The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-10-19
Is the Republic in Danger!

tne part nave DOrne III IL.
Is the Republic in Danger!
cincinnati pomocrat.l
If the Republican party and the Re
publican press of the country are deter
mined in arraying the South against the
North, and the North against the South,
infaming the passions of the inhabitants
of these two sections of the country, be-
ing bent on again making divided
nation, the day will most assuredly come,
when the East will be arrayed against
the West and the West against the East,
and the prophecy of the great philosopher
De Tocqueville, that this great republic
will eventually be split up into smaller
republics, will become an accomplished
fact. The future of this country Con-
Germs every citizen whether native born,
or naturalized. Its destinies involve not
only the we'll being, happiness and pros
perity of every American citizen, but
they will WELD an influence, for good or
evil, almost immeasurable, on the liber-
ties of the world. The question abstract
ly considered whether the Republican
party shall remain in power, by the use
of bayonets in the South, or whether the
Democrat shall rule, is of little impor-
tance when compared with the
great question, how will this
affect the final destiny of the re-
public? The true statesman casts the
horoscope of the future; he weighs well
the effect of his measures, not the mere
temporary effect for political expediency.
Our Republican statesmen have abdi-
Gated the throne round which high prin-
ciple should cast halo, for the sole pur.
pose of aggrandizing themselves. They
are solely bent on perpetuating their lease
of power, and are hurling their thunder
bolts against what they are pleased to
call the "Solid South" because they
want to keep the country in state ofper-
petual bondage. But the white Southern
people have resolved that they will shake
off their shackles. that they will present
a solid front, if possible, to the infamous
administration that has dared to insult
them by sending their bayonets into
their States for the sole purpose of pre-
venting an honest expression of opinion
at the ballot box. Grants Admins.
tration will be worsted when election
day arrives.
congratulate our Southern brethren
on their stern resolve, on their fixed de
termination to convince the arch-tyfant
that rules in the White House-the mod
ern Cesar-that all the bayonets in the
United States cannot prevent the Soutf
giving such triumphant majority il
favor of Tilden and Hendricks, as vii
prove to the world that oppression an(
tyranny they will never endure that the.
are determined to maintain the right
guaranteed to them by the Constitution
and that they will speak in stentorial
tones to their brethren in the North, tell
ing them by their votes, that henceforth
so long as they form an integral part o
the Union, that they are in inyincible an
tagonism to the doctrines advocated b,
the Republican party which hav
brought such misery and desolation Of
their section of the nation. 1t is onl,
eight years ago that Georgia was wreste'
from Republican rule. The highest Of
fees in the State were filled with me-
who subsequently proved to be common
thieves, who plundered the people {
Georgia until they could endure it n
longer. Under Democratic State ad
ministration, it has become one G
the most prosperous and peaceful
States in the Union. Republican don
ination in that State was a stor
OF public villainy, while the Democrat
rule has been a story of progress, peac
and happiness. As an able writer ha
said, "the number of colored citizen
who support the Democratic candidate
increase every year, which is the bes
possible proof that the colored people i
Georgia partake of the general prosper
ity and are learning the value of a
honest government" They have bee
robbed like the whites, by carpet-baggel
and the public plunderers. When th
State Government was placed in th
hands of the Democratic party, quiet an
prosperity took the place of anarchy an
robbery. 1t can not be questioned
any one who is familiar with the Soutl
and acquainted with the relations b.
tween the whites and the negroes, tn,
the colored population is better protecte
and their interest safer in the hands {
the people whose hopes and future we
fare are bound up with their labor an
their prosperity, than in those of me
who can only maintain their supremac
by outrages, and who simply regard of
cial power as a means of gain. Is it an
wonder in the States that have been u
der Republican rule, when they cast the
eyes On Georgia and other States in Il
hands of the Democrats, that they feel q
earnest desire TO be under similar dom
nation? Is itsurprising that the colort
race is rapidly attaching itself to Il
Democratic organization, and beginni1
to understand that Morton, Blail
& Co. are merely using them as polite
tools? Would it not be wonderful
there were not political earthquake
the South, and every State anxious to
one of the States of the "Solid South
Perfdy inevitably must meet its rewar
{ Morton and his gang will find out tn
the "bloody shirt" banner repels the vo
of the reflective and impartial citize
Well mighta true patriot weep hot tea
if this Infamous programme should
indorsed by a majority of votes at t
polls in November next, for third ter
of one-man policy would be therel
inaugurated, which would in all prot
bility perpetuate dangerous power
the White House, eventuating, pt
chance, in the overthrow of the republ
and the establishment of monarchy,
, the fulfllment of De Tocqueville's pl
diction, that the Union would not CO
tinue to exist through many generation
Gov. Tilden's War ON the Canal Ring
! Its Financial and Moral Results.
f This was to be without noise or heral