The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-03-23

ponent, he unbuttoned his shirt
collar, and went to raving and
clustering over the same old
themes that this country has been
"a niliar with since tho first Dem
ocrat demokogue tookthe stump
To convence the audience that his
financial theory was the correct
one. he appealed to them to know
whether they had as many green
backs in their pockets as they
wanted
To satisfy The German that he
was In favor of dealing honestly
with him, he declared that more Of
the Dutch would vote for him
than for Judge Wilsont To con-
vince the negro that he was their
friend, and considered the Fifteenth
Amendment valid he read extracts
from a speech delivered by Abra-
ham Lincoln just after his election
to the Presidency. when, to have
uttered sn abolition sentiment,
would have driven the Northern as
well as the Southern Democracy
into rebellion And that was the
style of his argument throughout.
1t was an appeal to the prejudices
and passions of men, q 0sophistic
use of words to conceal ideas and
principles
In the brief space allotted to
! Judge Wilson to close in, he was,
OF course, unable to follow the
rambling and rapid discourse of
his opponent but, as far as he did
go, he wiped out effectually all
there was in Judge Gooding's
point. Upon the whole, we think
the general impression among un
prejudiced hearers was that the
fairest man aud better cause were
on the Republican side. Both
speeches have been been publish
ed, and by them let their authors
He measured.
If it did not know that Wilson
was weak, and brought no strength
20 the canvass, it lies now in say
ing that it did know ii--and we
are decidedly of the opinion that it
is lying now and was telling the
truth two years ago The Telc-
gram now says:
We have simply to say that we
still endorse Judge Wilson on the
tariff. and moreover give him cred.
it Tor having made fair record in
Congress. But when or how such
| an admission should commit US to
a support OF his denomination We
/ fail to comprehend. 7-f
The above admission is some
] thing, but why can't it still say thai
! Judge Wilson beat Gooding on the
! stump, two years ago, wiped out
oil Of Cooding's arguments, and
many other endorsements it sc
\ Aavishly bestowed upon him then
and now not only thinks just the
contrary, but frankly admits it was
lying then-that it did right il
Tying, and under the same circum.
stances will lie again. We are o
the opinion that Mr.. Surfac,
would care little for the circum
| stances, and are almost ready L
\ believe that he would now lie ol
Y (not for) Judge Wilson, when th,
i truth would answer the purpos,
better. f-r r,
| We also siail to comprehen,
how such an admissio shout,
I commit us (Surface) to supper
7 of his (Wilsen's) denomination,
and have rot asked him to Civ,
such support. Mr.. Surface is no
In duty bound to support any body
lie can take his choice in the mat
ter, as he has done, but we thinl
/ he stepped far from the bounds O
\ duty when he volunteered to abuse
I Willy and misrepresent Judge VIII
son. We expect the Telegram t
\ oppose Wilson's re-nomir alton
have expected it ever since tn
removal of Julian as Postmaste
\ at Richmond-but 1emembel
brother Surface, We don't mean t
\ say that you wanted the Pos,offic
4 -oh, no 1.-THE Telegram could nc
have stood it to lower ~ itself t
! the level of sPostoffice sheet
| But we did expect it would oppos
Judge Wilson honorably, and nc
In the mean, ungentlemanly, an
utterly coetnmptible manner i
which it has done. =st=