Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-08
NATIONAL ISSUES.

Just now the people need 10 decide what
ought to he done. Our national demands
ought to be understood and met Under
the constitution each man has a right 10
vote-to have one wife, and no more Are
the laws that secure these rights executed
Ought they to be7 Can they be? Can
Pres. Hayes, with the aid sf Congress,
backed up hy the army and navy, execute
these laws? Can the Mormons I've treated
as any other guilty Of polygamy is treated :?
Can the Solid South be induced TO let every
citizen go TO the ballot box and cast his
vote unmolesled by highwaymen and ruf
fans? Or are we 50 poor and degraded ns
a nation that set of men can turn orr
States and Territories into brothrl-make
whorcmnngers AMI whores by the whole
sale, and shoot men down at the polls, as
sassinate them by the wny and drag them
! from the sacred asylum of home aH Wild
bensts are dragged from their dens2 Will
the powers that be permit thcse things to
be done in open day, in face OF the whole
nation and the world? Are the people go,
ing to look ON as il they were paralzed and
nothing could be dOne7 A nation of aS-
sassms and who're monsers2 Under such a
state OF things how long will it take real
estate to descend in the scale of values till
It is worth as much and no more than il
was in Sedan Just mt the time when high
heaven, outraged by the stencil of It's pO-
luton cleaned out the nauseOus schum with
fire and birthstone Party Issues Lei
party issues go to tile dogs where they ought
have gone years ago. Let us look after ma
tional issues and il possible save the ma
tion. II Gen. Hayes cannot or will not ex
ecute the laws, will Gen. Garfield or Han
cock or Weaver or Dow? Is there an!
possible ttst by which the people can know
what any one Of these candidates mean Il
do il elected7 Does any man in his sobe
senses suppose that Hancock will execute
: the laws against Southern treason? Th'
, acknowledged candidate of traitors, ruff
ans and murderers? As well might yOl
! suppose that Capt. Kidd would have laugh
I his bloody crew to sing Hal'elujdhs
We think Dow and perhaps Weaver ia
y moral nerve enough 10 execute our ma
tional laws. Has Garfield That's tn
0 Garfield is when he was born, t1 what GOO
4; church he belongs. We are pretty sure h
. does not belong 10 the Utah church called
euphoneOuSly, Latter Day SAINTS. II il
: does we would sooner vote for ST. Patrick
J. tomb stone. Let us have a chief nagi'
G trate whose lips win not lose all cOl0r whe
!. called upon to execute The laws Of the Un
. ted States. The people are about tired {
!, that class Of servants under whose swa
y rDmsellers. thieves, drnnkards, whoremOI
C gers, and rufhans al MI sorts, wax fat mn
j. kick. As yet IL does not seem as if an,
v body could make any very mean thing site
to the skirts OF Gen. Garfield. Let II
people try him. Perhaps Pres. Hayes wi
> project the ballot box in those slates {
IS precincts where everybody knows IL is M
It safe for M honest voter To stand. PeFhal
j Gen. Hayes will give the Latter Day Sain
little toaoh of Divinity just before
leaves the white house, as Gen. Warren In
~ morlaliEed his name at the battle of Bun
st er Hill by a last shot at tho enemies
4 hberty. MorT.