The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-09-10
JACKSON sTANDARD JACKSON, OHIO, THURSDAY sEPT
Whittier, speaking of "Vir

force. Whittier, speaking of "Vir-
ginia," in his poem "Brown of Ossa-
watomie, says:
passes scale,
To teach that right is than might, and justice
more than mail"
''She may strike the pounclng eagle, but she dares
not harm the dove;
And every gate she bars to Hate shall open wide 10
Lover'
But, by the glorious teachings of
the brave old Abolitionists. senti-
ment was aroused which only waited
the opportunity sprung by the slave
holders themselves, to break forth
with resistless force, and sweep the
curse from the country. We are sat-
isied that at least two-thirds of the
voters Of Ohio, are at heart in favor
Of Prohibition, but do not believe in
dragging their moral sentiments, or
church affiliations before the people
as political questions. We have the
highest regard for the good men who
are engaged in the third party move
ment-but we are firmly convinced
that they are acting unwisely. The
Republican party has been the lead
ing instrumenuality in all great and
good works in this country. We fail
to understand how our Prohibition
friends expect to gain anything by
defeating this party and placing in
power the party which has always
been the especial friend and champion
of the liquor interest. Candidly, it
looks to US as though this is what
they are trying to do.
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We do wish that our Democratic
friends would be reasonable in politi-
cal matters, and show that reciprocal
spirit which should characterize men
protesting to be imbued with spirit
of brotherly affection. Among the
privileges which the Republicans are
willing to accord to their Democratic
friends, but which is denied the Re
licans, is that of talking over the past
record Of the Democratic party
which is characterized as waving the
bloody shirt" While Democrats
were drenching the garment in the
blood Of brave, loyal men, we did not
censure them for talking about it
in fact we urged them to speak out,
and take a bold stand upon the side
Of their choice. Now that we want
to refer to this horrible page in the
Democratic record, we deny the right
Of any Democrat to object. In the
first place, man who was loyal to his
Government during its life-struggle
with armed traitors, not only has no
cause to be ashamed Of his conduct,
but he has cause to be proud of his
conduct. If he was not loyal to his
Government. he was a traitor, and
richly deserved death, according to
the forms of human law. It is there
fore perfectly fair to infer that the
man who objects to the waving Of the
bloody shirt, has something to be
ashamed Of, either in his own con-
duct or that Of his party. 1t is sin
gular thing, too, that the Democrat
who objects to the waving of the
bloody shirt invariably jumps eagerly
to catch and repeat every word that
may be said in excuse for the horrible
conduct of the traitors Of the South.
The late Gen. Grant said that he was
glad to see amicable relations between
the North and South. This remark
has been repeated, week after week, in
the Democratic papers of the North,
as though it should be sufficient to
erase from the pages Of history the
entire record of the Rebellion. But
these Democratic friends do not hast
en- to add the statement of fact that
Gen. Grant had to spend four long,
bloody years thrashing armed Demo-
cratic traitors before such peace was
possible.
Let the fair-minded, honest man,
look about him at the sad mementoes
of those horrible years; let him at
tempt to count the graves in the Ma
tional Cemeteries; let him search out
the countless unknown graves dotting
the landscape; let him interview the
widow, and the aged and manned SOL
der; let him attempt to compute the
cost Of this great struggle; let him
study the whole, horrible picture, in
all it's hideousness; then let him reflect
long and earnestly upon the fact that
all this was the result Of the refusal
of the Democratic party to obey the
law, and respect the Constitution Of
the United States, because the Demo-
cratic ticket was defeated. 1t seems
astounding that any intelligent Dem
ocrat can have the extreme impudence
to ask that the record Of the Demo-
cratic rebellion be not referred to
that the bloody shirt be not waved.
When we find a Democrat thus at
tempting to apologize for the murder
Gus work Of his party friends, we feel
like taking him into the battle-felds
and Cemeteries Of the country, and
pointing out to him the great array Of
graves, and putting at him the iudis-
putable fact that every one of those