The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-09-14

Congress if they represent the new spirit
of the people, rather than the worthless
adventures who represent nothing save
their greedy and rotten selfP Mr.. Nor
ton, you know that these "rebels"
have perfect legal, constitutional,
and moral right to be
where they are. You know further
that they have done their duty honestly
and faithfully, and served this Union
and Government by voting and working
for every Democratic measure of reform
and retrenchment. If you charge them
with having once tried to break up the
Government, remember, Mr.. Morton,
that they are now atoning for it by help
ing to save the Government from the
fatal tendency of Grantism and Nor
tonism. You call them the brains of the
Democratic party. Indeedl Then the
country will have to thank them for the
$50, 100000 which that party has saved
for single year and which would have
been $4,000, 900 but for you and your
friends in the Senate. The question is
not what these members did fifteen years
ago, but what they do now. Are they
not honest, faithful to the Union, obe-
dent to all laws, conscientious in the dis
charge of their public duty? Are they,
therefore, not patriotic citizens? And
the question is not what the Republican
party did fifteen years ago. What does
it now-what has it done since it became
the Grant party? Is it not notoriously
corrupt, shamelessly dishonorable? Has
it not fastened more disgrace upon the
national honor than ten rebellions? And
is, therefore, the Grant party not most
eminently unpatriotic? Are you, your
self Mr.. Morton, despite all your loud
professions, not disloyal to the best in
terests of your country? Are not most
of these "rebels" better men than their
traducers who profess patriotism and
practice pilfering? Or, as Horace Greeley
puts it, who say let us pray and mean
let us pr-eyP
No country can be great and prosper
GUS without the unity and patriotism of
its people. Germany is great to-day
because, at last, she is united. France
was greater still in her adversely be-
cause her people are unsurpassed in
patriotic devotion to their country. But
love of country. largely depends upon
love of government. Give people very
offensive government, and they will leave
their country. Millions and millions of
now American citizens are living evil
dences of this plain truth. Yet what
did Mr.. Morton's party do to establish
the national unity and universal patriot
ism? 1t did exactly what these European
governments did when they drove to our
shores millions of emigrants-it made our
government SO scandalously odious that
we can scarcely speak of it without
blush. And when we now demand
change and reform Mr.. Morton shrieks:
You want to break up the Govern
ment." This will not do. Wewant to save
the Government by breaking up your
party, Mr.. MortOnl We know that the
system is good. Grantism has demonstra-
ted not the weakness, but the wonderful
strength of republican institutions. For
after surviving seven years of Grantism
they can certainly stand almost any test
The best way to secure national unity,
love of country, peace, prosperity, and
patriotism is to give the people pure
government, a government they need
not be ashamed of. Whoever does this
is the real friend; whoever obstructs
this, the real enemy of this country.
Let us then turn deaf ear to the
bowling of those political hyenas
who with their cry of "rebel :"
invade even the sanctity of the grave.