Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-10-04
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The Platform of the Democratic
Party of Ohio.

frand, lie TO deceive. The
truth of this charge is largely establish
I'd by the reckless statements and con-
of the document itself. 1t !
begins with this reckless assertion,
false to history and facts:-~
"The Democratic party of Ohio re- I
news its pledges of devotion to the
Union and the Constitution, with its
Now, here is the fraud. 1t don't
mean what it see rs 10 say-that it was
al,cdys deroted to ire Union and amend
ments to the Constitution. What pledg-
es of devotion would the Democracy of
Ohio have US believe it now renews?
pledges made in times when men were
terribly in earnest. Its greeting1 to its
dear brethren of like devotion to like
objects, not the Union and the amend
ments-its 100000 sympathetic Ohio
Democrats sending. to kindred spirits
under arms, in rebellion against the
Union, cheer and encouragement in
their treasonable devotions! We don't
forget the devotion of Vallandig ham.
He was representative Ohio Demo
crat. We don't forget Arneld! No,
nor his Democratic Gevotedness to the
Union. How lovely to read, "Ar-
nold's renewal of devotIouW Yes
md pledges-it "reneWs its pledges
to the Constitution with its amend
m mants." Really!-lchen did the Ohio
Vallandigham Democracy first feel the
emotions of devotion toward the
amendments of the Constitution? 1t
is time the people of Ohio knew the
bon conversion. Ii is political con-
version next in Wonderment to the
conversion of Saul of Tarsus.
We have not forgotten that the De-
mocracy opposed. at every step, the
progress OF emancipation, and in that
false pretext opposed the war for the
Union. Their devotion TO slavery was
fierce through all the agonizing convul-
sions of its death struggles. They
were last at its sepulchre. So of all lbe
amendments. The Democracy, with
characteristic devotion, fought to
the bitter end every one of them as
growing out of emancipation. The old
devotion rene,0ed successfully would
tear down all these new objects of de-
vOtion, now in the way Of the old
regime. Hence, its true i1tUdTd devO-
tion now is to render null and void the
amendments-still sympathizing with
Southern notification and State SOW
ereignty-and still not daring to assert
devotion to the principle that the Con-
lstitution of the United States as amend.
ed, is the supreme law OF all the States.
In the second Resolution of the plat
form they say-'Destruction of indus
try, &C., are the fruits of the vicious
laws enacted by the Republican
party"
Specimens of laws referred tn, and of
course the most vicious, are those rela-
ting to currency, as the Resumption
Act, &c. Yet they tell Us in the Fifth
Resolution, the Republican paper
currency is the best paper money we
ever had" Now, can any Democrat
be so stupid as to believe resumption
UiciOnS, the cause of obstruction to in
dustry," and that ''all circulating me.
dlums, whether paper or metallic to be
always of an equal tender" as asserted
in their Ninth Resolution? And then,
is auy Democratic intellect so super
human as to comprehend hOW the re-
sumption act can retard the desired
equal tender,' that is now jrresistibly
upon US? So when Hercules puts his
shoulder to the wheels, the Demo
Gratis will believe The cart will stick in
the mud! Or, can they tell how re
sumption must bring hard times, and
then hoU equal tender Will bring
prosperity? TO common sense re-
sumption Is equal tender.' But to
uncommon nonsense these are antagO-
uistic. -
In the Fourth Resolution they lash
their fury into tempest. They say,
1--WE denounce as an outrage, the Re-
publican measure demOnetiZlDg sill
ver." When this passed the authors
knew there was no such issue between
the political parties. They knew as
well that the Democrats were more
unanimous in the passage of that act
than the Republicaus-and still better,
that there is as much differe nee, on
this question, if any at all, among
Democrats themselves as between par
ties. What tempest in political tea
pot about nothing! But the ignorant
voters must be deceived.
Now, further, to some points in the
Fifth Resolutions; here is the whole of
it: "That we favor the retention of
greenback currency as the bast paper
money we ever had and declare against
any further contraction"
Now, who opposes the retention of
greenback currency" Nobody. And
this the Democratic platform builders
knew as well as they did anything
else. The Republicans are very proud
of their greenback currency, and just
ly-and 50 proud 1T that they are
elevating it to gold value. None ev-
er opposed it but Democrats. They
tried 10 fix the brand of Cain upon il.
Bat then it hurt the rebels. Now they
try, by political coupe, to make lit
tie fraudulent capital out OF it-and so
s declare against any further contrac.
tion." What appreciable contraction
has ever occurred? None. But on the
other hand, the present volume of
greenback currency is actually, in the
money market to-day, worth double
what it formerly was. This is real
not fictitious, expansion-spreading
out every dollar equal to the gold dol
lar. This is the solid business expan-
sion which so chafes those who would
have put Gains mark on it, and of
which Republicans are so proud and
fostering-and just when its true
friends and fos ter-parents shall have
brought it by resumption to the equal
tender value, we may loOk for solid
prosperity. .Ir.
The Seventh Resolution is a bare
faced attempt to vindicate fraud. 1t
lays: "The Registry law is burden
some and expensive,a and discrlminates
uDjustly against the poorer classes of
voters, and we therefore demand its
repeal" .. .,
1t is 'burdensome.' Certainly. 1t
is burden to keep poor Eph. Holland,
of Cincinnati repeating nOtorietY, with |