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Editorial
July 2, 1868
The Plymouth Weekly Democrat
Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana
What is this article about?
Editorial expresses hope for George H. Pendleton as Democratic presidential candidate at the upcoming New York convention, emphasizes need for a platform upholding liberty, equality, and justice, opposing Negro suffrage, unequal taxation, and Republican corruption, while favoring greenbacks for bonds and state rights. Criticizes Republican leaders like Grant, Butler, and Stevens.
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THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION.
In our next issue we shall be able to announce the result of the national democratic convention, which will assemble next Saturday in New York. While we earnestly hope that George H. Pendleton will be our candidate, we cannot say, or feel, that he only will serve to bear the banner of democracy triumphantly through the coming campaign. We cannot say that the convention must give us Pendleton, while thousands of other patriots and statesmen fill our ranks; but, in behalf of the democracy, and of the suffering and oppressed of all the land, we can say that the convention must give us the eternal principles of liberty, equality and justice, in the platform adopted; and must place on that platform a man wedded to those principles, and who would yield his life rather than depart from one of them. Such we ask, and such, without a doubt we shall receive.
The sentiment of the country, by an overwhelming majority, asks, and demands, a platform opposing:
Negro suffrage in any and all localities, and forms;
The exemption of the rich from taxation;
Depriving any state or any man of a single constitutional right;
Thieving, lying and bribery.
And favoring, in plain and comprehensive language:
The payment of government bonds with greenbacks;
The acknowledgement of the equal rights of the states and all the people of our government;
Retrenchment and reform in the administration of the affairs of state; and
Equal and exact justice to all.
This platform, substantially, the people ask for and we have no doubt will receive.
The country groans and dies under the fraud, treachery and imbecility of the Jacobin party. Bad as that party has been and now is, it hourly grows worse. Such men as Fessenden, Grimes, Trumbull and Doolittle have been superseded by brute Butler, Dirty Work Logan, Whisky-ring Schenck and the Diabolical Stevens. With them at the head of affairs for the next four years, and in their hands the Great Imbecile—Grant, the country is overburdened beyond endurance. To the democratic party, and to its convention next Saturday, the people look for relief, and they cannot, will not look in vain.
In our next issue we shall be able to announce the result of the national democratic convention, which will assemble next Saturday in New York. While we earnestly hope that George H. Pendleton will be our candidate, we cannot say, or feel, that he only will serve to bear the banner of democracy triumphantly through the coming campaign. We cannot say that the convention must give us Pendleton, while thousands of other patriots and statesmen fill our ranks; but, in behalf of the democracy, and of the suffering and oppressed of all the land, we can say that the convention must give us the eternal principles of liberty, equality and justice, in the platform adopted; and must place on that platform a man wedded to those principles, and who would yield his life rather than depart from one of them. Such we ask, and such, without a doubt we shall receive.
The sentiment of the country, by an overwhelming majority, asks, and demands, a platform opposing:
Negro suffrage in any and all localities, and forms;
The exemption of the rich from taxation;
Depriving any state or any man of a single constitutional right;
Thieving, lying and bribery.
And favoring, in plain and comprehensive language:
The payment of government bonds with greenbacks;
The acknowledgement of the equal rights of the states and all the people of our government;
Retrenchment and reform in the administration of the affairs of state; and
Equal and exact justice to all.
This platform, substantially, the people ask for and we have no doubt will receive.
The country groans and dies under the fraud, treachery and imbecility of the Jacobin party. Bad as that party has been and now is, it hourly grows worse. Such men as Fessenden, Grimes, Trumbull and Doolittle have been superseded by brute Butler, Dirty Work Logan, Whisky-ring Schenck and the Diabolical Stevens. With them at the head of affairs for the next four years, and in their hands the Great Imbecile—Grant, the country is overburdened beyond endurance. To the democratic party, and to its convention next Saturday, the people look for relief, and they cannot, will not look in vain.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Suffrage
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Convention
George Pendleton
Negro Suffrage
Greenbacks
Republican Corruption
Constitutional Rights
Equal Justice
What entities or persons were involved?
George H. Pendleton
Fessenden
Grimes
Trumbull
Doolittle
Butler
Logan
Schenck
Stevens
Grant
Democratic Party
Jacobin Party
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Democratic National Convention And Platform Demands
Stance / Tone
Strongly Pro Democratic, Anti Republican
Key Figures
George H. Pendleton
Fessenden
Grimes
Trumbull
Doolittle
Butler
Logan
Schenck
Stevens
Grant
Democratic Party
Jacobin Party
Key Arguments
Hope For Pendleton As Candidate But Prioritize Principles Of Liberty, Equality, Justice
Platform Must Oppose Negro Suffrage In All Forms
Oppose Exemption Of Rich From Taxation
Oppose Depriving States Or Individuals Of Constitutional Rights
Oppose Thieving, Lying, And Bribery
Favor Payment Of Bonds With Greenbacks
Acknowledge Equal Rights Of States And People
Advocate Retrenchment And Reform In Government
Demand Equal Justice For All
Criticize Republican Party For Fraud, Treachery, Imbecility, And Worsening Leadership