The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-10-07
from the New York Tribune, eoth.l
A Lunatic Campaign.


before seen in our history. In every |
previous contest there has been some |
pretense, at least, on each side that the |
principles it professed and the objects for |
which it was stirring were in accordance |
with law and common sense, and that its |
success would be for the general welfare
Hitherto there have always been two
sides to question and men OF sense ana
character have been able to sustain their I
party platform in debate with some ap
pearance of logic and self respect. But
there is no pretense of such state OF
things in Ohio at this moment. Inc
Republican speakers talk to great crowds
of the principles of finance and OF COM
mon honesty established for centuries by
the universal consent of the clyiIlZed
world They deal in axioms as lndlsput-
able as any elementary rule OF arlthme.
tic. They are driven by the lunacy OF
their opponents to elaborately proving
that two and two make four. On the
other side these demonstrations are
treated with contempt. They can not
be answered, and there is no effort to
answer them. The imitation spouters do
not waste time in discussing principles.
Governor Allen, with that frank and
conceited ignorance of his which has
made him the favorite of the most stupid
section of the Democratic party, does not
even care to consider an argument adj
dressed to his intelligence He roars
out: Don't talk to me about principles
or theories. The times are too hard for
that. Theories won't fill a workingman's
belly" And his crowds answer with
rapturous plaudits. In this absurd old
mans progress through the State he has
made nearly fifty speeches. prodigious
proof of physical strength in one of his
age, which is enough to set at rest the
fears of the Republicans that he may not
live through his term. All these speech
es have been exactly alike-there-is not
an argument, not an appeal to honesty
or intelligence, in one of them. They
all resemble the rollicking, roaring talk
of an ignorant loafer before a bar-room
FIRE, who gives his opinion, between
drinks, on science, religion and govern
ment, from the point of view of his own
momentary whinl, without the slightest
regard for law, for fact, or for moral
sense. AS long as he hears an occasion
al That's so, Jake" or go for EN-, Bill
ly," his voluble trade goes on, without
glimmer of conference or responsibility.
Yet this sort of gabble made Mr.. Allen
Governor of one of the greatest Common
wealths of the Union, and he fully ex-
poets to be reelected by it.
All the talking on his side is of the
| same aQazluS kIuQ. IL ID nuLlllAdeAuS W
have to mention such mountebank as
Gary, but as he is the principal speaker
in this campaign, it becomes a serious
matter to consider what possible depth
of ignorance aud dishonesty he repre-
sents In his speech in Cleveland the
other day he said the Government should
issue money enough to give every man
|, and woman in the country all the work
: they wanted at good prices. Nothing so
crazy as this was ever uttered IN the Ma
|. tioal ateliers of Paris during the mid
y summer madness of the days of June.
He is also reported as having said at
Warren that of course the greenbacks
would never be redeemed-that the nat
: ural and proper result of imitation would
be reputation. Now lit is not strange
that such person as Cary should hold
> these views. There are men of more
2 sense than he in Bedlam who hold SINH
! lar opinions. But the wonder is that in
, a great and prosperous State, in q city
like Cleveland, which owes its unexam
pied prosperity to intelligent and hones
industry, creature without personal oil
social weight to entitle him to propose
any sort OF novelty, should be listened te
and applauded in the utterance of insan
tiles which, if accepted and put in action
: would make desert of the country.
J There is nothing else in this campaign
Mr. Thurman, with his cautious expla an
: ations of the platform; Mr.. Hendricks
with his feats of equilibrium on th'
! fence, and men of that sort, cut no figure
. whatever in the fight. All the honors
: all the plaudits, all the enthusiasm ar,
: for the roaring repudiationists who de
4 nounce the bondholder, the man Wha
has lent his money TO the Government a
u low interest, as the robber and plunder
7, er of the people; who encourage the loai
l er and the tramp to take their living by
2 the strong hand from the wicked fellow
. who have worked and saved money, an,
L I who appeal to honest and ignorant poy
y erty to take counsel of its ignorance an
forswear its honesty, on the pretens
l. that it can never be relieved except b
. the dishonor of the Nation Of cours
. there are thousands of Democrats il
y Ohio, and hundreds of thousands in tn
country. who look upon all this with dis
9 gust and adherence. But they canno
y help hoping that it may gain votes 70
~ the party, and they think, with that ir
fatuation which is the besetting sin c
2. respectable people everywhere, tina
~ when the victory is once gained by tn
u aid of the loafers and blatherskites, the
! = can then step in and reap the peaceabl
= = fruits of it. If they are so unfortunat
= : as to elect Allen next month. they ca
then see what success they will have j
= = saddling this wild ass of the prairie.