East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-03-21
Chr q onrier
wednesday. March n. 1890.
THE ELECTION.


In our charter election soon to come
off it is TO be hoped that whatever
may be the political record or pro-
clivities of candidates, none will be
presented by either party whose quail
ifications are in any degree made
quate, or who fail TO come fully up to
the Jacksonian standard of "hOnest,
capable; faithful citizens. The polit-
ical issue is plain and unmistakble, it
is between the policy which recom-
,mends as Gin the interests of peace
1.cand IN the interests of the Union,
"the admission Of every State to its
'share in public Legislation, when,
. "however insubordinate, insurgent or
.'rebellious its people may have been,
lit presents itself, not only in an atti-
''tude Of loyalty and harmony, but in
& ''the persons Of representatives whose
; loyalty cannot be questioned under
''any existing constitutional or legal
tests" and that other policy which
%;contemplates The entire exclusion of
representation in either House of Con-
''gress from amy State lately in rebel
Lion, irrespective Of its present loyalty
cor the character of its people, until
''the adoption of certain measures not
definitely stated, whose advocates
''agree neither to the measures pro-
"posed nor in The reasons given for
their support-this exclusion to con-
''tnue for an indefinite and unlimited
'period Of time, declared by some to
"be for five years, by some thirty
"years, and by some in certain con-
'tingency Jorerr-the entire region
''comprised with thirteen seeding
States, including Tennessee, to be
"held meanwhile as conquered terri
story, and to be governed as subject
provinces by the central power, and
''the people thereof to be used as vas
''sals, liable and subject necessarily at
''all times to taxation, while thus
wholly deprived of representation
''and of every right of self govern
"ment."
1t is the issue between the policy Of
Onion, which is President Johnson's
policy, and that of Disunion, which is
the policy Of the destructives who now
as heretofore, looking solely to the in
-r terests of party, would welcome the
nations utter humiliation if the al
tentative its destruction or the defeat
of their party were presented. To
this grand issue all other questions
are necessarily subservient AS re-
remarked by that staunch conserva-
tive, Senator DIXON, of Connecticut,
1s~n points of detal IN regard
''to it will be lost sight Of and for
''gotten in view Of the vast and over
"whelming idea of the permanent ana
"fraternai reunion of the people of
every one of those States under a
"common flag and common represen-
''tative government 1t is impossible,
Gin the nature of things, that the pub
'lic mind should be occupied by any
''other political question. Until this
''is decided, finally and forever, no
'psrsonal or party consideration can
'divert the eager attention of the peo-
''ple from the exclusive investigation
'of this question"
The local issues are as ever in free
communities, between good govern
lnent law and ORDER rigid economy
and strict accountability on the one
hand, and lawlessness, luffianism, en-
travngance and loose management of
public affairs, on the other. On either
% side will the ticket be strengthened in
proportion as the candidates represent
the right views in this regard, and it
particularly behooves the Democracy
in making their nominations to see to
it that no strength is lost by catering
tn faction or temporizing with ques-
tions where the issue is clearly be-
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