The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-12-18
THECINCINNATI GAZETTE
A Paper of Established Repu-
tatiOn, Adapted To- the Fire
side, Farmer, Mechanic, Mer-
chant, Manufacturer, Pro-
fessiOnal Man, and Banker.

lHo COhlHe year pIOiljlSeS W
be an eventful one in politics.
Leading questions are 10 be
met and decided, and above all
it is to be determined whether
the Republican party shall be
purged of all its Objectionable
features aud retained in power,
or whether the Government
shall be suffered to tall into
the hands OF the Democratic
organic ItiOn. The new party
movement which brought out
Horace Greeley for the Presi-
dency in 1872, and showed it.
self feebIy IN Ohio and New
York in 1873, has failed utter
ly. 1t has assisted IN restOr
ing to life the Democratic
party, but it Is now entirely
out of the field of politics, and
there are hut Two organIza-
tons before the counlry-Re
publ AN and Democratic. In
view of this fact the Gazette
holds:
1. that the restoration OF the
Democratic party to power
would be a nali' nal calamity
1t is The same now that it Was
in 1850, when the Missouri
Compromise was repealed and
the fugitive slave law was
adopted; the same as it was in
1860, when the great rebellion
was organized; The same as 1t
was from 1860 to 1866 when,
as a party 1t s.,mpalhized with
the rebels. The results of the
war have not been accepted
by 1t in good faith. It owes a
debt 10 its Southern friends,
which if paid would entail a
burden upon the nation.
II would pay for The enamel
pated slaves, and assume part
the expenses incurred by
the South in lis efforts to de-
stroy the Government. 1t is
essentially a corrupt party
Whenever it has power it
squanders and steals. The
Tammany ring is an illustra.
Of Democratic rule. In
York millions were stolen
by Democratic oficl"ls, and to
this day not one of The thieves
has been punished.
The Gazette holds that in sn
FAR as the Republican party
has erred, it should be reform
ed, in order that it nav be
worthy of lis great mlsslons.-
l. is The party of the people,
1t is the party of freedom. II
is progressive. l. is not tied
10 The past nor the present,
but learning as it progresses,
it is capable of grasping the
future, dropping whatever the
nation has outIlved. and talk.
hold of every measure of
reform which experience NAV
nave demonstrated as just and
In The line of progress. To this
end every dead weight must be
To land grant jobs,
railroad monopoIies, salary
grabs, and extrava CANT appro
priations there must be a stop.
and Republicans, however
high they may have stood;
however much they may have
done for the party and the
who have connected
themselves with schemes of
to an honest public,
must he ordered to The rear
No man is deserving of a posi-.
lion in the Republican party
who does not stand above sus
picion, or who uses a position
sacred trust TO advance mi.
vafe interests. The Republican
can not stand unless il
c"mmands the respect and con
fidence of the people. In
order that If may have both il
should be thoroughly nnrgpd.
and to that end the Gazette
devote It's best efforts.
having in view the importance
Of continuing IN power the
party which has a name
second to none in the pages of
A merican history.
3 The farmers movement is
an honest one. and it has our
sympathy, and will have our
support. We do not recognize
it as a political party. It does
not claim to be such, but it
has principles which we desire
to see engraffed into Republi-
can platforms, and it includes
measures which we shall labor
to have carried out by the Re-
publican party.
4. The nation suffers from
intemperance. This is one Of
the great evils of the dav. "