Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-28

the widows and families of such patriots
/ of the pittance paid to them by the Gov
ernment Of the United States, and demand
| its unconditional repeal.
The financial question having been dis
posed Of by Congress, and the country at
present needing repOss in order that capi-
tai may seek investment, and tha. indus
tries may revive, thus increasing the de-
mand for labor, the situation ought to be
accepted, and We oppose the further agita-
| tion OF the question at this time as inluri-
Gus to business and devoid of other than
evil results.
The disposition exhibited by conservative
men in the South to oppose the revolution
airy method on the part Of the Northern
| Democrats, as shown first in their refusal
to oppose the eonsummation of the electral
count, and more lately in the expression of
sentiments in the disapprobation of the
proposed attack upon the Presidents title,
is received with promising omen, and the
| Republicans of Ohio cordially greet such
citizens of the South as adhere in good
faith to the terms upon which the issues of
/ the war were settled, including the consti-
/ tUtiOnal amendments guaranteeing equal
civil and political rights, free speech.
| free press, an uutrammeled ballot to all
citizens. Upon these conditions alone can
sectional strife be allayed, and the section
| al lines which now disSociate in a great
measure the South from the North should
be otliterated.
A tariff for revenue should be maintained
and so adjusted as to secure incidental pro-
lection TO home industry. True economy
requires that the Government should make
! sufficient appropriations to carry forward
the work on all public buildings without
delay. and this should especially be the
aim when the supply of labor is in excess
of the demand.
The mining interest of Ohio REQUIRE an
inspection law, intelligently administered,
and we condemn the action of the Govern
or in prostituting that department, (the
object of which should be to protect life
and promote the comfort Of miners) to
mere partisan purpose.
The revolutionary movement inaugurat-
ed under cover of investigation, but really
as an ATTACK upon the Presidents title,
calculated as 1t is to Mexicanize the affairs
of this country, to cause general distrust.
to PROSTATE our industries and aggraYate
and prolong the distress of the Iaboring
and industrial classes, we unuuestionable
condemn.
President Hayes haying been duly elect
ed and his title subsequently, settled under
ths Constitution by the highest tribunal
and by the act Of both political parties. it |
cannot be questioned, and we recognize in |
his administration the highest integrity |
and patriotism, the most sincere effort to |
promote political purity and harmony and |
secure general business prosperity through |
out the whole country.
The present Legislature is a warning to |
the State, and proof of the dangerous |
character of the Democratic party. The |
majority of that body, in an unusually |
long session, passed no law for the benefit |
OF the people of the State, but they revo-
lutionized every State institution to make |
places for Democratic partisans: they SUBJ
ordinated the welfare of the insane. the
blind, the mute and the orphans to the in
terest Of the Democratic party. The Con-
stltution having never contemplated more
than one Congressional distrieting of the
State, during term of ten years, between
the taking Of the -csnSuses, we condemn
the recent outrageous and unjust redistrict-
ing of the State, by the Legislature in vio-
lation of the usage and in dietalion of
Speaker Randall, by which, on the basis of
the vote Of the last Presidential election,
when majority Of the votes cast was Re
publican, the Democrats would be epabled
to carry fourteen out Of twenty Congress
men.
The platform, as reported, was adopted
without dissenting vote.