The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-09-14


tiOns OF the GOvernment-these are
the subjects on which the people ask
light. In = word, reform in every de-
partnent OF the Government and peace
IN every section of the country are tue
demands of the suffering people. Will
these demands be needed What par
" organizations say they will do Is lit
tie to the purpose. What their prin-
cIples Oi action, their position IN at
fairs, their antecedents cOnslrain them
10 do, that is what they will do, pro-
Tess whatever they may. Tried by
this test, how do tile candidates stanU
Of their personal characteristics We
need say little. CUuCede them both
to be honest and capable, each is 1T the
same time bound in the shackles OF II
pOlitIcie lone Of thought from which
ne can not escape IL he would. In
eiecLing the man you elect The political
sy stein Of The party. Judged by This
slandard let us consider which ought
10 be chosen.
Tne elccllon of Hayes would be the
third term Uf Grant. The Convention
that nominated him lau,ietl Grant s
1t was COMPOSED
OF supporters or Grants policy. The
measures and the men nlusi, in she iia-
Iure 0i things, be the same. The saine
onorous ami oppressive tarin, the
same nigh taxation and eXhOrDitaut
expenditure, the same vinuictlve Op-
preston OF The south, the same DIS
ordered currency, ,ueinOnotizing OF sill
Yer, PROMISES VI resumption " which do
not Resume, The saillc lnOckery OI civil
service reform, the same official pecu-
iatiOn and cOrrupIiOu, the same tear
lug open alresn vi the HealinE wounds
"a civil war must mark The cOnIinu-
ance in power or the Otot regime. Hayes
can not help il il he would, and not an
utterancc Oh his since hIs ninatiOn, ,
anu not word Or act before Indicates
purpose 10 shake loose from the alli-
ahce vi the men now III power. lie
will follow 7" ia the footsteps OF his IL
iuslrious 10 preuecessOr! However
Veil he may mean lie has neither the
Intellectual NOR the moral strength TO
break away from the entangling alli-
ances Of those who place him i'll pow
Ell. Besides, he 10 and has been par
lisaii vi the strlctest sect. Honest
grant him; but NO man ever differed
less with hls party. TO him its slight
est Wish Is law. w herevef the party
traces are, lhere Hayes Is sure u be
Iuunu within thsin, pulling Justify
without L:iu aid of gOad or lash. FIJI.
den, OH tic contrary, viii. il eiectea,
Ihaugurate IL new era. rhe Admins
iratiun VIII be changed. The rulers
vi The past viii not rule the future.
Iildcn party has constantly opposed
uranL's Administrators and al ITS
Il, A..
To enrich capital; It's costly unwlse
system vi irredecunabIc paper money !;
Its misbcgUtten scheme coircsulnptlon vi !;
IT'S eXtravaSailL ex Expenditures It's mock
civil service abortion Its cruel and
outrages Southern policy, sucking the
out Ut industry tU paulper
greedy carpet t-baggers its nepOtlslns,
aud rODDerles the DciriO-
cratic party has relcntlessly opposed.
AUDI TIlden, though a partisan, perhaps
quito enough devoted to
party mauaS cment, has shown himself
strong enough iii intellect and Will to
step uut from the routine Ut party tac-
Tics, and, where need was, to DEFY aud
punish party leaders. Ills acts rs well
as his words have preached reform.
lioyuery aud peculatiOn have found
IN MIN an iinplacable loo. No former
party ties, no legal devices or evasiOns,
40 craven appeals Tor mercy, could
save from his ayenging arm the recre-
amt betrayer Of public trusts. Ills Gu
bernatorIai career. gives ample assur-
snce W hat his Presidential course viii
De. 1t will be his second term-nis
second campaign in the battle VI re-
form.
Thus we see from the past history
aud the present surroundings and al
les OF the two candidates what may
De expected from each. The RepublI-
:an party made Grants Administers
ion ana approved it ia their Conven-
ion. The Democratic party opposed
every measure of Grants policy, and
denounced it in their Convention, and
sounded the tOcsin OF reform. Never
lid the platforms OF two parties make
. surer prophesy OF the policy OF The
future Administrations. The present
canvass, therefore, Involves the APP
prOval or condemnation Of Grants
A the old issues OF
he war, but Republican poricJ since
It was over. - ...issi,i t.g!unlt,a 1o -sts.
NV fellow .citizene, the canvass OF
The Democratic party this year, is ag-
yressive. We. assail the Republican
policy, and no counter-assault upon US
shall draw us from the attack. Our
policy needs no defense, and our whole
force shall be concentrated upon the
OF the Radical misrule.
The weak points in their line are so
that we can not pause e;as-
sail them all at once. Nor is it neces-
sary, tor q breach OF their line at any
point gives us the victory. q4late
aa CRIPPLED INDUSTRY. -f"Is
Enormous taxation and extravagant
since the war have
crippled industry. The
census tables show that in 1870 the
whole wealth of the United States,
real anu personal property included,
was about thirty thousand millions.
Allowing for underestimate and &C
cretiOns since that time, the property
Of the country does not now exceed
thousand millions. This is
the accumulated savings of all past
The annual product of
all industries is about seven thousand
one-fifth of the accumu-
lated wealth. What becomes OF this
vast product? Almost the whole OF
it is lived up every year, in good or
bad times. Food, clothing, shelter,
domestic aud social ,enjoy-
ments. s.intenpcrance, the canker-w worm
of luxury aud the cost of repair con-
sune all, except from five to ten per
cent in the best times, aud more still
in the worst. Aside from the aecre.
ton To the value of real estate by the
increasing deusity of pop
ulatiou, the annual increase of wealth,
even IN our new country, docs not ex-
ceed two per cent. of the whole. That
il about six or seven hundred million
dollars annually. Now, what is the
annual public Tax imposed on this net
product of our Industries? To say
nothing of the exhorbitaut local taxa
tiou with which we are cursed, tue
Federal, Government alone has in the
last eleven years collected about $4,.
.Sin nD (nD a. anuears from the HI.