National Republican., 1875-09-11
The CAMPAicNIN m OHIO.
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tion will increase the business Of the country, 70
store the national credit sad prevent repudistion.
the act Of 1875 win cause this private and public
bankruptcy" !" fer which the Republican party Is
responsible, and ought, therefore, be driven from
power. But
The people Of Ohio are terribly IN earnest. They
are determined to think and act for thepselves-
the result Of which Will be made know1 next DC
s. tss peors s. e tss o
and are WORKING with great deal Of earnestness
snd vigor. On ny way from Oinsinnatit to Spring:
psrsons whom found 20 be sociabis and tsIkativs,
60 % about the affairs q their State sonysr.sd
was greatly surprised 70 nnd 50 few persons speak
fayofsbly Of MT. Aliens success, though many Of
them attributed bis unpopularity, particularly
sition In which he has been placed by some Of the
more ambitious leaders Of his party In regard TO
in the early part Of the afternoon, 1 was met at
the depot BY Mr.. Ward, Q prominentcitiIen Of that
town, who seemed really enthusiastic over the
are doubtless more actively engaged in the can
vass than they have been for some time before.
Senator Morton had Just delivered one Of bis
Opera House 70 an immense audience, the people
turning out in manner which indicated that
they really meant business. Leaving CLARK, my
next stopping place was In Lorsin county. where
Republicsnisn for years has been largely In the
asceodency. The people Of this county seem 70
give themselves no uneasness about how the
county will 20. That is q settled and fixed thing.
The people there believe in ''the equality OF
rights" in its widest sense. This is the
COUNTY OF COLLEGES, AND Is THE SEAT OF
LEARNING
for nearly this whole State. At Oberlin resided
some OF the pioneers who followed John Brown.
At wellington occurred the memorable rescue
pride. One Of the finest speeches that has been
delivered In the State was unmistakably that de-
nvered in Wellington about the middle Of last
month BY Gen. Grosvenor. Of St. Louis. l was
present on the occasion Of its delivery, by an In
shall ever entertain the pleassntest recollection
At Cleveland, where i spent several days,
found that the people were aroused to the i'm
portance attached TO the coming contest. and
upon the eve of holding their convention TO make
nominations for the Legislature and other city
officers, this had effect, Is often the case In
large cities, in dvertiDg them from the real ques
tions about which the people Of the entire State
were particularly anxious.
THERE CANNOT BE AMY DOUBT
but what this will make q splendid showing for
the Republican party on the 18th Of next October.
The people mean to show their patriotism then
with real and determination. They mean TO pre-
serve the honor and credit Of their country
at home and abroad by demanding q speedy re-
turn TO specie payment. They mean to retain
their common school system free from all secta-
risn interference; to hold the school fund indi-
visible; to sustain the glorious record Of the Re-
publican party in this State, and to return that
party to power which, Gov. Allen said, had been
In power for nearly twenty years, and there
nation, single case of Official corruption" About
these things the people mean business, and. as l
have already remarked. they are terribly in
earnest. ]. HENRY MERIwETHRR.