The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-27
A Specimen Of Republican Cheekiness,

The Republican leaders do not at any
time hesitate to indulge freely in dema-
gogy and to solernnly put forward as
sumpt;ons for facts. The address of the
National Union League to the people is
a specimen of the average cheekiness of
Republican pretens;on:
There is no section of the Republican par.
ty whose advent to. power in the States and
the Nation wou d be as disastrous to the best
interests Of 5ne coa3Ssy m va a; would that OF the
ion he by any resDectable number of Repub-
lcans il the United States that does not
breathe the spirit of liberty, of progress and
of good goternment in a fuller and better
sen Sc than the best utterance, the best inspi-
ra ion and the, best sentiment of the Demo-
cratic marty of to-day. Paramount tn all con-
sideration of personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT or the
| advancement of factions Is the demand the
country makes upon the Republican party to
see to it that the reins of government be not
| wrestcd from its hands"
Who constitute this Republican party,
the whole bod ! of which is more en-
lightened and more patriotic than even
| the best elements of the Democratic
| party? Examine this supercilious state
ment and put the touchstone of truth to
it for moment SO far as possible. At
| the last Presidential election the Re-
| publican party polled 4,449,053 votes,
| and the Democrats 4,442, OBS. At the
| election in 1876 the Democrats polled
| 4,2S4,757 and the Republicans 4,033,-
| $50. In the one election the Republic
ans had I, ,018 majority, and in the other
the Democrats had 250,S ,S07 ma jority.
| What elements constitute the vote of
the two parties? There were in. 1880,
in round numbers, $4,000, 5000 people in
| the United States Of these ~, 700, 900
were white and 6, 800, coo colored. There
We're 5.4 persons to each voter. 1t is a
truth which will not be disputed that
the negroes voted with substantial
unanimity with the Republicans. There
We're less than S,000,000 white voters,
of whom the Democrats surely got about
4,442, 900 and the Republicans 3,55S, 600.
Is the neg race, as it exists in this
county, more capable and progress
i've than the whites? SucE would
seem to be the argument of this con-
clave of Republicans. There were in
! the United States in 1880 6,500.0O0 for
eigners, who furnished something like
1900, 900 voters. 1t is matter of com.
mon information that since the civil
war vast majority of the foreign vote
has gone to the Republican party. Is
this element of the population OF the
| !Unlleu SIdleS HlOTe ucSOGeu " llDeIty
and progress than native white Ameri-
cans? No intelligent foreigner would
himself set up such claim. 1t is en-.
tirely within bounds to say that without
the negro vote neither Indiana nor
Ohio would have bean Republican in
the last Presidential election. 1t i:
quite certain that of the native white
voters of tie United States, three-quar.
tiers are Democrats, and none but gan
grened partisans would deny that thus
composed this homogeneous aggrega
ton of citizens, to state Their claims il
the most moderate terms. are as capa
BILE and progressive and devoted tc
liberty as their heterogeneous Republic.
an opponents.--iSt. Louis Republican.