Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-10-28

the credit of the nation saved, md no faint
OF repudiation upon us to-day. -ls--r-'l'.'
Then the mission of the party now IL IN
go iorward. We arc 10 hold the feins n,
our hands as in past days We will hold
them IN our hands and elect honest and
iaithiul men to offices of the lowest and
highest grade, men who have the manhood
10 stand up for what Is right, and who in
their hearts love Republicanism and Re.
publican principles, and we will trust those
men IN the execution of the hiph duties
imposed upon the party, and am sure our
future will be as brilliant as our past has
been glorious. ''''
Has the Republican party completed its
missionY The mission of partv oucbt
never to end that has for its watchwords
Justice, Patriotism, and Liberty. / firmly
believe that the loyal people of the United
States, the men who, in the dark hours of
the past have stood up for the flag with us,
VIII stand there and vote with us, and keep
the public safety, and the public credit, in
the hands of the people whom we know
we can trust. Sir, / love my country It
Is the country of the freeman. II is the
country that lifts us all up and makes us all
wiser, better, and happier men. When |
contemplate the past, and think what
|
forms of government, Idotruly rejoice that
1t is our happy lot to have been born under
the Stars and Stripes. The Republican
party extend their hands to the world, will
ing to share our liberty with every people,
every nation, and every color, that will
come here and settle down in our midst,
with pure intentions, in good faith, to be-
come American citizens, and bear the bur-
dens and glories of the Republic as we bear
them.
Has anybody been distressed by the Re-
publican partyg Are we taxed TO death ?
Why, do not you know, every one of you,
that there is not a mechanic, merchant n
farmer, a trader, laboring man, or man
in any position of life, but what is better off
to-day than he was tenyears ago? The farm
ers lands are worth more ;he has more pros
perity and more property around him. The
merchant has done quite MS well. The labor
| ing man gets fair remunerative wages; the
mechanic is constantly employed And
wherever look, / behold this only thrift
and prosperity and that, too, when it has
been charged upon us, in these last ten
| years, that we have been bearing the gov
ernment with burdens, and were crushing
the people to the dust They made this
charge against us from every stump and ros-
| trum in the State, and in the nation, and vet
the results show to-day, that we are hap
pier, and richer and more prosperous, than
at any other time in the age of this Republic.
Are not these faithful statements of simple
truths, that every man can at once realize ?
And all these beautiful results have come
along in the train of one Republic victory
after another Gould any party have done
betterg Oh, grand old Republican party,
how love to contemplate the majestic his
tory of the pastl No party has ever had
the lot that was assigned to us, that has
been given to this fortunate, this successful,
this liberty-loving party. All its aims have
been high, all its purposes have been pure.
The past is secure. We have made our gov
emment free indeed. We at last caught the
inspiration of the enlivening and enacting
words Of the Declaration of independence,
and made them a living burning, and en-
during fact forever and ever.