Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-07-20
The Republican Nominee We q
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The present Sixth Congressional
District was made by the last legisls-
ture for the express purpose OF send
ing q Republican 70 represent in Con-
gress the agricultural counties COM
prising IT. but the nomination Of Col.
Brigham. at Defiance, on the l2fh
inst. has placed the Republican poll
ticians and Gle leaders all ,hors de com.
BAT, and they know not what to make
of the new departure. afA
We may well inquire-what does it
mean? and. Is he a fraud?
~ BRIGHAM AS A REPUBLICAN. n
= When Col. Brigham went to the
Ohio Senate he was called on by q
messenger boy to learn the business
in which he was engaged that it might
be stated in the legislative directory,
and he replied that he had been in
Office so long he had forgotten his
original occupation. Ever since he
has been old enough he has held Office
in Fulton county, and always professed
to be one Of the strongest and most
radical Republicans, was always ready
to lead crusade against Democrats
and loudest in decrying them as cop
perheads and traitors. He has always
been jealous advocate of every
measure adopted by the Republican
party-so long as il served to give
him Office. In his speech accepting
the nomination for Congress he said:
Ihsye been Republican ever since the organi-
sation Of the party, sympathizng with its principles
long before was entitled to vote. believe in those
principles, for they carry out the best interested
the whole country. am proud Of ia record, for 1t
is the brightest on the pages of history. believe,
not expect to hold the support Of the intelligent men
who have heretofore rallied to our ranks II we de.
pend wholly upon our record. There are new and
vital questions that must be met and Amicabiy
settled, and in their settlement the Intelligent men
who compose the Republican party must bear an
important part. So Delicate and
responsible duties will devolve upon the legislator Of
the future and for this work we need patriotic men
who will dare to do right, and not mere partisans
who who will crnge under the party lash ofthe
would-be bosses. Where shall we look for such men
If not in the party, which took the helm Of the old
ship Of state when she was tossing helplessy among
the breakers Of civil war. -
It was the duty and privilege Of this party to heal the
wounds and repair the rsvsge Of war; and noby and
successfully was that dnty performed Every prom
ise was fulfilled and prosperity has blessed the peo
pie Of this nation. Surely the men who could con-
quer and subdue an army OF men as brave as the
world ever saw can curb and control any power
which now threatens the peaee and prosperity. =
: The psrty which struck the shackles from
four million slaves and made them citizens viii mot
fail to protect the whose daily toll creates the
wealth Of the nation.
Thus boldly does this Republican
nominee in q speech to convention of
Republicans, and one which must go
to the public, tell Democrats that he
wants not their support and that no
good can come from their party--that
the Republican party has been the
means Of the present prosperity and
blessings which the country enjoys.
We admit that the Republican party
is responsible for the present condition
Of the country, and that if no change
is needed and no improvement can be
made, that it should be retained in
power But where is the boasted
prosperity In sixty years Of unin-
terrupted rule under the Democratic
party there was not . labor strike nor
any conflict between capital and labor
between the consumer and the pro-
ducer. How is now, and who but the
Republican party is responsible? If q
change is needed to seek it in the Re-
publican party will be as fruitless as
the search Of Diogenes for an honest
man. isSt y
With all the labor troubles ON our,
hands and the threatening attitude OF
labor and capital, Brigham invites to.
our shores the Chinese, Italian and
oil competing cheap labor, He says:
81 would invite ali the laborers Of other nations
70 come to America We have room for all who
come, but when they plant their feet on our soil, I
would protect them fromthe competition Of the pal-
per labor LEFT bshind.v
But nowhere does he suggest pro.
tection to the laborer Who'll here, nor
does he anywhere suggest protection
to the producer BY q modification Of
tariff laws or BY any other means. s5p
Thus we have Brigham as Repubt
licans lauding TO the skies that party
tho saviour 81 the past, the hope Of
the future, and suggests no single
change in its policy to relieve either
the laborer or the producer, and ask
ing for = continuanceIo eIof power fof'the
purpose ofcarrying but ths same polsI
ICY which has eHtailed upon the coun-'