

mean to do, this indispensable mea-
sure Of financial legislation. E
General Rosecrans says: Re
garding all officers as servants of
the people, and trustees of power
for the common veal, Democracy
favors 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 interest, lublic customs
or individual pretensions.' This
sounds very much like an approval
of the Tenure Of office Act. But I
did not know before that the Demo
cratic party was in favor Of that
measure. .
"Again, he says: 'The Demo
cratic doctrine. Of suffrage requires
distinct reaffirmation. Democracy
has always held that suffrage is not
a natural right Of every human be-
ing, nor of particular sex of race
This looks as if the Democratic
|
ciples, intends to be beforehand on
woman suffrage, for he affirms that
neither race nor sex is ground for
exclusion. Where is Nasty? Again
he says: The Democratic idea
favors a broad rather than a narrow
basis of suffrage. 1t is not unmind-
full or regardless of the rights of
women, of minors, of property or
of inferior races: but seeing other
effective and advantageous ways in
which these can have their influ
ence in all legislation affecting their
interests, at present it prefers giving
the right of voting to manhood and
qualifications which will tend to
create bonds of political brother
hood between 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 future to go further.
"Thus General Rosecrans assumes
and adopts all our Republican prin-
ciples, in whole and detail and calls
them Democratic; and then gives
formal notice to all unbelievers to
take back seats. He says: Demo
Gratis whose mental organization or
temper does not permit them to rec
ognize existing facts, or conform
their action to great popular chan
ges, let them for the public good
abdicate the leadership, and leave
the energies Of the people 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 nominate
Mr.. Pcndleton to stand in the shoes
of General Rosecrans. Parties
sometimes commit strange antics,
| but this is most marvellous of all.
In this last sentiment of General
Rosecrans we heartily concur. I
believe | utter the sentiment of all
who hear me when I say that no
one who has opposed the govern
n ent, and stood in the way of its
progress during the trial time of
war, should ever be entrusted with
power. Applause. '.rr
"Now, the fact is that 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 a few extracts from
his speech, made after Sumter had
been fired upon, and cannon planted
on the banks of the Mississippi, and
our Government humbled. Then he
made a speech in Congress in which
he said: Sir, the whole scheme of
coercion is impracticable. Then,
sir, let the seeding States depart in
peace. If they must leave the fami-
ly mansion, l would signalize their
departure by tokens of love- &c.
And thus: eff you insist in waging
this unholy war; &c. His unfortu-
nate education in the baneful tenets
of Calhoun Democracy would have
invited these States to go out peace
fully from the Union Following e
his advice, our country would have
been ruined. = se--lz
81 cannot believe it possible that
the people of Ohio will ever indorse
that record of Mr.. Pendleton by
electing him Chief Magistrate Of
Ohio. AS his colleague from Ohio
in the House, I then felt it my duty
to reply that Ohio never would con
sent to a separation of one State
from the Union. Immense ap-
plause.
sNow the war has been fought,
the Union preserved, and slavery
abolished, applause, and the De
mocracy, headed by Mr.. Pendleton,
come up and say, Elect US to Office
when the war was over, and
financial questions came up for con-
sideration, Mr.. Pendleton came for
ward with his proposition to issue
immense quantities of greenbacks,
which would have sent their value
down, down, down to the condition
of the old Continental currency. If
Mr.. Rosecrans had said in so many
words, Let Mr.. Pendleton, Mr..
VOORHEES,, Mr.. Vallandigham and