Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-07-20


July l6, 1888.
For the Richmond Palladium.
To the roters of the Fifth Congressional
District Of Indiana.
GExrLExEN-ln a particular quar-
ter it is true we hear a great deal SAID
about merit; yet we at the same time
see an unwlllingness in those thus Pra-
ting to rely on this same merit, and
consequently We are left entirely in the
dark as to the circumstances or facts
in which this great merit consists, or
which develope it. Merit, talent, SUI
perior ability, first order Of intellect,
are qualities as easily attributed to an
individual by those urging upon you
his pretensions, as are their counter
parts by those preferring and favoring
the advancement Of another. And !
assure you for one, l am somewhat in
clined to regard with suspicion this os-
tentatlous parade and flourish Of the
term merit, when l see in truth and in
fact that the whole reliance is placed
upon party spirit, the most desperate,
determined exertions having beer, land
being made to ~draw the line," as
they call iD between parties nearly
extinct.
Now if Mr.. Smith and his friends
really rely upon Mr.. Smiths merit,
why say, In the name Of common
sense excite party strife to drive Mr..
Rariden off the track, and try to con-
centrate party vote upon Mr.. Smith |?
Surely it is the foolishness of folly in
the mass Of the voters to cling to re-
collections ofpartyisms nearly extinct,
to part, preferences of'bye-gonc days.
regardless of present and future IN
terests. Suppose the late distinctions
of partyism remain visible and 10 mol
wise impaired; where is the profit to-
be derived from the election Of an indi-
vidual upon party spirit, when that
spirit is in opposition to the president.
all the executive departments, the ma
;nrify nf as.r senate, and the sweeping
majority of the house Of representa-
tives of the United States? Whilst
heated Partisans charge upon the gen.
eral government a system Of proscrip-
ton and exclusion from office of all
men politically opposed to the present
and the majority Of the con-
gress Of the United States, and bitter,
y complain thereof, to answer a pres
emit purpose they endeavor to array
the scattered fragments Of that '.pro-
'cribed' party, and if possible elect an
ofthat "Proscribed, !" exclud-
I'd, prosecuted, powerless minority
party, saying (all their previous gener-
u assertions to the contrary notwith-
that this individual, thus Ell.
ected upon a spirit Of party in the mi 7
'ority, can do more for rs than q man .
Who we all know is regarded by the
as friendly thereto and ,
las an influence with the administra- .
ion. This is logic I-confess to which b
am utter stranger. ID
said Gen. M'Carty had some isflu-
nee with the administration. / can =
ustain the assertion. Gen. M'Carty Il
las represented Us in Congress two !.
during which time (among
Their things) he had one appropriation Il
D the Cumberland Road Of SiOO,OO a
mother Of $4,000. An appropriation
0 the erection Of bridge over White
vater at Richmond of 31O,OOO. The :"
QUITE Of said road through Richmond, =
ow under contract and being graded. !,
md l do presume We have had full v
hare Of Executive patronage, to wit: I
hree cadets at the military school; -
ne midshiPman in the navy; two re-
eiver's Of public money; two commits
oners 10 the United Sues Amy !,
ne commissioner to treat With the In :,
lans ; one commissioner to conduct the :,
ligration Of the Indians to the west of b
We Mississippi; a secretary, an assis- E
mt secretary, one or two commission y
> to an Indian treaty, &c. &c. And b
appeal to our old revolutionary pat &
OTIS, the pride of our country, to say a
Gen. M'Carty has not faithfully at n
'nded to all their applications for p
ensions that they have placed in his u
ands. Gen. M'Carty has pursuedt
. spirit Of party favorltism. None a
hatever; and there are now in this "
ounty pensioners who at the last con-
ressional election violently opposed
ZEN. MCarty) supporting him, be- b
ause (among other things he was at =
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