The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-07-06
what We Don't Accept,

The fact that the Democrats recog-
nize as parts of. the Constitution the
three. amendments, just as they recog-
nize the fact that Grant is President,
that Beast Butler has vote IN Con-
gress, or that the land-grabbers and
tariff monopolists are stealing under
cover of the laws, is claimed in certain
quarters, of course without any pre-
text to sincerity, as all acquiescence in
the righteousness in Radicalism gen.
orally. Never was there a greater
blunder or more puerlle invention
The Cincinnati Commercial, for in
stance, declares that the Democracy.
of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
Iowa have taken tremendous stride
toward solid Republican ground"
"Solid Republican ground ]" Let
us see what it is
A tariff in the interest of favored
classes-taxing the many for the ben
| eft of the few.
A refusal of general amnesty-thus
keeping alive bitterness at the South,
and educating the people in hatred of
the Government;
A bayonet election law-placing the
polls under the control of the military
subordlnates of Grant;
A Ku-klux law, so-called,-which
overthrows the local sovereignty of
the people of every State, authorizes
courtmartial in time of peace and sus-
pends the hdbeas corpus;
A system of land stealing that has
given to corporations and SPECTATORS
territory greater in extent than the
States of New Jersey, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois, with their ten millions of inhab-
itants;
A system of taxation that has driv-
en- the American flag from the ocean,
destroyed our commerce, and changed
the balance of S20,000,0O0 in our favor
of the carrying trade in 1861, to $685.
100000 against us in 1871;
A system of carpet-bag government
at the South, administered by set OF
vampires who have plundered and
oppressed the people and bankrupted
the State Governments;
Usurpation of the war power by
Grant in his demonstration against
Hayti, reminding Carl Schurz CvSde
his Senate speech) " of Louis XIV,
with his riding boots on and whip in
hand, entering the Paris Parliament
and preelaiming, L am the State -
A system of disgraceful nepotism
in the disposition of offices of honor
and profit, and the degradation of the
public service to the menial condition
of promoting the personal fortunes OF
Grant;
Intimidation of Congress by the ap-
pication of the Executive lash, as in
the case of Sumner, and the bribery
of Senators and Representatives by
the withdrawal and bestowal of pat
ronage to punish some members and
reward the servility of others;
A corrupt system of public service
by which the Government has lost
over twenty million dollars by default
ing revenue officials, only fifty out o,
three hundred of these Radical thieves
lever having been prosecuted;
J A system of tariff taxation by which
laccording to Wells) the people are
defrauded out of.5sfty milton dollar.
taxes ON iron, coal, salt, lumber an6
cotton, in order that eight million dol
lars may go to the Government, tn,
remainder (foTty-tsoo million dollars
forming the profits of the favored
monopolists; U
), A general system of taxation, inter
nal and by tariff laws, by which tn,
l.. arc GdAOu uO6 l6SS b1dn Nv
: dollars for every dollar that goes int,
| the treasury, the other four going int
, the pockets of the favored classes;
An extortiopate system of nationa
banking, creating powerful moneye'
aristocracy, and costing the peopl
l nearly thirty millions of dollars;
. = A financial policy in regard to tn
, public debt, whereby more than TWEEN
:, ty-four millions of dollars premium
have been paid on government bond
payable at par;
e The degradation. of the Suprem
E. Court of the United States by sfpack
ing" it with railr Dad attorneys (Brad
). ley and Strong) expressly to secur
decisions favorable to wealthy corpo
: rations and to sustain the reckless leg
e islation of the Radical party.
). These specifications might be ez
tended indefinitely, covering almos
every act of the Grant administratio
e and every policy of the Republica
i party; while every one of the abov,
!. we are pretty sure, has been "recos
. nized as true bill by the Coname1
cial within the year. The stride th
Democrats are taking is not to plar
themselves on any such "solid Repul
lican ground" of usurpation, corruI
e. ton and injustice, but its object is
" drive the spoilers from power.
W A CORRESPONDENT of the New Yor
N Journal Of Commerce, writing froI