Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-16
THE
Cincin' att Gazette
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The coming year promises to be an eventfu
one in politics. Leading questions are to be
net aud decided. and abnye all i. is to be deter
mined whether the Republican party shall be
Lurged of all its Objectionable features and re-
tanned in power, or whether the Government
shall be suffered To fall into the hands OF the
old Democratic organization. The new party
movement which brought ont HoRAcg GHsELY
for the Presidency in 1872 aud showed itself
fecbly in Ohio aud New York in 1873, has
failed utterly. 1t has assisted in restoring TO
lie the Democratic party, but Il is entirely out
ol the field of politics, and there are but two or
gauizations before the country Republican and
Democratic. Ia view ofthis fact the GAZETTE
holds
!. That the restoration of the Democratic
party 10 power would be national Gala nfitv.
1t is the same now that it was IN 1850, when tie
Missouri Compromise was repealed aud the fu-
gitiye slave law adopted the same IS it was in
1860, when the great rebeliun was organized /:
the same as it was from 1860 tn 1860 when, as a
party it sympathized with The rebels. The re-
suits Of the war have not heen accepted by it in
good faith. II owes debt 20 its Southern
friends, which if paid would entail a heavy bur.
den upon the nation. 1t would pas for the
emancipated slaves, and assume part of the ex-
penses incurred by the South IN its efforts 10
destroy the Government. lt essentially cor.
rupt party. Wherever It has power it sguau-
dcrs and steals. The Tammapy ring is an illus
tratOn OF Democratic rule. IN New YnIk MIL
lions were stnep by Democratic officials and
until recently nut one Of tAese IAeiYes had been
punished.
3. The GizErTR holds that in so far as the
Republican party has erred, it shonld be re-
formed, in order that il may be worthy Of lis
great missions. II is the party of the people.
il is the party of freedom. 1t is progressive
II Is not tied 10 the past nor the present but
learning as It progresses it Is capable Of grasp
ing the future, dropping wh4teyer the nation
has nutlived, and taking hold OF every meas
ure of reform which experience may have de-
monstrated as just and in the line nf progress
To this end every dead weight must be drupped
To land grant Jobs. railroad upnopolies, salary
grabs, aud extraVaGant appropriations there
must be a stop, and Republicans, however high
they may have stood however much they may
have dune; for the party and the country, who
have connected themselves with schemes often
sive to an honest public must be ordered to ,hg
rear. No man is deserving ni pns iIiua IN the
Republican party who dpcs not stand abCya
supicion, or who pseS positiun of sacred trust tn
advance private interests. The Republi 'auiDlrtY
cannot stand uuless il coGmdnds the respect anl
confidence of the penple. Ia opdrr that il may
have bath i should he thoroughly purgrd. aud
TO that end the GAZETTE will devote its hes; ef-
forts, haYiug in view the importance Of con-
tiuuipe in power the great party which has a
name secolI 20 nnnn in the ga9rs di Amariasn
history.
3. The farmers mov~ma aG. is AZ haacst one,
and it has our ~ mpathy and will have our sup
port. We do not recognize it ~ \ political
party. 1t does not claim to be such, anl it has
principles which we desire to see cnEralied into
Republican platforms, and It inclndrs measures
which We shall Labor tp have carried out by the
Republican party.
4. The uatinu suffers from intemperance,
This ia one Of the great evils of the day. 1t
may not be suppressed bv nrohibitary laws bat
50 far as praci cable, legislation shuuld be di-
rected against the traffic in intoxicating drinks.
This end is attainable through the Rrpublcan
party, and we call upon tomperagee rHfat laers to
throw their influence ia this direction, rather
than frj;tcr it away through separate political
organizations.
5. SO called organs Of public opinion that de-
serted the lrpubeaR party in lsf2 and l"iHeA
the opposition, are dangerous guidss and are to
be avoided, not inlowed. Our observation is
that the faction that controlled tho UIn1iuRati
convention in 1879, and now makes the loudest
proft ssl ms OF Honesty, il made up mainly of
men who brought disgrace upon the Republican
party, aud having lost standing BECAUSE qf their
bad habits, are ROW seeking place in sane
party that will recognize the N as leaders.
6. The hnIncial question is onr cf paramount
Importance. Extremes are to be avoided.
Specie pay ments are in the future CnntrIc-
tiun, at present, would be disastrous Expan-
policy is the best one. The National bank act
needs Ia be amended in order that those nstitu-
lions Glay be operated in the interests of gigan-
tic speculators aud stock and mercantile gam
blers. return Ia Specie payment is tn he
kept in view but this cannut he brought abuut
until the euuntry is ready for il. The deyelop-
ment ct our resources Is lhe nulv sure road t.
sPecia currency. Ii attention shall be wisely
directed Ia this point, aud wp shal avoid
forced contraction on one hand aud reckless ex-
panslnn on the ntner, spccia payments will fol.
low in due limo,
The general character Of the Cincinnati GA
zFTTE is 50 well known that it needs ~ expll-
natinn, While it is a Republican paper, it gAks
no iavors of those in power, and it u indrpeud-
ent in that fearleSsly espGscs abuses, whuther
inside ar outside the party, with which it acts.
II recognizes no political friendship fnr men
who beIrdy their trusts, nor will it seek to cuv-
er up or apologize for abuses that ought not to
exist in pant worthy the support Of the Ameri-
can people, A. a newspaper, it acknowledges
no superior its valve as an agricultural paper
is recognized bv praclical farmers, thousands of
whnRI exchange their views through its coll
umns. ASS commercial paper il is siaudari
authority
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Of forty y-elght columns, prnte trou stereotype
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