The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-21

can better Judge the merits ofa me asure than the
merits of man. They can more readily detect !
faliacious argument than a false statement. |
When the opposition denounced republ cans as |
misguided statesmen, the people could safety |
compare our measures with theirs, and juoge |
which were best. But when they depounce re- |
publicans as thieN es il is not so easy to try the
the truth of the assertion. Besides two ciTcum- |
gSbs have SeOp 20 fae o &
eminent, and have the best chance 10 peculate |
Second. il has been the especial labor OF the
Some cases have been found.
He was great statesman as well as great
poet who made Cassius say
"In such time as this 1t is not meet
ment."
However specious that theory may sound,
bule times TO practice upon It. William III. |
was an honest magistrate. He had a world TO
tight, and he was c mpelled 10 be very lenient
toward the treasons OF Godolphin aud Mari
borough. He was slow to punish the embeZzle-
the manfod rascales o. oro'd q1 Runh5e Inn
struggle and excitement which attended The le-
be lion some bad men found their way into pub
was too much occupied with graver matters 10
keep strict watch OF every individual offender
as uDprepared for Z at duty Congress was
then much absorbed in the great. work of re-
construction, and the president was not hap
the present administration has no exemption
from that work. II 1t Is not attended TO now,
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must be held responsible But it is attended
to- tits prosecuted with that infexible energy
which has characterized every labor led by
President Grant. Some offenses have be n ex-
posed and every time rogue has ben pun
ished the opposition has shouted: "see how
corrupt republicans are!" IL is as IL whenever
a surgeon removes atumor from his patient the
mob should shout: "How very rotten the doctor
ted at the risk of this twofod peril: First every
time we remove rascal we lend plausibility to
punish one we MAKE cGe@ Democrat or I%s few eve
years that party has been recruited, not only by
those knaves we have dismissed frC m Office, but
TO get once. 1t is NOT impossibis that by this
process they may in time recover a majority.
Good men cali not, without nneasiness, contem-
plate the possibility of the country once more
falling into the control OF that party, when In
addition TO the devils, which always paralyzed
1t for any noble effort, 1t shall have been rein
forced by all the unclean spirits expelled from
the republican party.
| INTERNAL REFORM.
/ The success which has attended the effort of
this administration to effect internal reform is
forceibly indicated, but only partiallay measur-
ed by these facts:
First. In thirteen years it has not once been
forced to resort TO loans except by the exgencies
seen, repeatedly resorted to loans in time OF
Second. In six years taxes have been remitted
at various times amounting to more than three
hundred millions annually.
Third. The principal of the public debt has
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Fourth The treasury note has been apprecia-
ted from rs 2-l0 per cent its gold value in March
1869. TO IS 2-l0pcr cent, Its gold value in March
last,
, Fifth. In spite of the financial disasters which
overlook the country in September, 1873, the pub
lie debt was diminished nearly i've millions
Sixth The cost Of tBe excluding
expenditures Tor improvements and disburSe-
ments made necessary TO meet obligations i'm
Ia during the last fiscal year than during the
year ending June 30, 1850.
/, Bad men, doubtless are still left in the repub-
; lican party, as bad men are in the democratic
party. so good men are in DO h parties. The
former, IL has in thirteen years raised the coun.
try higher in true national greatness than any
, country was ever raised before in the same
length OF time; while because of bad men in the
! other party, the country instantly declined in
character and dignity while it had control.
pasty better than either, loftier in its aspira
tions, wiser in its methods bolder in i;s endeav
ors, is unQuestionably desirable. Such a party
might De atained' II tie wise, the upright and
: unite themselves with the like in the republi
p can organization. But it is impossible to frame
cy. which has not achieved a single noble enc
in forty wears, with all the reckless adventurer'
. and hungry place-hunters who, in former years
= focked to the Republican party, not to aid ii,
= enterprises, but to batten on it's strength.
r ELECT REPUBLICANS.
You are about to select represeu tatives to
4 new congress. We earnestly entreat you to senC
y the truest and ablest republican you have. Blu
: we entreat you to send republicans and no
4 democrats. You Will send one or the other. N,
: matter what the individual may call himself, O
Il what disguise he may wear, he wi be a repub
?, l1can or democrat. There Is at present M
d room for any ther style in our politics If yol
do not mean to retrace the past you will selec
IS republicans and not democrats. If you mean {,
go forward in the future, you will select republi
e cans and not democrats
y OUR MISSION NOT ENDED.
; can party is accomplished. If it be that n,
s more is meant than that the party has dscharg
d ed every trust heretofore committed to tive al
Z init it. 1t has been thought when one wa
r found faithful over few things that a goos
II reason for trusting him with more things. Can
II you DO better than be instructed by such ex
IS ample? Especially since you must emplo,
r either the party which you say has fulfillet
" which has betrayed every trust.
The occasion for political effort has not passed
@ American progress is not ended. Other labor
m lie before you lighter, perhaps but not light.
D. First. You have to see that what is done shal
not be undone. Republicanism offers you tn,
Second. You have to see that the work of re
n form goes forward. Three great labors demani
= your present consideration.
D The fourteenth amendment to the constitu
= ton is not yet enforced by appropriate legisa
!, tion" Millions of American citizens are denies
~ even the common law rights of locomotion be
a cause they black. If such wrongs are to bs
: redressed the republican party alone can do il
,e THE CURRENCY.
The currency is in an abnormal condition an,
?, must be reformed. 1t is undoubtedly true tina
,r the republican party is not agreed how to efec
y that reform. Neither is the democratic party
n Neither party, such yet sees clearly the righ
n way. But there are two reasons for believing
e that the republican party rather than its riva
)t can best treat this great question of tn
re finances:
re IL /. AS the former has, hitherto found the tru
way through greater difficulties so we believe !
Ii IS more apt TO find the true way through this.
3 2 You already have abundant assurance ina
l. when republicans discover the true way the,
d will pursue it, That assurance has not as ye
le been given by the other party.
e. 3. The republican party in the future. as in tn
past, will to IL that the national credit suffer
10 no detrment, and that the national honor is pre-
le served.