The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-27


party success may he bought.
MUCH TOO DEARLY.
L know when an honest mans party deserts
it's principles, the honest man deserts the
party. But l know, too, when there are two
great organized parties. one or the other must
carry the election. IL is impossible for few
gentlemen, on the eve OF Presidential cleo
ton, to form a new third party. They NAV
take parlor at the Glenham Hotel, and il the
Democratic party comes to that room 1t takes
possession OF the room, and for Its own pur-
poses; not for any other. When the spider
and the fly project an alliance. il makes little
difference whether the fly walks into the
parlor OF tho spider or the spider walks into
the parlor OF the fly. II is an alliance OF con-
sumption. There can be but one party, and
that is the party of the spider. Those men
that went 70 Cincinnati went ar Republicans.
Then followed the Democratic party in con-
yentlon, called according to its usages follow
ing the forms OF that party, and they took the
Cincinnati platform and candidates. but they
took them as Democrats not as Republicans.
not as members of third party, but they took
them as Democrats. Georgia paper which
read last night was headed. National Demo-
cratic ticket For President, Horace Greeley"
That is the party with which we have to deal.
All the machinery and all the force-with some
exceptions-that will be brought to bear for
the election of Mr. Greeley will be of that
party. Now, an administra ion IL necessarily
of the spirit OF the party which brings 1t into
power. Gentlemen may say that they are not
Democrats-never were Democrats They
may say: "You do not call Horace Greeley
Democrat. He is Republican of the Repub-
leans. Are we doing wrong in supporting
him ?" They may say I'VE mean only re-
form" But as was SAID in England long ago,
- the heads of parties, like the heads OF ser
penis, are moved and governed by the tail.
Tl,a haa oil ~ ha namnnratlp IN
been fashioned In Cincinnati, but il you would
know how the whole party must move look at
the tail that was fashioned in Baltimore. The
spider has walked into the parlor OF the fly,
but if that little Liberal Republican fly should
venture to buzz his small DESIRES there would
be sharp, decided answer: Shoe fly, don't
bother me-" That alliance will be an Inflated
one for the fly.
Now which Of these two parties in your
Judgment. is the more likely to keep its word?
You see, my fellow-citizens. am going to
vote wisely in 1872 without remembering how
and why L cast my vote in 1868, in 1864, and
in 1860. When | speak of the Democratic
party. You will understand Am not speaking
of individuals. Every Democrat has Repub-
lican friends whom he honors and respects
and every Republican has Democratic friends
in whom he trusts. When l say the French
people are volatile people, l do not say
Gulzot is a harlequin. When | speak Of the
Democratic party / speak of historical facts,
not impeachmg the motives or actions OF lndi-
viduals. The Democratic party for the last
generation had been the
MERE SLAVE OF SLAVERY.
To serve slavery the Democratic party robbed
the mails, trampled on the right Of free
speech, and upon the right of petition; and
when the Democratic party in the South be-
gan 10 hint at secession and mutter rebellion,
the great body OF the Democratic party
espoused the doctrine Of State sovereignty.
Whatever was done in the South by the real
leaders Of the party had the full and hearty
support Of the party throughout the country
And so it was when Lincoln was elected
and the rebellion was begun. We find
the last Democratic President wrlngiug
his hands in impotent despair, while
the tears ran from his eyes, and whim-
perng, 1.-The Union had no right to dis
solve, but. o dear it had no right to help
itself" The last Democratic Secretary Of
War sent material to any but loyal men. The
last Democratic Secretary of the Navy left
our coast without protection and the last
Democratic Secretary of the Treasury knocked
the bottom out before he fled. During the
four terrible, cruel years Of the war-which
was only a natural consequence and natural
growth OF the teachings of the Democratic
party-durng the four years of the
war, by every means known to men.
that party resisted the prosecution of
the war. / am rakiug in the ashes l do
not forget it. II resisted every measure
that was brought forward to save the Govern
ment, liberty and civilization upon this con-
tinent. 1t had no part in the glory of eman-
cipation. Then came the struggle OF recon-
structon. Struggle-why! Because of the
position OF the Democracy. Every measure
that was proposed in the interest Of recon-
struction, that was essential TO carry out the
principles Of liberty and justice, was sturdy
resisted by that party; and while that ques-
ton was pending, the party hurried TO its
convention and declared that everything that
had been done was unconstitutional, and
sought to overturn all the war had accom-
plshed 1 am still rakingin the ashes Of the
past.
But the people of the United States, the
loval majority. organized as the Republican
party, have not only succeeded in putting into
the reconstruction acts the principles which
conquered in the war; but have so adWlnis-
tered the Government that the name Of the
United States was never so respected and
honored, the world over, as il is now. This
being 50. the Democratic party sees 1t is so.
and hurres to its convention at Baltimore
with the most suspicious haste, folds its arms,
smooths its brow, muffies it's tongue, and
whispers as blandly az it can, " Well we see
that you've got the better of us ; we cannot
exactly help ourselves; hurrah for the darkey;
now give us the Government j. 1t becomes
every man in the United States TO
RAKE IN THE ASHES
to see If he can find any spark OF live coal
that may be blown up again INTO a new con-
hagration l ask you if you can trust the
party All these things are the history Of
twelve years. All these things have been ac-
complished within the lifetime OF every boy
that hears me. The leaders of the party to-
day are the same men who did all these
things. / have shown you what the
party has done; do you believe it
wholly repentant? Are these men to
whom the guardianship Of equal rights and
the government of the new Union can be
intrusted? IL this man who yesterday held
that the black man was Of an inferior race
and his place that of slave, the one to IN
trust with the care of the black mans liberty !?
Is the man who yesterday declared that the
national faith should be violated, the man to
make to-day the guardian OF the nations
honor? Is the man who declared yesterday
that all the war had done was unconstitu-
tional, the man to ntrust to-day with the en-
forcement of the Constitution? Would you
have trusted Tory of the Revolution with
the government which followed?
But when ask you these questions some
of you may reply by saying . Yes, but we
think Horace Greeley will make an excellent
President" Well, now, if, when the first Adj
ministration of the Union had been put into
operation, Gen. Washington had been waited
upon by the Tories of the Revolution, still
fully organized and just on the eve OF the
frat election they had said 20 Washington :