The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-11-24
Can Any Party, Not Willing
to Allow the Liberty
OF Speech Last
Long.

Long?
since my last communication
had promised to write another to
give the Result. The great politi.
cal contest between the two parties
was over at six in the evening OF
the sixth, and, by ten O'Clock the
"boys with the hat bands" were
out with their horns; little expect
ing, so soon, to come out mt the
"ittle end" of them. The peculiar
tension made on the vocal organs,
led me at once, to know they were
not prohibitionists. Ny mind was
led to inquire, does your maternal
relatives take cOgnizance of your
nocternal absence from the domi-
cile? However, after due delibera-
tion, I found them to he only the
Cincinnati Commercial mans "In-
fantry;" non yet old enough to
pitch in to the Prohibitionists with
pitch-forlls, knives, clubs fire and
birthstone. l thought thc little fell
lows in their fun, were rather
Premature. Now allow me to lead
you on for short time, with mat
ter pertaining to the political situn-
ton, and drop my fun with the
boys.
In regard to the two great politi-
cal parties of this country, | will
not refer back further than 1856, at
the time the Republican party had
its first National campaign. In
this campaign they had two parties
to contend with. The great Demo.
cratic party, whose platform was
adopted at Cincinnati.
And the American party whose
platform was adopted at Philadel-
phia.
John c. Fremont received One
Million Republican votes, but was
defeated by the Democrats, who
elected James Bucanon. During
his administration the Slave
States Withdrew from the National
government--called tie nselve5 f.
the Confederate States OF America. !
formed a confederate constitution,
andnew state constitutions.
Allow me to DISCUSS a little by |
way of few remarks: Space is
not allowed me to give many
important facts that would be
necessary for a full explanation Of
these matters, even had | the abiI-
ity;what l say shall all be true, and
thepublisher is nat responsible for
any of it.
In this great Nation, at that time
there were two great national evils
Slavery and Intemperance. The
two great parties which had exist.
ed in the Nation from its birth
were afraid to undertake the ibo-
lition of either of those great evils;
hence n Rew party was necessary I
to accomplish this. This party
was the Republican party; but it
had no power to abolish either, IN
til elected. In 1860 it 3cas eIected,
and took the coItrole Of the Nation
al government. In about five
years it put down the Rebellion
restored every State and freed
every Slave in this great country,
an achievement any nation would
he proud of; -four million of human
souls held rs chattle property, turn-
Ell into free men by the proclama-
ton of the greatest leader any !
party ever had--A braham Lincoln.
And they left the other ecH, much
the greater Of the two, to remain
Had the Republican
party pushed on for the other evil,
intemperance, as thousands of the ,
best meE and women impIOred,
praid and done everything in all
reason that could be done to get
them to abolish every soloon in the
land, it would this dsy be exalted
~ all nations as the greatest party
in the civil world; the greatest
minds and the greatest men in this ,
would he proud to be call
ed Repub(icoR. They could have
wiped every saloon from the ,
American Continent, and thereby
be justly called the great protective ..
oartY Of this country; protecting
thousands Of poor woman and
unable to protect them !
selves; yea and thousans OF men
too who spend mnch of their hard i.
earned money for that which salts
ieth not. But alass; the time has
,ome' over twelve years ago, that :
hey lost the power to abolish the
saloon; | only blame the party for +.
Is gross neglect qf this, when ii :
lad its power. The time has come ,
hat neither the RaDublipan or