Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-22
The Republican and Democratic Par
ties Compared.

ties. What they have done or omitted 10
do for the last twelve years has been read
and Is known by all men.
The Repub, lean party was organized in
1880, TO resist the extension of slavery into
the immense free territories of the United
States, either upon the "popular SOW
ereignty" plan OF Cass and Douglas and
the Northern Democracy, or upon the
plan OF the calhoun resolution" embody-
ing the doctrines finally made alike ia.
nous and infamous by the "Dred Scott
decision" which affirns that it was the
constitutional right of every slaveholder
TO carry and hold his slaves in every Ter.
ritory that neither Congress nor Terri
torial Legis AZURE could prohibit it, and
that black man had "no riehts which a
white man was bound to re- pect"
On these issues the Republican party
came into power in March, 1861 the duty
of the Democracy was to submit to tue
rule of the people; but disregardiDg this
its leaders and men in the Sou h organ
lied a REBELLION, and wsged wicked,
cruel, relentless and bloody war for four
years to establish slave conf deracy. In
this conspiracy they were aided by the
leaders of the Democratic party in the
North, who, by the laid and comfoit "
they gave the rebels, prolonged the war,
and caused an immense sacrifice of blood
and treasure. In defiance of all this, The
Republican party, suppo lted by the people,
suppressed the rebellion, abolished
slavery, ordained and adopted the Thir
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
meDts to the Constitution, and thus car
ried into practical operation the grest
truths of the Declaration of Independence.
And now at last the American people IL
lustrate their belief in the sublime doc
tr,ne of the Fatherhood of G d by prac.
ticing the divine principles of the brother
hood of man.
But why refer to this record of the past ?
The inquiry is pertinent and proper.
l refer to the past, then, because polit.
ical party whose leaders IN the South have
been guilty of treason, and whose leaders
in the North gave them "aid and comfort,
are unfit to be trusted with power When
our fathers of the Revolution achieved in
dependence they did not hand over the
Government they established to the rule
of the Tories who opposed its establish
ment. And now the men who saved the
Republic are safter repositories of political
power than the men who sought to over
throw it, or those who proclaimed "the
war failure on our part, when only
themselves were failures.
But why cannot the Democratic party
be trusted? Because its leaders in the
South, if restored to power, would undo
all that has been done-reassert the right
of secession, and nullify or declare void
the ecentamendments to the Constitution
and this means another civil war which
Republican rule alone can avert. Two
years ago the Democratic party supported
a candidate for Vice. Presidenr, who, in his
famous letter of June 30, 1868, insisted
that a Democratic President, if elected
should "decare these reconstruction
acts null and void, and disperse the car.
pet.bag (reconstructed) State Govern.
ments, allow the"white people to reorganize
their own governments, and elect Senat us
and Re oresentatives"
Could this be done without war?
On the 18th of June, 1870, in Congress,
under the solemnities of an official oath
30 of the 90 Democratic Representatives
in Congress voted against the resolution
affirming:
'FThat the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Articles of Amendment to the Consti
tuition are valid as part of the Constitu'
tion.'
Our own Senator Thurman, in debate
alluded TO the Fifteenth Amendment a;
A year ago, Alexander H. Stephens the
rebel Vice-P President, but now Democrat
in good and regular standing, declared the
right of secession" perfect, and asserted
that it was the right of each State to quit
the Union when, in its deliberate iudg
ment, the compact has been broken"
On the goth of May last, Jefferson Da
Wis, at Atlanta, proclaimed to applauding
Democrats: 81 am not of those who ac
cept the situation; l accept nothing.
don't believe did any wrong, and, there
fore, don't acknowledge il"
And on the same occasion tho rebe
General Darlington, alluding to the rebe
flag, said;
But tits wreathed around With glory"
On the 18th of December last, Mr. Nc
Creery, of Kentucky ia the Senate of tn,
United States, proposed to restore Airing
ton to the rebel General Robert Z. Lee
with the National Cemetry, where sleep
the dust of 10000 dead Cf the Uniol
that ground l would inscribe the epitapl
which for two and half centuries hai
guarded the remains of England's creates
poet:
"Good friendi for Jesus sake forbear
To dig the dust inclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And ours d be he that moves my bones"
But some unsuspecting Democrat ma,
inquire, has not the party been baptise
in the new departure" for the remission
of sins?
The Democratic State Convention, @
June 6, resolved as part of their platform
that We recognize as accomplished fact
the three amendments, in fact, to the Con
stitutiOn, recently declared adopted, an,
the same as no longer political issues
This is concession that the Democrat
party has been wrong, but it is not &C
cJmpanied with that evidence of repent
ance without which the acknowledgment
is of but little value. But this is not tn
law of The Democratic party. 1t is repu
dated all over the South, and the Sout
always gave law to the Democracy. Thi
declaration is confined to Ohio alone. Il
the convention which adopted it theT
was minority report, by Mr. Hurd, de-
claring the amendments reyoiutionar
and VOID !" and t is received 169 votes I
296 against it. TIE new departure wa
made for the occasion, to lull distrustin
Democrats and incautious Republican
into repOse. II is full of insincer ty Th
Democratic party cannot be trusted to ca
ry the amendments into effect. They hav
too long opposed them as wrong in prir
Ciple. Let us remember:
Convince man against his will
And he'll be OF the same opinion STILL"
If we would have the amendments faitl
fully executed, they should be in the keel
ing of their friends. The fifth resolutiO
of the Democratic platform declares tn
amendments only permanent until a5rC
gated !" threatens the repeal of the act {
May 81, 1870; to enforce the rights of cit
zens to vote, and of the "Ku-Klux la,
of April 20, 1871, giving protection to ci
liens In the second resolution, it is d
clafed the amendments "have not in an
respect al cred or modified the origins
ernment."
BY that theory the State disfranchise
citizens.
Is there no change in that theoryY
This platform il humbug and fraut