The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-08-10

"Well, 1 don't exactly understand
it, but its coming out oil rightT
And we will tell our good friend
when.
The mountain cannot go to the la
borers. If it could by the same pow
or, it could GO away from them!
The party and the principle cannot
go to the man-else men and not
measures are the strongest, and
other men and better measures must
go down.
The history of Republicanism in
this country proves the truth of the
above, and the danger of waiting till
the mountain, with its shady trees, he
brought to shelter the man by che
roadside.
The good time will come for the
w~orkingmeu when they all stand with
US in def nse of Democracy-that
Eternal Principle of the Peoples Pro
lection.
When the people stand with US,
and the grand growing army with US
in defense of Rights of States and
people-the protection to labor by CIV
ing the control Of the Democratic par
ty to the STATESMEN If tile People rather
than the Staseao.sn Of the 4ristycracy,
based on wealth more than worth
upon idleness more than labor!
1t will be "all right" when the work
ingmen of the labor party come back
to the principl, 8 OF Democracy, which
protected them wien they kept Demo
racv in power!
When they come back to the de
tense of their own interests and. the
protection of living principles. q.
When they come back to that par
ty which sent its thieves a~nd.robbers
into the Republican party, leaving tt e
manner of Democracy we advocate
pure, bold, truthful, earnest, and be-
coming powerful for the protection OF
workingmen everywhere.
When the workingmen, who have
ever been protected by Democracy
when they Kept it in power, will come
back TO the principles which protected
them and made suggestions, we will
both listen and adopt-not till then
When the worklngmen will join
with us in taking the Democracy,
from the control of an ~aristocracy,
then will they have the powerin their
own hands, and they can WELD it for
good.
When the work1ngmen of the land
will repud,cte the work Of Republicans F.;
rpud;ats the national debt the Republican
parry fastened upon a government pc
euliarly american for the benefit of a
financial system Exclusively foreign, then
viii their eight-hour flag protect the
people Wto toll, no matter what becomes
of the one who steal!
Tine Republicans have long since re-
pudiated every promise made to tax
payers an | patriots. They have given
the lead of an honest party in. its in
tention to the lead of dishonest Demo
Gratis till the honest intention has be
come the dishonest fulfllment.
And when the people will repul'ate
the regulators, will come the call fo'
but eight hours a day of labor, and a
return to that Democracy which we
shall live to see again established in
this America, made so great by labor,
and being so robbed by the aristocracy
OF idleness.
As we have stood by the Rights OF
the People and the Eternal Principles
of Democracy from the first, & shall
we stand in the future till the folds. of
our flag will give shade ard protection
to every man who tolls, and till the
Labor Party of the country becomes
but the broad, liberal, protective De
mocracy, without which there a be
no greatness to us as a people, no mat
ter what wealth may result to the few.