Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-13

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS NEVER
HAD A RIVAL
among political organizations. Its
adherents in Mississippi, while court
ing generous competition and help
from every source, will not abandon
the field while there remains in the
State a man or woman who cannot
read, or while an angry wave of igno-
rance and superstition beats against
the ark OF liberty. The temporary
tumult which has been aroused against
the system in few localities will soon
be hushed into silence, and there will
then come up flom the people but
one voice, and that will proclaim the
sentiment worthy of an age of pro-
gness--Oar free schools, The pride OF
| ne State. Another plank of our plat
form guaranteed . li
p EQUAL AND JUST TAXATION. q.
Before the party came into power,
what spectacle did the satuate books
| present to an intelligent, fair-minded
man? Under the laws of '65 and '66
capital was taxed the small pittance
of One-tenth of one per cent, while
brains and muscle supported the bur
den of the government by q direct
taxupon their daily earnings. The
poor man was compelled to pay an
eXsraVagant rate upon the dog that
LAY hungry and starving at his door,
and upon the pistol and gun, that
hung empty and rusting upon the
wall of his cabin, while on the mules,
and wagons. and cattle, and horses Of
wealthy neighbor not a penny was
assessed. If you happened to have
neither land, or COW, or gun, or dog
if you were houseless and homeless,
and in your veins there ran a drop of
colored blood, an ingenious law pro-
vided that your at !
LABOR SHOULD BE SOLD BY THE
PUBLIC CRIER
to the highest bidder, and even this
degradation did not exempt you from
ajax upon your head. For what?-
For the privilege of living IN a tehite
mans government! But, eolored
men, that law was greater disgrace
upon my race than it could possibly
bring to your The men who passed
it are sorry - what they did; and
since, they promise to do so no more,
1 think they should be forgiven. AS
a property owner who pays an annual
tax of several hundred dollars, 4
should be glad to see the revenue re-
quired by the government reduced to
the smallest amount the requirement
of the Government permits, but as a
Republican and citizen of free gov
eminent, where the rich of to-day are
the poor tomorrow, and rice UerSd,
I UPHOLD THE PRESENT LAW,
which makes no discrimination
against labor, while at the same time
its demands upon capital are reasona-
bic and just. And now, with the ex-
ception of q $3.50
NOW CODE
conforming to the conditions OF free
labor" and which will soon be ready
for distribution, l have enumerated
in brief the promises made by the
Republican party, and shown with
what fidelity every pledge has been
redeemed. have refrained from GO
ing into details, because 1 have desired |
not to occupy too much time. Do
you approve what has been done?-
(Cries of eyes, yes.") Then send !
good men to the next Legislature, |
who will stand by the Republican
party and who will labor earnestly for |
the success of its principles. SIS
We go into the canvass against an
opposition which is a,s
WITHOUT PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES
and which has no inspiring object in |
view other than greed for power, and |
"the .spoils Of Ofilce.n When last |
heard from this opposition was "COn- |
servative Republican," "White-su-
premacy Democracy" and "New De- |
parturists.n y Which particular variety |
was in the ascendant, was not ascer- |
tanned by the census-taker, and as |
they are too much split up to risk a
convention for the purpose ofann0un- |
cling platform, We are left in the |
dark as to what is the predominant |
sentiment of the motely crew.
THE POVERTY OF PRINCIPLE
displayed by the opposition had
parallel in the canvass of '69, when
Louis Dent, with "a home in the
hearts of the people,p (and no other
home in Mississippi, was the chosen
leader of the tri-faction party in its
headlong race for office or oblivion
Then it was a party sailing under
false colors; now it is one with none
at all. The banner that disappeared
with the retiring shadow of Dent, as
he crossed the Tennessee line on the
first day of the election in November,
1859, has not been replaced, and the
men who followed it through all the
of that arduous campaign
have not the courage to hoist another.
"Fold the banner, for it's tattered,
II is weary let II rest"
would be pleased to see the Demo-
cratic party accept the New Depar-
ture" and become progressive. a final
of old scores and old issues
would then be reached and parties
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