Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-10-17
GEORGE H. PENDLETON
Ringing Utterances of the
... Ohio Statesman. .
Arraignment of Grants
... Administration.
Service and Debauched the
Public Morals. 40
An Eloquent Appeal to Democrats to
Unite for it's Overthrow.


Unite for its Overthrow.
The following stirring address was de-
livered recently, at Cincinnati, by the
Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio:
When l left home in June this Lib
| eral movement seemed to have Just
| commenced. To borrow the figure of
another, it was then the easy movement
and gentle whisper of a changing tide
| in a calm sea to-day it is the dashing
surf and deep-toned roar of an incom-
| ing and angry ocean. ...-#..
What does this mean2 Why this
Liberal movement Why have Repub-
licans left the organic alton which they
built up and loved? Why are Demo
| crats-not isolated men, but the party
with all the persuasive authority of its
recommendation and all the power of
its scipline-supporting Horace Gree
ley? Surely there is striking reason
| for this wonderful phenomenon.
1 have read the spec. hes of Horace
Greeley on his Western trip. I read
| carefully also the speeches made at Gin
cinnati on Saturday. They were from
the leading men of the Republican
low Mr.. Greeley, to counteract the in
huence of his visit, and, if possible, to
destroy, both by comparison and con-
trast, the force of his speeches. Cabinet
officers, military generals, and civil gen
erals were present the highest III rank,
the highest in their own estimation, the
highest in the estimation of their party
were here. Mr.. Delano, Gen. Butler,
Gov. Hawley, were put forward to pre-
sent in the best shape the best phase of
the policy of the Republican party and
its effects on the country.
They had double and perplexing
office to perform. They must at one
and the same time laud the popularity,
and power, and success of the party, to
win your sympathy and admiration, and
show that it had failed in its work,
fallen short of its promises, and must
be continued in power in order to ac-
complish it.
Strip these speeches of their Yerbiage
and what are they7 L condense them:
They tell us that the Rel ublican party
has had the entire confidence of the
people; it has been in power twelve
years years of war | years of peace
They tell US the rebels were conquered
by force of arms in battle; the Demo
| Gratis sympathized with the rebels and
were conquered by ballots at the polls
1T has had absolute power in the Federal
and State Governments in Congress it
has had 4wo-thirds majority; in the
| Presidency it has had the men of its
| choice; in the judiciary it has found,
or it has made, majority of the Judges.
Seven years have elapsed since the war
seven Jears of peace, seven years OF
Republicanism, seven years of absolute
party ascendancy, four years of Gen.
Grants Presidency. This has been its
opportunity. Behold its work
Fellow-citizens, what has been accom-
plished3 ? What claim to public graft
| tude? What title to longer power
Read these speeches further: t l.
| We promised you peace, but there is
| no peace. We promised you concord, ,
but there is no concord. We promised
you a more perfect Union, but there is
no hearty Union. We promised you
freedom throughout the land, but there
can be no freedom there must be pro-
scription there must be disfranchlse-
ment; the South is still rebellious; the
habeas corpus must be suspended the
elections must be supervised; the re-
constructed Governments must be sus-
tanned the whites are disloyal, and must
be subjected the negroes are loyal, and
must be put over them. a-r ..} qavs.
This is their own testimony. Yet
|
after seven years of peace, this is thei1
testimony of their own success-this
their claim, as they themselves state it
to a renewal of power. And they are
right. This is their claim-their only
claim. They state it properly ard fully
They have exercised absolute power
President, Congress, Judiciary; they
have done their best, and they have sc
far beggared the people of the South, sc
far exasperated the races, so far de
spoiled the owners of property and the
children of industry, so far upturned
the foundations of civil order and pros
porous labor, that they need the powers
of war, the presence of an army, the
suspension of habeus corpus, disfranchise
ment of the strong, prescription OF the
timid, to carry one single State at the
South; and, to justify themselves il
your eyes, and obtain your support
1 they do not hesitate to invoke the bit
terness of hate, and to influence thu
passions and animosities of fragrant war
Read these speeches for yourselves
This is their fair Interpretation thel
, philosophy. No man can deny it.
/ Read them more closely. They fur
nish incontestible proof that the Ad
ministration has done more than al
t others to degrade the public service anC
7 to debauch the public morals. -"
The President has received money
: and houses, and other presents of larg
D value from aspirants for public ofhce
t and has appointed those same men t
: Office. 1 do not say that he has done
e corruptly; L only say that he ha
e done it. f. . s...E- -...
t The President has appointed hi
! family and relations to high Office to a
i extent without parallel in our histor!
:. tives, but 1 do say they had no othe
# visible qualifications. -ra a.s. -r5...
|, The President has surrounded hin
S self with ring of military secretarie
g without law, and in violation of la,
and sycophantic adherents, whose il