The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-18
Address Of the Liberal Republic
can Executive ummi(scc.
10 the Liberals of Indiana:

The recent elections were but the Skin
mish before the final contest. Ii was
drawn battle. Compared with the clcc
lions of 1868, II was a defeat to the vi,
Republican party.
Pennsylvania. IN 1868 gave Genera
Grant u majority OF over 10000. Now
by a system of fraudulent voting sur
passing the ballotimg at the Massaclu
sctts troops ia indianapolis Ia 1864 ut
ierly infamous indeed = the Grant can
didatc Tor Governor is elected but by /,
majority largely reduced.
Ohio. in 1868, gave the candidate OF III,
Republican party Il majority OF ncarl,
10000. Now that party succeeds by les,
than 1000.
Thomas 4. Hendricks was declared
defeat cd in Indiana in 1863 by 9Gl votes
Now he is elected by a majority as large
There is nothing in the recent cleo.
tons to discourage us. di>pite the boast
ing OF the Grant party. II was the same
party that thought to snccr down the
Cincinnati Convention. that was jubi-
liant over its trighttul and fatal losses in
North Carolina, that was pleased with
its large reductions in Maine and Ver-
mont, and utterly suppressed all men,
ton of the election Of Georgia last
week that gave us fifty thousand ma
Jority. We simply need to gain rs we
have IN those States, and in Ohio and
Indiana, and the battle is ours.
The old organization has lost III ev-
cry State in the which there has been
an election since Horace Greeley was
nominated. 1t has only saved itself from
desperate defeat by desperate efforts. 1t
mas had the Secretary OF the Treasury,
and the Treasury itself. at work upo,,
the stump and at the polls. Every de-
vice that mcudacity and money could
devise has been employed. The mcayre
results 10 the Grant party Of such lavish
outlay Is q rcbuke more powerful than
q more conclusive defeat under an hon
Drable canvass. To succeed as we have
against such opposition is a victory in
Iced
A few weeks yet remains in which
We must labor with even more ti,clcss /
Effort. The people OF Indiana believe il,
he mission Of the Liberal Republican
'arty. They accept its platform rs the
"isest and best ever presented by par
y. II has every principle OF the old par
y worth preserving expressed with rug
!ed force, and il adds u principle that
he canvass from The beginning OF the
tate Conventions to the present time
as justified, that the President of the
initcd States ,'ioui,! Sc, i,ra candidate .
Dr. re-c'cr,'oa HE &, and danger, Z
I han. ana.lsv IL ~. % office hul-
crs anu 2U.I .t. cable subordinate,
lider pa! VI Ia crnmcnt attempting. I
control NOMINATIONS and elections 80 ;,
to Keep themselves in place, have been
lily demonstrate cd.
The vital difference between the plat 2
rms is something grandcr than tariffs II
the commonplace uttcrncc Of parties.
c seek the universal equality OF men.
'eedom and the ballot Tor the white :,
an with the black. We seek su.- Al
initial PEACE. hearty FHATERNIzArION
NORTH AND SoCTII, and Il PURE
VII SERVICE. For this we fight, and =,
this sign we shall conquer. Our ri- -
= has been and must liz TO show IL !"
ople that we can better secure these
Inefficient results than can the old parry, w
rdencd with barn aclcs, fostering with III
'ruption. and per'ucated with barba-
Is prcjudiccs. :.
The duty 10 which VIC are called is as -.
pcrativc and honorable ~ that to ~
ich we responded when the country .,
'dcd us rs soldiers. Let us conscicn- l..
lsly give ourselves to the labor be- ma
0 as. without bitterness. without at IN
lpting to follow the leaders of the pc
party in their disrcputablc course. :
y may do their worst abusing Libe- il
Republicans and Liberal Republican ins
I. Their venom is harmless. We are -
ting for principle that sooner or !,
r must succeed. Let US bear our
'es so that we shall deserve success. Be
" who win success unfairly, or will I
cycle only when success is assured :
alike unworthy to succeed. TO
noble cause demands our SERVICE
the cause Of humanity and patriot jar
Our principles are patriotic and ~
clfish. Our candidate, Horace Gree ~
Is the type Of man America dc. lsst
is to honor The honest, self-madc. aga
esentativc man. FORWARD tLcn its,
OF Indiana. With proper effort ~.
shall win victory nobler than that min
loody fields, and more enduring ocl
monuments. tow
JSHN A. Finch, Chairman. the
ing
Turn, u, Jan
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