Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-09-09
The Democracy Doomed.

NS'"Nyt S"gS she ~hNiV"
Beacon, seems to be doomed. Every
move they make invariably inures to
their disadvantage. TO retain political
power, they preeipitated the rebellion
upon tho nation. That alienated thou
sands Of loyal aud patriotic men from
them, and by SO much augmented the
rapks of their opponents. In Ohio, in
1868, they nominated for Governor the
bittorest opponent Of the Union that
could be found in the State, and were
ANONYMOUSLY defeated. In 1864, in ma
tional council, they nominated the great
est military failure of the war, and were
overwhelmingly discounted. In 1868,
they placed at the head of their ticket
the great New York alder and abettor
Of treason, and promoter OF riots, and
were once more defeated. In 1871, to
rid themselves of the odium so justly
attaching to them by reason of their
past conduct, they essay new depart
ure," but it is SO bunglingly managed
that the people place no confidence in
the movement, and no enthusiasm is
created. In New York city, they at
tempt to make political capital by
catering to the religious prejudices Of
two bitterly hostile factions, resulting
in a bloody riot, and the loss of favor
with both. And, to cap the climax,
while fabricating the most monstrous
falsehoods against the Republicans, in
regard to the management of the public
finances, in the tase Of the patent fact
that both the public dcbt and tie taxa
tion Of the country are being rapidly re-
duced, frauds involving millions Of dol
lars have been proved upon the Tammany
Ring, the acknowledged leaders Of the
Democratic party.
The evil-star of the Democracy is 80
plainly in the ascendant that Judge
Roosevelt, the Democratic member OF
Congress from the Fourth New York
district, and editor of the New York
Citizen, says that, "as matters stand at
present, the Democracy is almost sure of
defeat in 1872" while the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio, Col. &.
w. McGooS, who eomageoasly opened
the campaign by boarding the hon in his
den, in the very stronghold Of Republi-
canism, old Ashtabula, on getting down
among the usually Democratic counties,
has met with such discouragements rs to
cause him to haul of the track entirely,
and recall the balance OF his appoint
ments. That party is fated, not only in
Ohio, but throughout the nation. The
charm of the name, Democracy, 80
potent in the past, has lost its power.
1t has become odions to the people, and
they will, in the future, have none OF it..
The Public Debt Statement for the / st
of September shows q reduction of the
National Debt during the past month OF
80, ,208, ,270.8t, or ut the rate OF over
100000, 600 per annWm. Since the lst
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chased and cancelled by the Treasury
Department to the amOuin Of $2l9,375,-
200, at a net cost estimated in gold Of
$2O4, ,87s,oes> Let us continue this reg
ular and Systematic reduction OF the ma
tioual Indebtedness, and we shall find no
difficulty in funding the principal of the
debt at tour per cent. in very few years,
thus largely reducing interest and the
burden of taxation.
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Thus far, the Presidents powers nnder
the Ku-Klux bill have scarcely been ex.
ercised for the paciiication of the dis
orders which have existed in the South.
But in South Carolina, and notably in
York and Sparranburg counties, there
have been such serious aud willful dis
turbances that Gorhearance does not
seem longer possible. Fair warning has
been given, aud unless the perpetrators
of outrages there are otherwise brought
to justice, martial law will be proclaim.
ed and the Eu-klnx will be arrested by
military commanders, without civil pro-
cess. There seems To be no other way
of reaching the diaiculty and when
military law is once Invoked, it should
thoroughly eradicate the source Of dis.
= order.
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oGDENsBvRG, New York, has been the
scene ef q religious disturbance, in which
: the Romaa Catholics were the chiel
actors. A mss calling himself Baron
: de Carmin, and claiming TO be IN ex,
; Catholic priest, undertook TO give a lee
turc showing up the evils of Popery
aud his denunoiations thereof led 10 his
being violently assaulted by ROmanist'
present, and to the breaking up of th'
: meeting, In fact, the unfortunate lee
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