Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-02
The Democratic Party.

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nihcent castles In the air in the anticipa-
tion Of its return tD power in the elections
of 1879. It's markabe organic ,tions
The Confederate uniform, the prize fight
ers' colors, the ballotstuffers' slouch, with
here and there some representative of a
foreign banker displaying the badge of bis
employer, make up its escutcheon Gen
tleman George, of Cincinnati; Mike Nc
Coole, Of st. Louis Jubal Early, of Vir-
ginia; Admiral Semmes, of Alabama
Brick Pomeroy, Jim Fisk, Judge Barnard,
Belmont Barlow, Ingalls,, aud majority
of the San Domingo ring are representa-
tive men of the party.
The Democratic party present nothing
TO commend themselves to public favor
that they did not present in 1854, and
again in 1868. They have had no cha nge
of men, and have proposed no change of
policy. In 1854 they resolved that the
war was a failure, and that 1t should be
stopped In 1868 they declared, in sub.
stance, that the war should be renewed to
overthrow the reconstruction policy of
Congress. In 1872 they have nothing to
offer, save that the abolition of slavery,
and the civil and political equality of all
citizens, are failures, and hence the Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments must be treated as null and void.
They have no policy with regard to taxa.
tion or finance In short the Democratic
party has neither principles nor leaders;
and 1t cannot achieve success, except
through superior blunders on the part of
the Republicans.
The Democratic party contains within
its organization almost every element
which is dangerous to public liberty and
TO national safety. How 1t would govern
the nation is shown by the government of
Nkl Gtot., ay,A oil, g Nnxr orb ha lxy
part of the country in which 1t has un-
questioned and supreme power. The gov
ernment of New York is a specimen Of the
government which the Democratic party
proposes to give TO the nation. 1t Is a
government of plunder-to rob the gen.
eral public to feed and clothe an army of
cut-throats and bullies, who neither labor
nor produce, but are maintained at the
public expense. We justly complain in
this country of the expense of keeping
any approach to standing army; but the
standing army of rufflans, ballot-stuffers,
thieves and assassins, kept upon liberal
pay by the Democratic party ip the city of
New York, costs the public i've dollars
per head to the one which would be nec-
essary to maintain regular army of the
same number of men. At present this
DEMOCRATIC government is confined to that
city, but there is not plug in New
York, nor in any other part of the coun.
try, nor anv man opposed to decent gov
ernment, who is not anxiously waiting for
the hour when the Treasury of the United
States shall be transferred to the sachems
of Tammany Hall, and the spoils of the
nation be distributed among the ruftiln re-
tainers of that organization. 1t is sig
nifcant fact that the first instance in this
country of dishonest, prohigate, shame
less, hireling judiciary was created by the
Democratic party in the only portion OF
the country subject to its rule.
There are men attached to the Republi-
can party, and claiming to be leaders in it,
who are of no profit to the party, nor any
advantage to the country. BuC the vi
Cious elements which are united in the
Democratic party are attracted by the COM
mon hostility to all law and governmt MT,
and by the desire to overthrow every bar.
rler which stands between peace, order
security of life and property, and the alb
solute reign of the lawless mob. There
is no sense of restraint in that party. Nc
man is questioned as to his personal ol
political antecedents. Nothing that ht
may say or do can injure or lessen his
standing. Political principles are not re
quired. He can vote any way he pleases
He can vote to repudiate the debt, princi
pal and interest, like Mungen, or he car
vote to make greenbacks payable in gold
like Brooks. He can vote to repeal the ta1
on iron, like Cox, or to make it 100 PEE
cent, like Randall. He can spout for pro
lection or free trade. He can vote fo
taxes for revenue, or vote to repeal al
revenue He can vote to compel thu
miners to work for starvation wages, tina
railroad companies may have their 30 pc
cent. dividends, or can incite one class o
laborers to cut the throats of another class
Upon no question of general politics, O.
upon any of its details, is any Democra
expected to haveany fixed opinion, except
perhaps, that no "nigger" shall vote. |
is party of outs, clamoring to get posses
sion of the government that it may carry
out, on grander scale, the New Yorl
government of robbery and spOliation.
In the coming contest of 1872. the Dem
ocratic party have nothing new to present
In 1868, aided by the Confederate recruits
and by the fusion of Seymourism ant
Blairism, it had some hope of success; bu
In 1879 they have nothing but the old is
sues of the war to fight over again, upol
which they have been defeated, outside @
New York city, annually, since 1885,
They might have made a respectabl
showing upon the issue of taxation; bu
upon that, the party seems as ignorant d
slvages, and, when 1t votes at all, it vote
under command of Kelley and Randall
II will have to enter the fight once MOI
with no other battle.cry than "Down wit
the niggers," and up with Boss Tweed
and of course will meet with as disastrou
a defeat as that of 1864, or 1868, unless
shall be Outblunde cred in the next eightee
months by the Republican party, whic
we conceive to be quite impossible.-Ch
cGgo Tribune, May II.