Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-06-24
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Z,HE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT,
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For the Young Democracy are struggling
manfully TO cast of the incubus OF bad
DrinciDIes that has been weighing them
down for years past. 1t has eschewed VAL
landighaTn and he has eschewed politics.
I do not mean to say, they have as yet,
tor the Bourbons hold them back. II is
true their platform sets up a demagOgical
howl for a large reduction of the National
Revenues, instead of demanding redpe-
ton of the National Debt. And the Cincin-
natl Gazette, (which by the way sneers at
Il IS not easy to distinguish between the
tones, showing clearly that all the Bourbons
are not in the Democratic party. But some of
the signs are hopeful. Our Beatty and their
Thurman are fighting shOulderto to shoulder,
the corrupt, land ~ ealing lobby at WASH
ington. And new issues are inevita able.-
But we have the vantage ground, If we only
improve il. On our side Is the prestige of
victory. On them is the OT1LS of defeat.
Their record is bad-eXceedingly bad. Ours
the brightest in history. But the people of
this age and country iot'k forward not
backward. They consider the great que~-
fionG relating to the war virtually settled
publican party would bear the same reia-
Iiun to human progress in the future that
IL has in the past, 1t must move immeditte-
" forward, and take up Dy far, the greatest
question of the nineteenth century. The
hour is a prOpitiOus one. If it would 40
this the infant prohibition party now just
DegiunIng TO organize, would gladly aban-
don its organization and work for the Re-
publican party as never before. They
would then have something in our
politics worth living and working for
And Thousands OF Democrats OF the better
manful service in our ranks as they did
during the war. But they say 1t would give
should for year or two. IL would cause
such sitting out of both parties that the
people OF the state for their own salxe>
would soou be glad o give it back to u.s.
In 1867 We moved boldly forward and put
equal manhood suffrage on our banners
The grumnlers snarledt and the laggards
pulled back. We lOstthe legislature, and
we lost Ben Wade. But we gained Grant
and the Fifteentn Amendment. But will
the Republican party make this advance?
6,f whisky in It's conventions. / know 100
well the proverbial eowardlce or its once
holders and aspiIants, to suppose any such
step viii be taken at present. Hence fa-
yOr he organic stiOn of a third party, as The
only available means OF getting this qu~s
tiOu, with all its startling and alarming
ing that political necessity which shall i'm
pei the Republican party forward. Should
| II bltndly refuse TO recognize the txistn-
| Giles of the hour, and prrstsIently refuse TO
move, it may lose the opportunity, and
/ with itH gre ut mission accomplished, pass
with its brilliant record into history, I
| hope however this mas not be so, for 1
| believe 1t capable of far greater uSefllnens
/ in the future than 1t has accom- plisbed m
the past. And I would much rather serve
| Ine same great cause, in the Same ranks,
and under the same old banner. with ~
many glorious baI ties and Victories inscrih
I'd upon II. But this question cannoi be
| longer lgnoFe9. II must be met. 1t tCiIL be
/ n~quai TO the emergency, another partN
will rise to n Ike It's place. In that case fbt.
| fault viii not be with the prOhibltionists
/ but with the Republic II leaders '
/ tits not presumed that great political
/ party can be organized ON eingle issue Hui
| IL can be on agreat Fundamental principle of
| loyalty to Gud, Humanity and Our Country
| beneath it, platform, and that Is exactlS
4 what prohibition means in its elementary
analysis; And unless the Republican par
| vass, a new party, with this great princ cit,le
on IT. banners and sound patriotic plat
| form on subord1nafe collateral questions
| too stEoug to be ignored. The great and
comtng question Of defending our svsIem
! ofCommou Schools against the attacks of
its enemies, is \ kindr-d one, and youId
naturally make o plank ia the new plat
form. Earnest, progressive Republicans
1 would do we'll to think upon these things.
and go Into convention prepared to act as
their conscienees, and their judgeni cuts,
and not as their fears dictate.
], w. LINDSEY.
Delaware, Ohio, June IA, 1870.