The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-22
The Next Congress.

The next Congress can be secured
against the Radical party if the De
mocracy will determine to accomplish
that result. Not an election takes
place. which does net demonstrate the
decreasing weakness of the corrupt or
.L94nization, represented <by General
Grant in the White House, and such
men as Sumner. Wilson, Yates and
Chandler in the Senate, and Butler,
Schenck and like tricksters in the
House. The people are tired of par
tisan agitation. They want peace quiz
ct and repose. They are tired of tax
alton, of the swarm of office. holders,
of class legislation, of plunderiug in
high and low places, of diverting the
revenues of the Government for lille
gal, improper and illegi innate ends
Although the whole country demands
the obolition of the burdensome and
odious Income tax, the Radicals will
not roll that stone from the mouth of
the tomb in which their policy has
unearthed the trade, business and
prosperity of the nation. They leg
is|ate for a section, tor a patty, mol
TOR the whole people.
These facts are making a deep i'm
preston upon the masses, and they
are prepared to clean out the halls of
national legislation at the coming
election for Congressman. Not even
the negro vote can save the party
which now misgoverns the country
from defeat. New York showed the
DIR it Of the popular current, and the
action Of that State will be followed
by similar results in other localities.
At the LAST election for Congress
chance and bayonet were on the side
of the Radicals. They gained by
both agencies. In all the close dis
tricts the Radical candidates were re-
turned.
Fifteen of their members gained
seats on majorities running below five
hundred. They were Roots of Ar
kansas. four hundred and sixty-seven;
Julian, of Indiana, one hundred and
sixteen; Orth of Indiana, four hun
dred and f~fty-seven Hill, of New
Jersey, seventy-eight Ketchum, of
New York, four hundred and twenty
five; Schenck of Ohio, two hundred
and forty-fve; Stevenson, ofss Ohio,
fsurhundred and ninety-seven; Smith
of Ohio, three hundred and thirty
,hree /; Winans, of Ohio, one hun
bred and FIVE; Welker, of Ohio, four
hendred and sixty two; Bingham, of
OHIO, four hundred and sixteen ; Cake
of Pennsylvania, two hundred and
seventy-five ; Mercer, of Pennsylva-
MIA, three hundred and eleven Cess
ma, of Pennsylvania, ffty-iour; Paine
o. Wisconsin, four hundred and TWEEN
ty-nine.
Such a combination of circumstan-
ces, or such successful frauds cannot
win twice in succession. There will
be a break in the line. The ball will
fall into another pocket. A large ma
jority of these districts can be carried
by hard work. Then there are Rad
icals who have been assigned seats to
which they were never elected, and
others who have places in the House
through forged returns and afidayIts.
There are other districts where the
Radical majorlties are less than one
thousand, which our friends can easily
redeem and will do so at the coming
election. Nor will the bayonet push
members into Congress in 1870 as it
did in 1868. That Radical election,
eering instrument is fast growing into
discredit. In short time the bal
lot will again be as potent as the tri-
angular piece of steell"' which gave
ascendency to the Radical party, and
men will listen to reason and argu-
ment instead of the braying Of the
trumpet or the rattle of the drum.
The present Congress has broken
the spell which too long entranced
the people of this country. Bad laws
dishonest officers, high taxes, unequal
imposition on capital and labor have
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