Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-17

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lie from an individual standpoint
I With hope still for the future of the
great party of defense of the rights
of the citizens, and of the separate
States. and of the only true Union, as
!: the fathers made it under their old
Constitution, am, with great respect
your obddieut servant.
+ JOHN NJ. CONNEL.
. Which IS the Peoples Party?
Gen, Thomas Ewing made a very
fine speech at Columbus, Ohio, on
last Friday evening, in favor OF the
Democratic State ticket and platform.
After vigorous discussion of the
great issues before the people, he
closed with finely-worded eulogy of
the Democratic party, in which occur
the following words:
1t is not a white mans party or a
black mans party, poor mans or a
rich mans christians or an infidels
party. 1t is the peoples party. 1t
will tramblc on no man, and give no
man preference before the law. 1t
stands for the reserved rights of the
people ard the States, because liberty
dwells with them 1t is jealous of
every extension of federal power. be-
cause the path consolidation leads on
to despotism. 1t fights for equality
against privilege-democracy against
| privifege--democracy against aristo-
cracy-- government by tic dollar and
the basonet.
Let us examine, for q moment,
these broad statements, and see how
| much truth there is i'll them. IT there
is one thing more titan another on
which the Democracy have prided
themselves during the past twenty
years, it is that their party is the white
mans party. We have heard Stephen
A Douglas and the smaller orators
stand up by the hour and appeal to
the prejudices of their hearers. claim
ing their votes on the ground that
they { the speakers) represented the
white mans party and that this is q
white mans government. But in
those days the blacks did not vote,
and man was considered good
Democrat just in proportion to the
extent to which lie could elevate his
nose at the mention of the odious
word ."nigger." If such man desir-
ed office it was necessary for him, in
addition to his nasal elevation, to
state his belief tdat there is peculiar
smell connected with all Ethiopians
which should forever seperate them
from civilized society. No sooner.
however, did the Republicans show
their faith in the equality Of all men
before the law by their works, in Civ
ing the negroes their freedom and
putting into their hands the ballot in
order to preserve it, than the Demo
Gratis suddenly discovered that the
blacks ("niggers" no longer) smelt
very sweet after all. Now. the blacks
vote in Ohio, and General Ewing dis
covered that this party is no longer
"white mans party" Says the
General: ut will tranple on no
man, and give no man preference be
fore. the law" One-half the entire
Democratic party went to war to keep
the blacks in chains and and two.
thirds of the remainderd hope the eff
fort might be successful. The Re
publicaEs whipped them ont and gave
the blacks their liberty. Now come
the Democrats and say: I'VE will
tramble on no man." The Republi-
cans conferred upon the blacks the
f..m privileges OF citizens. the Demo
Gratis fighting them at every step
Now, the latter come rorwa.S with
brazen faced audacity, and say: ave
will give no man preference before
the law" With such time serving
hypocrisy VIC can have no patience.
General Ewing goes on with his un-
truthful eulogy of his party and says:
1T fights for equality against priyi-
lege-Democrscy against asistoctrcy
government by the ballot against
government by the dollar and the
bayonet" Now doesn't everybody
know that the Democrats have oppos-
ed, with all their strength. the equali
ty of the blacks before the law, SIM
plysbecause they are black, which
shows that they are for privilege, not
against it? Doesn't everybody know
that Democrats, North and South,
have always been in favor of a SLAVE
holding aristocracy, and hence they
are not for genuine democracy, but
against it Democrats in New York
have increased the debt of one coun
ty seventy-ono millions in less than
three years, and when called to ac-
count for it, endeavor ia excuse their
infamous rascallty by saying that thew
used the money to buy Republican
votes with.
They are pretty peoples party !"
The Republicans fight for the equali-
ty of all pefore the law, rich or poor
white or black, and the Democrats
fight just as hard against it. The for
mer elect for their rulers self made
men like Lincoln and Grant, from the
ranks ofthe people. The latter bring
forward Seymour and Pendleton, two
of the worst specimens of kid gloved
aristocrats that the country affords,
and then talk about being the "peo-
ple's party" Pshaw Fort Hayne
Ga zefe
Horribly Mutilated by Dogs.
A lad of eight or nine years, son of
Mr. Birch, owner of tannery in
Camp Washington, was terribly in-
iured last evening by q pack of dogs