The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-10
GEORGE ROSS
AND THE REST OF THERADICALs
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READ, THINK AND VOTE,

and do now belong to the same party. and
vote the same ticket. Is there an Irish
man who vii. vote for his own degrade.
ton? Read, thinkand vote: gssa5
1.-THE Catholic Irish have been proverb.
ial- for their uniform adherence to the
Democratic party, and the, idea that the
ncw-faugled Conservative or National
Union party is but prolongation of the
tail Of that same old kite, has secured
them, with about equal unanimity, to that
party. Their party affinities before the
rebellion; secured their sympathies very
generally to the rebellion, for it was the
Democratic party that rebellcd.
'"The elections during the war, as well as
the recent elections; demonstrate the fact
that this portion Of our population ,eas, as
a rule, the enemies ofour gorsrnment-con
stitatingin our cititsthe most ignorant and
degraded class Of their population de-
graded, not only Igfgnordnee, but Jyi'in
temperate and riciious habits their vote
is always solid against us. 1t is useless
to attempt to reason with this class Of our
population: it is worse than useless to think
of educating them Up to correct views Of
our institutions and 'of the. principles iu-
volvedin loyalty to these institutions
they are under the yoke of bondage they
are. Intellectually, slaves to the Catholic
Hierarchy, and tools of the priesthood.
Their bishops and their priests own them,
soul, body, mind, and wehad we'll nigh
said. estate; audithey can onlyvote as these
shall dictate: It is easy therefore to see
that their votes will always be cast in the
direction that Jesuitical priests may think
best calculated to result to the injury of
FREQ institutions, and to secure their fnal
overthrow. Believing that the Pope, is
Christs vicar op earth, and thathe has a
rigbtful' claim to all temporal, as we'll as
spiritual power, they cannot but be enc
mics of free institutions Of government,
which locate the sovereign, temporal, or
civil power mot in the Pope, but in the peo-
pie; and whatever they may profess to tho
contrary, they cannot but desire the over
throw ofa form of government that more
than any other tends to release men from
bondage. of whatever character, and edu-
Gates them to stand up in the dignity Of
free, intelligent beings responsible. only to
their God. a... 2 5,.la.,... ~.
"This is the true secret Of the unanin-
| ity Of the Catholis vote, and it will, just
as long as the Roman Catholic priests lord
it over the ,consciences Of men, be. cast
against US. The question then is as to
how this vote may be best counteracted.
In our cities, in Wheeling or Parkersburg,
for instance, zee might rid ourselres Of Ito
some ertent,1y a combination Of loyal men,
toho ovn capital and employ labor against
hi, class Of our citizens, Il could be per-
tectly, legitimate and proper tOgtre tho
preference to loyal men. " +
"But there is q chartered company
holding control of our State, that en-
ploys vast amount Of labor, and that
Being under rebel control, discriminates
against loyal labOrers, We mean the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Company. How
lis this influence to be counteracted 2 We
know of no place except Martinsburg,
where that company has gang of loyal
employees, and the late election has shown
how easy it is to fud an excuse for EN-
ploying these Cd election day, where they
shall be deprived Of the privilege Of vOt,
ing. '-- -' -s,
@@"The loyal people efthis State mus
protect hemsclre; against all dislOyal com
bina,ions aud influences and re TOulo
suggest that It may become necessary as al
1oSset to this Catholic rote, to enfranchis'
The colored men of he State. II is tra'
that they are ignorant, IRE fear Too ignoran
to use to use this precious privilege judi
ciously but then they arc not a irhit NOR
iqnsrant than The Catholic Irish, as class
and far less giren to Drunkenness and DIS
regard of lao. We thrO'O out ibis sag
qestiOn for The confederation Of our people
constituting as it does, THE ONLY PRAcrI
CABLE WAY OF oFTsErrINd TIE lRIsI
, yorE."
REMEMBER, when you cast your vot
for ANY radical, you are doing oil il
. your pover to sustain and endorse th
, men who have forced negro suffrage upo
v us and who have now before Congress
A bill 0 abolish all distinctions on accOun
J. ,f race or color in the free schools