Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
TO YOUNG VOTERS.
NO III

the hepuDllCan anu DtHloCIdllC pdluSo |
for the possession of the government, and
all which that possession implies. The
collection and disbursement Of the nation-
al revenues; the regulation and encour
agement of the commerce, manufacture,
business and finances Of the nation; max
ing national laws protecting the people
in all parts of the country; enforcing the
constitution; filling the government Of
fees all over the land; holding control of
the army and navy; the postoilice; the
treasury; the mints, and, in short, all that
pertains to the government.
This Presidential election is to deter
mine which party shall have the posses
sion and administration Of the govern
ment; and in casting vote, especially the
first vote of young mans citizenship, it
is needrul above all other political de-
mands that the young voter should under
stand the difference between the two great
parties Of the country and vote intelli
gently.
What is the difference? Why is this
present struggle for possession Of the gov
ernment? The Republican party is the
party of the Northern States. The Demo.
cratic party is the party of the Southern
States. The probability is that the Re
publican party will carry every Northern
State and Territory, and that the Demo
cratic party will carry every Southern
State. But whilst the elections in the
Northern States will be conducted honor
ably and fairly, with possibly rare excep-
tions, and each voter voting for the can
didate of his choice without fear or hin
drance, in the South, the Republicans
being composed mainly Of the poor work
ing men will not be allowed to vote any
thing but the Democratic ticket. This
difference is due to the makeup Of the
parties. The Democratic party has its
great strength in the Southern States, and
is largely made up of the old slave owners
and slave drivers and the officers of the
rebel army This class of men are per
haps, not a majority of the Southern vot.
ers, they are "A fierce, overbearing, reckless
minority, whose deeds OF fraud, persecu-
tion and midnight murder are the nations
shame. There will be no real election in
the South; the 1873 electoral votes of the
Southern States were pledged by Wade
Hampton TO The Democratic nominee, at
the convention in Cincinnati, amid the
cheers of that body. Dare any man
pledge the electoral votes Of the Northern
States to the Republicans at the Chicago
convention? Why not? In the North
there will be a true election, but in the
South the sham of election forms will bC
acted, but by fraud or force the Demo
cratic vote will be a unit in the Southern
States, and about 100000 voters-nearly
all Southern RepubllCans-will be BULLDOG
ed into voting the Democratic ticket, u
else make no appearance at the polls
through fear, or If allowed tOyote the It's
sue.ballot fraud will insure Democratic
maiorities.
But this Solid South that hopes, Will
the help Of Northern Democrats, to gel
possession OF the government next March
has scarcely one-third Of the population
of the country, and IL has still less share
in the business and prosperity Of the ma
tion.
The North owns 03 per cent of the rail
roads and the railroad business of the ma
ton, the South seven per cent. Of the cX
ports Of the nation the North transact
business and the South twenty-five anC
One-half The imports of the nation shov
that the North receives about ninetyeigh
per cent. of the entire business, and tn
South two per cent. The total revenue o
the nation from customs shows that tn
North furnishes ninety-eight and one-hal
per cent. of it, and the South one and one
half per cent OF the internal revenu
the North pays eighty-thTee per cent, ant
the South pays seventeen per cent O
every hundred pounds of mail matter sen
through the mails seventy-three and one
half pounds go into the North, and seven
teen and ono-half pounds 60 to the South
OF the manufacturing interests OF tn
mutton ninety-lour per cent. belongs to tn
North and six per cent. to the South
OF the mining interests of the nation tn
North carries forward ninety.scvcn pc
cent, and the South three per cent Tn
income for public schools in the North i
about eightyscven millions Of dollars, il
the South the income is little over eigl
millions.
This shows us the inside of the "Soli
South" For poverty of intellect io
meRnness of business enterprise, for LITTLE
ness in the national revenues, for sterilit
of inventive genius, for dishonoring th
ballOt-boX, for great boasting, for grea
crimes, for great ignorance, the Soil
South stands alone in itsstultilied sham'
Are these the men to take charge q
our Republican government2 Are thes
men TO control the grand business inter
osts of the NOuhY Shall penny whistl
silence Gilmore's band? Shall the "Soli
South" whose business, and revenue an
educational expenditures does not equa
the State of New York, take possession d
the Government and dictate laws an
terms 10 our grand progressive, Republ
can NorthY The North has made the nj
tion what it Is today, and established It
influence and position amongst the nation
of the earth, and saved the republic fron
destruction, when the Southern conspirl
tors did all that men could do to destrO
II. Shall this grand community of Thrift
and industry, of progress and intelligence
OF manufacture and invention of fire.
schools and wOrkingmens homes; shal
this grand North bow the neck and invit
the fierce, ignorant, semi -baTbarOus South
ern aristocrat TO domineer over II, througl
that very government which Northern
yalOr protected against the SOutherner'
swords
These two parties, the Republican ant
the Democratic, are led by two puhli
men-Gariield the statesman, ana Han
cock the soldier. The statesman fitted b,
long experience in the legislative halls o
The nation, has few equals and prObabl,
no superiors in the land Tlb soldier hn
an honorable soldiers record And nothini
more. This soldier leads tho Democratic
party, and therefore he is thehupe of III,
South. The statesman leads fhe Repuhli
can party and he is the hope tf the North
These two men, both honorable in thei
different fields Of life represent the two
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