The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-10-07
FrSn the Ohio state JoqpaI. ~,
The democratic Party Un-
wofthy OF Public Con-
fidence. ROD aftG.

high prerogatives Of American cit.
izens viii soon" be called upon 10
decide whether the Republican
party or the Democratic party
shall be the ruling power 10 Ohio.
i think, after mature considera.
tion, that the Democratic party Is
utterly dhworthyoof public conf
dence, and the following are the
reasons Iehy Ilthink 80. saI
! think 80. because that party
always sustained and defended
the infamous system Of American
Islavcfy. spds enounecd as "aboli.
tiooists %'ait who exproasedathe
leastsympathy for the victims Of
that neiarious, damnable scheme
of oppression, robbery, prostitution
and utter decentralization and be.
cause thoy opposed the emancipa>
ton proclamation, even after the
shareholders had been in rebellion
nearly two years, and had repudi,
ated tho Constitution which they
claimed protected them in the
right to hold human beings 10
bondage, and they also opposed,
at every stage, the action of Con.
gross and of the State Legislatures
in their efforts to abolish slavery
by Constitutional amendment, thus
making the Democratic party most
emphatically the SIauery party,
and therefore it is party that
ought not TO be placed in power
again.
/ think so because it was the
party which furnished nearly all
the leaders in treason and rebellion
us well as most Of the traitors and
tho sympathizcrs with treason, and
the soldiers in tho traitors army,
while not one Republican-not one
man who voted Tor Abraham Lin
coin was found in the rebellion,
either armed CT unarmed. The
traitors werc Democrats--the Re.
publicans were patriots, therefore
the latter and not the former
should have the public confidence.
think SO because the Democrat.
ic party opposed coercion-could
find no constitutional authority 10
subdue rebels, or coerco States;
put down tho rebellion, or subju.
gate traitors! pra
think so because they opposed
the war-opposed the raising of
an army-opposed the payment Of
troops-opposed the enlistment Of
colored soldiers, but encouraged
desertion, and discouraged enlist.
nents by denouncing it "nigger
war;" thereby endeavoring TO rem
der it unpopular; and finally, in
National Convention assembled,
they deliberately and falsely, and
traitorouSiy resolved that the war
,rds a failure, and arrogantly and
insultingly demanded an immedi.
ate armistice, and the prompt
withdrawalof our army and navy
from tho traitor States, and this
too within less than nine months
of the close of tho war, and while
tho patriot armies were every
where victorious
| think so because the Demo.
cratic party, or at least many mem
bers Of that party, gave aid and
comfort to the enemies of our Gov,
crnment, by resisting drafts-by
burning negro orphan asylums--
by organizing secret reasonable
organizations hostile 10 the war
and to the Government, and by Civ
ing encouragement and hope to th'
traitors, as was done by Franl
Pierce and other leaders.
l think so because many of tb,
Democratic leaders are repudiators
or opposed to the payment of th'
public debt according TO the term'
OF the contract with those who pa-
trioucally camo 10 the aid of oul
imperiled Government, by lendin!
their money to carry on the wa
and save it from disruption, Will
Democratic leaders declared tha
government bonds would soon b
in market at dollar a peck.
| Think 80 because the Democrat
ic party favor class Legislation an,
, oppose the Fifteenth Amendment
which gives equal rights to all il
the face Of Websler's definition Q
r the word Democrat to be one Th
fauors suffrage for all classes of eli
liens.
) think so, because they violate
their pledges tor retrenchment an
0 economy, made to got control G
the State Legislature, by more OK
Q travagant expenditures, by large
). appropriations, and by remalniD
in session longer and DRAWN
: more pay than was done by an
previous Legislature.
], think so, because tho humbu
Q financial scheme of Pendletor
/, (Which, however, is repudiated b
n the wiser Democrats of the East
y ern States to flood the countr
n with grcenbacks to pay off tn
n National debt, would reduce tn
8 value or purchasing power OF th
d paper dollar to a mere nomin'
! sum--produce general derauge
d mont in business and commerci'
}, affairs--inAate prices--unsettle a
); matters pertaining 10 finance an
= currency and swindle the creditor
}. of the Government on o most G
h gantic scale.
l think 80 because the Democra
h ic party employs it's influence ON
= power 10 create prejudices in II
v minds of the ignorant, illiterat
q degraded, against the weak, dow
e : trodden and oppressed races, sue
=, aa the A African and Chinese, on
!. thus oppress and degrade, instei
# of elevating and improving the