The Republican journal., 1869-10-28

'.Gh. who can tell what heroes feel.
When all but life and honol'~ lost"
Iii his letter accepting Che eubcrnatoriui
nomination, and declaring for separate po-
litical action, for the reason that the republic
he said
Temperance men feel that lhc most valuable pro-
ducion Of state OF nation is it, mon; and The
greatest destruction that can bci" amy people is the
destruction Oh its manhood. And the SUrcs and
SWitto> destroyer OF nations suffered to exist
is the selling and drinking of Intoxicating liquors
Impressed with these Convictions Trmncranrc
state: feeling that this secured and all else follows
as natural result. And 10 this end will they a>l.
the entire abolition Of the traffic in alcoholic liquors
as 4 beverage. This they VIII >ooh by all moral
means aided by whatever Of legal force the oxigcn-
| clcS OF the case may require.
As a matter Of principle, he could not do
differently. And whether he received few OF
many votes did not signify. IL principle was
preserved.
But all this has fer the present passed n.y.
and we find the late candidate lor Governor
again before the public with other arguments
the substance Of which we gave to ouI
readers last week. And we find again that il
the persistent opposition Of the radical party
to the true interests Of The country that he
exposes. But this time il is the strangulation
Of the shipping interest that moves him 10
speak. We quote from the report
Mr.. IIchhorn earnestly asked the committee fo
| find some method for the restoration Of American
| commerce. Twenty-Five wears ago VIC built ships
cheaper than any other nation. OUR DIFFICI- l.
TIES BEGAN WITH THE WAR. TIT! DIS
CONGRESS HAVE BROKEN Is DOWN
| Now ask Congress to pass laws lust as arc
granted 10 other nations by their Legislatures. Our
ships cost >cycnty-eght dollars a ton. Across The
| line III Canada they only cost about forty dollars n
ton. And then the Two are brought into compcti-
ton IN New York ports. If Congress will unflttcl
liz and allow u to import iron, &C., we can build
us cheap as other nations. We are more inventive
| and have better mechanics.
This is as true as the gospel. But the 1ucs-
ton we desire to put, in this connection Is.
why does Mr.. Iiichborn continue to support
the very party and the very men who pcrpc-
tratc and sustain this wrong? II is four OF
five years since this has been the burden OF
his song, and during that time he has never
failed to support high tariff men for Congress
in this district. Why this difference in his
action as between temperance and tonnage ?
Why dcnomcc toddy and support tariff?
The improper and excessive use of rum is
destructive, and 50 are the cxactons of I'M
reasonable taNation-but if we are to die
from one cause OF the other, perhaps il would
be better to take too much punch than to look
on idle shipyards and tighten our belts over
empty stomachs.
One thing is very certain, however Mr.
H., whether he continues his present party
associations OF not, now appears before the
public in the character Of a Democratic mis-
sionary. We don't want to see the position
OF the Democracy more strongly stated than
III the above extract. Every Democrat in the
country will endorse every word Of it, The
| confession comes reluctantly from him, how
| ever, like a person tortured by thmb-scrcws
OF his own cOntrivance.
1.-THE DISABILITIES IMPOSED BY
CONGRESS HAVE BROKEN Us DOWN. y
This is excellent. Here is a vcritable Dan
iel come to Judgment No more talk about
what the wal destroyed. No more imputing
this TO rebel cruisers. England is excused.
What the war, and rebel cruisers, and Eng
llsh hatred failed to do, Congress has accom-
plished. The ship builders are broken down.
The Hon. N. &. Hichborn says it-and who
shall say him nay?
Inconsistent as Mr.. II. appears, we incline
to think that he can be of more service to us
where he is, than though he should leave the
radical party altogether. If he is going to
thus turn their guns on their own camp, put
matches to their magazines, and dig mines
under their forts, he had better continue to
dwell in the tents Of wickedness.
The connection which Mr.. II. avows will
result inevitably in the case of any man who
honestly investigates the causes of our COM
mcrcial decay. 1t will be found that how
ever swift radcalism has been to destroy
when it comes to restoration, the kindly and
conservative ideas and principles of Democ-
racy are the only ellicacious ones The ocean
commerce Of the country was the growth of