The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-07-14
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DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.

F. The following address to the people ofl the
United States, was recently issued at Wash.
ington City, andiis signed by all the Democrat
ic Senators and members of Congress-: sd'
| 10 our Fellow Citizens of the United States,
I'd Friends Of Constitutional, Ec0nomical and
Honest Government
The undersigned beg leave to call your at.
ttention 10 the peculiar Importance Of the cleo
tions which take place this year. and respect
fully submit suggestions tor your consideration.
BY the State Legislatures to be elected, nearly
fone-third of the United States Senate will be
chosen. Nearly all the members OF the next
House of Representatives are to be elected
next fall Upon the coming elections, then, de-
pends the question whether the Democratic
and Conservative element in the Senate shall
be increased, and whether that eletnent shall
have alnajority0f Representatives. IN the House
Of Representatives. Also, and as a. conse-
quence, whether we shall have constitutional,
economical and honest government, or con-
tinuence of revolutionary, extravagant and
wasteful party rule; whether we shall have
general, uniform just and constitutional legis-
latiOn, with reasonable taxation and frugal
expenditures, or unconstitutional, partial, un
just. class legislation, with oppressive and une.
quail taxation and wasteful expenditures. That
we have strong reasons to hope for favorable
result is plainly apparent. The elections al
ready held clearly show that the tide of reform
has set in with power that cannot be resist
ed. No blunders should bs committed by the
friends of reform. If they do their duty and
act wisely. if they do throw off all apathy and
act with vgor and steadfastness, there Is every
reason to hope that their efforts will be reward
ed by success. Let there be no dissensions
about minor matters no time lost in the dis
cussOn of dead events; no manifestation of
narrow or proscriptive feeling; no sacrifice Of
the cause to crafty personal ambition or re-
sentiment; and let the best men be chosen for
candidates, and we may hope to see our count
ry redeemed from lnisrule.
And in this connection we beg leave to say
a word to our frIlow-ctizens of the Southern
States: Do not risk the loss of Senators and
Representatives by electlng men who cannot
take the test oath, or who are under the disa-
blity imposed by the Fifteenth Amendment.
Whatever may be said as to the validity OF that
amendment, or Of the test.path act, yQu may
rest assured that Senators elected by the votes
of members of legislatures who are held by
the Radicals to be thus disqualified, will not be
permitted to take their seats, and that mem.
bers of the House of Representatives thus dis
qualified will also be excluded. 1t is the plain
est dictate of Radical wisdom not to incur any
such risks. We hope soon to see the day when
all disabilities will be removed, but in the
meantime do not, We entreat you, luse the OPP
portunity to strengthen the Democratic and
Conservative force in Congress- and the posi-.
bility, nay probability, ofobtaining majority in
the next House of Representatives, by putting
it in the power of our adyersaries to overthrow
or disregard your elections.