The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-03


who sought to stultfy the ballot box?
Let IL never he forgotten that Hon.
j. &. Blaine was charged, by rumor,
with receiving few thousands from
n railroad company, and the Cincinnati
Convention refused to nominate him.
Tilden WAS charged, under oath, by re-
sponsiblc parties with cmbcZzling ST.
ObI,0lO from Il Western railway corpo-
ration, and the st. Louis Convention
did nominate him. All through the
Western States suits are standing
against towns and counties I'm favor of
Tilden, the head and counsel of the
corporations that have robbed them of
the heavy subscriptions they were III
duced to make.
nowadays to the short-cropped hair so
often seen dangling on II Iatly's fore
head. But Tilden, with Il hard.money
label dangling on his breast, II "soft-
money" label on his back, with Gre
form" painted on his forehead, ''frce
schools" swinging from one ear, for the
Protestant and from the other, "church
Schools" for the Catholic, with one
hand filled with pudding tickets" to
make the illegal vote of New York City
overcome the honest vote of the State,
and the other hand filled with stolen
Western town and county railroad sub
scriptiOns, is the most bc-"fringedn
spectacle now on exhibition.
The public press has, with great truth,
been styled the palladium of Liberty.b
1t ramitles every nook and corner of
the land. 1t reaches every hamlet and
enlightens every mind in the search for
information. In no country on this
globe Is its beneiicent influence so gen
orally felt, or its moral power so gencr-
ally acknowledged rs i'm the United
States of America. This influence of
the press makes it the generator of IL
correct "public opinion" Where that
opinion is in the interest of error, or
would lead to false conclusions, the
press modifies it, and makes it subserv-
lent to truth. This view of the power
of the press and its controlling influence
upon public opinion makes the inquiry
an interesting one, "whcncc would it
lead us in the political canvass upon
which we are now enteing" AS there
arc said "to be two sides to Il question:"
so there are different schools in politics.
The press is found advocating opposite
sides, and by this very attrition we are
enabled to distinguish between truth
and error, to separate the "wheat from
the chaff."
We take it that it cannot be success
fully denied that the great preponder-
ance of patriotism and public virtue is
with the Republican Press of the coun-
try. The principles of the Republican
party are the outgrOwth ofan orthodox
political faith, and as such upon their
prcdominancc in guiding the future
dcstinics of our country must its pros
pcrity depend. "EstO perpetual"
Virginia has been called the mother
Of Presidents. Now York may as sig
niticantly be termed the mother of
Democratic aspirants for the Prcsiden-
cy. Seymour and Greedy were both
forced upon the Democracy, through
fraud i'm Democratic National COnven-
tons. They were both ingloriollsly
defeated.
The nomination of Tiltlcn was made
in the face of the protest of II large and
influential portion of the Democracy of
New York. 1t was the result of the
lavish expenditure ofmoney, (which
the press was subsidized and party lead
crs purchased. 1t was not the sponta-
ncolls expression of confidence in the
public and private integrity of the cam
didate. On the contrary, it was forced
upon those representing the better judg-
ment of the party. The consequence
of this Is that the heart of "thc rank
and file" ofthc party is not in the fight.
The contest, on the part of the Dcmoc-
racy, lacks the enthusiasm which be-
gets success.
Should SO great u misfortune bcfall
the people of this nation as the election
Of Il Democratic President i'm Novcm-
Der, what would be the deplorabc con-
dition of the white Republicans i'm the
South? In many sections, now under
ku-KluX rule, to acknowledge belief
in Republican principles is to invite
0stracism, and persecution of the most
licndish character. The extent of this
feeling of hate is somewhat circum-
scrbcd, from fear ofpunishmcnt by the
strong arm of the Government. Let
this rod "in tcrrUrcn," be removed by
the election of Tildcn, and then tie
whole South would become imbucd
with spirit of malignity that would
render residence i'm that section, by
outspokcn Republicans intolcrable:
GAMMA.