The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-09-13
i MErHoDIsT's OPINION
Of the Republican Party and Press


Of the Republican Party and Press.
Rev. E B. Leonard is a prominent
pastor Of an Nj. E. Chufch in Cincinnati
He took prominent part in the Love-
land Convention, which nodiinated "Hon.
est Abe" Ludlow. OF Springfield, for
Governor For this action he has been
visiouslv abused by the Cincinnati Ga
zette and denounced by the Cincinnati
az q "bunmer," lunalic,"
"fanatic,' H,c.
The reverehh gentleman opened the
for the temperance people the
other flights at Ly,le Hall, in Cincinnati.
and he folio wing are some choice exi
tracts from his speech:
HE WILL NEVER VOTE THE REPUBLICAN
TICKET AGAIN.
If the temperance Cause had an or:
gan, some Of the ISLANDERS which have
been circulated since the Loveland Catnp
Meeting could be refu,ed in print. Not
having such an organ, we must refute
the falsehood from the platform. l ain
not a politician, aud God helping me |
never will be might say that was
born R publican, bat don't know that
it is anv to NV credit just now. Laugh
ter l have always voted the Repuhli-
can ticket, hut will never do it again
Applause The temperance people
must fight hard to esta ,lish their priDci-
Piles. 1t has alwsvs been the case with
hew parties, that the people and press
have fought them with the cry that it is
no, time just We, to organize new par
ty F" >,
REPUBLICAN PRETENTIONs.
"rhe Republicans then pretend to us
that. if they we're pu INTO power, ,hev
would give us what we asked. We
helped to elect Republican Legislature.
Then We Gent in our pesi ions They
put us Oft until after the Presidential
election last fall, promising great things
for last winter. II was no better last
winter, and the Republican Legislature
went out of p"wer without having pas.
sed one single law in Our cadse
HE PAYS MS RESPECT TO JOHN sfERMAN.
The only plea thai can come to US
in favor of whisky rsfic is that 'hete f.
revenue in i. Senator Sherman said
the other day that the revenue on qaoi
is.paying the interes, on The Natinna'
debt. Who is paving ibis interest l.
it the distiiler or salesmen Of the liquor
No; it is aid by the poorer people
whom it is running, whose fsmilies it is
starving, and from whom it i, taking
The clothes of their hacks l say shame
on Government which boasts that the
interest on ts debt is being paid by rob
bing its poor families and wreckins
thousands Of bones Applause. Tht
time will come when the Government
will pay in judgment for this. Cad vii
see this wrong righted."
TIE PREACHER AND THE POLITICIANS.
The worst they can say about ouI
cause is that 1t il Methodist preachers
movement. Let them say it. II they
cant say anything worse, it will mol
hurt our cause. The thine was when the
pol'ticisns we're not so sneering in theil
remarks about the preachers Of the NOr,t
who eighteen wears ago, by unanimous
vbice. did much to hold the North to.
gethet Now, these same politicians
and papers which we're then denouncing
Copperhesds, are now deuouneiDg The
Temperance people in the same spirit ;
DRIVING REPUBLICANS our OF rHE1E
PARrY.
"The Gszette, SAYS that the ministers
at the Loveland Conyention attempted
to represent the Methodist church in the
movement Now, the Gazette either
knew that this was false statement OF
it did not know II. II it did not know
it, 1t ought not to have said il. This
sort Of thing is driving ten men from
the Republican ranks where II is bring.
ing one back [Applsu, e.. The Ga.
zette's columns are full Of postal card
Communications sgainst our Conven.
ton. But there are none OF the" signed
with names ! want the Gazette to
know that the President of that Con-
veution wss Presbyterisn minister. the
Clerk Roman Catholic and the Vice
President Quaker. This is a peoples
movement. as the Republicans will find
ont when the votes are counted Ap.
plaast.
-#E ~ OF COURSE NOT
i want TO say here that Gen Hurst
had no right in our Conv'ntion, and
had gone to Cleveland AID acted in
tae Re,,ubi'ca" Conventinr a. Genera
Hurst did al Lnveland, would ! havs
heen permitted to have rens ned in ths,
Conven.ion'" [Cries of"No! MOI
LIFT POSTER WITHDRAW
"The Republican pa.ers say Wei
alect Bookwalter. l don't know sbou
that Well vote out ticket. I'll DO,
vote for BookwaIler, nr yet will vote
for Foster. Lond applause II the.
are afraid they cant ePct Foster, they
can defeat B,nkwslte; by voting fol
our candidate. whose Rapublcanism has
never been questiond!" Loud ap
plause
1HE PRESIDENTS HEALTH WILL IxrKovl
WITH FosfER's DEFEAT.
"It WAS whisky Hhich shot Garfield
1t vas not denied that the day befor.
the attempted assassination Guiteau wa.
under the influence OF liquor. But Gar
field is getting well, and l don't thinl
his cnnvalescence depends on the elec
tion OF the Republican ticket /, il did
l think l would stretch it again ard vot
once more with them But it doesn't
and bell get we'll II Foster is defeated
OPPOSED TO FOSTER ON PRINCIPLE.
just az the Gszette opposed Mavo
Jacobs election last Spring-.on higl
moral erounds'-so we. the temperate
people, oppose the election of Cover
mar Il. tor .on hioh moral prineiuloe