Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-27
SOME REASONS WHY.


The reason why every citizen should vote
the Republican ticket on November T. are
of-iutense interest and vital importance.
/. The patriotism of the country is in
the Republican party. Indevotion to the
Republic It protected the government
through the storm Of rebellion; it managed
the finances; it encouraged the hopes; it
made and fed, and clothed the armies, and
fought the battles Of the republic. In those
dark and never-tO-be-forgotten days of anx-
iety and toll and blood, when European
Kings made haste to declare the ''Ameri-
can Republican Bubble" had burst, and
northern Democratic traitors threatened to
start fire in the rear Of the Union armies,
and Mr.. Tilden, as chairman Of Demo
cratic COMMITTEES, proclaimed to the world,
that the war for the Union was failure;
then, in heroic faith that the Republic
would be crowned with victory, the Repub-
ican party fought the northern rebels with
ballots, and the southern rebels with
bullets, and made history in those days
that viii be the inspiration and example,
for all time to come, Of every orator and
soldier defending the sacred cause Of hu-
man rights. And in the Republican party,
to-day, is the true nerve and bone Of the
Republic; and in it is treasured up the
patriotism of the nation. Therefore, every
patriot viii vote in good eompsny-in the
Republican party.
2. The intelligence Of the country Is IN
the Republican party. In all the recoruS
of history, there isnO cause that ever caiieu
forth sDeh noble hearts and cultured
braips as the Republic calls forth for her
defense. The great mass Of the northern
armies were intelligent, thinking men,
vbo knew well the value Of the Republic
to themselves, their children, and the fu-
ture. And those soldiers of the Republic
who locked arms with the rebel in the death
grapple for Republican government, re-
member what our political liberty has cost.
They are mostly thinking, reading men,
and they cannot be caught with ehaff.-
Cries Of corruption, from the worst class Of
corruptionisrs, have small power to deceive.
Republicans know that dishonest men have
got into the party, and they have turned
dishonest men out Of its c0unsels, and will
continue to do so. They know, too, that
the worst so-called Republicans, are Demo-
Gratis, with Republican clOaks on-such as
Butler and Belknap. The Republican par
ty contains the brains and heart of the
country; it has the grandest array Of
names on its roll of civil and military lead
ers, cf any political party that ever existed.
And it is worthy of the confidence Of the
intelligent voters of the nation.
8. It is the grand party Of progress; the
true unse2tariaR free school Of the nation
which is the very bottom stone of all true
political and social progress, is safe only
under the Republican party, as the history
of this last Congress shows. That the ma
ton, to-day, is not cursed with the dismal
doom Of slave aristocracy, is due to the
Republican party. The progress of the na-
ton from the debased condition Of slave
oligarehy to q free Republic, granting to
everyone the right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness, is due to the Repub-
lican party. And while Democrats, North
and South, have agreed on a southern pol
icy which deprived the negro Of all status
as man, or citizen, the Republican par
ty have endeaYored to prepare the negro
for his duty as a citizen. The great work
ing forces, which reach the South through
humane. benevolent and religious channels,
which are elevating the negro race, teach
ing them to read and think, and cultivate
self-respect, is composed almost exclusively
of Republicans. The great advancement
in industry, manufactures, machinery,
arts and popular education, was made pos
sible only through the stability and infiu
ence of those Republican principles which
were triumphant over the great Democrat
ic shareholders rebellion. The present
magnificent Centennial Exposition would
never have existed, had the war for the
Union proved failure. Let every friend
of our country's welfare, cast his vote with
the party Of progress.
4 It is the party of the national honor.
The South was and is, Democratic; all the
rebel leaders, North and South, were and
are, Democrats; not a man raised his gun
or his voice against the government, but
Democrats; the record of the rebellion,
with all its foul treason, its shocking per-
jury, its cowardly barbarity and its ignor-
ant, fierce, hatred of liberty, justice and
equality before the law, is exclusively
Democratic record. And it is monstrous,
hideous dishonor to the nation. To the
Republican party belongs the honor of 10y
atty to the Republic, of faithfulness in its
defense, of bravery and humanity through
the war, of moderation and mercy to the
conquered rebels.
Southern Democrats declared that one
class was born to be ruled, and that anoth-
er class was born ''bOoted and spurred," " to
rule; and that northern working men were
the s.mudsills Of the North. And the
South was not alone in thus degrading la
Dor and the alabcrer; the northern Demo-
cratic party cheered them on. To the Re
publican party is due the credit of rescu-
ing the national honor from this infamy,
by making American labor honorable, and
the American working man the h9norable |
citizen of an honorable country.
The Democrats have made frequent at
.empts to dishonor the nations fnan-
,ial promises. When the nation had
promised to repay its borrowed funds in
yold, Democrats, would repay in ''paper
and failing in that dishOnor,