Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-11-02

Octs SOCn.
Judge NASH began by saying tina
every citizen has a public duty to fnl
fill in casting his vote upon an e!ec
tion, and especially one like the pres
ent, where the result is the election
of a President for the great and fret
Republic. No voter ought to sacri
fee to the paltry considerations OF 9
mere party what is meant to ad
vance the highest interests OF this
great nation. Every citizen owes q
duty to his country, to her prosperi-
ty and happiness, superior to any OBJ
legation growing out of his rela-
ton to party. Selfshness is the
basis of mere party; patriotism is
the bond of the nation; the spoils OF
office is the motive in the one case,
and the interest of the whole coun-
try in the other. 1t, therefore be-
comes the duty of every voter to rise
above the paltry considerations OF
party, and regard alone public inter
ests and the public welfare. To do
less than this is to sacrifice the higher
interest of country to the miserable
considerations of mere party.
In an election Of a President of
this great nation, it is national inter-
ests, which are alone to be regarded.
If our party leaders depart from that
policy which involves national wei
fare, it is our duty to cast off party
and 60 for the highest
good of the nation. Hence it is the
duty of every citizen to ascertain the
policy that each candidate or party
to pursue, if success crowns
their efforts; to study the sayings
and doings of each candidate and
party, in order to ascertain on which
side lies a hope of the greatest good
20 the nation. Where men think
like, they will act together; but this
thinking alike should be the result
If profound thought, and not the
blind impulses of mere partisan feel
ngs. The people have no interest in
! mere party success; their interest
s only promoted when party is SUD-
ervient to truth, and justice and
public welfare.
In the present election, we have
,wo candidates and two parties, and
me of these candidates must be elect
I'd and one of these parties must be
successful. No third candidate can
lave any hopes of success. Tilden
II Hayes, if they live, must and
will be President for the next four
vears. To vote for Peter Cooper or
my third candidate, is to say that
me has no interest in this great con-
est, and thus sacrifice to a whim ma
ional interests.
If we look at the two men, there is
lecided ground for choice. Hayes
s Union man; Tllden was during
he war rebel sympathizer; Hayes
,erilcd his life in battle to save the
Union, on which all our public pros.
,erity and happiness depends; Til
len staid at home, throwing dis
upon all efforts to put
Iown the rebellion, and in the fall of
1854 was one in party opposed to
lincoln and the conquest of the re-
ellion, who at Chicago resolved the
7ar a failure, when it was just On the
We of a triumphant success.
Such is the history of the two men.
low which deserves our votes;
Hayes the patriot, or Tilden the
mere partisan? partisan with the
nemies of the nation az d the ma
ional life.
If we look at the followers of the
wo men, we shall find additional rea-
ons for every patriot to vote for
Hayes. Hayes is supported by the
,reat Union party, who saved the ma
ion. If elected, he will have union
nen around him; and the national
ife and national interests will be
and advanced. There will
,e no danger under Republican rule
# Northern or Southern disorders;
he welfare of the nation will be re-
,arded, and not the triumph of a
mere party. The Republican party
s national party; it has put down
he rebellion and saved the nation al
eady; and by its treatment OF rebels,
+ has shown its earnest desire once
nore to cement together North and
'outh in one glorious UNION, again
Inited in one common wish for
he happiness of all the people of
his great Republic. Whether it was
wise in it's generous treatment of
ebels may be doubtful; but its du-
y is plain to maintain and preserve
he union of the whole country, and
rush any man or party, who seeks
'ffice by a solid South, united with
he rebel sympathizers OF the North.
Tilden's followers are equally well
,nown; they are made up of South
rn rebels and Northern copperheads.
The enemies of the Union are the
of Tilden. He represents
he same party that old traitor Bu-
,hanan did, and he is to find his
support there and not elsewhere.
lie cannot be elected without a solid
south; that he admits as well as his
riends. What is solid Souths Is
t the success of Union men: or the
desperate attempt of the Southern
'ehels to accomplish through the hal
ot-box what they could not by arms.
There cannot be solid South with
,ut fraud, and TiAen and his follow
ITS know 1t; hence the system of