Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-11-30

coerce State which was seeking to de-
stroy the Union, Through all their
sophistries the people recognized that un-
der the amendment which devolved on
Congress the power, and hence also the
duty, to enforce Che strongest word in the
every 1ot and title of the arti-
Gle by appropriate legislation, Congress
had enacted that wherever tlisgtised
bands, organized and sworn to commit
outrage and murder, have made the ordi-
nary process of law impracticable, where
local authorities approve their horrid ih.
iquities, CT are overawed by theni, this
reiign OF terrorism ahd fiandish violence is
TO- he eaded by the national power,
Mielded not for oppression, but to sup
press disorder and protect the helpless,
Protection of the poorest aud huihblest
against outrages that would disgr'ce the
convlets Of Batany Bay or The brigands of
Italy IL The object of this much maligned
law. And sits true intent and meaning"
(that the security of the citizen is the Rsost
vital object of constitut'ons) is appreci-
ated and irdcrs9d and honored by mil
l;pns Of American hearts-not limited, /
rejoice to say, to the ranks of any one
party in our land.
tits because the people at large recog-
nize so fully and detest so utterly the
wicked and bloody deeds of these danger
GUS bands at the South, who rob, burn,
beat, MAIN, shoot and hang; it is because
they reject so sternly all palliations for these
atrocities which dishonor the Republic
and il is because they demand that, under
our amended Constitution, the weakest
citizen shall be defended against the most
powerful organization and conspiracy at
home, as he would be against the most ar
rogant or powerful empire abroad, and by
the whole power of the nation, wherever
the exercise of that power becomes neces
sary, that all the Democratic arguments
against the Ku-Klux legislation of the Re
publicans have not only fallen so point
| less, but, recoiling, indeed, on their au
thors, have proved to them so unmistaka
bly an element of weakness.
Nor is this all that has tended to sal
the strength and blight the hopes of the
! Democratic patty. There is a 'dangeroul
class" North as well as South, which th'
people feel it would not be safe to install
| in power in the persons of their favorite
or apologists. Go into any of our larg'
cities, East or West Ask any of its cit
izens, of any party, this question: y" Ii
the quarter of this city where vice ant
/ evil reign supreme; where everything
that is good and Just is trampled unde
foot, and everything that is wicked ant
vile and iniauitous is dominant; Wher
you would not dare let your wives o
daughters walk after niglftfall unattended
to which party do their denizens give thei
confidence, their Endorsements and thel
approving votes?" And the answer yo
are sure to receive is, to-day, the weak
ness of the Democratic party. With tn
dangerous power of the dangerous classe:
North and South, as plainly illustrated q
it has been of late, the thousands of vote
our opponents receive from them al
more than offset by the tens of thousand
who refuse to cast their votes in the sam
direction, and thus to be found fraternii
ing with them at the polls.
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With hearty Endorsement of the r
forms l attempted to outline in my a
ticle of last month on the Pathway
Victory with generous reductions {
taxation, and especially treating taxes Q
tea, coffee, incomes, ETC., as war burden
to be dispensed with in peace, and reserve
for the monetary exigencies of war
with thorough and searching retrencl
nsent and economy in every branch of Il
service-proving Republicanism to be IL
party of genuine practical reform,
philanthropic principles, of even-hande
justice, and of healthy progress-the neN
est departure of the Democracy, wha
ever shape it may finally assume, can
made a confusion of tongues for it, resul
ing only in a defeat which will shatter
l as political organization hereafter, al
become, at last, only winding sheet
all its future hopes.-[New York Ind
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