The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1876-07-06

the rambling platform adopted at ST.
Louis last week, and is alluded to as
iii" as many more, where the repeti-
ton was unnecessary. Webster de-
fines this word as follows, "RefOrns,
TO return to a good state, to be
amended or corrected" Now what
a glorious "return to good state"
the people had right to expect af-
ter all that talk! How the whole
Democratic party was ito be amen.
ded and corrected" by this body of
virtuous politicians. The barrel full
Of money worked for reform" and
got it. John Morrissey bet his pile
against the field, and on his favorite,
aud won. They denounced the Re.
publican party for not bringing about
resumption of specie payment,-and
demanded the repeal of the resump-
ton act. They adopted soft money
platform and nominated q hard mon
ey candidate, and then attached as
governing bob to the tail OF this
wonderful reform kite, soft money
Hendricks. They did there "reafirm
their faith in the permanence of the
Federal Union" heir"devotion to the
Constitution of the United States,
with its amendments, universally &C.
cepted as a final settlement of the,
controversies that engendered civil
war;" and also took occasion to "re-
cord our steadfast confidence in the
perpetuity of republican selfgovern-
ment," then nominated the man who
helped frame the following, "reform"
plank, which was adopted in 1864,
by this same "reform" party, right in
the midst of the war for the perpe-
tuity of the Federal Union and the
Constitution OF the United States, to
which they are now SO devoted"
Resolced, That this convention
does explicitly declare, az the sense
Of the American people, that after
FOUR YEARS OF FAILURE to restore
the Union by the experiment of war
during which, under the pretense
of military necessity or war power
higher than the Constitution. The
Constitution itself has been disregar-
ded in every part, and public liberty
and private right alike trodden down,
and the material prosperity of the
country essentially impaired-justice,
humanity, liberty, and the public
welfare demand that IMMEDIATE EF-
FORTS BE MADE FOR A CESSATION OF
HOSTILITIEs, with view to an ulti
mate convention of the States, or
other peaceable means, TO the end
that the earliest practicable moment
Leace may be restored on the basis
of the Federal States.
Now for the contrast of one mo-
ment. AT about the time TIE above
base proposition was promulgated
and adopted as the polieys of the
: Doinocratlo party, and when Gen.
Grant held the rebel hosts of Lee at
Petersburg in his iron grasp, when
the first streaks of dawn began to be
seen through the dark clouds of Se-
cession, that quiet and gentlemanly
soldier r. B. Hayes, sent the follow
ing message to the Republicans OF
Cincinnati, who had nominated him
to Congress and asked him % come
home and help secure bis election.
In CAMP, 1874.
Yours Offs received. Thanks.
/ have other business inst now. Any
man who would leave the army at
this time TO electioneer for Congress,
ought to be scaIped. Yours truly;
r. B. Hayes.
What a glorious chance the Trainer
of that resolution has to "return to a
good state" or at least be amended
and corrected"
"Reform is necessary even in the
higher grades of the public service"
they continue, and they were surely
thinking OF this when they voted for
Samuel j. Tilden as the nominee for
President, the man who has basely
insulted the honest democratic press
BY sending through advertising agen-
cies the following "reform" way of
securing his nomination. II