The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-06-15
OUR CANDIDATE.

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We had iatended t. speak this week
about our choice, but the following from
the Cincinnati Times, so fully expresses
our views, that We adopt it:
1t is u source Of proud qualification to
the Republican party-it should be to
every citizen Of this broad commonwealth /
that the struggle for leadership has
brought to the front four banners, under |
either of which Nation might unite l
with glad enthusiasm. 1t is an hour for /
strong men-an hour when issues are |
forming scarcely less solemn than |
those preceding the war, and when only |
men tried in the fierce ordeal Of pro
tracted strife can be trusted with their
handling: We can afford to rejoice,
therefore that the conflict of preferences
has left US such list to choose from.
The result can not be equally satisfactory
to all-indiviGual hopes, bred through a
lifetime of earnest endeavor, must be sac
rifced; individual struggles, brave and
worthy, for the greatest prize within the
gift OF the people must prove in vain. IL
i fearful thing when towering ambi-
tion, fierce energy, and unquestioned
talent, falls back, beaten and bsffied,
from the mocking prize that lies just one
I
There are few sadder sights in the his
tory of a Nation than the failures Of
| Chase, Seward, Webster, Cass, Calhoun,
Clay and Douglas. But the triumph of
one is necessarily the torture of another,
and we can rejoice only when either vic
tory is to the glory of the cause and to
the safety OF the people.
This, happily. is our situation to-day.
Barely in the hundred years of our po-
liticnl lie have factions IN the dominat-
ing party SO shaped themselves as to in
sure the good of the many from the vic
tory of the one We are brought face to
face with four names, one of whom will
almost certainly be the nominee Of the
Republican party. and with as little
doubt the next President Of the United
States-four names, either of which will
prove a tower of strength in time Of
sorest need. We cannot well 60 astray,
whichever way the wheel of fortune may
cast the successful lot. By common con
sent Mr.. Blaine is entitled to the first
consideration. He will enter the Con-
vention with by far the largest initial
strength. He has been put TO a trial
more tense, more terrible, than ever be-
fore has barred the way of Presidential
candidate; and he has come out with an
increase rather than an injury, to his
strength. The enemies of the Union, and
the inside enemies Of the Administration,
have joined forces to accomplish his de
struction. All the acts of the political
assassin have been cunningly employed
The ex confederates who are planning
his political death have stopped to the
subornation of testimony; and the relics
of rebellion that claimed to itself n
monopoly Of "honor" have struck at the
heart Of brave antagonist with shame
less deceit if not with deliberate false
hood A furious hatred, an unprinci-
pied malice, and a consuming thirst for
vengeance mark the investigation at
every step; while in the outside work
we netice the still more despicable hand
of double-faced traitors who hope to
climb into place over the ruins of the
party, and over the bodies of its leaders
Against this tide of persecution Blaine
has stood like giant. He has fought
, them as men fight tigers, when death is
the cost of defeat. The amazing force
and vigor, the dash and daring of the
man-the power Of debate, the crushing
weight of arraignment, the faultless cour-
age and magnificent bearing have walked
| in his favor a tide of enthusiasm that
swells from coast to coast. The political
scalpel has opened up his inner life with
ruthless severity, but it has left him still
strong and vigorous, and without taint OF
corruption. Beyond that are his twelve
years of earnest, valuable service to the
cause-twelve years in the House of Rep
resentatives through the time that tried
, mems souls. The record and the man
stand unshaken amid the whirl of pas
sion that eddies round them; and it can
not but work to his favor that his death.
struggle should be the selfssme foes that
hung at the Nations throat for four
weary years, and with the selfsame
traitorous friends" that were ever stab.
hing her in the back. To such a candi.
date.we should lend our willing support.
On Mr.. Morton's candidacy we have
rarely dwelt-"little need to speak OF
Launcelot in his glory" OF all the strong
arms that upheld the fabric Of the Union
: in its hour of peril, his is confessedly the
strongest that remains. OF all the pow
erful intellects that guided US through
our encompassing dangers, none is left to
challenge his pre-eminence or contest his
supremacy Power and weight are words
that fit a man as they fit no other in our
midst. He moves in our public councils
as one whose might is beyond question.
In the tournament of political debate his
shield is struck only with the reverse
J end of contestants spears, by those am
! bilious to splinter a lance in purest
courtesy with the acknowledged leader
of the field. He is, perhaps above all
others, one who believes that the work
, OF the Republican party is not yet done.
He sees no safety in the Nation, no hope
in its permsnence, no respect for its
principle, no pride in its consistency un-
til the great struggle of half a century
shall have reached its crown of glory in
the establishment of equal rights for all
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. While in eleven States there
exists no freedom or purity of elections
while four millions of people are beyond
the protection of the laws, in peril of
their property and their lives, and bereft
of the most sacred rights of American
citizenship; while the Constitutional re-
forms, bought with the lives of our peo-
, pie and sealed with their sacred blood,
are little better than empty words, a
shame upon our honesty, and a mock at
our boasted strength, he believes that
there is yet work worthy OF his arm, and
of the party in whose cause it has dealt
such ringing blows. We shall not be
of our Nation.
In the rounded outlines of his charac-
ter, in the. perfected proportions of his
mind, in breadth of culture, extent of
view, and elegance of diction, in the
grace of his address and the brilliancy Of
his parts, we presume Mr.. Conkling is
without rival among the statesmen of
our country. 1t is charged against him
that he is cold of manner, above and be-
yond the crowd, and not used in the art
OF acquiring popularity. We can mag
inc a man, even under a Republican form
of government, who knows himself to be
worthy of all respect, and knows il with
such a quiet, unquestioning though unas-
suming confidence, that he feels under
no obligation to be constantly informing
the public OF the fact. 1t might be well