The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-01

conceded bysmen OF various opinions
] TO be. common obstacle TO the gener-
! al welfare, and 8 common ref5foaeh 10
the good name of the 7countl'y.T If "a
/ common nuisance was erected in q
city the residents would not stop to
enquire into each others views on all
other questions before they would
agree to unite FORTS abat eff1e nt.9 They
/ would leavetheaH forfsabsequentI dis.
enssiOn and d,settlement,o and proceed
at once to destroy the cause of a gen
eral discomfort and Sickness.
/ Gov. Morton has much TO say about
lpthe alleged ineonsistesicysof the DEM
boefatic party ,fand comments upon the
/, expression that we have ;ltnrned opr
/ backs upon the past. In one sence
| every man turns his back uponi the
past the dawn of every new day
and the eineoming, Of its new duties
and resp bilitiessf He who lives to
accomplish the true work of life lives
in the present, and with his face in
! the, fufure." However we'll his work
of yesterday is done, he cannotIWaste
4 the remainder of his days in its3fc con-
! ftenplation.. He. must listen. to. the
voices that bid him on, and obey the
4 hands that beckon him forward. 5e The
bDemocracy. therefor does notturn its
IiEback ,upensthe opast in repudiatiop
4 of its . record1talt simply faces the
otfuture and enters upon the new
Fields of action which have opened.
dfaaIt is a ashafhefaf fact tllatthe soldiers
Fwho served nearly three YEARS of the
bwar have received but. $500, bounty,
llwhile those who, served but little
Emore than a year near the close have
received a bounty Of $400 for their
services Various efforts shaye been
'limade in Congress to place them on an
i equality by paying the additional 100
Ito the veterans who are entitled to it.
A bill for this purpose has passed the
House,aI believe, three times, fibut has
always been defeated in the Senate.
Henry Wilson, now. candidate for
Vice President, has all the time been
chairman Of the Senate COMMITTED on
| Military affairs.and could have secured
] its passage. So could. Morton, fif he
had not, turned his back upon the
soldiers and his face toward other sub
4 djects more pleasing and profitable to
his ambition 1 submit, therefore,
THAT he istnotthe proper person to ar
raign me. OF anyone else qforf turning ming
away from the past.
io If 1 am 3re-eIeeted to Congress, i
Ishall pursue the same course have
heretofore, only promising you great
er industry in your service in my at
itentiony to the wants Of my constitu-
ents. know no party. IF a Repubd
blican applies to me for assistance in
his business, he will receive it as read
lily as a Demo ocfat, without the slightest
! fa II a1an
i hold myself as the public servant of
all the citizens of my district as long
as it continues me in Congress. Let
/ this fact always be borne in mild and
/ let no one hesitateI toIaetI upon it.ab 9
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Greeley on Carpet Baggers.
| is About a.iyearago a. Mr. Greeley made
an extensive tour through the South
lecturing and taking observations,
On his, return he made a speech at the
kBinceln Club room, in the, city of
New y orlz, in which be thus express
ed himself in regard to the disreputa-
bic carpet-baggers, who hayels lsetup
! theiritrule in that section, and been
sustained in power by Federal bayo-.
netsEaa40 tsni6aa gida bng YisgoIogiY
~ il'L allpleI tefwhat are, known as the
thieving carpet-baggers. EApplause. /
The thievipg carpet -baggers are a
motirnfui fact they do exist there,
and2I have seen fhema They are fell
lows who erawled down Sonth, in the
track of our armies, generally at
very safe distance in the. ear; SOME.
\ of them On suffers wagons Some
bearing contemporaries ;soIne of them
looking sharply stoaseei what, might
turn up and they remain there. They
at once ingratiated themselves, with
/ blacks, simple, incre1ulous, Ignorant
men, very glad to ofweleome and to fol-.
/ low any W hites Mho professed to be
the champions of their rights. Some
of them got elected Senators, others.
/ es and so on. And there they stand,
right in the public ieye, stealing and
/ plundering, many of them with both
arms around negroes, and their hands
in their rear, pockets, seeing if they
4 cannot pick a paltry dollar out Of
/ them; and the public looks at them,
does not regard the honest Northern
men, who call every .carpet-bagger a
/ thief, which is not the truth by q good
deal. But these fellows-mapy of
them long faced and with eyes rolled
4 up are greatly concerned for the edd4
cation ofthe blacks and for the salVa-
tion ofltheir souls, ii Great laughter ]
sIet us pray" they say; but they
spell pray with an "e," and thus spell
Jed they obey the Apostolic Injunction
lito spray without ceasing." They got
into the Legislature; they wentto is
suing State bonds, they pretended, to
use them in aid of railroads and 9TH
er Improvements. But the improve
mentsFwere not made, and the bonds
stuck in the issuerIsl pockets. That is
the pity of it. What the Southern
/ people see of us are these thieves,
/ who represent the North to their jauh-
! diced vision, and representing it they
disgrace it.. They are the greatest
obstacle to the triumph and, perma-
! nent ascendency of Republican prin-
4 ciples at the south, and as such de-
4 nounce thern." pplause.l lfad d'ii. y
i That is strongly and succinctly put
No Democrat has'ever stated the case
\ better, and no Democrat could pursue
d a policy better adapted to conciliate
; the country than that given above. hai
a'it gZ.l.lI-IaL. - gLllzilLEg ou9l
Il How II LooKs.--Long John Went
worth, in recent speech delivered at
Chicago, Ill.,, upon the. issues Of the
campaign, said -.9 - ''''''ii ''''
.htsWheria 1 see Gen! Grant getting
into bed with Gen. Longstreet, and l
see the, great guerilla Mosby come out
and ,indorse him, it is useless to- talk
to us Republicans about our associa-
ting with Democrats Laughter aud
applause. ln4 tell you if manis hon.
est, he is good enough for me to work
for. General Grant has said, Let us
have peace;' but the Apostle said,
First pure, then peaceable.'"
Ex-Coilector Tom Murphy, Of New
Y ork, anxious TO show his faith in his
MASTERY Grant, 9offered to het $l0.00C