The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

nothing is being done to relieve the
distress, but everything to prolong it,
for, while the people suffer and all
business is depressed, it propiotes a
high rate of interest, the Bankers
feast, loaning money for which they
paid not cent at fabulous rateAo of
interest, and for which the people are
already paving them interest through
the government, thus fastening on
the transfer of all the wealth of the
country into the hands of the few. In
consequence Of this depression men
are every ywhere out of employment,
advantage of which is taken by the
manufacturer to reduce the price OF
labor and if the poor mechanic resists
the mandates of these tyrants, they
are threatened with the substitution
for their labor with that of the long
tailed Changs. Their boast is, we
hold the capital of the country in our
possession and we control the legisla-
tive powers of the government, and
now we will compel labor to come to
our terms or we will import the Cool
ies"alg& teE VIA ~ll1-
This is the bold and defiant spirit
that is stalking forth through the
length and breadth of the land. And
in the face of these slight glimpses of
the situation, will the sons of Revo-
lutionary sires and the victims of des-
potisms from other climes, will they,
ask, in the name of all that is sacred
to freedom, suffer themselves to be-
come misled and deceived and become
mere tools in transferring this system
of free government into the most cor
rupt and tyrannical1 despotism the
world ever saw. :. I hope not, not only
for the sake of this generation but for
the sake of the millions yet unborn.
o, that that silent tomb at Mount
Vernon would give up the ashes OF
its sacred dead and that the soul that
once animated that dust could be
wooed back into physical life, to again
preside over the Interests of the peo-
| Pile! Then, indeed, would our liber-
ties be safe,a and the hearts of the peo-
plebe made to rejoice. Butialas twho
have we occupyingithe place that he
$50 honored? A maIp whom you and
fellow Republicans bhave placed in
/ power and for which act we ought to
do penance the, rest of our lives,
But he is there and his duty is to
! guard the interests..of the people; to
veto the schemes which are presented
for his signature for the swindling oi
the public in theinterest' of any and
every" ring" also to suggest means
of relief wheninllis wisdom he sees
that the eimerests of the public demand
it. Does he do it 9iltAlasi no! q What
cares he? Ills lines have fallen il
pleasant places his party is in pow
Der and the; vote of the monopoly is
sufficient to keep it, then what. care.
he if the political atmosphere of Wash.
iingten is the most corrupt on earth, a
disgrace and a stigma upon tlIe Amer
lean name r He finds plenty of leisure
/ to indulge his fancies here to-day
and there Tomorrow, while the cares
land responsibilities Of his official du.
ties are laid aside while he visits his
Cottage by the Sea-" at Long Branch
delightful place for feps1ga and fools
kwhose time hangs hcavily9upon their
hands and whose highest aspirations
eito indulge,in the faeinating maze
of feminine fiatterys - -.
How the chief magistrate of a
mighty nation can lay aside his magis.
trial robes and forget for even few
days the interests of the people who
clothed him with honor and confided
unto him the guardianship of their
most sacred rights, is "a question
which the finite mind is incapa-
BILE of eomprehending, and this, too,
at a time when SO much is to be done
in j. reorganizingi and purifying the
various departments of the govern
ment so that our Capitol may be a
more, fitting hahitation for the God
dess of Libertyt to dwell In. AS 1t is,
1 fancy. that see .hor with despairing
look and fearful eye, gathering more
closely around her the folds of her
garments aud shaking the dust from
her feet, preparatory to leaving for
ever the land once eonsecrated to
freedom but now te charnel i house
of every corruption, sin and shame.
What then can be done in view of the
pdesolatihg ruin. which is sweeping
over our land? Shall we keep on,
fellow Republicans and lend the In
fiuenoe of our voices and the power
Of our votes to q party that has SO be-
| trayed us? shall we be led on by
demagogues that have become so cal
loused, and bold in the furtherance OF
their corrupt schemes that they no
longer have any sense Of shame
God fofbid! But let us turn out
backs npon iniquity and lifting the
prostrate' form of liberty, fight our
way back first with the ballot and
theni if needsbe with the sword 7 I
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H. aaqfs a Munificent Present, r,., rof
The Funding Bill, which has passed
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