The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-03-29
THURSDAY. MARCH 29. 1888.
DEMOCRATIC PROPRIETY |!


Phlladei phia, wrote to Senator ingalls,
congratulating him upon his recen
speech in the Senate, about which the
Democratic party has exhibited sc
much genuine woe. The Kansas Sen.
ator replied in this way:
my DEAR -SIR-Accept my thanks
for your kind and obliging letter.
When recall the course of the Dem
!, ocratic party toward Mr. Lincoln,
whom they habitually characterized
as a baboon and a clown; toward
Grant, whom they styled butcher
and drunkard; Hayes, whom they
described as fraud and thief: Gar
field as public slanderer, and Arthur
us winebibber and glutton, it is in
teresting to inquire upon what theory
Mr. Cleveland is entitled to absolute
immunity from anything but praise
and eulogy. adhere to my definition
of Mr.. Cleveland, and shall never hes
itate to say that when he was elected
to the Presidency the public service
reached the low water mark both NOR
ally and intellectually.
''Very truly yours,
John J. INGALLS,"
The simple fact is, that while the
Democrats rejoice in the victory of
having elected a Democratic Presi-
dent, there is not an intelligent Dem
ocrat IN the party who is not heartily
ashamed of Grover Cleveland. Abuse
Of chief magistrate is perhaps out
OF place, but plain truths one may
talk about. The files Of copperhead
papers are filled with the most dis
gusting and hideous slop about Abra-
ham Lincoln-language that would
scarcely be tolerated even among
Democrats, at this day, and this far
removed from the excitement incident
to the war. The Democratic party
blackguarded and bounded Lincoln
day and night, in season" and out of
season, until at last, when the great
man was sitting quietly with his fam
lily at public entertainment, the
Democratic party murdered him.
Wilkes Booths act was not that of
an individual, merely, but was the
of the Democratic teach
ing all through theawar. He had no ,
doubt that he was acting-as one of I
his accompliccs wrote-in the capaci-
" of "the Charlotte Corday of the s
nineteenth century" In the face of t
all this, the Republican Senators
the brutal and murderous i
'eeord Of the Democratic party; re- G
nembering how the Democrats Of the
North smiled at the sight of Grape a
lpon the door of a soldiers family: il
emem bering how more than three
hundred thousand brave Union men g
we're slain In an effort to save the life 0
f the Nation from destruction by the
Democratic party; remembering all tt
be horrors attendant upon the Dem Is
cratic Rebellion = are expected to
AXE off their hats and speak in whis- "
ers concerning man whose greatest e7
ublio act has been an attempt to
zeal the blood-stained, battle-hags =
aptured by the Union army and re- o.
lrn them to the traitors who first tt
nfurled them. It is certainly humil-
ting to Democrats that from such el
rilliant men as Thurman, Pendleton. OF
andall, and hundreds of .otbers who CO
light have made brilliant records in
lie Presidential Office, the party came ha
'wn to one whose only claim to dis a, AZ
notion is the fact that he weighs u"
'er three hundred pounds, and that .
, is the trucking tool of the Confed -
ate Brigadiers. The fact is, the Oh Oh
are more ashamed of Gro
r Cleveland than the Republican sir
e, and thousands Of them will unite to,
th the Republicans this year to get {
m out Of the White House and the pr'
residential Office. We could select :
om the files of the Democratic pa tu1
RS, column after column of slang by
Republican Presidents. ing
t us hear no more about disrespect "
ward Cleveland.