The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-10-08
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The Election.

most important to the people OF
any since the rebellion. There is
q Democratic ring formed for the
express purpose Of compelling the
people Of Indiana to pay the canal
onds--amounting to about eigh-
teen millions of dollars. It has
been openly asserted by leading
Democrats that these bonds would
be q splendid investment. This |
that it majority in the
is Democratic the canal
swindle will be foisted upon the
people, their taxes doubled, the
State involved in an enormous debt,
which will burden them for years.
This calamity can only be averted
by voting the Republican ticket.
No denial has ever been made o:
the charge that scheme has been
projected by the Democracy to
this end; no contradiction has ever
been made of the oft-repeated 50
sertion that by the advice of Au
gust Belmont, holder of large
pmcunt of the canal bonds, q stud
led reserve was maintained in the
Convention Of the 9Th of January
upon this subject.
Every Republican OF Wayne
county owes it to his own interest,
to that of his neighbor, and to the
prosperity Of the State to work
earnestly and zealously for the
success Of the Republican ticket.
To fail in his duty to work and
vote is to invite increased taxation
and plunge the State into debt
a debt, too, which would be unjust
and which has long since be-n sat
isfied.
Upon the next Legislature will
devolve the duty of electing Uni
ted States Senator. Dan Voor-
hees is candidate for that exal-
ted position. The stigma which
his election would bring upon the
State, should appall every loyal
citizen. He is the man who u ade
frequent journeys to Canada to
con snlt rebels as 20 the best meth
Cd Of involving Indiana in the
reasonable conspiracy to destroy
the Union; he is the man who
boosted that his vote would never
be cast to furnish men, money or
supplies to crush the rebellion. A
letter recently published, written
by Chief Justice Chase, contains
an expression which We could
wish to imprint in indellihl e
characters on the mind and heart
ofevery true American. tits this:
That those lately in rebellion
have no more right to destroy the
country by ballots than by bull
let's
The Democratic party has not
accepted the issaes of the past as
finally settled in favor of peace,
unity, and freedom. Itholds, with
fendish tenacity, to the same evil
doctrines which once lighted the
I'll. es of civil discord all over the
land. 1t contends for the right of
States to nullify or at least to de-
feat national regulations. calcula-
ted to defend the liberties of the
imperilled citizen, and to secure to
citizens of Ohio or Massachusetts
while sojourning in Georgia, Tex
as or Alabama, all the rights en- :
loved by the citizens of those
States. The power of the Federal
Government to carry out its own
laws in all the States is denied.
Our duty is TO stand by the adj
ministration which SO nobly sus
tanned our national credit, and so
larry ely reduced the public debt.
To allow Democratic House to
be elected would be to embarrass
General Grants administra alton,
and defeat many Gifts most bene-
ficia. measures of economy end re
form. We must, at the fall cleo
tons, shower another avalanche of
emphatic and overwhelming Re-
publican majori;ies on the hopes
Of the party which still shelters
the doctrines and the persons of
secessionists and traitors.
Let not the proud banner of the
Republican party be trailed in the
dust By the memory OF its glo.
rious deeds-by the memory of
the heroism and sacrifices of thous-
ands Of brave men, let US do our
duty, and "take care that no harm
Genes to the country
Let the people of Indiana re-
member that the Republican party
resolved, in convention at Indian
aDolis that the con titution of the
State ought to be amended at the