Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-07-06

Q service, and largely increased local tax
: es- What has it done in New York
e and especially in the city, where unde
], tammany Influence there Is esta
t bl1 he'd It he most scandal
: pus and corrupt municipal govern
: ment in the world? What can it d,
|. for the future of this country? Her
: is astrfng of fifteen resolutions, ant
t there is not single affirmative propo
: tsitiOn in them upon which the demo
, cratic party could stand united, excep
the one demanding amnesty to Davis
i Toombs, and the Rebels of the south
: The first seven resolutions they cal
: the new departure, They remind one
of the famous group of horses at Milan
/, They appear eager to depart in all di
} rectiOnS, but go nowhere. Thew tel
J us that they hold to the old democrat
! ic doctrine of annexation of territory
{ but are opposed to the acquiring of San
Domingo. They pretend to be fol
hard money, but propose to issue an
! unlimited number of green backs.
They pretend respect for the laws and
J courts and they propose to disregard
not only the solemn pledges of our
loan laws, out the decisions of the Su-
preme Court in order to cheat the pub
lie creditors. They declare respect to
the national banking system, but op-
pose it. In their wild and blind oppo-
sition they would destroy the best sys-
tenn of currency ever we had, merely
because it was established by the Re
publican party, though the first COM
mercial nations of the world are ap-
plauding it and following our example
though Governor Chase, now one of
their candidates, fathered and supports
it; though no man has lost a dollar as a
holder of bank note, yet they would
derange all the business in the country
by uprOoting the system, merely be-
cause there is supposed to be virtue
in party cry against banks. They
talk of a revenue tariff, and wise tax
laws, and yet no member of their party
in congress ever proposed either, but
oppose every measure offered by us.
When we repeal eighty millions of
taxes they vote against it. When we
devise new guards against fraud, they
vote against them. They talk about
economy and vote for every ex-
travagant expenditure. They would
load us down with rebel losses in the
war. They seize upon every popular
cry-here one thing and there another.
In Ohio it is greenDacks. In New York
it is specie payments. In Pennsylva-
MIA it is protection. Here it is new de-
parture. In the south it is perpetual
war against the amendments and death
to the Negro. With, the Irish it is Fe-
nianism. In Kentucky it is the reso-
lutions of '98 slightly revised, With
JEFF. Davis and his powerful followers
it is di5cord, war and disunion.
Let any impartial man look over the
whole field of national and State poll
tics-let him look at the dangerous ele-
ments composing that party-let him
consider what they would probably do
if placed in power-let him combine in
one caldron all the ingredients, and say
upon his oath, is it wise and polite yet
to turn over to the Democratic party
the administration of a great nation
like ours? o. gHoi es5L Eoog i+l8IA
TIE COURSE OF THE REPUBLICAN PAR
When on the other hand, we turn to
the great political Organization to which
+ we belong, we may find shadows and
clouds, but the general policy of thel re-
publican party has been elevating,
manly and successful. Above all, we
extended to all our inhabitants liberty
and equality before the courts and the
law in civil and political rights Our
policy has strengthened power of the
nation without sacrificing rights of the
states. The inscreased powers of the
nation all inure TO the benfit of the in
dividual citizens, for the sole object of
it all is to enable is to protect the citi-
zen from local injustice and outrage
We have a strong government, whose
wide-reaching hand shields and pro-
tect the humblest citizen, and yet the
power of the state to educate and foster
Ito protect and encourage-to punish |
and reward its citizens, isl unimpared. |
We have now such union as George
Washington described in his farewell
address, with nothing to threaten it
but the decaying embers of the rebell-
ion. Weneed to pass no resolutions to !
assure any one that we will stand by
and enforce the 18th, 14th and 10Th !
amendments. We proposed them, we
advocate them, and, while supported |
by the people, will enforce them
That we have been liberal to wang quish- |
ed foes is shown by the fact that after |
waging a war of uneXampled proper
tions, no blood was shed for political of |
fense. No property has been confisca-
ted. Many of the leading rebels are
now protected in the secure enjoyment
of large estates, and show their graft
tude for our generosity by Kissing on
disguised murderers and OUTLAWS to the
murder and securing of the poor ne
groes and preachers and teachers. We
conferred franchises upon millions, but
we deprived no one of any right they
L., hAffN - Id f..,Li
we forbade for time the leading re-
bels of the south from holding office
This was the extent of our punishment.
this, but after recent developments 1
will not vote to relieve such men as
Davis and Toombs, who are totally in
capable of appreciating generosity. /
never Questioned the Justice of exclud-
ing these men from office, but would,
if their conduct would ever allow it,
make our treatment of them so gener-
Gus and forgiving that history never
could surpass it. The republican par
ty from its nature could not be cruel or
aggressive. We have SO many hu-
manitarians among us that they often i
demand amnesty when punishment is |
required. We fought for liberty of /
others, and for the union of all, and |
could not logically deprive any one of
either liberty of civil or political rights
except as the public safety clearly de-
manded it.Ifwe have erred it has been !
in undertaking the power of these re-
bells and the danger that may come |
from them. The republicans party has j
excelled the generosity of the Giron-
dists, and has exhibited none ofthe
fury OF the mountain. All our meas
ures since the war, and the amend |
ments are the most important: were
aimed to secure personal rights. The
additional powers given to congress by J
the amendments are only To enable F,