Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-18
The Late Political Contest.

The late political contesti in Missouri prese nted
issues of public import which appeals both to
our sympathy and our judgement, AMI their at
tainment are desirable on the basis Of that
standard of magnanimity which looks with
forbeara ice on PROSTATE and humiliated peo-
pc. We refer 10 the renewal Of civil disabilities
from the great mass of people who, Of late, were
IN rebellion against the government.
True homogenity Of feeling and of interest
which every patriotic man must sincerely de-
sire among the people of the several States Of
the Union, can only be promoted BY extending
tue honors of freemen to those to whom We have
extended the olive branch of peace. With mil
lions of those who were once rebels, but are now
subjected in the land, the handspring of ma ton
al unity can only act by force of clemency and
a generous confidence, rather than by measures
prescription.
Under the leadership Of CRATE BRowN, CARL
ScuURz and other able and liberal Republican
leaders, the people Of Missouri have fought
great battle with and won grand victory over
vile protection and cxclusivensss. In that con-
test they have had the warm sympathies of the
masses of people in the nation, and the large
najorities given in favor of those who upheld
such meas Tres are but indications OF like results
in other States should such issues be presented.
The Missouri Democrat, one of the leading
Republican papers of the West, states the les
sons to be learned from that election in the fol-
lowing expressive terms:
The decision of the people is most emphatic
rebuke of the system of taxation maintained for
wears with the aid of Republican votes in Con-
isrcss The protective system, taxing the many
Tor the benefit of the few, has been tolerated on
" because the people were deeply Interested IN
titber onestiSns, and postponed action IN regard
,n the tariff nntl a more convenient season.
Now the war issues nre settled. The country
rests in the conviction tina. the settlement mace
will no. be disturbed. Reconstruction - som
peed. Negro suffrage is estabii SEQ anu iorti-
fled in the Constitution itself. Those matters
settled the people are free to consider Wheeler
the system Of "a xation under which they have
been living is a wise or just one. The verdict
of Missouri Indicates what the decision OF other
States will be when that question shall be pre-
sented II will be well for the Republican par,
W il it needs this warning, and purges itsSt oi
the responsibility fer tins great wrong. NO par"
" can afford to defend the tariff under which we
live. No party, however popular, can afford to
he respOnible for a scheme of plumber by which
three hundred millions year are taken trnn
the pocketb of the cOnsumera and gwen " lew
faYOr6d CAPITALISTS lnls PohOJ i'nJu''o" '" VIC
country, will, surely be ruinous TO any party
Sshieh attempts to defend it, and thnse are the
t,ne.l friands Of the Republican party who Ia
nor uooat earlestly TO crush the power o. mOnnP'
dies and Ia Vorei interests In its councils. The
Missouri eIeetinn. fairly considered, Is warn
ino ,o tha R,nuhlican ,larty that it must drop
.he nolIoy falsely called protection, or must pre-
pare itself for overwhelming deieat. rresum
ing upon the attachment OF m2n 70 tue party
RepubIcan managers have di1egarded the
wishes and interests of tie Western people, ana
have suffered the party to be used as "oI Dy
Eastern nlonopOlists. II is time tor them %
learn that the West will not tolerate any ionber
such betrayal of its interests.
President GVaut. has given to the election 10
this State peculiar Significance: The people
Uf Missouri we're engaged in deciding important
questions Of State policy, and IN declaring aneh
will upon questions of national importahc. Iney
had no thought Of the next Presidential election,
and were not inclined either to advocate or t0
Opnose the re-eleetiOn Of Gen. Grant atthis time
Rut he was Influenced by men who cared more
TaT ANAL Offices than for the success and repu-
,,t;on of his administration. They persuaded
bim that the Liberal Republicans OF Missouri
we're hastiis b his reelection. The absence Of
snv Dlsdgs 10 support him for second term,
nnd ths emphatic declaration for reform OF the
civil service, was regarded by the President us
evidences III hostilitV. ia the most unfortunate
moment of his lite, he consented IN nse the power
az apnWntment and removal 10 vain attempt to
erusI, this Liberal Republican element 10 mis-
souri Thus he has converted victory OF pIin.
ciples 10 which he was pledged, which are vital
to othe Republican party, and which Gen; Grant
nor the party should ever have perml''ea " Oe