Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-22
James G. Blaine, Hall, Brigham and
Richie, at Bowling Green,
October 9Th inst.

These welcome guests at our county
seat gave us an inside view of the cele
brated, time. worn, historic, old, Democratic
party. Can il be possible chat The !. IN Dem
ocratic has entirely lost its original mean
ing? Shall we gather up all that's foul
in American politics into one budget and
write upon it in large letters" Democra-
cy" Has it come to pass in the progress
Of events that the word Democratic has so
changed its primitive sense by long col.
tinued abuse that we can call men guilty
OF treason, perjury, robbery and murder,
Democrats without being guilty of an out
ragious falsehold? Then let Noah Web
ster come up out of his grave and revise
his lexicon. Or let him send his guardi-
an angel To save poor souls from that fatal
hallucination of running after a gang OF
rascals merely because they commit crimes
under cover of the Democratic party. The
The dear people ought to know by this
time that the so.called Democratic party,
as organized and manned in this year OF
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, is not Democratic party. The
leaders of that party know full well how
to deceive the masses of the people. Enc.
mics in the garb OF friends Thanks to
James G. Blaine end his aids for tearing
off the mask and holding up these South
ern and Northern demagogues to the dig.
nation of all trne Jsfersoniah and Jack
sonian Democrats. There is no salvation
for the Democratic party as it is now
managed. 1t seemed very much like the
saying OF an old rough when Gen. Hall
said, The Democratic party had already
| gone hall way down TO hel :" But that
declaration is too true to be passed by al
mere Joke. We would say TO all true
Democrats, haste, get out of that polluted
hulk OF Democracy before il sinks quite
down into the d 'plhs of that boltomless
pit. Why persist IN going any farther in
that direction2 The atmosphere OF hell
would not be one whit cooler even il you
should write over the door. way, "This i,
the home OF the Democratic party" But
why look 10 far ahead? There is a he'll
this side OF the pit where his Honor pourl
into the fire barrels OF birthstone. II you
doubt II SIT down awhile by the side oI
one of the boys in blue who suffered the
horrors Of Libby or Andersonvile and
listen to his story, Or cross over Mason,
& Dixon's line into South Carolina and
Mississippi and see for yourself how men
women and children are tortured By
whOm2 BY the devil and his angels
No ! oh mol by the Democratic party
Oh but we cannot go 30 far TO see. ,
Well, 60 to Col. Brigham. He can show
you letter written by a Southerner tC
him In which he iusliiies the barbarity o.
the South when il makes the climate toe
hot 10 be indnred by amy man who dare,
vote the Republican ticket or any Other
ticket that lessons the Democratic vote
Jas. NJ. Richie proved clearly that I'll,
legislation Of the Democratic party had
been hostile 10 the welfare OF laborinl
men. With men as leaders who goverl
the people by sh0tguns, butcher knives
and by roasting the victims OF their ven
geanee alive, the people Of these Unite,
States have no greater enemies 10 fear thar
those who are the leaders OF the Demo
cratic party. Let the people put torped,
under the bow OF that piratical craft.
VET.