Year: 1868

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On the education question, we arc
informed that the Democrats will rem.
der useless the "one thousand school
houses" in the State. Here in Ohio
county, where the Democrats have CON-
plete control of the school system, the
tendencies in the direction pointed out
by the Intelligencer have not been re-
markably alarming. The only locality
in which we have heard that the school
houses have been rendered useless"
was in Monroe county. Probably we
shonld correct ourselves and say that
in Monroe county the highest stage OF
utility, according to the Radical idea,
has been reached. The school funds in
Union, the county seat of that county,
have been devoted exclusively to the
education of the negroes, the whites
being denied all benefit of that fund,
and compelled to school their children
at private cost.


Finally, according to the Intelligencer,
before voting the ticket they them
selves have helped to make the Demo
Gratis should "be quite satisfied in their
own convictions that the material, the
moral and intellectual interests of our
people would be better promoted, that
taxes would be lighter, that labor would
be more honorable, better rewarded,
our children better and more chesply
educated, that life and property would
be more secure aud mems individual
rights and liberties be better protected
under Democratic than under Republi-
can administration"


There is not Democrat iu the State
who does not believe that every one of
these ends would be better attained
"under Democratic than under Repub.
lican Administration. Under Demo-
cratic rule the material interests of the
State would be advanced because legisla-
ton would be had for the benefit of the
people rather than for the perpetuation
of party; prescription which kills the
harmony and consequently the prosper
ity of the people would be abolished land
the general reputation of the State, now
destroyed by the introduction of the
military into our midst and the accom-
panying declaration that our people are
lawless and rebellious, would be restored
and upheld so that capital and immi-
grafton might feel safe in coming here
for investment and location.


THE moral interests of our people
would be better promoted" beause bad
men would be turned ont of power and
their example, now felt for evil, would
lack influence as they lost prominence;
the intellectual advance ment of the
State would be cared for in like mar
nor, because, with honest and capable
men in power, the educational fands
would be applied to their legitimate
objects rather than to personal or par
tisan ends, and the presence of brains
aud experience at the head of our school
system would remedy all the evils now
felt through iNcompetency and mis-
management. Taxes would be lighter,
because nine. tenths of our small
offices would be abolished retresch- =
ment would be the rule OF ap-
preparation and the productive
portions of the State, now prostrate
beneath prescription, would through
wise and liberal laws be encouraged to
aid in bearing the public burdens;
Tabor would be more honorable and
better rewarded" because men would
no longer be disfranchised for working
in the service of incorporated compa-
nies and taxation would not eat up the
earnings of toll; "life and property
would be more secure" because Rad
ical mob system would lind no place
under Democratic policy, and the pro-
scriptive laws that enable "loyalty" to
defraud large portioa of our citizens
would be repealed; "men's individ-
ual rights and liberties would
be better protected under Demo
cratic than under Republican Admins
tration," because three men in each
county would no longer have exclusive
and irresponsible control over the ques-
ton of suffrage; men would no longer
be disfranchised because of tho ticket
they supported professions and privil-
eyes would be free and not, as now, en-
ioyed by means of test that was de-
signed to be pledge of fidelity to the
Republican party; and equal laws, exact
justice, no prescription for opinions
sake and no punishment without trial
and conviction according to law, would
be the leading principles of Democratic
Administration.