The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-08-21


been defeated, and for whom his friends
claimed only a majority of one vote.
He executes his great Office without in.
terruptionie The people have,xcquiesc-
ed-and already turn to a new election.
The Government has passed the cri-
Isis of secession, the crisis of reconstruc.
tion, the crisis, graver, if possible, of q
disputed Presidential succession.
It would seem-a as if the survival of
these shockafhad eonsecfated the foun-
dations on which it rests, and had SAN
Tnfied, the traditions Of the Republic.
And yet, as If in mockery, of our FAM
cied security. as If to emphasize as new
eR before the necessity of eterna1 vigi-
after our Centennial year, to maintain
beforG the people. not IN ths face Of ap
Insignificant and irresponsible faction,
i butin the face ofa party strong enough
] to count in its President, strong enough
I to thwart legislation by the veto, strong
jaen0ugh to wield the Executive power,
lthat freedom of elections freedom
from interfsrence BY the military -free-
! pointeS Sy q PARTISAN adminiStration,
land spAidi6 but Of the public Treasury to
become partisan eleckioneerqrs, and .
fair trial by impartial turiea, are the ee-
sential guarantees Of Republican Ss insti-
l.. The Observation-Disclosures rises
and refuses to ,surrender the power to
hse troops 1T the polls on election day,
I and the Presidents veto has thwafted
the will of the Representatives of the
St4tes IN every effort to destroy or limit
The Republican ! Administration has
appointed supervisor at election pre-
cincts, and, marshals without number,
and paid them from the public treas
ury, and refuses to'eurrender or abridge
1.-The power thus to appoint. and pay
/ them. The function and the custom
of these supervisors have been to sur
fround the polls, and by challenge and
kotherwiset0 impede free access tothem.
The function and the custom Of these
marshals have been to protect them in
Itheir work-to' arrest and imprison
men without warrant, on bare suspic-
ion Of an intention to vote. illegally
and to become active partisans to se-
cur9 the success Of the party appoint
i ing them. Congress sought to repeal
these laws but q Presidential veto up-
The Republican, administration pass
| ed laws enabling the judges and mar
shals to pack juries, by test oaths,
whose savage inhumanity would have
/
and the repeal was made against the
vote Of every Republican, Senator. and
ident.
Under the pretext of preserving at
the polls q peace which has never been
threatened, it has used the army to de-.
stroy freedom OF elections.
Under the protect OF protecting ma
tionai voters at national elections,
which . Republican Supreme Court
has said do not exist, it has appointed
more than 10000 officers, and paid them
more than $225, 600, to secure the sue
cess of the Republicans. E-se
Under the pretext of driving treason
from the jury box, It has banished i'm.
partiAlity and intelligence and made q
mockery Of justice. -; ,.ae4z f.a5t /.
An army Of soldiers to keep the peace
rat the polls |! All army OF '0fncers to
electioneer at the polls! Packed juries
to convict men arrested without war
rant on 9 suspicion Of Intention wrong.
fully to vote! This Is the Republican
programme, this is the. issue which
confronts you. Need I argue this issue?
Monarchical Great Britain has not for
two hundred years permitted an armed
soldier to approach the polls. More
than q hundred years ago, troops were
used to quell q riot at the Westmi inster
election, and the authorities ordering
them were brought TO the bar Of the
Commons, and there on their knees
received the censure of that august tri-
bunal. Great Britain will not permit I
40; officersappointed by the minister to
q member OF Parliament.
~ When we state the argument on the
highest grounds of philosophy and ex-
;perieqce when. we read the lesson of
all history when we demonstrate the |
utter runcoHstitutio nality of such meth |
.O(ls, ,sWe are met with the insane gibber- |
ish, ,Af Cop Brigadier4! ofstarv-l
Ing the Government! of secession re-
iviveds i0f State nghts leading again to
b: Thess are the wicked. ertes OF more |
iinfaias every evil passion, would re-
lkindaer the animosities and distfust Of !
civil war, II only thereby they may re-
tss1r ts,a tes sleS p9Fsr Which Y slipping from
+. i hope no man, will b. decsfvsd by
them. The men who make them do |
not deceive themselves. They could |
hot Iodk' each other Id the f&ce without |
aanghingso The s.dsnger Lies in the 9TH |
And aide by side, with this transcen- |
debt question, are the great financial |
issues-the full characterization and free |
unlimited coinage Of silver, thus lead
ing the vAh Of tie great nations which |
now retrace their ,erring stepe-the is |
sue of all money by. the Government
the lifting Of the burden from the bow
ed shoulders of labor; the solution of
the pressing problem of currency for |
the exchange of, domestic industries,
which shall bear q true relation to the |
cnrroy Cvinf fnrni IN oxcha n bon and mt
be subject to the fluctuations OF volume |
caused by the vioissitudes of other na. |
tions.
. ," Specie payments are Ifesdmed,''
they tell U.S.. II by this they mean an
equalization in value Of paper and coin |
Ian Unsatisfactory, incomplete, uncer- |
tain, nequAlization, caused chiefly by |
boarding paper and placing obstacles |
in the way Of its presentation and sell.
ing b0nds-I must admit 1t. I am glad
of It. hope IT may not be distdfed. |
would not have the terrible suffering /
Of ten years utterly without result, i |
would not have the sacriffCial Offering /
utterly In vain but I can never for /
get that, most unnecessarily, this re- !
suit has been attained by the martry.
dom of the enterprises and energy and
business and labor Of the. land; Of the
young and vigorous and audaci0us
manhood aspiring to be rich; of the
patient, drudgitg old age, content to
live, and by the apotheosis of flxed cap
/ have just returned from the East.
The whole country watches our CON-
test, The Democrats look with intense (
interest and anxiety on our struggle. :
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