Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-04-30

Ing around what Is now termed boodlc curica.
cy. sun, in Justice to Mr., Buitcrwuuh, 1t must
be admitted that the recipients uf the silver
raised no question ns tu It's intrinsic value.
They were willing to take cach silver dollar aud
call IL the equal to 100 cents In gold. just 50
long as the prcseut use Of money continues In
pplitics-ju so long us men Ike Iuttcrwortl
buy and bribc their way Into oficc-just so long
VIII they cndCavor to get buck the money they
,,. nave nncnt WhiIG they remain ~ possession oi
Congress- members oi the Legislature, officials
~ trust who get their plNccs by paying ont
their silver aud gold for them, VIII always be
convenient to the iucliic l;ulmuad grnbbcrs In
tile one ease aud IN the other always willing to
eXtcnd The tnnChlscs Of the Consolidated
street Railroads, because they arc In haste 10
get lArk tho money they hnvc spent In buying
the ward cnnvasscrs, aud once they have started
10 rot bncs The money they have spent, they
never sup wien they get cvcilt hut anticipate
the iulntu cNuousc to witch they may he Put,
ald ohry WIN alncrity the injunction, "Put
Tho future oi politics, the future of tho RI.
rubli" depends upon crtdcuting the brihc-
raying candidate from oinrbl places. John
cnu politics hns lccu passed uncUf The hate
ful lcgucics loft by the war WIS the e,lurntiun
TINT the American received IN the nearly nj.
ways lavish Hnd frequently the corrupt Use uf
money. II Just occurs that In the Illustrations
have been giving have drawn quite largely
rom The Republican side Of the house. Tn
lurtunntcly, 10 can not he suid that the Rcpub-
ucnils have any cmincucc over their Demo
cratic Opponents In this matter. inrnum's
mulc', the purchase OF the oregon vote, " and
would n thousand from Wood do any good
are examples OF what the Democratic brethren
can do, mud are willing to do In the use Of mon.
cy in politics. Oh, no; unfortunately. 1t Is not
confined to one party. II II was, the pnrty
guilty of this most fatal mischief to the country
would speedily 20 under, covered with the an
athcmns OF every honest man, md strange MS Il
may appear To sny IL, after what has preceded,
the honest men are yet large majority nf the
men OF this country. But the ButtCrwOrths md
Barnuins are numerous In both parties, and
succeed In making themselves so frequently
heard that they appear to be the majority Of the
people when, in fact, they nrC no other but the
noisy, filthy minority; but II was the minority
who, for many years, ruled in ancient Rome. II
was the methods of the corrupt minority That
brought that proud republic aud mistress Of the
world to dgrcc of ruttcnncss and corruption
which easily enabled her barbarian enemies to
split her apart and break her up into worthless
fragments. II Is n sud commentary upon the
city of Cincinnati, but yet II is n true fact that
the inception and partial completion of her
southern Railroad was the most pcrniclous les
son that was ever given to the people of this
community IN the corrupt use oi money. This
statement Is particularly true of the second
southern Railroad election, the ono in which
the S60OO,O0O loan was voted. But MS this mat.
ter is already somewhat lengthy, the stories OF
the raScalities aud corruptiCns incident to the
legislation and Southern Railroad loan elections
will be told ut another time to the readers OF the
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