Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-12-08
The Future Issue.

In the antagonsm OF parties there is always
4 variety ofquestions upon which there are d.
versilied opinions, and upon these minor points
it is ssldSm that either party can command uni.
ted action But il is essential 10 all parties claim
Jog to be national in their aims, their policy and
their influence, that upon the leading questions
of the day, there shall be that unity which 10 es-
senna to success audi permanency. No party
can ever maintain the Ascendency by merely
familiar illustration in the pres ent divided aud
defeated condition Of the Democracy. To be
successful parties must assert something affirm
alive and, resolutey and persistent sus-
| tain it. On that leading question, there can be
no squivocation. This rule was demonstrated
in the case of African slavery. Although the
! sentimt ut of an overw helmng majority of the
| American Teople had been for ferty years op-
posed to slavery, 1t was not until the Republican
( party la been organized on an un~istakabls
! anti-s'avery basis, and had assumed that sg-
| gress We atluie which promised its ultimats ex-
tincion, that The auti-slayery feeling Of the peo-
| ple could be concentrated and made potent. This
positi IN having been attained, its progress be-
came Irresistible. Parties had previously kept
the question Of slavery in the back ground, but
when II forced itself to the 'front.' they had to take
sides upon it or perish. BY this force Of cir
c1mstances the old Whg party became defunct.
and by this same process of dissolution, the old
Democratic party is slowly but surely passing
to its political grave, there to await Is resurrec-
ton in a purified state.
The affirmative position occupied by the Re-
publican party in reference TO slavery, has re.
suited after ten years oreventful conflict in the
co nplete overthrow Of that infamous institution
That being ended what is the next question to
tLle its place in plblic, discussions and for its
Q L ion on which the Republican party must take
clear aud unequiVOcal position. or give place
ultimately to some other party which shall u
m re aggressive Ii is this shall the working
m n of this nation enjoy the fruits of their la
bor, or shall the monopolists and speculation
take the lions share of it as they are now doing
Under the head of monopolsts W. include rail.
rJad sharpers, high tariff Pundsrers, public lAut
gr4bbers, Tammany Hall thievss-in short, al
those who prosper by what they flch from the
public. The people may be slow to learn wher'
the money goes, but they are sure to learn it il
time and when that time comes, there will b.
serious reckOnings.
The country has now reached that point on
question Of taxation, when the issue can no long
er be postponed or eVaded, and parties must taxi
D grounds for, or against that policy which COATS
Gates the earnings of labor and leaves tue pro
y ducer only SO much to sustain the life which h'
I is eIpending to enrieh others. The country i
, governed by me holti & charters, and specia
i privileges by which they are licensed to rob an
coliiscAte. FIsKE, YAHDERsILr aud SooTT o
= Pennsylvania, have to-day more absolute con
troll over the welfare Of the country and the in
dustrV Of the people, aud more sweeping au
thOrity to help themselves 10 the property {
others, than has been possessed by any soyer
eign of England since tue days Of the Plantag
= enets. So in all other particulars the country
ruled By Corporate monopOlies. More than thre
hundred millions are taken from the producin
classes to "protect such infoMI phenomena as I
b WARp, ID. J. NoRRELL and the Onondag
Salt Company. Everywhere the hand Of monop
oily is felt. II tgoverns the representatives Of th
ople. II corrupts, degrsdes and then uses a
il tools the men selectedby the people to pIo
teet them. II OVer.shadOws all industries an
7 each day becomes more exaetiDg aud OPpres
4 siye in its demand.
a The real aud absorbing issue OF the day Il
American politics is embodied in the questiou
shall the people remain in this condition Of ban
dags or shall they be emaneipatedi THIS queS
tion can no more be eVadtd or compromised, o
delayed, than the claims Of the personal libert
of the citizen, The freemen Of the land deman
that their wages, the fnll proceeds of their labo
= shall be paid 10 them, without deduction in ia
% vor OF the grtsPing mOaopolisis who clam lh'
ID special privilege BY law to prey upsu the Prop
slty aud earnings EN- people