Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-01

late years, but the full extent of that cor
ruption will never be known until the peO-
pie, by a change Of rulers, shall make It
possible to fully and completely investigate
it. But we have seen enough to verify the
truth Of the old maxim, that long cOntin-
uance Of power in any party is sure to breed
corruption, and that a change Of rulers,
from time to time, is an Indispensable ne
cessity Of good government.
A few remarks upon another subject, and
will cease to trespass further upon your
patience. Under cover Of false pretense
that the public schools Of Ohio are in dan
ger, though they are amply, nay, fully pro-
tected by her constitution, and another
false pretense Of clerical interference and
domination, the Radical leaders have seen
fit to drag religion into the mire ofpOlitics,
and inaugurate a crusade against a Chris
tian church. A more inexcusable, danger
Gus and reprehensible proceeding has never,
in the history Of this country, been seen
since the secret, Oath-bOund KnOw-Noth-
ing lodges sprung into being, and, after
brief existence, almost as suddenly passed
away. But, ondeteTed by the signal fate
of that party, and driven by the extremity
Of their condition to look for something
with which to divert the public mind from
a consideration of Radical misrule, the
Republican leaders seek 70 revive once
more the Known Oihing senti ,nent, and to
plunge the various sects and denomiDa-
lions of Christians into a fratrieidal strife.
Twenty years ago, my Democratic friends,
you crushed an attempt Of this kind into
the dust, and if you are true to your princi-
pies, true to the constitution, true defend
ers Of the rights Of conscience and the peace
and well being Of society, you will do so
again.
And here 1 cannot refrain from an obser=
vation that seems to me most pertinent
and well-timed. We hard-mOney men
have been admonished again and again that
if the Democratic ticket shall be elected
this year in Ohio it will be taken as an in
doTsement Of the currency planks in the
platform, and the disease Of imitation and
Irredeemable paper money will become
epidemic and menace the country with
ruin and disgrace. For myself, l do not
share in this exaggerated terror; for f the
hard-mOney Democrats do their duty, as |
am sure they will, if they stand faithfully
and firmly by their principles, and advocate
them with manly Independence whenever
necessary, no such evil results viii follow
ALDIl INC GltELlOu VI OuI LlChtLs
But now turn to the other side, and ask
yourselves what would be the result of q
triumph Of the Radical ticket upon the
Know-Nothing foundation on which it now
stands. Surely it requires no great fore
sight to see that such a triumph would
tend to drag religion into politics from one
end of the republic 10 the other, to prOsti-
tute it to the base purposes Of partisan tri-
umph, to create an union between the dOmi-
naut sects and the ruling party in the State,
as detrimental in its effects as an union of
church and State itself, and to cOnvulse So
ciety to its very foundation as it never has
been CONFUSED in the United States.
Were there no other consideration but this,
no other valid objection to Radical success
but this, it would be amply, more than
amply, sufficient TO make it the imperative
duty Of every Democrat to give his earnest
support to his ticket.
Let us, then, grid up our lOins, and III
viting all who are opposed TO Radical mis-
rule to Join rs, make supreme and unfal-
tering effort for victory, with the full as
surance that, whatever dangers may beset
our path, the triumph OF Democracy viii in
the end be the triumph Of the Constitution,
and insure the restoration Of good govern
ment, fraternal feelings, and peace, pros
perity and happiness.