The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-12-18
R1E d KELLEY pEssEcrED.


The :mpudent end brazen announce
Inelt by ills cgotistical gentleman, that
/ II the Pre- dent dared TO express Lis wei.
known We've on a resumption OF specie
! payments O. CKel!ey) would cut loose
7 from IT,, & publican organization. seems
likely 50 result in tLat gentleman receiv-
ing a gentle reminder from Lis coHssitu-
euts II. zard 20 lis poli;ieaI douJIe-deal-
ing and .liclsary. 70 D. sound Oh the
tariff question has of late years been
about :l.a oEIy reqUiite Iece sary for ii
PenB-y lvaEia statesman. and .s "a con
sequence PeaussIyaU.a la. sent some
very mediocre men to cur NatioHal
Council IN this -iraiI FRY -ci.ool OF
demago-ne-, Kelley Las been oousl.ru-
ou.. lis weii-worl u-aatie oi I:l-.rau
has con r,-teiy eIyeIoEeG and conceal
ed from Size gaze of Iis cons itueur- She
ears Of iLeass. But LIS Ia;e letter has
az last .rowu them 90 what an amazing
extent il.ey have been deceived, rs 5
shown ly TIE following extract from. tie
Philaaslgiii BUIietiu:
Judc. Kelley's personal opinions are
Of no particular consequence TO anybody
outside II the little knot of worshippers
who agree with him in ranking HIM as
tie Henry Clay Of modern days-oniy
little hiaaer than the original But his
entire constituency has "a right, aud viii
exercise tito condemn and GeEouHce the
practical ialsehoOd by which he has won
his pee =ction to Congress. He well
knew tha; ne could not be sent back 10
Washington If Ee proclaimed himself an
ilfafiauir to the extent Of dcserting his
party.f President Grant merely said in
Isis Haasss-- what lie has said I'm the be-
ginning. Weighted both with his salary
grab a.4S i- Credit NCJeiier cOmDlica-
lions. an honest constituency still sent
Lin back 20 Congress, although at the
sacrifice Of some principle, because they
believed iiin 10 be a staUnch Republican
And $40 nGe kHlWs better than Judge
Kelley tiar they neither wOuid UOr could
have done 50 had Ie yielded 70 that
UvrrpUveriug sense Of conscience and
self-resD,rt' Of which he talks 50 loudly
in bis b.. - of lass Suuduy.aHd had told
his constituents before ti,c election what
lie now TrOciaiIHs.
Judge Kelley pretsnds or the 9th Of
December that he does not know what
the President will say on the 9TH. or
course this is a transparent pretense.-
President Grant has never wayered from
his broad. solid policy o. national hon
esty. He Ha- always advocated the pay
ment Cf tie debt aS soon as it can be done
Judge Kelley. had lie possessed the i'm
mense personal independence and self
respect that ne talks about. could have
made his sue with President Grant at
any tiE3r i-iore the recent elections
But ic w.i knew that such an issue
would have left him at home. and so lie
did not dare to face it. Nor did lie ven.
ture 10 open his mouth on any of the
great issues That agitated the comInuni-
ty in the late campagn.
We are not discussing the relative mer-
its Of President Grant and Judge Kel-
ley's financial opinions and schemes
We are simply holding up TO the public
judgment two men, one of whom with
high moral courage, stands by his party
and his principles in the face Of the en-
elny and OF defeat, and the other Of
whom, winning reelection by a coward
ly deception Of his constituents, makes
haste to hang out the white flag, and to
seek shelter in the hostile camp. The
contrast Is a striking one, and will be ap-
preciated throughput the length and
and breadth Of the Republican party Of
the country.