Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-06-09
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The County Convention;

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ring to another part Of this paper
Tor holding the County Convention
with view to an early commence
ment of the campaign--a campaign
as important in the issues involved
as has eycr been before the people.
Corruption, Prodigacy and Impe-
rialism have combined in the Re-
publican ran ks for mutual support,
and nothing shortlo an early COM
mencement, a close organization
and a vigorous and well directed
campaign on the part of the De-
mocracy will save this State from
the degradation Of Negro Suffrage,
the tyranny of Bondholders, and
the crushing hand Of political cor,
ruption.
Let the Democracy of each town.
ship at their primary meetings, be-
tween the hours Of 2 and 5 in the
afternoon on the Saturday before
the Convention meets, select full
delegates to attend this Convention
and let the delegations be instruct
ed by the people to impose upon the
candidates they may select, the duty
absolute duty, imperative duty
of going-into tho campaign as lead
ers in the strife, not as followers af-
ter the spoils. The County Central
Committee last week accidentally
omitted, in the call for the Conven
tlon, to request the Democracy of
the several townships in tho county
te nominate one person in each
township to act as Land Appraiser,
to be voted for at the I'd of October
election. We correct the call this
week. Let the candidates be mad Q
TO understand that they have been
selected with view to the energy,
the ability, and the industry with
which they will lead the campaign.
1t is not who will speak most for
bearingly of Republican vices, but
the men we want for the campaign,
are those who will bring out the
Democracy and the honest Republi-
cans to their support, the men who
will advocate democratic principles
in the face of every opposition, and
who having the manliness to de.
nounce imposition, vice and fanati-
cism, have also such an interest in
the success OF the party for the sake
of principle as to work for the glo-
ry Of a victoy, overwhelming to
Radicalism in the completeness of
its results.
Whenever man is found strug.
Cling against the expressions, i'm
positions and insults of aspiring g
aristocrats, or despotic bondholders,
there should be given the eneour
agement and the assurance of pro-
lection which the banner of De-
mocracy wherever advanced, has
ever guaranteed.
Whilst the attempt is made to
impose negro suffrage upon the peo-
pie of this State, and whilst taxa
ton is thrown entirely upon the
shoulders Of the laboring man, and
thieyery, debauchery and perfdy
riot in every department OF Radical
legislation, the Democracy have an
incentive for action, have an oner.
GUS duty to perform and should put
their leaders in the field atonce and
begin the organization Of the party
which shall include every school
district in the county. We have an
acknowledged majority of 800 in
the county. II should be 400 and
will be If but tho entire Democratic
vote is brought out. Our elections
have gone too often by default. A.
the last election we do not know of
a single school district in the county
in which Democratic voters did not
remain away from the polls. It
has been our, misfortune not to be
properly organized. Let the work
be begun by tho Convention. Lot
imperative resolutions be passed
that the candidates shall take steps |
to have it effected, and with a con
sequent gain Of at least 200 votes in
Vinton, we can carry the Senatorial
district in spite of all the mulattoes,
national banks, bondholders and
domineering and tyrannical furnace
owners and furnace bosses, in all
the counties in the district, who
keep most Of the poor laborers in a
half-starved and half-naked condi-
ton year aflcr year, and compel
them to take old goods and grocer
los for thcir, hard labor at prices
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