Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-10-24
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
1t Exhibits Record of Treason,
Infamy and Shame.
A rarty whose History Il n Warning to
the People Never to Trust n with
Power AgaIn-specch Of
John II. Lands.

II, lNll'llS uJ bHItNSlCT. IHs'
Tho record of the Democratic party "a a
| record of treason, lnfamy and shame.
| IL Is the purity which enacted tho Fugitive
| slave law of 1850.
II made the most determined efforts to car.
| ry slavery into free territory.
II opposed the passage OF the Homestead
1t secretly planned and plotted to overthrow
| the Government
| It robbed our Government OF Its arms and
munitions of war, ana storol them in the
| armories and nrscnals OF the South.
II robbed our Treasury and stripped It of Its
| means.
It stole our ships and scattered our navy
| into foreign seas
| 1t dlsgraccd the Nations honor.
| II almost 'stroycd the National credit.
| 1t undertook TO dissovcr the American
| Union.
| 1t tried TO tear the stars from tho American
| nag.
| II hurled our country into great Civil War.
| 1t claimed that the Government was power
less to coerec a seeding state
| enemies in time of war.
| II largalned to barter away our country 8
birthright for mess of political! pottage
IL scO1od and sneered ut our boys IN blue
| for rallying around the old flag.
II drove southern loyalists from their
homes with boodhounds for being loyal to
| the Union.
| 1t murdered, in cold blood, men, women,
| and children who loved their country and
| who remained true TO Its flag.
| IL opposed vigorous prosecution of tho
| war for the Union, and demanded u cessation
| of hOstilitics.
II resisted the draft with all its power
II discouraged enlistment for the Union
army while 1t encouraged dcscrton from it's
ranks.
| II shot down dcfenseless negroes in New
| York CITY while the Democratic Governor ad-
dressed the murdorcrs as his friends"
| II pcrpetrntcd the shocking cructies of
Isle.
1t shed every drop of blood that flowed ut
1t denounced Abraham Lincoln as tyrant
| and usurper.
| Meade and Thomas as butchers for leading
| eur armies successfully against the armed
hosts of treason.
| hirc ihgs and 'iawlcss cutthronts."
IL OPP scd the right of the tnion soldiers
| tc vote In the land they saved and made free
| II encouraged those who were engaged in
| nm effort TO take the Nations life. while 1t
never had one word OF encouragement for
| our boys In the front.
II opposed the appropriation of the public
moneys to vigorously prosecute tho war.
II opposed the raising of funds to suppress
| the Rebellion IL inaupuratcd.
1t declared the war a failure when victory
| began TO dawn upon our armies in the field.
| i rclolced in rebel victories and wcpt over
| rebel dcicnts
| II buried 200, 900 loyal poys in carly graves
1t saddlcd an enormous debt of many mill
ions npon the people of this country.
1t undertookto spread smallpox and yellow.
fever in tho North as an instrument of civil
lied warfare.
II opposed the emancipation of a poor and
oppressed race of i,OOO,0OO of bondsmen.
IL has defended the awlessncssnnd domestic
violence which has existed throughout the
South ever since the close OF the war.
II has always been reudy and willing to offer
all sorts of excuses and apologies for all out
RACES rerpetrated upon loyal men in the
South.
II was opposed to comforting upon the col
ored freemen the rights of citizenship and
guaranteeing to them the equal protection of
the laws.
1t organized Ku-Klux and White League or.
ganizations all over the South, for the pur-
pose of intimidating colorcd voters.
II has opposed every manner of legislation
which provided for the protection of Amcri.
can citizens in their rights.
1t has urrayed itself against every PROPOSE
| tion to secure TO every citizen meath our flag
the equal projection of the laws and the fun
enjoyment of life, liberty and property.
II imposed upon the people of our country
heavy taxation to meet tho necessary eX-
penses and to pay the debt incurred by the
war.
1t has favored reputation.
1t has been opposed to the Government car
rying out its contracts and fulfilling Its prom
ises.
IL has favored the irredeemabe paper cur.
rency, one OF the greatest calamitics that can
Defall the people of our country.
1t has stolen more money from the Golfers
of lng'ridden New Yorks Treasury alone
than a the losses of the Federal Government
under Republican rule.
II defended the Tammany ring and covered
up its dark doings until they were brought to
| light by the Rcpub.iCan press.
1t elected Boss Tweed to the New York Sem
! ate after he mad been proven to be one of
| the greatest thieves of modern times.
II shielded Tweed, Sweeney and Connolly
| and all the Tnmmany thieves until they were
| sent TO the pcnitentiary by Republican oiii-
| onls
| 1t is opposed to popular education, the
| great buwnrk of American liberty.
1t is.preJudced against our system of COM
| mon schools.
1t abolished the freeschool system in n
number of Southern States
Il has favored the pensioning of ex'Rehel
soldiers and putting them on equal footing
1t voted TO pension jeff Davis, although to
this day lie boasts of his treason to the coun-
ey.
1t has introduced bills into Congress for
taking many millions of dollars from the Ma
Iional Treasury for the payment of Resell
claims.
1t will rob the NATIONAL Treasury to pay the
late slaVeowners of the South for the cman.
oipated slaves, should 1t ever get into power.
who were employees In the Lower House OF
Congress and substituted forty-seven ex.Con.
Tederate soldiers in their stead.
II opposed the passage of the Civil-Servicc
Reform bill.
1t slaughtered politically the only Demo-
craft, Senator who publicly advocated its
1t first bartercd away positions of respon-
sibity ana trust us rewards for political
services.
1t first used the power of removal to punish
those who held public positions under il and
rcfusel to be its plant tools
1t turned the civil service of the country
into political machine to serve the purpose
| OF political ,orruptionlsts.
1t opposed every reform that has been
| brought about in the civil service or the
country during the last quarter OF II century.
| II begat the infamous 'spoils system and
| first rocked 1t i'm its cradle.
| 1t inaugurated the practice OF collecting
| political assessments from public officials.
1t threatens voters III the South with intimi-
dation and violence unless they vote the
Democratic ticket.
1t has introduced a system of bnldozing in
the South and thereby has virtually distran-
chlsed many of Its citizens.
IL introduced the ''shot-gun policy" into
Southern politics.
II has murdered the law-abldng citizens in
nearly every state of the South for the sim
pile reason that they were Republicans.
1t opposed every. reform that has been
brought about IN the civil service of the
country during the last quarter OF a century.
II opposed the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth amendments and the enactment OF
al laws providing for the enforcement oil
these provisions of our fundamental law.
IL Is dominated by the most dangerous Gle
mrnt in the country, and should IL get posses
sion of the Government 1t would bo con-
trOllcd by the class OF men who ran the Gov
ernmcnt machinery under buchanan.
II has repeatedly disturbed the business of
the country by imprudcntly tinkcring at the
| Tariff laws,
1t is the author of tho Morrison Tariff bill
and made most desperate effort to force 1t
| through Congress.
II N lHt uRtnl VI EHPluUu unu
| other foreign powers for the purpose of dis.
| sominating frce-trade literature among the
| people and influencing Legislation in the in
| tercst OF foreign capitalists.
II opposes the policy OF protection to Amer
| lean industry by Il judicious imposition of
| tariff duties upon imports.
II has arrnyed Itself against the wool in
| tercsts, and If IL gets the power to execute
what II has so desperately attempted IL will
| bring ruin upon the wool-growcrs.
II Is an enemy TO labor and would rob the
| son OF toll of his God-given right 10 earn a
| comfortable livelihood,
| II tries To rob the workingman of the means
| by which he shelters, feeds clothes and edu-
| cRtes his children.
| II nus declared war against the industrial
| interests OF the country and II successful our
present prosperity will be succeeded by want
| ana distress.
| 1t is tho champion of free trade. which
would eventually lower the work ngmen of
| this country 10 the condition of the pauper
| lab irers OF England.
II has given aid and comfort 10 the practice
| of polygamy In Utah and the adjoining Terri