Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-10
How they View the Campaign in The
Upper Lake Region. N

lIouoHToK Co., Mich, Oct 30, 1875.
EbrroR OF PeRnYsBUna JouRxAI -
Thinking tint your readers may bo inter
esicd in learning how tho good cause goes
on in this outpost OF civilization, send
you few items Of progress.
An unusual amount Of interest has Ecen |
developed in the present campaign by both
tho Republican and Democratic parties
here. This county has always been car
ried by the latter; but we are confident
that defeat awaits them "The great un.
washed on the 7th OF next month, and
that they will then learn that Justification
and whisky VIII not succeed with thinking
and intelligent men, and who are netuated
by honest and patriotic principles.
"The great hcit Of the Democratic party"
here has, until the last two or three years,
been composc1 Of those "who don't ate
mate on Fridays" But now hundreds Of
Scandinavians and Cornishmen have be-
come qualified voters, and nineieen-twenti-
eths Of then, are Republicans In principle
aud vote according to their life long CON
yiciions. The result Of the struggle in
Ohio and Indiana was looked for by both
parties here with great anxiety, and much
satisfaction WIS felt by the party Of pro-
grcss in the rcbukc given by both Statcs to
the di3loyal and dangerous elements Of an
interruptions enemy. Your own State, VIC
feel sure, is safe for an old time moi2rity
on the right side In November; and we
know that the substantinl fruits of victory
in Indiana belong to the Republican party.
OF what consequence is it that" Blue Jeans
Williams" hns been elected Governor?
Two prominent Democrats here speaking
Of his triumph remarked, sotto roee, such
victories will not help US much.
1t has been customary in the past to ig-
more politics in forming county ticket,
and elect those whom we believed would
make good and efficient officers, but in this
centennial year it was resolved to have
and vote n straight ticket, and the strong
est confidence is felt in its success.
: Torch-light procossions, pyrotechnic dis
plays and music, constitute n prominent
feature Of the campaign here as we'll as in
: cities and towns in other places Twodcm-
: onstrrtions by each party has been made
OF this kind and the observing public on
each occasion were forcibly impressed with
the difference between the two parties The
Republican procession was composed Of go
bcr, earnest men, not boys, men well-dis-
, ciplinod, well uniformed, quiet and orderly,
and who evinced by their evolutions and
5oldierly boaring as well as admirable
marching, not only their efficient training
: but their own deep earnestness and deter
@ mination in the impending crsis.
On Saturday evening last the "Dimi-
= Gratis had demonstra ton, some on horse
D back and Others on foot; some, nearly all
with torches but no uniforma; probably q
thousand in number ycleped a Democratic
procession. | happen to know that the
G night before they were earnestly enjoined
! "not to get drunk and make fools of them.
selves" but whether the exhortation was
needed or not we are not certain, but there
! w us no marching worthy of the name, fol
4 they struggled along like afock of sheep, sc
! that TO count themwas well-nigh impossible
! And yesterday the sacredness of the Sab
! bath was broken by the firing Of cannon
I and similar outrages.
: One reasonably asks whether the ten
Z denotes OF party whose followers thu
s. act are not of n retrograde character?
n was even the subservient agents of slave
oligurchy. And has not whisky drinking
and Democracy always gone hand in hand
e. And does not the rank and file of that
p party vote steadily and uniformly in uni
10 son with the Catholic church-the ayoweC
: enemy OF our free schools?
~ But l need not rehearse their dangerou
g tenets. The people will, there is good AM
at ample reason to believe, effectually frus
,t trnte on the 7th of November, the wicke,
designs of those enemies of social, intellec
tual, political, and religious progress; b.
II electng chief magistrate with pure rec
" ord, who: nobly fought for his country il
y her hour OF peril and sustain him wit
is an Administration OF real, not sham reform
" ers; when Tlden and Hendricks and mel
a. of the Bon. Hill stripe will be relegated /
the obScurity of private life. SO mote
be.
,o We feel ourselves less isolated than fol
- nierly, now that we, by recent r. r. MAI
Fl agement, are only "a hours from Chicago
IL and with daily mail, and telegraph
ce communication to any part OF the uniol
- we are kept posted on the current event
:. of the day as we'll, perhaps, as many VIII
"s live near the great enlporiums Of trad
y and the mnrts of commerce.
lie And although our remote position el
ha cludes us from the qualification of lister
ing to the irrepressible Ingersoll or thr
a. intellectual giant, James c. Blaine, we CT
-, read their speeches in few hours aft
eu their utterance, and rejoice in the convi
If, ton they produce, and the enthusias
Ia) they create. And we feel with such ia
co seeing and sagacious leaders the good o
o. party ship will be safely piloted throug
'e' the devious straits, and over the treaehe
l" ous shouls and qaicksandP where the Der
on ocratic wrcckers may lend, or attempt
ed do 70 by siren songs or some OF Inc II
ia. merous wiles characteristic of that part
mi into II heaven Of National security al
a. honorable rest. A REPUBLICAN.