Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-25
Democratic DutY.

The address of the Resident Democrat
ic Executive Committee of Washington,
offers q characteristic contrast to the adj
dress issued a few days ago by the Radical
Central Committee, which has been left
at Washington with absolute powers.
The first thing which the Radical Com
mittee did was to levy q tax upon govern
ment officials for party purposes. There
was, in fact, aside from the employment
of force in the Southern States which
was left In charge of Grant and the War
Department, little else for the Radical
Committee to do. These gentlemen could
not with any hope of conviction or dis
play of consistency, point to the acts of
the Radical Congress. They dared not
come before the people with a record of
b past and, shameless as they are,
scarcely dared to make any more promis-
es for the future. In the past, they had,
only the occupation of Congress IN legis-
lation for special interests; the negligence
of Congressi in providing any means for
the thorough restoration of the South as
an integral important portion of the
Union the refusal of Congress to respond
to the demands of the people for relief
from oppressive taxation; the u~nconceal-
ed effort of Congress to dragon the Su-
preme Court, and the vacillating policy of
an Incompetent Administration. For the
future, they had nothing to promise tina:
they had not promised and left unfulflled
in the past. In this condition of things,
the single general effort that could be
made by the Radical Central Committee
was through official power, and the only
thing to do was to raise money by official
assessments.
The Democratic Committee have been
able to proceed in a very different way.
AL they ask lie a thorough organization of
the strength of the party. To this end,
they request to be furnished with the adj
dress OF the State Central COMMITTEES,
n such information as to Congressional,
District, and county organizations, in
those States which shall hold fall cleo
tions, as will enable them to furnish doc
uments, statistics, and important national
facts in q measure and manner that viii
insure prompt n practical work in the
of reforming both b political and
the Individual character of Congress.
This call should meet with a ready re-
sponse from all parts of the country, all
communications to be directed to Samuel
j. Randall, Chairman of the National
Democratic Central Committee, WASH
ington.
The duty of Democrats in the coming
elections is more imperative than it has
been for years, while the prospect for
Democratic success is more cheering
that is, for a general Democratic success
which will snatch away from the Radical
politicians the absolute power which they
have abused so recklessly and a~rrogantly.
From no part of the country is there any
indication hat these politicians propose
to yield to the popular demands even OF
their own party, much less of the coun-
try. The denomination of Gen. Schenck
ina Western State-the man against whom
the force Of the revenue reformers of the
Republican party has been directed more
than al others-was the test, which
proved how weak this small faction of the
Radical nFOanfIQfiOn really Iq[an6 that