The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-05

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blHHdeS 6f as 'deiIg what is to- me q
very painful and necessary dutY.. !
am one OF those wAB exerfed no in!
cansiasfABie Influence in putting fiitE
oPefatf0ll those causes which i0rfginfa
| ted the T3publican past V, 3 nj Z HAVE
acted viii that pattysnpa TO owitiliii
! sh0ft tiisles FJafdede that party Ii
efeetfag oar pfeseiA-C -Chiet Magistrate
| Soon -after-flis -efEctiuII.-in expressing
| my View = of the bro spects of on
eolintas under aGeA. Grant, Il said tina
| sincei .UfvsssS shaEa6f haa slafif fiie
Sale1s. .stq abf feaeea 8 ia ae Deff6cf II 81
Heaven wUgidn bless the iIA4id, and
added. b93s9io1q ssEasg ta1I Iof blIo
/ g satsfe sAy Increase 5 s bring
And . ey7the Alsst Oil rion sETefch her1wfng.
liz ip4 Sso5is B5 i5 8 fsBa ii gro
IF these ttistllex1p pecfati on 5 have beer
reaiized, Fam before You a great polit
,icaf offehder; but If. fnsfead .a'off. this
| we have had divisioh iii the Nation
and divisionsiH Athez party by whom
[ ULYSSES was eteeted. an ndsifgin stead pl
kwisdelna purity and iistagEifg y dlE4hE
administration OF ouEinatiOual aflairE
we dave had unwis8faIn, anisrglle, cor
ruptieH and atefuh expenditures oi
the NAHoAai resources, ami before
you to- q isehange a, apaiIn a, % batdnot
.tinmeriterions dutyJssaoa bGs 3asgill
RyIAr& or THE strg3 - .
Z In judging OF, .the,issue that aisaiow
to be, decided by this N Nstieay TO form
"a just estimate of the National Admins
.istration. the subject, must. be contem-
plated with reference to its policy to-
ward those. States lately in rebellion,
and IN reference to the National Affairs
and the ground which, as Liberal Re
publfcans and lDeuipcrats, we assam e
is that IN both these respects the adj
Ininisffafion of General Grant has
been a I. .fiindamental and hopeiess faif---
ure. .. ~. ,.s.''s l..s.1 - ~ -
z II one most; important respect we
are now most happily a National
unity, with Ao, econhieting Northern,
Southern, Eastern or Westerly senti-
iment upon the Subject. I refer to the
issue settled by the war of the rebel
Lion and by an the GoIfst tittitiOfial
amendments, fact fully settled by
the spirit and avoWals of three .gfeaf
National C6nvenfieas recently heIHs
In the spirit.in which that consefousLi
ness was aVowed and manifested, g no
one zwll deny thatthe Baltimore Cor
sTI1st NJ so;SS * sss sase oi'aae ON
~,
,o,:S f;,aa at.s - eli 4igs DeSii III.
I l.oa9h;n u'a ti,ope'Ita poIlno g e.o !Io
e co az Dnis nuinlns
as ats " ts4.g PtlGh W
y. 2eis.ol l,,,5 oolislls 80. u ~, ~
ms posltioil as VI tIie
CohVehtloh nor were tle sennaenfs'
OF any speech eYeE rccslved WiiIElhl WIZ ! more
~ ~ lslitl, esis tltl e l.lFp W
tiiaii lY5 Ys5G eYqiil sfi w 4ss1 Atsel
ances 81 ttnat Speecn5 fec;elEeqqsy Eeeqsy by Inc
members Of that Conyenltipnn d The
PLATFORM OF the IlnclnnatI and Raltira
more ConVentiofls, and the Platform
adopted at the PhiladeIphi9y Gopyelsp77s e !
tiOn, is in all its essential articles q,
copy of its CfIicihnati. pred ecesstor:; Il It
is, IN fact the Repnbliie9h plat ffoTrms,TT4 -
Vet, in neither of these EonVentions; ton
did the spirit Of that platform live and,
more, The statement 81 VICE i resi-. ssf l
dent ColfaX VIII not be dniesstiolnraed niessti one by,
Repu biieafis, even b5YllGfant Repusbsfi-,
cans. if Won please, which l cite from, from
the Speech defiVered to his fl rieni1s.. at
South Bend. Indiana. on .biS 5ftES paiSlra q \
home az the close Of the last Con gress ress
y et ia me s5z now ioin idi Eoi1 s conerat,,-
lations on the siinal- triumph of the
]. have. so. often, 5Tintiicated1
and maintained before you'll believe
that to-day there stands nopartFifram,
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
Lakes sot. the North to the sunny
South, there is no voice lifted against
The heiPr9nefpies (WHICH nave Always
and afyYaEsb defen ded! FsIt
seems to me that, perhaps there could
be! no more sf2nyenlento time, that H
i et-SA u1T G sts lrSh ~ III. "a iiSft & III II
res Isn.Ssihili fids ilb sldtllif iA ai5 i55ft Il
YOU the,atriumphl (which dlapubiicano
hays. e9n terreds pP0n thes
country, and WHICH now seem SO, Sea
enr6.m rs is all history now, and
histGsy inst oEs ls, sfes eat
has passed away. frAfnd the yrRepuhl liy.
can party may be Retained for other
objects; btt Of this the people must
jud ge.il Bay foittanh the great prinefli
plies -ofIits organization it dIasi ceased3
to begnecessary. We 90 forward dIow
IN the great work, of the future, either
witt Or without this party, as the
need9eF the eofiIftfy may fetitiife!. e!.s'iH
a,r..zC5 AZ ,,,ti.;-,, ~, IA ,las L3osag
smo - -, dSs f..os
III ais aha;nss;nn W. %. 20 ,@. 'a
81, JH 1880 ffysis zngi
Ip.s, y W ~
coulti}' NH III iiif }i.rlle V n u
shoufu an1rH .iiat any issues are now
before etaesNatloro onthe saBJect undefA
conslQefatiOhs of8that3dhe qnestiOns'
settled BY, the WaE and these eonstitnr
tional ainendfnents hren are noti as safe, in,
the IJls hands OF one party as those @ 9di OF any
other.59 - 20 go -. -. ,sto e
foNBeeT seFffE ADsfiNIsTIsATT'N so Te'-s
is7 ilfiR aWARDs TIfE.souTH1oa3us %
In resa1d tofiiep poliey3of TtheIpfesz7
ent Administration, appertaining to
the States.lately, ila febeilioru and 1.-THE
poliey which now and .hereafter is; to
be ado5ptSttted In. respect to them. there