The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-08-29
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III , lFrhm Tifton's Golden Age.i
A@ SeIf-Cohdemned. 70 hms -
The severest s 5minestary emf y1h that G. can s.
| term OF the Pfesfdehcytis tfis1 platform
j on which he stands for rekeleetiohse
| Every important promise which tha
con fessioip a0f {iieb 44dfhfifi sffatioifs
! |ldeFeiiction' in the past.is EACH suopes
Iisiyepledge HadeatIP PhiladelphfsftIfni
i states evidence to convict the 4yerJ
candidate in whose behalf It wal
! made. Examine isofaeoofs thes points
i I'd Grants platform deInalsdsl adre
form of the ciyil ssrVicey 7WhY, then
has not his administration ALREADY
gfveh1asi ehfsi fefofnp sIIfe Pfeside eni
has beenififH power 5fHee and a-lsah
yeagl;ssFr7u gl;ss earl Ppe fwlIple teryn.s- Dur
ing this period he has always, bad 9
4 Congress- at his daily command. II In
deed same times this majeritNs has rHx-
hibited towards him the subserEiency
Of llickspittIes. They have Been I only q
| too profnp pt to do his bidding. HIVE
they not made indecent haste to- con-
firm his. hrothers,inylaY, his snepheWs
] his uncles, his wifes relations, and all
the host or his inepotfstic D appoint
nients ?gsdW ere 0 tilego tll0fl quick to
catch his winksndI obey ylhissbeeki fof
the remoYal, of Charles Sumper from
the Chairmanship OF the Committee &
on Foreign Relations anDid dotIIesK net
submissiNelyi bead Eheir9:kneesIwith
the Rresident's in 2 common aande igr
hominious surrende to England r.
any purpose, ge6d iofii bad 2Ti Never
Why then does his.party go to Phila-
deiphia and thnonglieaheT ,unahimons
mouth .efia packed Senyentions Fde7
9apd civil seryiee reform Of whom.
do they demald .it7 DOf themselves.
What thoughtful citizen can th6fefoFe
help askingy d Why haveJaheytot al
ready inaugurated civil seryiceIl rez
form? What excuse can-they give
for having delayed it,2f How can they
ever apologize for the crime of having
thus far thWarted it? That win they
say to their own orator, Gen. Butlei,
for aenoupcing ita Ont of their own
mouths they are .adJndged gritty,
They are seIf-condemned. s,ot.-c1r -,
II. Grants platform demands the
abolition Of the ranking privilege
Why then have his partisanss in Cons
Igress systematically voted against the
abolition. ofothe, frapkings priyilegeP
Have they not had the fairesf of pp-
,portunfties to accomplish tfiis reform I?
If they had been IN earn esteto achieves
they could ohaEe dnnesitV
at any time within the, last three years.
To say now that the franking privilege
ought to- be abolished Is simply to fils9
diet tie President and his 9ffehds g. f6f'
not having abolishedIoits loagnagos4ll
Here, again they are sell elf7c9ndemped,
, III. Grants platform. asserts state
rights. Why then has he SYSTEMATIC
ally violated state-rfghts Why have
we had for three fyears am uDbrOkeh
series OF intrusionsn by, thee Federal
into local affairs Why.
for instance. has II been the practice
of MFR. Thomas Murphy ana the New
FORK OustonaoH II ouse to give laws TO
the Syratuse Conyentiena Why, has
the Fedora, government aided and
abetted the alien and carpet-bagging
Id the southern states,
theclike OF Mllieh for aFotte tennesss haVeL
newer teenrlmatehed ias EQlf history
save by the Tammany Ring on Why,
has the ,,Admtnistration conveniently
thrown out the votes Of three or four
fourRor five, five ioFq six counties Vind
some of zthesefstat eso oat its sovereign /
pleasure in order, to, keep its own par
tisans in power? State, rights, for
soothl These have never been SO fla !
grantly violated as by Grant and his |
party bsF6 Say now that atAese should |
be main tained only to say that they 4
haze been @elF nigh. destroyed 3 And
thei party that thus pretefds to MANI 4
tain0 them ID the very party that has I
BEEN seddlodsly y destroying therff.a Af-f 7
.ers Three years of this destrGeti On the I
President and his par tisaiis have the I
.fff0nteiy TO 9deciafe otheh1sel YES ia I
Iavofs Of what they thave aniihilated. /
Such culprits are self-cohdefahed? lia1
V:sGranfs platform asks for en-
to hip-building. Why
hen has. shis administration done
lothing for American commerce ex-k
:ept to cripple and reppess it Why,t
ire American merchants doing butt
,hirty-six per cent? of their own car
wing trade-leavingi the remaining i
Iikty -four per cent. TO fail as precious
,rize to foreign shags2e The Admin
stration has had nearly four years,ih1'
which to wipe ont this disgrace. Why
B its pitifuls record concerning i4oar
maritime prospects reduced to spec
ous promise that, though the geverprg
nent has adpne nothing to- promote
ip-building during the last e. four
ears, II, will trygt0 remedy this, effectiEl
Turing the next term2 The Rhpadelrl b
'hia statement Of the decay of eur
is the Admini ions con- II
ession of its own misgQyerpment.-rdf
rhe President aud his, renomination-1
SITS are witness bearers against, their Il,
,yp deIipansncy They are lreenb B
W. Grant ! platform Z d%emsnds % that I,
american Y citizens IN fOTeign lands 81
hall be protected in their jnst rights,
Why then, has he, IN an unhappy mum.
er Of signal and hagrant, cases suf-. Il
cred American citizens abroad 70 be I
utraged without protection, and {
nhlcted without redress? "A distin- ]
uished Uaf6n general ex claimed With
reatI indignationa @, iifeWn days sgoJ ,
The safest act Which amy foreign a
dvernment can now commit is taJa
ang an American 1citizen" Iei wasl
artlY rights Now il is not enough 4
bat the President should iSpromise In IA
campaigp deCnment.lthato American Is
itizens travelling in- other countries Ia
re hereafter to be protested; he must
lso, give answer why they have not %
been protectedoy Hian platsd -
ofm Writers have here again ninnooeptsibi 1
Y confessed themselves guilty, They 4
re self-coAdemRed.43 oSarofIAo1 snitkI
VIII 1Grants platform demands that 4
should bal extended to fora 4
Ign nations struggling dorb liberty.-slf a
His isa bid for the Fenlan and Cnban1lI
otesn But hastthe Administration sup4 :
D this time ever shown any ysympathyfs
rith Abe Feni snssor 'CHbansi rAndif d
Is to show suchsympathy in futnre Ia
7ill 1t not prove itself guilty for not,
aving done so In the past? It's owni
of dutyfn this respect in thed d
lainest possible proof that this duty'bs
# il be suchl has beenslcft undone.--She
he EPrasident and his party aren once I
lore seelfscondemheds8 Y3usRt ~ dS
VIII Ora 0nk3a nj F<..r,s sso y, - kha flsa