The Van Buren press., 1878-07-30
UNION AND HARMONY,

| WIRING uhlty thth III hHc ete't'oi "PO'
which we are soon to enter. Never bal
persistent and piercing watchfainess beer
moro requisite to success than in The
present. Radicalism, seeing the weak
ness of its life, is making mighty eilort'
to recuperato itself through the medium
of the disintcgration of the democratic
party. In the gubernatorial election
the RAIDS are dressing up the denuded
and fraud bedlubblcd carcass Of then
party in the glistcning robe of " Green
backism," thereby hoping to deludc
that element in tho democracy, How,
we ask, can sincere democrat, one who
values the price of a liberty which this
" nnclean thing has so long held beyond
our grasp, and which is now coming
so near we can almost reach it, aid that
party to accomplish through transpa-
rent "side-issuo" political triumph +?
What do the radical party care, with
reference to the kind or nature Of tho
currency of the country ? Is it not a
"cunningly-dovised scheme" through the
medium Of which they SOW the seeds OF
inharmony and disruption in the demo
cratic ranks, thereby insuring to them q
victory that will enable them to once
more snatch from us that holy liberty
flower that we had almost graspcd. In
the past have VIC not been bowed down
under humiliation sufficient to mako us
dread and tremble at even the possibil,-
ty of its resumption of power 7 Will
we allow the ustrous garments OF green
backism to conceal the hidoous deformi,
ty of the body which it onrobcs, and
restore to life party, whose existence
has been but the bl cath OF iniquity?
Can Democrats, aye, will they, aid to
a resumption OF power n party which
donies the superiority Of the State to
the Federal Government in the manage
ment of its domestic affairs party that
places an imperially lly-usurpative power in
the hands of the General Government
not only dopriying the citizens Of thor
rights under their respective State Con
but, raising tho republic to a
thereby degrading the States to
mere voiceless and subjected provinces.
The great political question of the hour
that should probe the mind of every
true lover of his country should be, Is
unity Of action in tho Democratic party,
with the consequent sequence of the
of the rights Of the States,
or tho continuance of the present pow
er-holding political demon, with central
ization as its leading principle, to be the
controller of our future destiny p We
must be united, or the woc-throatening
clouds of radicalism will continue to
overspread our political horizon.
But the " grcenbacls dodge is not the
worst foe with which VIC have to con-
tend There is an enemy within our
own ranks. Particularly is this the case
in our county election canvass. "Tom''
Davis received the nomination at the
county convention, and thereby became
the rightful candidate. Recently n or
cular was issued charging Mr.. Davis while
deputy sheriff with mafcasance in office
Admitting, at the start, that Mr.. Davis
did commit an error, does it not look q
ittlo crooked" that a member Of par
ly that has committed moro domoniacal-
Iv-disastrous frauds during its powcr,oc
cupancy than was ever before commit
ted in the history of the country, should
have the face to make the basis of his ex
pected election upon the moastrous often
cos supposed to have been committed
by his democratic opponent. 1t doe:
look little like Satan rebuking sin, got
ten UP rs an olectioneering document fol
the benefit Of the radical candidate fol
Sheriff. The document WAS contemp
tiblc display Of personal animosity, OF
the part of the writer, toward Mr.. Da
Wis, and the weight Of its influence Will
democrats should judged from the fac
that il is boing printed and circulated by
radicals, in the interest of the candidat,
of that party.
Granting that Mr., Davis did do tha
with which he is charged, he, in the frs
place, acted under the orders of his su
perior, and even he did no more thar
has been, and will be, done by Sheriffs
SO long "a they haro to pay ont currency
in taLing prisoners to the pcnitontiary
and take in return for it deprecated
state scrip,
Let all good democrats support The
nominees, as they were the selection o
! the convention that was hold for tina
purpose, and was conversant with al
these charges made. Let us be united il
our action and determined in Opposition
to al and everything that can disturb ou
political equanimity. Take no notice 0
reports and rumors that have for thci
supporters republicans ana disaffecteC
democrats. Buckle on the armor, an,
| with iI,,ited hands ard hearts VIA shoi