The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-02

hand of the robber, they have re-
.morselessly plundered the Treasury,
dishonored the government, and Gov
cred the American name with humils
iation and shame. The only party,
then, to which the people can look
with reasonable confidence for this
much needed reform, is the grand
old Democratic party, which has
'braved the battle and the breeze"
for more than three quarters of a cen
tury, and which is 10Y preparing for
another struggle with its old adver;
s%aries, the cohorts of Capitalization,
extravaganza and fraud, fer the pre-
servation and perpetuation of consti-
t%utional government and the princi-
pies of civil liberty.
To enable the Democratic party
to successfully resist and overthrow
these public enemies, we need thor
ough organization, discipline, and the
elimination of all minor and nones-
sential issues from our political creed.
Our bond of union must be the pro-
lection of the Constitution, and the
preservation of the Government from
the assaults, open and concealed, of
the bitterest foes of each. For TWEEN
ty years these sappers and miners
have been busily at work, laboring
to destroy the foundations of the Re
public, with the purpose of building
upon its ruins an empire to be ruled
by a successful soldier, who will ride
rough shod over the liberties and per
sonal rights of a people who were
born free. Even now the Capitol and
every department is honey combed
with corruption, and each sueceed
ing day brings to light startling dis.
coveries of some newly-developed of
fetal villainy, and these disclosures
follow each other with such rapidity
that the public has ceased to regard
them with more. consideration than
is accorded to some idle wonder of
the hour.
Believing that the continued dom
nation of the Republican party will
surely prove fatal to our form of Gov
eminent, its institutions, laws and
traditions, it is the religious duty of
every Democrat in the land to labor
incessantly for the overthrow of that
corrupt, reckless and insolent organ
ization. Deprive the Republican par
ty of the control of the patronage and
the offices of the Government; take
from it the treasury of the Govern
ment, with the privilege to plumber
and power to corrupt and coerce, and
it will die of hamilton, while its de.
mise will be hailed with delight by
the people it has ~insulted, outraged
and plundered.
To accomplish this desirable end.
however, it is necessary to compact
the Democratic party, to heal the
d~isscnsions in our ranks, to discard
all sectional issues, to know no North
no South, no East, no West, but re
member that we have a country te
love, a Constitution to venerate, an6
q Union to protect and defend at al
hazards. against all corners. If the
Democrats Of all sections can be band
ed together in this spirit, if they vii
forego all personal preferences, ani
lcok alone to the common good, they
have only to perfect their organize
ton and discipline to become ire
sistible. Thus organized, the Dem
o%cratic party will be borne into pow
er on the topmost crest of a grea
popular tidal wave, and then thu
many and much needed reforms il
all departments Of the Government
will be ho.es.ly enforced; then W.
shall see the administration of The
Government elevated one more tt
that high plane O purity, patriotism
and official integrity, upon which it,
, founders placed it, aud which char
f acterized official life at the capita
before the saturralia Of vice and vii
lainly was inaugurated by the Re
, publican party.