The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-06-20
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What Honest Mem VIII Do. 81 4
The New York Nation, which ex-
erts more influence over all persons
honestly seeking for governmental re-I
form than any other paper In She
country, concludes recent editorial
entitled, "Grant, Greeley and a.
ANS, Is Sollows. The Nation b q
truly independent journal which. ~ 4
sr alDying itsslf to any party. has ever
boldly criticised all and labored sor
that it considered honorable and right.
Neither it's ability or honesty hes
ever been questioned aud Therefore,
while it favored the so-called d" Liber-
al, movement previous to the Cincin-
natl Convention as something out Of
which good might come, INCOME VS.
surprised to see II turn Ii disgust nom
the result of that gathering. In NE
article from which the following y an
excerpt. the writer after institutiuG .
lengthy comparison between Grant
and Adams, to the great advantage of
the latter, proceeds to bring Grant and
Greeley together In 0ur quOtatiOn. and
.Istiucse from this zcOznpasisOn what
honest men should do under tbs cir
cumstances:
"Mr. Adams, 1t Is true, would In all
probability have had to be elected, u
elected, by the help Of the Democrats;
but the Democrats would. In his fol-
lowing, have been relocated TO . Sec
ondary position. He would have
drawn to his support at once = large
and respectable aud Influential body Of
the Republican party. Surrounded
by them, he would have entered on
his canvass and his administration
Vhe chairman Of his committee In this
State would not have been General
John Cochrane, nor his chief fugle-
man Mr.. Theodore Tiiton, nor the
first vice-president 81 his sati0caaion
meeting the notorious Ben Wood.
Moreover, his appearance would hnve
been hailed ell over the country - tAe
sign Of o real revolution In pOaitics.
aud would for that reason have excit-
ed real Enthusiasm In thousands Of
breasts in which enthusiasm burns
deep and long. Last Of all. he would
not have alarmed the capitalists and
business men a. Greeley does; he
would have carried them with him,
almost to = man. His very name
would have been guarantee cf stabh-
ity, order, and economy in the admin
istration Of the government. which N
what the financial world above ~
things desires. Greeley, on the other
hand, associates with even more ras-
cally politicians, aud has more Of the
habits and training Of q politician him
self, than Grant; he has warmly sup
ported, except the San Domingo
scheme, every objectionable feature in
the legislation OF the last seven years.
He is neither revenue reformer, civil
service reformer, nor any other kind
ofreformer that people now care about;
and, - to uncertainty, the very wind
has, since the establishment VI the
Weather Bureau, become more relia-
BILE than he. The result is, and the his
tory OF the last month shows II, he has
not only mot drawn to himself any OF
the reDutai,ic disSonteE; Ss the Repub-
lican party, but he has driven it back
into ranks repentant and Inundated,
He stands surrounded, ~ far IS the
Republican North il concerned, 10 tht
main by 'soreheads' and blatherskites,
His great and indeed only reliance II
the Democrats Of tie North and south
but especially of the South, and h'
therefore presents himself TO the Re.
publican party rs simply the visible
sign Of renewed attempt on the par
II The old Copperheads aud rebels t
get possession Of the government. NJ
wonder there was n revival Of the OLE
military enthusiasm ut Philadelphia
that the picture Of the man on horse
back was let down from the ceiling
aud worshipped, with old camp cheers
and that the old songs of the war wer
heard again, giving vent to passion
which every patriot must wish from
his heart were forever extinguished
What is offered US to cover up thi
catastrophe? Why, the deliveranc'
of the people from the tyranny Of tn
Electoral College on the tariff q0es
ton!
What are honest men to do
Well, IL there is nothing else offered
il the Democratic Convention commit
the absufdity Of raising the old whit
hat as its standard at Baltimore, tn
only thing for Republicans Of our wa.
Of thinking to do is to choose the les
Of two evils, and vote for GeDers
Grant. We expect no improvement
in the Administration from him; "
10 not look at his hands for the re
moyal OF any of the existing abuses
we know Of no answer to any OF th
weighty aud reasonable objection
made to his Administration but y
10 know, a. near a. may be, what b
will do; we know ct least. the woss
he will do. The probabilities are thA'
the temptations connected with re
nomination over, he will on man
points change for the better. Mosst
ver-and this is the most important 9
all-if he is reelected, there will be o
general redistribution ofonices and q
financial disturbance. What GTeeIe
will do, aud what the motley cre'
whom be would lead TO Washingto
would do, nobody knows"
The State Democratic Convention
which at its recent session ct ID
Moines endorsed Gfeeiey with SON
show Of una nimity despite the earsaei
protests of a few old delegates who ~
had some regard for consistency, selld
to Baltimore Charles Mason, Of Bal
lington, J. Y. Duncoine, Of TT. Dodg
Jno. +. Irish, Of Iowa City. and ,
II. Ham, of Dubuque, as delegates !,
large. The delegates from this distrt,
are =. w. Stewart, o. Jackson TO. III
*. NJ. Martin OF Scott.