The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-08-21

may be astonlshed by sham, but don't
stick to it.
Had either of the late conventions at
Columbus any principle? If they had,
what was it?
1t was possible to have got up new
party with principles which, whether
right or wrong, would have made new
issues, and presented new questions.
But neither the Liberal or the Demo
cratic" Convention dare touch one of
them or come near themi They might
have declared for "free trade" "hard
money" mo national banks" Limitation
of railroads., woman suffrage" etc., etc.
4 any one of these would have presented
a great question-new issues. What did
the Liberal or Democratic Convention
say of either of them? Nothing Their
voices were as muff1ed as the muffled
drums at funeral Moral cowardice
pervades all their ranks, and sham" is
the only symbol of their parties. Can
| that be said of the Republican party :?
No! We are as open as the day. We
! are for keeping the best currency ever
had. We are for the tariff protecting the
working man in the comforts of life. We
are for treating woman suffrage respect
fully. We shall limit the great railroad
corporations in spite of all the power of
corporate wealth. In one word we stand
upon the great doctrines of human rights,
| of political equality, of human progress,
and the general welfare. What do Dem
ocrats and Liberals stand upon? Some
body said the "Tub" was righted, and
they were standing upon the great tub |
No doubt of it, and what will this come
| to? 1t will go ashore in the first storm,
as the Democratic party did in the late
rebellion-a wretched wreck upside down.
with all the meat spoiled" vide those
distinguished Democrats, Groesbeck and
Pugh.
Now let us see what these twin conven-
tions did say on any of the subjects
which demand thought. The Liberal"
! Convention limited there was an "irre-
deema6le currency" Did it propose any
measure to redeem it2 Did it ask for
specie payments Did it go for hard
money? Did it say anything which had
any meaning? Nothing. Silent as the
grave was the voice of the Liberal on
that subject. What said the Democratic
Convention on that subject? 1t says that
''irredeemable currency is an evil" but
''care should be taken not to disturb the
business of the country in returning to
specie payment" II will roar you as
gently as any sucking dove" says the
Democratic party. Specie payments, for
aught they care, may come in the next
five hundred years; and that is the most
sensible thing of omission or commission
they did a0
But what say these conventions about
the tariff? Did they declare for free
trade? Not in the least. Neither of the
| shams dare put themselves upon it. The
Liberal Convention declared for "reU-
e1sue tariff" and the Democratic Conven-
ton said about the same thing. This is
one of the most palpable humbugs of the
day. What is a revenue tariffs? We
now raise and mast raise $160,000,0 900 per
annum by the tariff; and can you arrange
this tariff so that it will not protect the
manufacturer and the laborer? And will
you say that they ought not to be pro-
tected against the wretched, miserable
shaving labor of the misgoverned coun-
tries of Europe? There is not Demo
cratic orator in Ohio who dare go before
the people on the doctrine of free trade.
In 1872, Notwithstanding the Democratic
party put up Greeley, hot protectionist
yet the convention of Liberals" so smell
of free trade ideas thai Greeley lost
! 10000 votes in twenty counties of Ohio
on that account. This is but foretaste
of what is to come if they venture on
that ground.
But we must not forget public virtue,
and what a most astonishing example of
it the Democratic and Liberal parties
present! They ought not to be trou bled
about names, or organizations, or objects.
Every man of them should go about with
his coat labeled, "a virtuous Democrat"
"a virtuous Liberal"
Par mobile fratrum
That means twin brothers in virtue.
Now let us look little at their virtue
and their morals. They have challenged
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exhibit their virtue to the public gaze
Half the Democratic party, and we be-
lieve all the Liberals, voted for the vii
lainous salary law. One part of that law
is that there shall be a salary of $500
per annum double as much as is neces-
sary) to be drawn from the Treasury on
their own checks. Now, we should like
to know if there is Democratic or Lib
eral member in Ohio who is not sending
his check into the Treasury for 1926 each
month, although he has never served the
country one day. Cincinnati elected two
members of the virtuous parties and are
not those members drawing their pay
monthly The Fifth District of Ohio is
about the strongest example of Democ-
racy in Ohio; and is not Lamison, the
Democratic member, defending this vii
lainy and drawing $625 per month for
doing it? For he does no public service.
To say the Republicans are doing the
same is no answer, for their conventions
all denounce it.
They mean to squelch this wrong and
they will do it, and they are willing to be
vindicated by their acts. But these vir-
tuous parties, every man of whom is
fighting for the spoils of Office, cry vir-
tue! Won't you look upon my virtuel
Our dear country will be lost for the want
of Virtuel They are very like Major Dali
getty and his horse Columbus Although
vus Adolphos, they have not the least
idea of fighting for anybody else without
the provender
How about the provender? In this
case we cannot fatter them with the
prospect of any at all. The case can be
stated in very few figures. The allied
Democrats and Liberals were defeated in
1872 by $1,000 majority. To offset this,
the Liberals" who claimed to have cast
tens of thousands of votes, said that a
part of the Democrats did not vote, and
that got to be common idea There is
no truth in it. They both voted, and
voted their full strength. Here is the
proof, at once:
Aggregate vote in lS6S..........516,S 500
Do in lS72..................,....... lf3
Increase. 9,S44
Here is an increase of 5000 votes, while
Grants majority of 1868 was reduced but
1866. What becomes of the Liberal
voter The change of votes can be very
readily seen; and what is the resultP ?
Twenty-eight counties gave an increase
for Greeley. or loss for Grant, of $500
votes. OF these counties eleven were in
the Miami Valley, and nine on the West