The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-11
The Late Radical Convention and Free

The Late Radical Convention and Free I
speech.
ED. DEMs PREsEDsar siT= I have been
with anxious and silent interest for
months past, she manner in which our govern
ment is being administered, and the unblush- |
ing boldness pf Congress in passing measures
lily disguised, for the swindling of the people
in the interest of thzs or thatring. And when |
1 reflect upon these base deeds of plunder and |
prostitution of official power which has charac-
terized our late Congress and other departments
of the government, rejecting their influence
wide and far upon the future condition of our
dountry ~ anis isgladto tarn my thoughts away
from the contemplation to some subject of less
interest, even to the stirring news of q bloody
Ra10peaaa as my conscience
cruelty reminds me that this, al this damnable
fraud. all this swindiihg and upbniiding of An
ariStocracy upon the ruins of once free gov
ernment is the work ofsay party, the party that
my vote helped to put in power. But my plea
Is. MFR. Editor, 7 have been deceived; we, the
Republican masses.s haye been 0utrageostsfy de-
eeiFed and sold, and /, for one, as believe OF
many thousand of Republicans, have determined
fiat we will no longer be. chained to this Jug
gernaut (the Republican partly which has 90
triumphantly rolled oyor our land, crushing un-
der its ponderous wheels almost every vestige
ofour liberties By some iate issues or the Ra-
VIENNA Dtztetrdt, one would naturally infer that
the Editor of that sheet had come TO about the
same conclusion, as for instance, in its issue of
July s7th, the following appeared in its col
u1nns, which I. briefly iektract as indicative OF
In of fh.,~ iri- Tho Iaod
ers of the party in power. He begins by say
ing: President Grant and family went to
Long Branch last week to s pend the senlmer7
Again: The United States; government, for
the first time in its history, has become migra-
tory, and is the only migratory government in
the world" Again:l :. The Republican stCourt,''
renloved from, " Washin gtpn to Long Branch, is
now in full blast The President receives"
once a week, the butterflies of fashion, the
BraiHiess fops ana fepesses OF the land; toadies
as thick IS toads. after q shower. arc hoeking to
Long Branch where thrift may follow Nfawn-
ing" too delighted and happy to touch but the
hem eflthegaFment OF of oflicisil power and great.
Hess" ItAgsi1s speaking Of the, party in Con-
gyess. he says: .fContrariety of opinion abounds
among the Republican members of CoDgress.4
Plots and eoahtGfpIots conflicting schemes and
clashing interests Involving Iselfsh considerar
tions solely; occupy the time of the Congression-
al sessions, to the delay and detriment of the
great Interests Of tie nation p In view Of these
andIsimilar statements cc0uid a poor and unso-
phisticated reader Of the Portdgsf County Demo
crdt- come to anv other conclusion than that its
able and venerable editor was abo1tf to free
himself from cofnplicitY with snch "a corrupt
party as he SO foreibly and truthfully shows the
Republican party to be, and become either, indie
pendent IN MS politics Or change tile character
eflhis papsrinte 9DeInocratoin truth as well
a, in Inames This, yspr correspondent began to
hope for, when alas for human hopes and for
Brother Halls honest Indignation at the per-
| faity of his party, the Republican ring, the
engineers who run the voting machine in this
county met fncouncil at the Town Hall in Ra-
VIENNA, under the name of the Republican Nomt
mating Convention. and after making their
hominatiohs, and thereby announcing to the
| Republiean voters OF, the county who they
should vote for at .the coming election, they
| proceeded to castigate Brother Hall of the
Dtssoerds and Other Edftors for SO freely criti-
cising the actions OF tile party, "A bracsof Resi-
9l1rtiops 1 passed by the Convention reaas as fol-
| lows;
oRego,oea; That the Rsepubiisahsi t Of Portage fts
pacisy honesty and sagssity Of President G Grant
| toi iIsdniRister the aiatrs ifof THE government,
ss Il MI Ssisi sst sEs Gyalt
Sssa Rssotssa sa1yt THAT the Hhiasto criticisms Of
3 hsfs III ehS T9ss se exes .ae
oaseefl his ppoiptmeHtS1 is fyinwaEranted, and
can only tend to party disruption, and conse-
QUAINT tnjer Of ahe vital Interests of the Repab-
lican. party, and best interest of the country.
/ When it is remem bered that the qlotatIons
which flhaye been max ing were ffon the Demo
Graf ef IIly is7rb, and that the Convention met
on the 3oth following, one would suppose that
the above resolutions would have. been hard for
Bf06her Hail t6aigest ihasntiehD as their sub
stanee isEihdirect contradiction to his frequent
hipgs At Congress and Grants administration;
even to the issue of but three days previous to
the passage of those resolutions, ana presume
that many Of the isahers of the lDkh6cfas, like
ypur correspondentSl after reading the report of
the Convention, including the passage of these
resolutions, hastened to read the editorial COM
ments tolsee dh4t the dignity and Self-respect
of the Editor would prompt him to Say against
this rebuke upon bis late utteranees, and bis
lack Of fealtS to his patty" But, wonder OF
Iiwnnders, We beholdihiih like whipped9 child
sw9llowing those resolutions at q ,gulp,I and
made to say they are COOL; yes. he says :. the
,resolutions adopted will commend themselves
todhei iRepubli or The 6duntyas right in spIr,
Again, ip order that there shall be ne mistake
or doubt remaining OF his fullest endorsements
of Those resolutions, and consequently HIS vii,
Ilingness to do the trumpetingofs the party, that
he so lately denounced as corrupt, he delivers
4 Himself again or the following: "The Solun.
Iteer resolutions tihtrodueed by Dr. Sherman
'IFiRg. They age,of the FtrHe metal They Heart
4 lily recognize, qs Mey, s4oHld, the honesty ant
1 patriotic ddeiity OF the President, and Jnstlq de
thesa;edhaeAin all dhjpse criti upon hi:
j athFI Official en9sayers y This is sonaeWAa
d akin to what our fathers nsed to call whipping
the cat around the stump. But m inclined (
re2asa itias d new invention III modern Journal
ism. whereby the losraai tstl leAAeayAfa tA aadap
h5Pifslf to ex5TeRs iiSSges BY Alternate ssPspr'
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