Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-12-07

with the honest herd of humanity for the
want OF an opportunity to be daylight
robber. The men who furnished part
Of their surplus--for which they are en-
titled TO credit duc--to assist The Govern
ment IN the prosecution Of the war and
aave alike home Tor themselves, should
al least been rs generous to the government
ma That government was to the soldier by
accepting the same kind of money that the
aoldier accepted, instead Of manipulating
the officials Of TINT government 10 make
them privileged class in gold.bearing
bonds. with principle and interest payable
in gold-thus creating millionaires and
dictntors Ns 10 the conduct Of the govern
ment, such ~ the South did not witness
in her palmiest days. This money IL Law
islily spent TO secure the election OF such
from the people in the same manner as
that already secured-as witnessed by the
honest confessions of the N. Y. Mail &
Express last week. "Huw dost thou like
the picture"
Thus It will be peen, illuminated by the
history Of the past, that the "situation"
has been completely changed. The South,
purified by fire and bloodshed, rich IN
experience and poor in purse, the grea,
majority of whom were innocent partici-
pants in the great conflict, drawn in by
| misrepresentation, bulldozing and fraud
and also appeals to their chivalry, ac-
k nowledge that they were wrong in that
conflict and are glad that slavery was
abolished and would not have the rysten,
restored under any consideration, and want
to discuss the best ways and means TO ad-
vance the intereste of the whole coun
try and devise the best means of settling
the question OF the negro vote which is a
most serious one in many portions Of the
South, and cheerfully invite our capital
and enterprise to help them build up anew
that part OF the country.
On the other hand we find the accum-
ulated wealth of the North dictatorial,
bulldozing, relying upon a polluted
press to mislead and deceive the people
by which they may secure power and
the opportunity to rob the people al
their own pleasure and trample down
all who raise objection or will not hold
up their hands and allow them to &C
through their pockets at pleasure. In
stead of an open, fair discussion OF the
best methods of conducting Republic
a resort to all the known "tricke of the
trade' of politics is resorted to. TIL,
pulpit seems to be floating along will
the political current, with the assertion
that there was always sin in tho worlC
and it can't be helped Thus as bolt
robberies as any committed by tn,
Jessie James gang, and far more de
moralizing to society, are winked a
and palliated. This accounts for, in @
great measure, the popularity of Sam
Jones and Sam Small. The people ar
hungry for solid facts-not Theoretical
essays and palliations for sin.
When the New York Mail and Elk
press, leading Republican organ, il
our metropolitan city, can go into
tantrum because all of about 5000
votes contracted for in that city wit
the vilest wretches that inhabit q Re
public, for $l50,000, are not all deliver
ed according to contract, and in les
than a week after threaten to throw a
army on the South with all the vigor c
the North. If investigations don't ceas
at once, is it not about time to ask for
Supreme Court decision, on q rigid in
vestigation, IS to the constitutionalit
. of President of this Re public taking
, seat by purchase?
We did not start out to write a me!
sage, but have rambled over far MOI
|, political territory than designed at Il
commencement. But we would spar
, If in our power, the young men of to.dl
from like experience of the young me
of twenty-eight years ago, which seen
to us inevitable under the present d
i moralized state of politics and sooiet
= When people reach point that the
:, are willing to risk all for power and pc
. they are invariably accommodated.