The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-29
Why He Abandons His Former POlit-
zeal Associates.
He Sees No Hope OF Reform in the
Election OF Hayes.
But Thinks Tilden Has Proved Himself the
Man for the Times.


IFrom the New Haven Palladium.
observe that most OF the public discuss
sions turn upon the antecedents, the acts,
and the characters OF tho one and the other
party. Those considerations have no force
AZ al for my mind. / know my neighbors.
One is a Republican by habit, and the other
a Democrat by habit, and neither OF them
can define HE party name. When, there
newspapers and party orators give OF the
opposite party, | look around me for the
demons who seek the national ruin, and |
do not lind them. | find neighbors, some
OF whom are under one banner and some
under the other, but In their general tone
and will and intentions those OF one party
are Just as good and Just as bad as those OF
the other. Especially when / remember
that the social distribution Of the two par
ties in the Northern states II exactly OppO-
site 10 what il H. in the Southern States, IL
seems tome that the national parties are
very equally adjusted in regard TO the So
cial, intellectual, and moral elements which
they contain. Now, an historian or a for
eigner, reading the accOun. (which the par
ties give Of each other, must infer either
that these accounts are all false, and that
they simply constitute a depraved method
OF electioneering which
oBsCUREs THE ISSUE
and prevents the people from really using
sound judgment, or else that they are all
true, in which case the people Of the United
States are so unpatriotic, corrupt, disloy al
unjust. murderOus, and yenal that IL makes
little difference what is the result OF any po-
litical struggle.
regard the good sense, sound patriotism
and correct intention OF the masses Of the
people in either party as substantially equal.
regard the evil elements In the parties as
substantially equal, and / turn for my
grounds Of judgment 10 the consideration
which i think genuine. ind these in men.
! can not trust party. l can trust man.
| can not hold a party responsible. / can
hold a man responsible. 1 can not get an
expression OF opinion which is single and
simple from party. | can only get that
from a man. A party can not have charac-
ter, or conscience, or reputation. IL can
not repent, nor endure punishment or dis
grace. know very well that we are in the
habit Of predicting all these things OF par
ties, but should think our experience had
offered the fullest proof that We can not
properly predicate any Of these things OF a
party, except in broad, alf-metaphorical
sense. under which all the sharpness and
efficiency necessary to practical politics are
lost. The proof j., at any rate, satisfactory
TO me. .
haveno information other than what the
newspapers have given Us all. From their
story do not see how any one can feel re-
spect for
THE CANDIIATURE or GOV. HAYES.
IL appears that Mr.. Cameron was piqued
because some members OF his delegation yio-
lated a sacred political tradition and did not
throw the State vote a. a unit, and he there
fore refused To give the state vote a. a unit
for their candidate at the decisive moment.
The Senatorial aspirants could not see the
prize 20 10 either one Of their own number,
and agreed only that II should not 90 20
Blaine. These two things combined gave IL
To Hayes. /. at the time. expressed the
opinion that this course Of events, when one
reflected that the business in hand was the
selection OF a chief magistrate OF the nation,
was farce" did not then, and do not
now. deny the possibility that Hayes may be
the man for the crisis. | can not deny the
possibility that, il YOU shake up the names
OF eight million voters in a box, and draw
one by lot, you may get the one out OF the
eight millions who j. best fitted for the Presi-
dency, but we are assumed 10 he rationg'
beings. making selection on rational
grounds, and think we did ourselves little
credit on that occasion In that point OF view.
Some OF the gentlemen there came home re-
joicing and triumphing over the party ma
chine. They defeated the machine in it,
first intention, but IL doubled upon them
with it, well known suppleness and activity.
Mr.. HAYES SEEMS TO DE THE CREATURE
or THE MACHINE,
and to have no other public claim TO the
Pres idency. He must feel that his selection
l. arbitrary, that he has every thing yet 20
do 20 Justify public confidence. that he is the
recipient OF an "honor.' He can not act
with the assured independence Of a man
who has advanced by we'll earned steps, 10
whom the Presidency comes as the highest
trust At the end OF a career, 10 whom il is
less an honor than a recognition and a con-
cession.
Dir. Tilden's nomination was opposed by
all the worst elements Of his party, and was
supported by as honest, pure, and intelli-
gent men as ever led IN any political con-
yentiOn in this country. There were many
OF them young men, representing the hope,
strength, faith and purpose Of the younger
half OF this generation, 10 which | turned
long ago with all my confidence for the
national future.
THE QUESTION OF THE CURRENCY,
10 me, stands before any other. 1t sppears
90 me that Mr.. Tilden has shown more
correct, detailed, ststesmanlike knowledge
Of the evil, the remedy and the process OF
cure than any other public man who is eligi-
Bile.
/ am, OF course. utterly opposed 10 the
repeal OF the Resumption act or any part Of
II, and ! disapprove OF any concession on
that point, in form or substance, by Mr..
Tldeu or any body else.
| know that the soft-money Democrats
have claimed that Mr.. Tildcn has surren-
dered on the currency question. and the
Republicans have fastened TO accept their
authority a conclusive on that point. Mr..
Tilden's opinions on this point are not new,
nor were they first placed before the public
/ in his letter, but II he does not in that doc
ument lay down hard-money doctrines,
I then language has no meaning, and could
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