National Republican., 1886-10-27

election day 10 vote, one Democrat tOld me
he had been living IN Washington six years,
and he took one day every year to come out
here to vote and do all he could for his party
and he was a fair sample Of all l talSed with
on the subject. You see the Democrats have
no conscience on this question of voting.
VIII state a fact; Right alter found
could not stretch my conscience TO come out
here and vote, thought would do the next
best thing. / made a bargain with Mr.. John
d. Williamson, who had not lived In this
county forseveral years, and, therefore, hal MT
one cent of interest In ths county, to pair with
me, and neither of us would come here on
election day. lie agreed TO this, and every
time saw him after the bargain was made 1
would remind him of II. He. would always
declare he was In earnest. SO II went on until
the night before the election, when gentle
man called on me, aud in the course OF con-
yeTsation he asked IL was going out TO lla-
dCnsburg to vote. / replied mo-" that had
paired with Mr. John b, williamson aud
neither OF US was going out during the day.
Williamson with his pocketbook and any
thing but in politics, aud he bad never seen
Democrat he could trust where there was
He laughed at me so much that walked
overto williamson house, about n mile, to see
| II he intended to stand to his word. found
him at home and told him what the gentleman
| hadsaid. He acknowledged that his only OBJ.
| ject was TO keep me from voting
told him that the ballot was the most slcred
| boon that we Americans had TO boast of, aud
| IL man was not honest in that / would not
| give much for his honesty In anything else,
| and IL ne could stretch his conscience to 20
and vote when neither had moral right to
| could not.
Although he had deprived me of the privilege
| OF pairing with other Democrats who had APP
pliedto me to pair with them weeks before tho
| election, | told them all that had paired with
| Mr.. Williamson and could not do as certain
boss brlcklayer who had charge of the two
wings of the capitol when Hill was q whig
! candidate for mayor of Washington against
| DR.. Magruder, Democrat. and ut this time holds
| the same position on government buildings.
| When asked the next day why he did not
vote the day before. he replied that he had
| paired with ten wings and worked hard all day
| at the polls and Il that was not satisfactory he
| would try and do better the next time About
| two months after the election last year came
| out here to see a gentleman on the Bunker Hill
| road just east OF Mr. Brooks, forget his name.
| told him near about what have told you. l
| never VIII forget the expression on that mans
| face when he SAID ~ have always voted the
Democratic ticket, why, do not know; but
| knsw that have not given the subject the
| consideration that should have done. / have
never read either Of the party platforms nor do
/ know Democrat that ever did; but. when-
| first thing they nllude to is the platform and
| they seem to know as much about the Demo-
cratic platform Us they do about the Republi-
can. That always surprises me; but there is
| one thing that turned me sick; IL was on last
election day when the 5o,clock train came out
loaded with District Of Columbia men, and
and heard my nelghbors say It was an out.
| rnGe an election was fraud carried on as the
| DpIDOCThtlC lnctDOuS were carried on, ana IL
keep the opinion have will vote against
those fellows. even II have to vote the Repub-
| lican ticket"
rariy questions ali my life. My father Was a
| Wing, and he encouraged me in enlightening
myself for the ballot; IN 1910, when William
h. nTsoh N Mas @ eeeea T T9de
| to Madley's hui, in Montgomery county, OF
this state, on election day. woce this ige
| forty-seven years ago. Look at II and yor will
nf
| whom we called .Tippecanos,n with the
words, "Union for the sake of the Union"
printed thereon And right mere would re-
| peat verse OF campaign song which was
used with SO much effect and sung all over the
| country In that great campaign that resulted
| In the election TO the presidency of Gen, VIII.
| lam II. Harrison, whose portrait, as well as Il
picture OF his log cabin Is on this badge. l
call on those who hear me to take the, course
| that the song cal ed on the voters Of that day
| to pursue. II was as follows:
| Come, all ye young Wings, hale and hearty,
| And all ye young Democrats, too;
Come out from among the foul party
And vote for old Tippecanoe."
Then come out out from among I the foul party"
for the "Union for the sake OF the Union"
Fellow citizens. there is a history In those
words, "Union for the sake of the Union"
Those words sound as dear to me to-day us
they did forty'seven, years ago. Mr.. President,
who were. we opposing them II was this old
Democratic party, who, some twenty-oneyenrs
uhei WY ehus poabSb WIN VIZ uAiho w uS-
Itwas the same old Democratic party that
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lin.
coin, and a host of others fought against on
| Mhig principles.
| What wereth whig principles?
!. Union for the sake OF the Union.
2. A United States bank note that should be
| worth 100 cents on the dollar all over these
3. 4 protective tariff to protect our work;
| ingmen against foreign competition, and
keep our gold in our own coun::
try, and when a, farmer raised
q tushcl Of wheat it should be consumed by
where the farmer can take his products TOT
market without crossing the sea to find one,
| or be compelled to sell 10 shipping monopoly
Feiiow.citizens, read the Republican plat
| form of to-day. Is II not identical with the
| old Whig PLATFORM The Democratic platform
from the days of Calhoun to the present day
j. State rights, meaning nulliAcation and
| secession, state banks as we had under Demo-
| cratic rule before the Democratic rebellion.
| .. Free trade, which means take all the gold
| to England and buy British manufactured
goods, In competition with our manufacturers
| and workingmcn, and also, placing our farmers
| in the hands of British shipping monopolles.
| Some six years ago went to sec my old
| Whig friends In Montgomery county this
state, (Niter an absence of forty years. who
| taught me when was a boy what were Whg
| principles. l found emblems of treason hang.
| ing on their walls in the shape OF the pictures
| was honorable TO take up arms against this
| Union. / asked several how 1t was they
| taught me when boy that Wing principles
| were all right and the Democratic principles
! all wrong and now they voting for the enemy.
| 1t seemed that the only reply they colld make
| was that the war came and the Whig party
died, and the Republican party came up and
| of the two evils they took the Democratic
party; asked II they had read the Republl.
| can platform. They said they had never read
| either of them, | asked II they voted. Oh,
| yes, they voted, i asked what d1 you vote
| ioR The reply was, ~ vote tho Democratic
| ucktt" Well, why do yOn vote that tickeR
And after studying for some minutes they
well, we cannot tell, only we are Demo.
| Gratis. The fact Is they are ignorant, anl II Is
| the policy of their leaders 10 keep them so
| Look at the Blair educational blll' which ap-
| prOpriated $4,000 00J to the states for eduCa.
lional purposes. The Republican, Senate
| passed the bill three several times, but whel
| Il came to the Democratic House II touni NJ
| favor WhyY Because they know that IL tho
| poor whites of the south, aud the cOlored
| voters were educated they would soon loss tho
| prestige they now claim OF n solid s1u.n
| against an enlightened north. Had this bill
| passed. your state would have received, at
least $1,000 900, enough TO have given every
| child good education Democratic influence
| deDfiVes you OF this boon, VIII you, can yOl
| vote to continue such party In power don't
| believe IL. IfyOu desire TO have Democratic
! REFORM which means free trade, rebels and
traitors to hold all the olces ana legslate
| and execute all the laws for you. vote for the
Democratic candidate for Congress against Dr.
| Tuck, and in 1883 you can the more directly
favor Democratic rule by voting to sustain the
administration OF Grover Cleveland against
the Republican statesman and patriot, James
q. Blaine.