Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-12-26
THE
Cincin' att Gazette
A PAPER OF ESTABLISHED. REPU.
TATION, '
ADAPTED TO THE
riREslDE, FARMER, MECHANIC, MEa.
CHANT, MANUFACTURER, PROFESS
SioNAL MAN, AND pANEER.

The coming year promises TO be an eyentful /
enc in politics. Leading questions are to be !
met and decided, and above all /. is to be deter
mined whether the Republican party shall be |
Lurged Of all its Objectionable features and re- |
iniued In pnwer, or whether tue Gurerument
shall he suffered to fall into the hands OF the
old Democratic organization. The new party
movement which brought out HoRAcg gRsgLY
for the Presidency in 1871? aud shaved ilse u
feobly in Ohio and New York in 1873 has
failed utterly. Ii has assisted ia restoring to
lie the Democratic party, but it is entirely uut
0f the held Of p ltics. aud there nre but two or
gauizi,iuns before the country Rspublican and
Democratic. lu view OF this fact the GAzETTB
holds;
|. That the restoration Of the Democratic
party to power would be a national calamity.
II il the same nav that II was IN 1850. when Il
Missouri Compromise was repealed aud tie lu
giuye slave law adopted the same as II was in
1850, when the great rebellion was organized
the same us IL w1s from 1860 ~ 1866 whru, us a
party |, SvmpathiEed with the rebels The re-
suits Of the war have not been accepted BY Il in
| good faith Ii owes debt TO its Southern
| friends, which il paid would entail heavy bur
den upon the nation. II would pay for tile
emancipatcd slaves, and assume part of the ex-
penses incurred bv the South ~ its rffnts to
destroy the GuvernmrGt. IL il ssseutiallv a cor
rupl party. Wherever it has power il squan-
ders and steals. The Tanmany ring is an illus.
| iratiun nf Dem Icraiic tule. tn New lmk mil.
| liens were stolen by Democratic officials and
until recently not one Of these thieves hal been
punished
! 2. The GSzgTTE holds that in so far rs the
! Republican party has erred. it should be re-
formed. in order that II mty be worthy Of lis
great missions. Ii is the party Of the people.
! 1t is the party uf rrsednn. Ii is progressive
! Ii Is not tied to the past nor the present, but
learning rs II progresses, 1t is capable Of grasp
! ing the future, dropping whatever the nation
! has untlivel, aud taking hold of every meas
ure Of reform which experience may have de-
mnnstratcd MS Just aud in the line Of progress.
! To this end every dead weight must be dropped.
! To land grant Jobs. railroad monnpoes, SALARY
grabs, and eKtraVagant appropriations there
must DO a stop, aud Republicans, howeyer high
they may hare stOnd however much they may
have dome for the party and the country, who
have Connected themselves with schemes silsn,,
sive to' an honest public must be ordered 10 tho
renr M man is deserving Of u pms itiun in the
Republican party who does lot stani ab, "
supicion,or who uses position Of sacred trust 10
advance private interests. The Republic aniptuy
cannot stand uuless it commandsthe respect aud
confidence of the people. In order that 1t may
have both il should lie thoroughly purg-d. and
to that end the GAZETTE will devote its best Of.
forts, having in view the Importance Of CON
tinuinR in power the great party which has
name second 10 none in the pages OF American
history.
3. The farmers movement is an honest one
anl il has our ~ mpathy and will haye our sup.
port. We dn not recognize it AS a political
party. Ii does not claim 10 be SUCH and II his
principles which we desire to see enRraited into
Republican platforms, and 1t includes measures
which we shall labor " have carried out by the
Republican party.
T. The nation suffers from in,empersnce,
This is one of the great evils Of the day. Ii
may not be suppressed by prnhibilarY laws but.
50 far as practicable, legislation should be di
reciel against the traffic in intoxicating drinks.
This end is auainable through the Republican
party and we call upun temperance refOImers to
throw their influence in this direction, rather
than fritter it away through separate political
| organizations.
| 5. So called organs Of public opinion that de-
serted the Republican party in 1872 and joined
the opposition, are dangerous guides, and are TO
be avoided, mt olowed. Our obseI va,i"n is
that the faction that controlled the Cincinnati
contention in 1872, and now makes the loniest
protest. MS Of Honesty. is made up mainly Of
men who Oruugh. hsgrace upon the Republican
party, and having lost standing because Of their
bad habits, are now seeking a place in some
party that will recognize ihrm ~ leaders.
| 8. The financial question is IN" Of paramount
! Importance. Extremes are to be- avoided.
Specie pay ments are in the future Cunlrac
tinn. at present, would b. disastrous. Sxpsn-
sion would also be destructive. The ''let alone"
policy 10 the best one. The National bank act
needs To be amended in order that those institu-
tlons may be operated in the interests Of giEan-
tic spectators and stock and mercantile gam
bsrs. A return r. Specie payment is In be
kept in view but this cannot bs brangM about
until the cuuniTy is ready for IL The develop
ment Of eur resources is the only sure road IT,
specia currency. II attention shall bs wisely
directed To- this point, aui we sha avoid
| forced contraction 0n one hand and reckless ex-
pans,on on the otner, specia payments will fol
low in due time.
The general character of the Cincinnati Ga
zErrE is so we'll known that it needs M expla
nation. While it is a Republican paper, it asks
no favors Of those in power, and it Is ind, pend
ent in that il fetrlessly exposes abuses, wheihfr
inside orioutside the party, with which it acts.
| II recognizes political friendship for men
who beIray their trusts, mr. will it seek To cUv-
er up or apologize f'r abuses that ought not 10
exist in part worthy ihs support of the Ameri-
| can people, Az newspaper, il acSniwlcdges
no superior. Its value as an agricultural paper
is recognized by practical farmers, thousands of
whom exchange their views through its ccl-
umns. Asa commercial paper, il is standard
| authority.
The WEEKLY GAZETTE is an eight page paper
of forty eight columns, printe from slerenty ype
Plates, and The Daily and Semi Weekly are Of
the same size. and printed in symilar stvls.
The following are the terms Of the GAZETTE
Cor the ensuing year:
Daily Gazette.