Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-07-25
AN 1GNoM1N1ous PARTY.

AN IGNoMINIoUs PARTY.
Of all the disgraceful and unprinci-
pied acts that the Democratic party ever
committed, there is nothing SO low, so
unprincipled, so utterly shameful, grow
elling and demoralizing as is its sudden
adoption of Mr.. Greeley the very man
who has more vigorously abused them
and by whom he has been more vilely
abused than any other living man.
Look at the record of his abuse of
this once proud party, and then, let any
intelligent, thinking Democrat who has
any sense of manhood and respect for
himself, decide how he can retain man
hood and self-respect and vote for Gree
ley. 'ttt 49,
He has proclaimed that call horse
thieves are democrats" and democracy
shouts for him.
He has proclaimed that ignorance and
democracy are one, and democracy
shouts for him.
He declares that the cardinal princi-
Piles of democracy are, Glove rum, hate
niggers,' and democracy shouts for
him.
He says the less one knows the more
certain he is to vote the democratic
ticket, and democracy shouts for him.
He says the penitentiaries are filled
with Democrats, and democracy
shouts for him.
He says sthe black legs, pugilists,
keepers of dens of ill fame criminals,
rogues, dog fanciers, cock fighters,
shoulder hitters, gamblers, and rowdies
are all democrats" and democracy
shouts for him.
He says, stake all the haunts of de-
bauchery in the land and you will find
nine tenth of their master spirits active
partizans of the democracy" and de-
mocracy shouts for him.
He says 'severy one who chooses to
live by pugilism, or gambling or harlot-
ry with nearly every keeper of tip
pling house is Democrat" and democ-
racy shouts for him.
Such abuse so preservingly continued
for quarter of century is without
parallel in the records of political war
fare, equally unparalleled is it that this
life long abuser should be adopted by
party as their standard bearer, as the
Representative Of their party and the
exponent of their political principles;
By nominating him at Baltimore he Ell
ther becomes this or they forsake the
records of years, and confess that their
previous political existence has been a
protracted living lie.
Nor is this all, as if in order to rub in
this accumulated abuse, and to abase
the 'grovelling party so low as to leave
them self-convicted and speechless Mr.
Greeley writes:
"May it be tcritten on my grave that
never ,oas its tollo,oer, and liued and died
in nothing its DEBTOR" and yet, in the
face of this accumulated abuse, igno-
miniously and contemptuausly heaped
upon the party, individually and collect
lively, for years, democracy still shouts
for him.
Why, Mr.. Greeley deliberately prints
and spreads broadcast over the land that
in the democratic party as a rule are
found all the horse thieves, rum suckers,
negro haters, convicts, black legs, pu-
ei!ists, confidence men thieves, pimps,
panders, keepers of brothels,prostitutes,
ruffians, debauchees, gamblers and reb-
els '',ohose purely selfish interest attaches
them to this party by the instinct Of self
preservation, and Democrats instead Of
rejecting him with the emphatic seorn
of honest men, actually accept him as
their leader and prepare to vote for him,
an act that could only be expected as a
browning example of depravity from
lust such outcast wretches, such pariahs
of civilization as Mr.. Greeley declares
to be democrats; and democracy accepts
the ignominy clothes itself with con-
tumely as with a garment of leprosy
and admits the truthfulness of what
Mr.. Greeley prints of it by making him
their leader and proclaiming him an
honest man.
Our democratic friends will please re-
member that this is not our abuse OF
Democracy, but declaration of what
democracy is, by the man who, by a
National Democratic Convention, has
been selected as the Democratic Stand
ard bearer. and, who is then the recog-
nized, authoritative exponent of De-
mocracy.
Do the annals of political controversy
present a more humiliating, abject,
loathsome spectacle than Democracy
exhibits in its adoption of Greeley, and
can any respectable democrat with the
feeling of a man, consent under any
circumstances to vote for him.
Illstrained, mean blooded hounds may
be led on to aey scent and will give
tongue at any whippers bidding.
VIII the Democratic party AS 4 body,
show that there is neither manhood nor
blood left to it, by accepting Greeley.
We have faith that there are yet many
honest men left to to the party who will
submit to no such indignity.
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