The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-10
A New Democratic Infamy.

The Democratic party is notorious
for its Infamous crimes in Presidential
yeas. In 1864 1t advocated craven
AMI dishonorable peace. That was a
crime which the patriotism of The
country has never forgiven. In 1868 it
carried New York State by systematic
frauds on a large scale at the ballot.box,
That was a fl grant outrage upon polit-
ical liberty. In 1876 it en.ered into a
conspiracy to buy up the electoral
votes of three States. That was a
scandal without precedent in the politi-
cal history Of the country, and by
cipher disclosures It was brought home
to the political managers of the Demo-
cratic party and to the household OF
their candidate Tor &c Presidency. In
1880, on the eve of the election, the
infamous Morey Letter was forged
and circulated from Maize to California
by the Democratic National Cnmmittee.
The chairmin OF that Committee is
charged with melting the forgery,
with guaranteeing It; genuineness, aud
with attempting to sustain 1t by
employing the original forger to com
nit subsequent fOrgeries and 10 suborn
witnesses. That was crime, OF rather
series of crimes, against public
morals. II was one of the meanest
and most contemplate tricks lmaginI-
bic, and its political u-es we've eKed Odt
by ueans of bribery, false person"i"n.
lrau and perjury.
Every Presiden ial year has It's cha p
aCteristic Democratic crime against
liberty and public morals. What new
infamy have the Democrats in store for
the American people this year9 Any
thing more fragrant than the cipher
disclosures or more despicable than the
Morey forgery? Has Democracy ex.
hausted its resources of teachery,
eflro:. terry and meauness3 Are there
lower depths OF partisan malice and
depravity to be shrOuded in the present
canvass? Is corrupt Democracy
already wrlgglipg and squirming to
surpass even It's own lnfamies by a
new and more abominable outrage upon
public decency? Let us see.
What is this story of the DETACHMENT
of u child's grave in Malue0 In the
cemetery at Augusta has stood for
nearly thirty years little white stone
erected to the memory of Mr. Blaine's
son, Stanwool Blaine. 1t was spot
consecrated by parental love aud grief
and the little stone bore silent testimony
to a sacred sorrow-the fest vacancy
in a happy and honored Christian
home. New the story Is told Of an
atrocious act OF vandalism. That grave
has been secretly visited, the last figure
In the record of the child's birth has
been chiselled away aud deIaced and the
date June Is, 1851, has been made to
read June IS, 1856. 1t ia also known
that two Photographic negative plates
he defaced stone showing the alter
(, was taken after this act of van
d dat % committed. The negatives
lalism w. to have been made "for
ire represented md comics of the
western customers,"- % Seen ,ent an TO to
,lates are said to have :, voriors
democratic newspaper offices IL
States.
Now until the foul hOof is actually
seen stirring the mud at the bottom IL
Is neye. safe to say in what deep wa'cr
n,o damon of Democratic malevolence
,ies hidden. But this desecration OF an
,rnocent child's grave has the aspect Oh
a meaner and more despicabie Outrage
".,an ,non the infamous Morey letter
Mr. Rlsine in order to defend the honoi
Of hls wife and family from VIC
scandal has branded it an 'trociou'
and abomlnable lie, and has promptl!
so,1od % the slanderer by he throat AM
sued him for libel. Why this invasion
~ the cemetery at Augusta, and IN
Ioracoment and alteration Of the DAT
IN tbe little mead stone there
:, 81 NOT for the purpose of manu-
featuring evidence to bolster up IN
I. ,nromous Democratic slanderY Wh
have negatives Of that defaced toml
Stone been sent to Democratic new
naper offices throughout the coun'r!