The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-01

fr the JovRsAL
= NO POLrTnCS."
20, well, there shosh be no politics
brought into the canvass for the election Of
candidates to gil little county Offices; IL
don't matter ie he Is Radical he Is a clev-
or neighbor and has befriended me on
several occasions, and can't forget him.
This IS the kind Of language we some
times hear from democrats. What has
this clever Radical neighbor done for
them' Well he used his influence to get
their sons released from prison during
the late wore; or he sent them word that
Bridgwster's party or Fureerscn's party
was going topay them visit that night /;
or THAI letter of theirs had been inter
cepted on its way to some rebel friend at q
distant point, and, unless they rcfneecd 70
some safe hiding place or went to head
quarters and took the oath Of loyalty,
they would "go up 10 a certainty.
Well, did not their Democratic neigh
Dor warn them Of every known danger,
and did he not suffer and peril his life
with and for them, their families and
their prosperity, and Is ne not now bat
Ting manfully to put down that party
that Is not content with having Empower
ished thousands OF widows ana orphans'
whose dependence Tor support ana ior
an education was vested IN slave proper
ty, but who are using every means to
make the negro their equal IN the Schools
ia the hotels, on our railroad cars, on
the steamboats, and at their own hres'des
and in their parlors, and in every social
circle in the land, whilst these clever
Radical neighbors ure aiding this party
BY their votes and by every word and
actiouS Has ever a Radical voted for
49,. !, a., cou,,v or State
u
wnete s"ey NV m"J''''y mas e.e'
tue party at washington appointed
Democrat to any Office in the country,
from the Cabinet down TO the least cross
..G, n, Is r.. !. no,
'o", ~
wh'te RADICAL convenient TOT 'he place
negro is given the preference over
Democrat! "Memory," says a great
Statesman. "is the lowest faculty of the
h,.,,n n,;,a.-,hs ;rr,,;on,I animals
'" = -, A. Ga
possess H. the poor oeas's vi .ne ne'"
have memory. They can recoilect the
hand that feeds and the foot that kicks
them. and the instinct of selfpreserva.
- II L. >. en-, o. .nd .ro;a
''o" 'e''s 'neu' W '.'o" V"' ~
the other. Ihey shun the iood that Is
offered by the hand that has been raised
to take their life. This is only their in
s,;,c, and shall We in the possessjon of
en- many noble faculties. with all the
benefts of learning and experience. have
Ioss memorv less Gratitude. less seusibil.
inv than these noor beosts. and will we
Stand loss unon our guard when the
hand that smate ma is Stretched out to
sr,;ce us, Shall the generous sons of
Ksr,uckv--ons If noble old Lincoln
oorntv-menhers of The Democrats
n,rtv fall below their own dumb and
ro,sonless cattle in ali the attributes of
rsmorvY Can thew 60 forget the thin o.
,hsv saw and fslt The memorable scepes
of onlv nine or Ten wears AGO. The
oven,. of forty or 6fy wears AGO NAV
be npk nown. or at least unfelt. by those
Who have been horn since. The great
rr;nc;nle NJ State RIGHTS. the occupe,iop
~ Oreoon-tbe annexation of Califor-
NJ. .nd T.ras~.o nohIv contended for
NV The Democrats party-the unceasnip
~ "A high protective tariff.
which thew believed was N enrich the
North and impoverish the South and
West. All these great trials. in which
the Democratic party was the savior of
the nation and the bepefactor of III,
great masses Of the neonle. NAV he
Scarcely known 10 the vounc generation
that has come since that time, and being
un;nfarmed thew nav he unm;ndfal md