Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-20

ger. And every northern Democratic vote
is help to these southern traitors. 4 10y
al man, therefore, cannot vote the demo
cratic ticket.
,. The ''solid South" is a very danger
Gus solid for Republican government
The South is not divided from the North
on political questions Of mutual interest
but it is one section arrlying itself against
another section, in hostile attitude. 1t is
determined to rule or ruin; and every dem
ocratic vote in the North is helping hand
held up for southern encouragement. But
this ..solid South" attitude is a most dan
gerous one for northern men TO encourage
n the South, for if carried much farther, it
viii certainly rekindIe the camp fires Of the
army of Liberty.
8. The '-solid South is solid on idees
that are destructive to republican form
of government. The South is solid against
a free press; against free speech; against
free schools, and against free labor. But
these are the very foundations Of a repub-
ican government, and the source from
which it must ever draw its life and power.
To vote for the democratic party in its
present condition, is TO vote against the
most vital principles of the republic.
4. The "solid South" is solidifed through
the terrorism of the,Ku Klux. No Repub-
lican dare express his honest sentiment in
the South, without danger of being brought
to the ground by democratic bullet, fred
in the dark. No newspaper in the South
can fairly, honestly and truthfully discuss
southern political questions, without dan
ger of a Ku Klux mob destroying the press
under cover Of darkness. No public free
school in the South is safe; some States
have suppressed them altogether; very
many have been destroyed by Eu KIux
mobs, and the number of public free
schools in the South grows less and less ev-
cry day, while from 40 to co per cent. Of
the southern people, black and white, can
neither read or write. Every democratic
vote cast in the North is a voice of 'encour-
agement for this barbarism and Ku Klux
heathenism OF the South.
5. The democratic ticket is untrustwor-
thy. 1t is a Janus-faced political monster.
1t looks tyo opposite ways; it promises
two opposite things; it is hard AID it is
soft; it is yellow and it is green. The face
looking east talks of hard money and coz
traction; the face looking west talks Of soft
money and initiation. To which face Of this
democratic Janus shall we listen? Ifa
Democrat votes for hard money, ho must
vote also for the national representative Of
soft money; if he votes for soft money, he
votes also for one who claims to be hard
money man. How can an honest man vote
this double-faced ticket? ''Ye cannot serve
two masters" Therefore, the demQcratio
ticket Is unti astwOrthy.
6. One of the most vital needs OF the
country is a sound, sure financial policy.
But this hard and soft, yellow and green,
double-faced democratic ticket gives no ray
of hope for sound, steady egFrengyi this
Janus-faced ticket is vesY mother of IN
certaintyi and an uncertain currency means
business depression and hard times. limo
way can the present improving condition
of business be preserved, but by a sound,
steady financial policy, gradually approach
ing specie payment. Hewho votes the dem
ocratic tiekat runs the risk of hard times
hardened and prolonged.
Z. Another deep need Of our country is
civil service reform. But it is hopeless,
nay it is absurd. to look for civil service
reform, from party allied with the ''solid
South" whose chief nominee winked at
TWeeds shameful robberies; who from his
own mouth or pen has not uttered one
word Of denial to the serious charges of dis
honesty brought against him. The party
itself, makes no pretensiOn to civil service
reform. Where are the democratic civil
service reform clubs? Where, in the can
Yass, are the democrats urging civil service
reform? He who votes the 'dehoeratie tick
eft, votes without the least hope of civil ser
vice reform, and votes for the party who
originated and have closely followed the
motto, ITO the ViptpFs belong the spoils,
8, The materials of which the democrat
ic party is at present composed, is an over
whelming reason why every honest, inteli-
gent man should not vote the democratic
in November.
The ''solid South" is a monstrous element
of fraud and outrage and terrorism. 1t is
solidly democratic, The persHasiEes used
to obtain this solidity are masks, reyolvers,
bowie knives and midnight mObs. The Ku
Klux democratic bullets are perfectly con-
vincing arguments to unarmed negroes,
that they had better vote the demoeratie
ticket. And he who votes the democratic
ticket in the North, becomes of necessity
partieeps crimtntS in this southern barbar-
ism, |
Another dangerous element Of the ''great
democratic party" is the Roman Catholic
church, which is alike hostile to republican
liberty, to progress, to free schools and the
Bible, But the eathalie vote fHds Its con-
genial associates in the democratic party
and the democratic majorities of all our
large cities are due principally to the Cath
olic vote.
The beer and whisky element Of the
country is largely democratic. Democrats
are rarely temperance men, and very rare
ly advocate temperance measures The
heavy democratic majorities in seme wards
in New York and other large cities, are due
chiefly to lager beer and whisky.
. Another dangerous element Of the demo-
cratic party, is theignorant voter. 1t can
be easily shown, and has been shown doz-
ems of times, from all parts Of the country,
that ignorance and democratic majoritics
go hand in hand. Where people are
thoughtful and intelligent, democrats rare
ly get majorities; but where the statistics
show 20 or 40 per cent. of those who can
not read, there We can safely predict dem'
pcratic majority.
Let ''birds of feather flock together,
if they will, but let every honest well wish
er Of his country vote clear Of such compa-
ny. ROCK CREEK.
Oct II, 1875.