Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-08-16

material he had to deal with, while the
| Southern leaders read him like n hook
and used him. Utica Republican.
Bsg~The Democrats of Iowa never
elect any of their candidates, ,abut thev
always have lots of fun making their
nominations. In the First Congression-
al district convention few days 400 a
majority of the delegates had concluded
to nominate the Greenback candidate,
which was such shocking change from
the bourbon regulation that dozen or
so of the Democrats got mad enough to
| refuse to vote, one voted for Andrew
Jackson and two were so dreadfullv
worked up that they voted for Eliza
Pinkston. This was very amusing. of
course, but funnier things have been
known to happen when statesmen were
assembled together, even in Iowa.
Philadelphia Times.
Rsly"South Carolina has been on her
good behavior long enough; she should
now be placed on her mettle. So long
as she occupies an apologetic attitude
among the States she will be contempti-
BILE; so long as her citizens turn pale
about the gills at the sound of the word
white'' she will be pitiable; SO long as
industrial development is so persistent
" ignored in our political programmes
there will be continued dearth of bust
ness life and activity. The State, in
short, needs an impulse which will
quicken into life her slumbering powers,
and save her from the apathy and social
degradation of Mexico. Columbia rs.
CJ Democrat.
RsS@ S@Senator Thurman is wary. A
lively stump orator called on him at
Washington the other day, proffering
his services free of expense for the Ohio
campaign, but preferring to employ his
eloquence in doubtful Congressional
districts. " Tell me, Judge,n said this
ardent bourbon patriot, "whcre shall
go in Ohio to find these Districts
Thurman answered: "Well, | guess
you had better go all over the State;
nothing is sure now except death and
taxes" The Judges remark isn't
novel, but it indicates that he is look
ing more to the State at large than to
particular Congressional districts. No
matter how many Congressman are
carried. if the State is lost to the De-
mocracy farewell to Allen Thurman in
1880. Chicago Times.
Ras~T Those who are tempted to follow
the jack o. lantern of the " Greenback-
ers'' should stop and reason little.
They should bear in mind that cheap
money means higher prices for all
things, and that higher prices means
increased cost of living. The laboring
classes should bear in mind that the in
crease in the cost of living which is
caused by cheap money imitation al
ways greatly exceeds any possible in
crease in wages. For example, poor
man who can now buy barrel of flour
for Sc and a suit of clothes for $50,
when he receives $1.50 a day for his
labor, would not be benefited in the
least, but be an actual loser, if, by the
inauguration of the proposed greenback-
initiation system of finances, the price
of flour should advance to 80 barrel
and the price of suit of clothes to $40,
his wages increasing in the meantime
to only % day, and perhaps not even
to that extent. Poor men and those of
moderate means should understand
a. 40 4l,ias.s Thioonn -Ta,ianypI
Rs7T"Southern Democracy has shown
its unwillingness to be taught anything
by current history, and its animus to-
day differs little, if any, from what it
was ut the close of the war. 1t has so
far neglected its golden opportunity to
forget the things which are behind, and
it has carried this neglect so far that
the party itself is disintegrating simply
from the burdensome weight of wrong
leadership. The great safety of re-
publican form of government is to be
! found in the fact that there is, after all,
too much good sense among the people
to be always dominated by vicious par
ty leadership, end when party leaders
abuse their trust and fail to appreciate
their opportunities as conspicuous as
the Democratic bosses at the South
have done, it is simply inevitable that
there should come protest and revolt
from members of their own party.