Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-16
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Zeal for Pusliy.Qt Electors

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Zeal for Puff Of ELECTORS. 81
THE Republican pres 8 desaisd it toa
Communication Of Z ascsion Law
dubbed a bill for the enforcement of the
Fifteenth Amendment, but is evidently
perplexed as to which of its provisions
shall be commepded.L The eulogies which
S SsTsT Sei in P FSsis IA Fe w ARE
avowed purpose Of the bill, instead of its
1t is said that wend tri6tentl
to prevent illegal VOID htAmE8[
JUDGES against the negroes will shut them
out from the p~ollsaHless they-he granted
special protectloEE ~ thar k&ftpeatAk
system will be extih9e shedb tie deal u1e
under considera< <GreSk5tre7s is 1sfd
p per sht Of P %e% : : stPu E I% sast
with honest elections there the emocrSts
will be found to be in a minority,in the State.
This claim does not harmonic very well
with the admission made by those same
newspapers only a few days ago, that the
late judicial electio1iRG eHiYorkm Yet1he
ton and of CopGressD(To Apow met
the Democracy bpSuF IesSt voting in
New York city Is dirsot8y cont1Raift
what those hos m %R6 shs stsssm ent ~
edifying and instructive lessons.
Admitting aHfhat nay Besaid o0nrErW
ing the necessDyQff4F whickwnmake
oW elections honest Expressions or the
popular will, and permit all of the people
to come freely 10 the cpolls, and it, will
form no justification of any such system
of tyranny and 8fSiAtefmedatAf* Ihy the
Federal authorities with mSttersWhieh be,
long exclusively TO the States, as are pro
uidod for in thdfSni11 ThaTaNora ri0hf and
wrong ways to0orrect evils and proper
and improper persons and authorities tC
undertake the task. an
How long is It since tue, Republican
party had possession of ALI the depart
ments of the State government of New
repeaters and Illegal voting In New YOrl
csty were then5fnade by Che Republican
press as are now made by it. Why die
not Governor Eepton snddreIRepublicaI
Legislature pass laws to prevent fraudu
q. lent voting, andB preserve Gand securepu
ton in The premises, and MHhAt time Con
gress did not assert that it ha6ytheaTigh,
to meddle with the election la ~
States as it has meddled wiohuNheAaDi ii
t s1nm bill; Il + a is B sRsIHssS sAsR ST
ness,
There Is something In this newborn
zeal in Congress anAEtheR eppblieal
party for purity of eleetfensAWhieh look
suspicious. For yeaI the nation%- legf4
partisan Legislator SnxtKsenScSneSed
triump6s by
voters, and by bribery of classes and cap.
talists. This has been apparent, not onl
in all the stages of the reconstruction in
fanny, but in all of the financial Legislation
Among the manufactu1srs z ban =
and railroads men to whom have bee
voted millions of m1neyAndhundkeds-
millions of acres of land, and bondholC
ers and othetEpfnnt4nF1Ff9ss4egf
ton, there canlPef pNHd many DeEocrai
In name, buttheSSaAtt vote the R6p1blica
lick They AVE been bribed to vote
by laws which were framed to benefit tn
capitalists of the Country, IN CHANTING I
them special privileges, and thus brin
them to thAsp1p6ftIQf the iuling part.
The man 4 RtoftS are, doubled ,
or the advantage oRsthe3elaks nDSwhichf
belongs, VIII wSskNNFJee PsrE easpti1
With legislation ,oGcthe chaa9a2ctef ab6S
described S%esfn Utmost every gs
it is inexpressibl6l effrontery in rCongret
now to gsbhleu of regard ifofgpurity (
Outsideref such l~egiRtatien, the party
power has asAA9YpA deteFminationto pc
petuate itself by any means hoYeYl
S SS6I t1a %SsAaTaEX f. Ps tRi sA SH s. a tSSIl ri
and crime 0HStantDn inlimpEisening Cor
missionens6rem MewfYaIk. enesef who
is now Chief Justice Of thesSupreme1C o1
of that Stale YAo sYere, carrying Dem
cratic tickets't 70 the army Of the RotpmA
He refused trepsportati94 d, Qemoerat
soldiers. III withdrew ,ireGimepts fro
the army and sent them INTO States VIE
they t; did not S SslSHSa s XGts he gsSdSS
grace froms the service for ;distTibUtil
Democratic votee!qqHsrt0ld manufacture
In New Eng}andthat theyEnust edisMi
all men whoS w0d1d not vote fof IA paf
in powerS OF h Government NgOulddmal
no purch6sesJnOm mBhs FefusingSo tex
In all this he was defended by the poll
clans and press of the ruling party.
Senator's 0 q 1' in 81 S6ss asS stasse 5 HasHes &
only q few days ago hat the people
n SopthsFnlStats9 EYRre cPWYehed(
vote fornPePH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES !
at all, bSeA6se4hey WERE denied tHeiprf
to sSs so Gl uOsl 9Sbs fSsi Sc { 9sSss @sEP fua&
Such is the Congress, and party, Al
press which now EnofaaiSe -onl purity
electionsSand affecsfo lament over viz
and coEro0tions growiDgo ont; Ofbsu
wicked legislation and abuses of power
are here sasfeF$bzEG hioqQ0hdy gness AIne
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The following aReIthea resolutions ado.
BY the DemocEaoF of Ohio in their rect
Co~nveptfonFat Columbus 81 S7sE.- ati1
The Democracy Of Ohio coming together, j
spirit OF qexo1on to the doctrine and faith Of I
represenrauye g0vernmentHAnd relying FofsucC
upon DISCUSSION apdthe inteligsnce Of the peoI
deem the present 69pyention ftting occasion