South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-06-23


from them and then combine til,
| temperance forces on the opposit
side. But all this We must accomp
lish by our lndep sndent action, ant
neither of these two parties viii
now voluntarily aid Us, for theil
party interests and instincts are al
against US and parties without mo
raj ideas are like individuals il
that condition, ruled only by self
ishness. Here, in Delaware yol
are told by the republican leader
(and we have it IN other places
that the republican party ia thu
friend and the denOcratic,party
the enemy of temperance. / recol.
lect reading q letter written by tn,
republican candidate for Congress
IN this district, IN the last pohtioa.
canvass, la reply 20 your prohibl'
ton committee, In which be SAID
that the republican party "embrac-
es three.fourths of tic intelligent
temperate, and loyal citizens of the
country have nothing to say Of
the mojesty that boasts of such
vastly superior intelligence IN 3
party which holds IN its ranks four
millions of newly emancIpated
slaves, coming up from the lowest
condition of .gnoronce and degrad-
alton, for l hope that in the future
these will rise in The scale of intell-
igence and virtue. But he adds to
this laudatIon Of the republican
party alt does not turn aside IL
run down a single idea, but march
es steadily onward IN pursuit Of q
thousand benefits"-buL l confess
that the last of this l cannot und-
erstand IfInstead Of this he had
said that tho republican party mar.
ches -teadIly onward IN pursuit Of
a thousand Offices or u hundred
thousand Offices, we would have
known just what he meant. Loud
Laughter. And as TO the hunt for
a single iuea, 10 doubt he Is cor
rect, for Tho republican party Is
neither in possession nor pursuit oil
8 single living idea. All its ideas
are Of the past, and ,hero its miss
ION is ended, it's work is accomplish.
ed. l wish it would hunt down one
true, benificent idea 10 inspire Its
future action. 1t has applied prohi-
bition to slavery, why Lot advance
and apply the same grand principle
to the liquor traffic The republi,
can party is yet II youth Of bat IF
teen summers, and must 1t, ill the
flower Of it's youth, die the death OF
decay, decroptitude, and corrupt
ion ? There 1t stands with eager
grasp, clutching the spoils of Of
fee, afraid TO step back for fear IT
will fall 10 pieces, made up as it is
Of m.en Of opposite ideas on all
questions which before divided po-
iItlcal parties, and afraid to step
forward for fear It will drop the
spoils. There it stands on :he very
pinnacle of power, without an idea
OF the present, or a purpose for the
future ; afraid 10 move III any dI.
rectIon, and all absorbed in the
base struggle To hold and increase
its official sway and patronage
The thousand benefits are before, il
1t will only advance, but they arc
as nothing 10 the hundred thousand
Offices that glitter within Its grasp
Ii IS said that we owe the republi.
can party a debt of gratitude, and
must keep on Young It's ticket be-
cause It saved the Unisn ! deny
that the republican party, or any
other party, saved the Union +; rc
party did or could have done that
The people, irrespective of party
rallied abcu It the flag of the Union
against the rebellion. 1t was Goo
and the people who saved the re
public. There are thousands of vo
tiers IN the republican party to day
who fought to the last hour of the
war In support OF the rebellion, ana
there are thousands III the demo-
cratic party who fought for tho U
MON. Nothing but independent po'
lItical action saved this nation from
destruction by slavery, and nothing
but that will save it from destruc.
ton by incompetence. AS men Of
all political parties fought side by
side 10 the defence of the Union, 81
we must all come together and
stand shoulder 10 shoulder, hand L
hand, and heart to heart, in sup
port of prohibition. A political par
" is nothing but a tool for tho peo'
pie TO work with, and we may n
we'll talk of gratitude due an AZ oil
8 spade as to a political party
When the people have accomplish.
ed one work with one tool, they
will lay 1t aside and take another
better adapted to the purpose, i
they have another work in view
AS to tho democratic party, | hav'
not much TO say. 1t loves Itselfsu'
premely, and is not troubled witt
moral ideas. laughter But l
makes no false pretenses of friend
ship for prohibition. On the con
trary, it has repeatedly denounced
in State Conventions, tho policy o
prohibitory laws against the liquor
traffic, and is everywhere openly
unequivocaIly hostile 10 the princi
pies of the prohibition party. Blu
it Is just as openly and fully com.
mlttej to the policy of regulation 81