Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-07
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
A SHAM.
Its Cloak SiIOddy.

Itself be Shoddy, then the question
answered. And now, is it sham and
shoddy? The American people have
redped in blood enough of the fruits o
sham Democracy.
The party as now represented by it:
press, as now organized upon its cam
paign platform, as represented by it:
candidates, as in the light of its pas
history, as in its high sounding new
professions and old performances, anC
in the whole character and aims, al
taken together exhibit stalking shan
cloaked in thin shoddy. A careful ano
honest review of these features of the
Democratic party for twenty years past
and more, will satisfy any honest and
intelligent man. not blinded by preju
dice, but open to conviction, that oul
proposition is true, and that party un
worthy of the confidence of the people
Bare assertion will prove nothing, and
will fail to satisfy any but Ignorant
credulous party dupes who wear the
collar, and are led or driven about like
domestic animals at the will of their
masters. ,.,.
Ii there is any one thing more than
any other an incubus and q blighting
curse upon our country, its government
and its fame, it is the Democratic polit-
ical press. There is not in any civilized
country to-day press that will COM
pare with the partisan press of the De-
mocracy of this enlightened Republic,
for demoralizing sham. We need not
go outside of our doors for example
we have it at home. We stay not here
to notice the murder threatening tone
of the almost entire Democratic press
of the South. For its savage blood
thirsty and intimidating character
there is nothing so savage even among
the Ottoman Turks. We will begin at
home.
Let any candid and sober-minded
man take up at random any number OF
theGazette, or any kindred party pa
per and he will find falsehood, SANDER,
inuendo and sham in loathing safety.
Take two examples only from one
number of Gazette, Aug. "a. Each ex-
ample represents class of its sham
slander of its opponents and shoddy
covering of swindle in friends.
We instance first, that oft refuted
believed by nobody, not even
the credulous soul of the Gazette him.
self-a case of sheer sham relating to
embezzlement of S4O0-and two watch.
es from a widow whose son was shot in
the army for desertion. 1t is true that
Gen. Hayes had some knowledge of
this matter, but every thing suspicious
has been explained long ago. But
mark the sham journal tool of the shod-
dy Democracy. 1t lies only by insin-
uation. 1t was too cowardly sham to
say the widow did not receive the
money and watches, nor that Hayes
them to his own use.
That would not have been sham mere
iy, but lying SANDER that might have
recoiled fruitless of party gain. This
sneaking insinuation shows the sham
and shoddy characteristic of Democratic
The Gazette and its cous-
ins can't live without such sham and
their weekly issue. We mean nothing
In all this kind of thing the
Gazette is in line with the craft from
The Cincinnati Enquirer down through
The little Cadiz weekly to the less
Gazette.
The second instance of sham is the
covering of their cunning swindle with
'hoddy cloak of Democratic reform.
August "a, page 1, column a,
lnder this attractive caption =
DEMOCRATIC ECoNoMY-WHAT GOV.
TILDEN HAS DONE FOR NEW YORK
TAXES REDUCED ONE HALF"
This pompous sham heading is fol-
owed by an array of sham figures pa
AIDED to furnish evidence of the reform
If Tammany TildeD, q reform so evil
leot that confidence is doubly assured
Of the reformatory disposition of the
Tammany student and rail-
,oad swindler. This will do to hold,
IS the collar and chain, the mass of ig.
lorant Democratic voters, but its evil
lent sham will fail TO deceive those
who may be curious enough to turn
side the shoddy cloak and ask few
questions about those eight million of
axes remitted to the State of New
York by Gov. Tilden.
Has the Governor of State power to |
evy taxes or remit them? Has he |
power to make State appropriations I?
Did Tilden do that eight million job as
nsinuated +? Was that an executive re-
orm job or legislative? Now let us
nave facts instead of insinuation sham.
These are the facts-the Legislature of
New York was largely Republican.
They passed all those tax and appro-
,riation reforms. And Tilden had as
rood a claim to the eight million re-
orm as Grant had to all the reforms of
asst Congress. Arrangements were
made for those reductions before Til
lens term.
Now in referring to these little shams
# our neighbor we do not mean to be
,ersonal. These two are but small
pecimen shams of the Democracy.
looking around and abroad we see
Ipon an extended scale sham and shod.
" political journalism peculiar to the
'arty. Take Ohio for the field. From
he Cincinnati Enquirer to the Steuben-
lille Gazette, and around and down to
ur door, very largely the Democratic
ress, before the St. Louis nomination
Tilden as prominent Tam
nany schemer and cunning swindler
fthe most dangerous kind. We think
will be hard to find among the nasti-
st Republican papers of the State
arder things said of Tilden than have ,
cen reiterated by scores upon scores of
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