The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-08-02
Letter From Beaver Dam.

form reads thus:
"The National Administration mer-
its commentator for its honorable
works in the management of domes-
tic and foreign affairs, and President
Grant deserves the continued and
hearty gratitude of the American peO-
pie for his patriotism, and his i'm
mense service in war and peace,
Under this platform Hayes and
Wheeler were nominated. Mr.. Wood
ward, for Sheriff of this county, says
he is for Hayes and Wheeler.
Can the democrats of Ohio county
forsake their democratic procliyities
and vote for man who says he is in
favor of the continuance of Radical
rule?
Have not the last sixteen years been
enough to convince themP
To say that this is all foolishness
and gotten up for the benefit of Phil
lips-as some will say is a wrong idea.
For men to say that it matters not
who is elected for a county Office, that
it effects not the Presidential race, is a
mistake, no man lives, no matter how
degraded he may be, but has his influ-
ence; then why is it that the Sheriff
of county can control no votes?
When we lay foolishness aside and
come to facts, we talk facts. Are the
democrats not wide enough awake to
see that every trap the republicans
can lead them into, they are doing?
Can they not see that day by day,
they are dwindling into nothingness
and every nse they can effect holds
them so much longer in power, and
keeps democrats so much longer under
their thumb to do with them as they
choosef
Would that every democrat would
read the speeches of McCreary, Cald-
well, Beck, Clay and others, made last
week, and if then it failed TO fill their
hearts with true democratic zeal and
devotion, the party could well afford to
lose them.
Gentlemen, no matter if you are
grangers, of this county-and of all
others-you are in the wrong when
you abandon the party of democracy
and plant yourselves under a banner
that approve all that Grant, Babcock
& Go. have done.
This is year that reminds us Of
the one in which our independence
was declared. A meditative mind
will review the century past and vote
allegiance to the party who framed the
constitution that gave us our liberty.
A mind fully cognizant of radical
misrule, and then think of the poor
Southern people who have suffered for
sixteen years almost, and in their con.
dition almost endured the pangs Of
death, and then vote to keepin power
such party, is to a thinking mind
really astonishing.
No one is opposed to any organiza'
ton who has for its promotion the bet
tering of its fellowmen.
When any one party who show by
statistical reports, that they are in the
minority, propose to rule the other
millions of people, it seems ridiculous.
So far as the organization of gran.
gers arel concerned, they have good
platform, and in that positively forbid
the admission of politics-like other
bodies, it should debar no one from
their true principles.
As to the communication of last
week signed "many democrats" it is
too little thing to notice-we said we
would not, and never go back on our
word-or party. It was written by
either a bobtail democrat or republi-
can, and as for the slur it aimed to cast
upon us, to your many readers, we
will leave the public to judge knowing
full well they will readily perceive
that they admitted what we had writ.
ten. They said their communication
was a supposition, and acknowledge to
have taken that from the facts we had
given. t".-. 5
Some say Mr.. Phillips was brought
out by the Hartford clique, and to
subserve the town interest as to defeat
grangerism.
Is not the interest of one man, one
town, one county, one state all identi-
cal with each other?
A town cannot live without the
country, nor the country without the
town, hence, the absurdity of such
ideas.
IL has been told that all the corros.