The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-21
ADDRESS
OF The Republican state Committee.
To The Republicans Of Pennsylvania

make a stand in defence Of your prin-
ciples. The party which, by its poit
ical heresles, plunged this country into
bloody war, stands arrayed against
you on precisely the grounds which it
occupied in 1860, aud proposes TO re-
open all the old controversies which it
was thought had been settled by the
war, and it therefore becomes necessa-
ry to sustain at the polls the govern.
mental policy which has prevailed un-
der Republican administration.
"An uDdefiled and restored Consti-
tution," which is equivalent to the
Southern demacd for "the Constitu.
ton as it was" is what the Democra-
cy of Pennsylvania asks for in the re-
Gently issned address of its State Com
mittee. 1t wants to ignore or rule out
the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution, aud
restore the Constitution as it stood be-
fore the war. IL sets up a pretence
that those amendments are null and
void, and If it should return to power
we may naturally look for an attempt
to enforce a relapse to the condition of
things that existed prior to the Rebel
lion.
The recent armed uprisings in the
South, accompanied by numerous mui.
ders, outrages innumerable, open re-
bellion, and the establishment of a
reign of terror to intimidate the un-
armed and peaceful citizens, had the
full sanction and sympathy of the
Northern Democracy, and were plain
ly but part of general plan to re.
establish the old order of things.
The part of the Nnorthern Democ-
racy is to lull the people into a false
security, and steal back into place up
on false pretences, if possible. The
part of the Southern Democracy is to
set up reign of violence, and by such
an intimidation of the weak as will
keep them from the polls, to install
themselves into Offices to which they
could never otherwise attain. The
Two work together in pefect harmony,
and their joint triumph would utterly
annihilate all the beneficial results OF
the war.
1t is the part Of the Republicans Of
Pennsylvania to crush this conspiracy
by thoroughly defeating those engaged
in it, and they can do this only by
rallying heartily to the support OF
their State ticket, and by cordially
supporting their local nominations, sc
as to secure the election of large
majority of the Congressmen and q
decisive majority in the Legislature.
The people of Pennsylvania do moi
want to return to "a restored Consti
tution," or "the Constitution as i
was" They do not want to com,
back again under the insolent rule o
, the Southern oligarchy, or to put thei
varied and grand industrial interest
at the mercy of the free trade dema
gogues who control the Democratic
: party.
But, strong as are their conviction
upon this subject, they can enforc
them only in one way, and that is a
polls. They must elect men in har
mony with their well-known view
and interests; and this can be don
only by securing thorough defeat q
the Democratic party.
The last Democratic State Conven
ton did not dare to open its mouth il
favor of protection to American indus
try, or against the ratification of tn
|. Reciprocity Treaty, which is free trad
in disguise. 1t had not the courage t
take sides with the party in othe
States on those questions, and wa
equally cowarjly in declining to tax
the other side. On the two great ques
tions which involve the material in
terests of the State, the prosperity {
its people, aud the development of il
wealth, it was as silent as the grav'
> No one doubts that the sympathies al
with the enemies of our material pre-
gress, and the rule is as good in th
case as in every other-"He that
not for us is against US. a.l
If, therefore, the people of Pennsy
vania wsnt to defend and promote th
growth and prosperity of their Stat
they will not entrust its destines
the hands of party that dare M
open its lips in their favor. The Den
ocratic party Of the nation is for frt
trade, and the outspoken part of it
in favor of Reputation and it is f
the people of Pennsylvania to deciC
whether they will again permit such
?. party TO control, and by controlling
ruin, their future prospects.
The Republican party Of the Sta
has had possession of the Governmel
since 1861, and has proved in th
time It's claim to continued public co
.I Or 6dence. 1t has administered the go
r ernment honestly, faithfully, eeonOm
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