The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-09-18
Some Northern De.aocrats

the State.
sop.c Nor,hcrW Democrats
1t should be remembered Olaf
there are some Northern Democrats
in the United States. The RcpIhs
lican nttemptat scctionalisnlwonlsl
obscure this fact altogether. The
malicious and pestiler0us scctions
alists would have it appear. and
make it appear in their cFgans
and their speeches, TINT all the
Democrats are south of3Ninson and
Dixon's line, aid that the Rsplib-
licans occupy the Northern States.
The effort is made to represent the
South us voting against the North,
and their effort is rnpatriotic and
villainons to the last degree. Tile
Republican; managers, tho enemies
of Union, cndeavor to represent
one section us voting against
another, and seek to convey the
idca that the Democratic votes all
come from the Southern States.
The wicked attempt is made to
show tliat tho Democratic partyiis
a recent and Southern party,whilc
history tells us thMt it is the an;
cicnt party Of tho Republic, broad
rs tile Union whose territory it
has5multiplicd, and this hourjtclls
us that two-thirds Of the voting
strength OF the Democratic party
is in the Northern States. Tile
cry Of the. ."Solid South,s as used
by Republican experts, isaifction
in every sense. There are, We re-
peat, Democratic voters in thc
Northern States, and the Republic
can operators would make tlenibe-
lieye there are none north OF the
Ohio. hio.Z====a4s8s
Lotus lool, 1.-THE facts Eaimo:5
mcnt. Four years ago Mr.. TildcnN
was elected to the Presidency. He
received, or his Electors received, r
more than four and azquartermill-=
ions ofZvotes. Did they allEcomc
from tho South? Docs tiiesD Demo-
critic strength in this country all
come from the Southern St0tcs?
The Tilden Electors received from
the sixteen Southern States 1914
200 votes, and from the Northern
States 2,G70,1G5 votes. Almost
two.thirds of .:thc rotcrssofstho
United States who believe inJthe
Democratic party arc voters in the
Northern States. And it should
not be forgotten that four years ago
a large majority Of all the people
ofthe United Stntcs were on record
in favor of the Democratic party.
Is tho Democratic party, then,
sectional party? Is it not Tho
other party that feeds on section
alism?
The political story Of the last
few years reveals facts still more
interesting in connection with this
charge that Democratic votersiarc
wholly in the South. Within six
years VIC have seen fourteen North
ern States pass, for q time, from
the hands Of tho Republicans TO
the hands of the Democrats. Docs
this indicate that the Democratic
voters are NIL south Of the Ohio?
Within six years, furthermore, wc
have seen The Republican partyin
the minority in all the States ofthe
Union save five. Which party,
then, is the National party, and
which the sectional2 Is it the
party that has Ind majority Of
The votes in only five Of The thirty
eight Sta!cs? But this is the party
that keeps alive on sectionalism
alone, and it has MI assured maio-
rity, a secure tenure, in only one
eighth of the States !
The Republicans have learned
to their sorrow that tho Demo.
cratic party is not altogether q
Southern party. They have seen
Ohio and PcnnnsyIyania and Illi-
nois, ,Eand even Massachusetts, pass
from their control, in spite Of their
waving Of tho bloody shirt and
their shouts about the solid South,
There nrr about three hundred
and fifty thousand Democrats in
Ohio. as many in Pennsylvania.
more than five hundred thousand
Democrats in New York, and three
millions Of DemOcnts.in tlicSNorth-
crn States, who protest against
these sectional Republican sland-
org. They are devoted 10 tho Dem
ocratic party, the Democratic idea,
the Democratic principle. They
are not of II "Solil South" They
know TINT tho men who make
these sectional charges arc liars,
and in their own persons tlley are
proofs Of tllc Republican false
hoods. There are some Democrats
in the Northern States.
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