The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-26

adherents could not bring them
selves to vote, or rather to join in the
cheers by which the nomination was
sought to be made unanimous.
We don't argue anything favor
able from this, however. The dis
affected will be obliged to swallow
their bitter disappointment, take off
their coats and go to work for the
nominee, for such is Democratic dis
cipline, that though man swear, in
his anger, that lie will not support
the nominee, he always comes
around right before the election.
A Confidential Capitalization with
Dickinson.
The Democratic press of this Dis
trict were soreIy exercised because
the Republicans, when placing their
candidate for Congress before the
people, did so without a great
flourish of trumpets, and the adop-
ton of a local platform with an enun-
citation of principles suitable for
their delectation. There is this diff
fereLce between the Republican and
Democratic parties-the Repub-
lican principles are the same in one
locality as another, and a Republican
in one State is not required to
change his views, if he moves to an
other state, in order to be in har-
mony with his party in that State.
Not so with the Democracy. In
Ohio, it is free trade; in Pennsylvania
it is high tariff. In Ohio it goes
reputation, in New York its parti-
zans are to largely interested in Gov
ernment bonds, and its leaders favor
payment in full, and payment in
! gold. The Democrats of the East
were mostly war Democrats, during
the rebellion, and the Democrats of
the west were war Democrats too,
but they warred against the "boys
in blue" resisted the draft, obstruc-
ted the execution of the laws, tried
to iberate rebel prisoners, and re-
fused to "vote a dollar or a man." to
sustain the government. They are
political jesuits, anything for office,
and all things for spoils. Not SO
with the Republicans whose princi-
pies are the same in every locality.
Hence the State platform, adopted
by the Republican party, is the plat
form upon which Mr.. FOSTER stands.
But why did not the Democracy of
the District adopt platform for its
Congressional Candidate-"there's
the rub" If they wanted local
issue why didn't they make one?
All! it would not be safe. The
State platform presented string of
"glittering generalities," that might
mean something or nothing just as
they chose. And to Mr.. Dickinson
they are emphatically nothing, as we
shall show. Come up here, Mr..
Dickinson, and let us examine you!
The State platform of your party,
which the Convention that nominat-
ed you endorsed, declares:
That the liberal principles embodied by JEFF
ferson in the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the Constitution which
makes ours the land Of liberty and the asylum
| of the oppressed of EVERY NATION, have
ever been cardinal principles of the Democrs-
TIC faith, and eUery attempt to a6Tidge the pri-
UiIegeS of becoming citizens and Ot0ners of soil
among US, ought to be resisted
Now we want to know, you know,
if you endorse the sentiments en-
braced in that declaration?
DICKINsoN-Why certainly, sir.
The candidate must stand on the
platform adopted for him.
Then you believe that this land is
an asylum for the oppressed ofevery
nation?"
DICKINsON.-Certainly. That has
always been a Democratic principle.
1t is the land Of ''the free and the
home of the brave" sir. And the
American Eagle spreads its wings,
sir, and gathers under their shadows
the men ofaI climes and the subjects
of all countries, sir"
But how about the sons of Africa,
Mr.. Dickinson? We think the De-
mocracy used to "oppress" them a
trife, didn't they?
DIcK1NsoN.-Well; but you see the
niggers were born to be slaves. And
they didn't belong to any nation, sir.
They were merely tribes, sir; tribes
in Africa, sir; who did not know
enough to take care of themselves,
sir. They were heathens, sir, and
needed to be christianized, and in
structed and taken care of; and so
they were placed under masters, sir,
and christianized and instructed
and hybridized, and misceg enated.
And although our Southern bre.
thren Of the Democratic persua-
sion may have been little hard on
them at times, and restrained them
of their liberties a trife, and may
even have oppressed them to some
extent, it was all owing to their re-
bellious disposition and necessary for |
their proper discipline; so that when
the American Eagle shoulds pread |
It's wings over them, and gather them
under its shadow, as it is doing
now, sir, they might better be en-
abled to enjoy and appreciate, their
exaltation, sir.
Then, Mr.. Dickinson, you are pre-
pared to acknowledge them as citi-