The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-08-20
Democratic SOlicitude
For The Poor REPUBLICANS WHO
WANT To Bolt

1t is with a feeling Of sadness,
reaching to the depths of genuine sor-
row, that we read in our Democratic
exchanges the solemn asseveration
that a great many Republicans are
becoming tired Of the Republican par
ty, and it is therefore plainly their
desire, as we'll as their duty, to vote
the Prohibition ticket. Of course
these friends would not think of ask
ing the alleged disaffected Republican
to come all the way over, and vote the
Democratic ticket straight, neither
would they suggest the possibility Of
a Democrat becoming disaffected and
voting the Prohibition ticket. We
say we view the matter with sorrow,
because we are extremely sorry that
our friends of the editorial fraternity
should put such stuff before an intell-
igent people. The record of the
Republican party is not the kind Of
record that men become ashamed of.
At the same time, the record of the
Democratic party is not the kind Of
record that men are proud of. There
fore there can be no excuse for a
voter leaving the ranks of the Repub-
licans, and casting his ballot in the
interest Of the Democrats.
Talk about repudiating the record
Of the Republican party? AS long as
a black man remains upon the face of
the earth, the record of the Republi-
can party cannot be forgotten; as.
long-as the graves Of martyrs contin-
ue to dot the battle-fields of the South
and the cemeteries both North and
South, that record cannot be forgot
ten nor brought into contempt; as
long as the flag Of the Union shall
wave in this land Of the free, that
record cannot be forgotten; as long
as treason shall find lodgment in the
hearts of men, that record cannot he
forgotten; as the record of that party
is grand, and glorious, so is the record
Of the Democratic party Infamous and
contemplate. AS the Republican
party has been right all along the
years of the past, so the Democratic
party has been wrong. With these
relative positions the parties appear in
the political field at this time. There
is urgent need just now Of the good,
Republicanism which
Ben. Wade proclaimed in the Senate
and on the stump, and which Grant
carried to Appomattox, and Sherman
to the sea. There has been no change
in the Democratic party, save that
many good men have left it, and the
Of the claim that men
desiring political reform should join
hands, with this miserable old hqmbug,
is the extreme Of impudence. This
Democratic party which asks the Re
publicans to vote the Prohibition tick
ct. and thus assist in the election of
Hoadly, is the same party which
button-holed the Union soldier, took
him out to one side and gave him the
solemn assurance that if he went to
the war he would be, and ought to be,
killed. It is the same party which in
National Convention, in 1864, when
the Rebels were already on the jump,
proclaimed to the country
that the war was failure. 1t is the
same party which advocated the repu-
diation of the National debt. It is
the same party which always seemed
to take the wrong side of every great
question, and which, year after year,
has acknowledged its error and done
still more foolish.
This is the party which assures
that they ought to vote
for Leonard, and give Hoadly chance.
There is something more in politics
now than the mere ambition Of men
there is solemn obligation upon each
to do his duty by assisting
with all his powers to crush out the
old enemy.
Ioo 1oos, fo,nJ 4, oooo oe
offensive partisanship in Illinois which
should receive the immediate attention
of the Postofice Department and the
President. There is Postmaster in
that part of Illinois known as Egypt"
by the name of James Churchill.
This man kept Deputy who was also
partisan and made Repub-
lican speeches. A Democrat very
much desires that Postoffice, and a
series of charges was prepared and
forwarded to Washington. One of
these charges is as follows: "That a
Deputy Postmaster Of Churchill's
made Republican speeches, who said
the Democratic party was in half a
mile of hell, and still kicking. Who
also displayed a portrait of a Kangaroo
representing Cleveland, with Hen
bricks in the pouch" Now here is a
serious matter demanding the atten-
ton of the administration We have
known the Democratic party to do a
good deal of kicking, but to say the
party is a half-mile from the bad
place is hardly fair. A half-mile is a
long ways This fellow ought to be
bounced for this declaration alone
President Cleveland will at once per-
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