The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-06

pursuance OF the Constitution Of tht
United States, and the vicious acts in
tended to destroy the power of the na
ton to preserve and protect the libert,
and safety Of its citizens, has shown tn,
Democratic party unworthy Of the trust
confidence and support of an honest anc
patriotic people.
The law regulating suffrage passed b,
the Legislature compelled soldiers anG
citizens to vote at their places of resi-
dence and against Negroes yoting. B1
the provisions Of the law no person we.
prohibited from voting who hal any
right to vote. The only other item il
| the above resolution worthy of attention
IS that relating to RECKLESS extrara
9ance"
Tie Republican Legislature in It's last
neutrality-suspicious. the sum o
Sl,7SS,227, while the Democratic Legis
lature in 1869, being also its last year
appropriated only S4,54l,295, being
S246, 932 less than the Republican Leg
islature appropriated during the CORES
ponding year of its existence; and il
the appropriation bill just passed the
Morgan raid claims, amounting to oycl
half a million of dollars, are provided
for, and also an appropriation to rebuilt
the Central Lunatic Asylum, which wa;
burned down. This shows a SAVING o.
over quarter Of million dollars, com
pared with the last year of the last Re
publican Legislature. The appropria
tions for 1868 were more than half 9
million dollars less than the appropria
tions for the corresponding year of Re
publican legislation. This is a sufficient
answer about the length of our sessions
and the expenditure of money by this
Legislature,
9th. That the Republican party OF
Ohio is in favor of the speedy establish
ment Of Soldiers Orphans Home in
Ohio, not only as an act Of justice to the
many poor and helpless orphans of de
ceased soldiers, but as recognition OF
the patriotic services of their fathers in
the late war and for the purpose of re-
lieving the pledges made by all loyal
people to protect the families of those
who fought and fell in the cause of hu.
man liberty and right.
That is all right, but the Radical party
giving it publicity satisfies all right
thinking persons that they only put it
forth to deceive the people The man
whose policy they endorse has since his
advent to power turned nearly every
Democratic soldier, holding Office, out
and appointed stay at home Radicals.
In conclusion, the Ohio Radicals failed
to say anything about their great hobby,
the rapid reduction of the public debt
The following from the New York Tri6-
UHe tellS Illt part ol II.
"The legal-tender act expressly re-
quires 'the purchase or payment of one
per centum eff the entire debt of the Uni
ted States, to be made within each fiscal
year after July l, 1862 Is it not noto-
rious that no such purchase or payment
has been made for more than a year past
that the debt'is now as large as it was
eighteen months ago. Why, then, if the
law has been Systematically defied for
eighteen months past-deGed,as we firm
ly believe, for stock gambling purposes
should not the gold which has been
retained in the Treasury in violation of
law, be now used in obedience to that
law. The law required the purchase or
payment of S39,000,000 of public debt
between Jan. /, 1858, and July l, 1869.
1t has not been at all obeyed. We say,
take the gold that should have been used
in obedience TO law, and do now what
should have been done during the last
eighteen months. Why not? What
reason is there for not using the sur
plus money to pay off the public debt,
and thus stop the accumulation of inter-
est? We have for three years been pay
ing interest on not less than S60,000,000
laying dead i'll the Treasury. Are we so
rich that we should go on squandering
$4,000 per day for ever?'