The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-08-23

by the whole Democratic pafsy,
Then You ordered that slaves escap.
ing to you should not be returned,
This was denounced by the whole
Democratic party. Then you abol.
ished slavery in the District of Col
umbia. This Was voted against and
denounced by the whole Democratic
party. Then, by. your President,
you proposed compensated emanci-
pation.' This was denounced by
the whole Democratic party and de.
tested. Then you issued a proclama.
ton of partial emancipation. This
was denounced by that entire party,
as perhaps few measures ever were
in any government. Then you adopt.
ed the 18th amendment, whereby
slavery was abolished forever, and
the crownlng glory Of the republic
was forever assured. This was re-
sisted and denounced, and though
years after its adoption, it, validity
was denied by the Democratic party.
Then you created the Freedmen's
Bureau and took care of the nations
wards, and this act Of God-like jus.
tice and charity was denounced by
eyery Democrat in the nation. Then
YOU formed new provisional govern.
ments for the ten ruined STATES, and
on my own motion (pardon this al
lusion to the proudest act of my poor
life.) you ordered that, in them, the
black man should vote. This was
denounced by every known Demo
crat in the republic; and the Demo-
cratic party, in Its very last national
vote Of 1868, gave 2,703, ,249 ballots
TO make second Magistrate of the ma
tion Mr.. Blair, in honor of his de-
mand that their President elect
should, by the army, overthrow the
government and laws, just because
they gave the black men the right to
vote. Then you made the l4th
amendment, and thus put into the
Constitution that "equal protection
of the laws" whose very words are
copied into the head lines OF the Dem.
ocratic faith of 1872; and that
amendment was denounced, and a.
ter its adoption its validity was de-
MED by nearly every Democrat in
Congress and out, and by their con-
yentions IN most Of the States. Then
you passed civil rights bill, enforce
ing these rights of citizenship for the
black man, and this measure was de.
nounced by every Democrat who
bad the use Of speech. Then you
made the 18th amendment, securing
to all men the right to vote, and this
was voted against and resisted to
the death by the entire party, and its
validity denied by speech and resolu.
ton in Congress, in State conventions,
and in the press throughout the en-.
tire land. Then you passed, in obe>
dience to the last section of the 18th
amendment, Q law enforcing in un-
willing States the white mans and
black mans equal right to vote, and
| this law was voted against, and carp
| ed against, and defied by this entire
party. Then inobedience to the 18th
amendment, you passed the Ku-
Kux bill, protecting the black men
and all others in every right OF this
great American citizenship, against
organized associations, and this
measure was denounced, spit upon,
| and defed by this entire party, with
o violence such % none are capable
of the slave holden rebellion.
And then, when this family ol
| events WAS consumated by the sub
lime heroism, the consumate wisdom
| and the matchless skill of the Re